New Delhi

The trade unions have given a call for a three-day nationwide strike from Thursday against the government's move to open the coal sector to private players.

A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad also directed the two departments, which provide grant in aid to civic authorities every quarter, to indicate the amounts that have been released between April to June this year towards the teachers' s...

Net tax receipts during April-May period were 338.5 billion rupees ($4.48 billion), while total expenditure was 5.12 trillion rupees, the data showed, indicating the government was front-loading its budgeted spending to combat the impact of pandemic.

The Commission, chaired by N K Singh, also had a detailed discussions with the Department of School Education and Literacy and the Department of Higher Education on the necessity of submission of a revised memorandum to the Finance Commission by the minis...

At least 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in the clashes in eastern Ladakh earlier this month.

The application sought modification in the court's May 28 order by seeking to include three more places of alternate accommodation for the foreign nationals connected to Tablighi Jamaat in light of ongoing criminal proceedings.

The migrating insects, which lay eggs in the desert and migrate in millions, were expected to fly over northwest and north India during the end of June.

The Delhi health department order also said that all dedicated COVID-19 facilities shall permit one attendant of the patient in hospital premises who will remain in an area earmarked by the hospital.

ICEA said appropriate and timely action needs to be undertaken so as to ensure that "the persons/ group involved be brought to books, dealt sternly within the confines of law".

As many as 44,765 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far, while there are 26,586 active cases,the bulletin said.

The national carrier is also working to achieve its target of producing 1.5 lakh PPE coveralls each in June and July, it said in a statement.

The bench also asked the central government about its assessment about the preparedness of the authorities in Delhi to handle the rising COVID-19 cases now and during the coming days, when the numbers are expected to go much higher.

The Noida-Delhi border continues to remain sealed for movement, except for essential services and people having passes issued by the district administration.

The accused, a labourer, stays in the same locality in Narela where the 14-year-old girl lives with her family, police said.

Both the central and state governments can become partners with equity, and they can exit at a later stage, once the project is operational, as the role of the government is not to run the business, he added.

Indian men's and women's hockey team players were locked down in Bengaluru during the coronavirus lockdown and were allowed back home only last week.