The Yogi Adityanath government has indicated that the Panchayat elections, scheduled to be held in December this year, may be postponed for six months due to the corona pandemic.
The Karnataka government is ready to restart interstate bus services to four states and Puducherry and is awaiting their nod, a minister said.
A 17-year-old girl, whose mutilated body was found near a village in Lakhimpur Kheri district was also raped, police has confirmed. This is the second rape and murder of a teenage girl in this district in the past 10 days.
The toll in the head-on collision between two Uttar Pardesh Roadways buses on Wednesday on the Lucknow-Hardoi road reached six, with over a dozen injured, police said.
Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that BRICS Games 2021 is being planned and will be aligned with the Khelo India Games schedule in India.
No.13 seed Maria Sakkari delivered a brilliant performance as she came from the brink of defeat to shock two-time champion Serena Williams and roar into the quarterfinals of the ongoing Western & Southern Open.
The announcement comes 11 days after Barcelona's humiliating 2-8 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, one of the worst defeats in the player's career and in the club's history.
French President Emmanuel Macron called on citizens to learn to live with the coronavirus after infections spiralled higher in recent weeks.
Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan urged the United States to remove Sudan from its list of states sponsoring terrorism.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who has tested positive for COVID-19, remains in a critical condition, Tymoshenko's press secretary Marina Soroka said on her official Facebook page.
Africa has been declared free from wild poliovirus. The milestone comes four years after Nigeria - the last polio-endemic country in Africa - recorded its final case of wild poliovirus.
The Special Cell of Delhi police arrested JNU PhD scholar Sharjeel Imam in connection with the February Northeast Delhi riots. He has been booked on the charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
The family of Jacob Blake would be filing a civil lawsuit against the Kenosha Police Department over the shooting, said a family attorney.
The Centre said on Tuesday that India and Russia are in communication regarding the Sputnik V vaccine. While some initial information has been shared, detailed information is being awaited by India. Sputnik V, an adenovirus vector-based vaccine, was developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.
The source said that the agency wants to understand if there was some drug syndicate angle involved in the case of the late actor, who was found dead at his Bandra flat in Mumbai on June 14.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Assam on Tuesday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 -- AFSPA, in the state for six more months beyond August 28, an official said. An official of Assam Home Department said that the AFSPA has been extended in view of the recent terror attacks on security forces.
Anderson, 38, had recently quashed rumours of him intending to retire soon. He said that he is looking forward to partnering Stuart Broad again in the 2021 Ashes. Warne said that the best thing would be for anyone to retire while they are at the top while stating that it doesn't mean that it is time for Anderson to retire.
Asked by a lawmaker during a National Assembly session if Kim Yo-jong has a substantial grip on the party's Organization and Guidance Department, the Minister said that he did thought so, reports Yonhap News Agency.
The hackers typically demanded a ransom between 1-5 BTC (Bitcoin), the company said. The value of one Bitcoin is currently believed to be more than Rs 8,46,387. Researchers with Group-IB recently observed increased activities around Dharma ransomware distribution.
Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad unveiled a spate of existing and new sponsors for the 13th edition of the IPL. Leading the line-up of principal sponsors is JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. As a title sponsor, the cement brand's logo will be carried on the 'jersey front'.
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