India

New Delhi, Aug 29: India's COVID-19 tally crossed 35 lakh-mark as the country registered a single-day spike of 78,761 new cases, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday.

New Delhi, Aug 29: The Centre’s step-by-step opening up post-covid 19 lockdown is set to see major relaxations in Unlock 4.0.

New Delhi, Aug 29: A mental health study done on over 8,000 individuals found that college students were the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown.

New Delhi, Aug 29: Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support, but his renal parameters have improved, the hospital said on Saturday.

New Delhi, Aug 29: States will have to forego borrowing flexibility of 1% of state GDP given under the Atmanirbhar Bharat package if they opt to settle their entire GST compensation shortfall for FY21 through market borrowings.

Chennai, Aug 29: Four days after joining the BJP, former Karnataka IPS officer K Annamalai has been appointed as the vice-president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the saffron party. Party president L Murugan on Saturday issued a statement, announcing the appointment of Annamalai as the vice-president. Annamalai joined the saffron party in the presence of national general secretary Muralidhar Rao on

Raipur, Aug 29: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday alleged that anti-national and anti-poor forces were spreading hatred and venom of violence in India and the influence of 'tanashahi' (dictatorship) on the country's 'lokshahi' (democracy) was rising.

New Delhi, Aug 29: India has received the highest rainfall in August this year since 1976 -- 25 per cent more than the average, after recording 10 per cent less downpour than the average in July, thus setting a new record after 44 years, the IMD said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) however, has forecast that the monsoon may slow down in September. "The forecast so far has been correct

Chennai, Aug 28: Congress MP and businessman H. Vasanthakumar died of COVID-19 at a private hospital in Chennai on Friday evening. He was 70.

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28: Lulu group chairman M A Yusuff Ali on Thursday clarified that he has no links in the controversy pertaining to the Thiruvananthapuram airport development project and has appealed not to drag his name into the issue. In a statement here, he said it was the central government which decided to hand over the rights to run the Thiruvananthapuram airport to Adani Group. "The