The Congress Working Committee, which met on Saturday, demanded that the Centre refrain from restricting the autonomy of states to take emergency measures as the second wave of pandemic sweeps across the country.

Two seminars and a meeting, all devoted to regulation of OTT platforms, is what the I&B ministry admits to by way of consultation with stakeholders. No meeting with news organisations is mentioned.

The development assumes significance in the wake of the upcoming India-European Union summit in Portugal in May.

Amid massive surge in COVID cases, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the continuing crisis. He alleged that it’s a Modi made disaster.

Lucknow resident Santosh Singh, a Covid patient, had contacted the government helpline. What happened next was beyond shocking for Singh. More shocking is that he got an apology call but no treatment.

While multiple calls to Apex and Heritage hospitals went answered, Maxwell refused to collect samples for Covid-19 test. BHU emergency number was not functional.

Several hundreds of workers have packed their bags and are returning to their villages as the current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc across the country.

The Indian home minister's knowledge of Bangladesh is 'very limited', A.K. Abdul Momen said.

Four people were transported to hospitals, one in critical condition with gunshot injuries and three others with various other injuries, Indianapolis police spokeswoman Genae Cook said.

China’s economic growth surged to 18.3 per cent over a year ago in the first quarter of 2021 after factory and consumer activity returned largely to normal following the coronavirus pandemic.