Mumbai: Malegaon bomb blast case accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court, through his lawyer, that he was collecting intelligence for the Indian Army as part of his duty by attending conspiracy meetings for the 2008 blast.
New Delhi: The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 71, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Budaun (UP): A 50-year-old woman was gang-raped and brutally murdered allegedly by a priest and two others in Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.
New Delhi: RTI activist Saket Gokhale on Wednesday made shocking claims through a Facebook post saying there was a mystery in vaccine trials of Bharat Biotech’s Phase 1 and 2.
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,03,74,932 with 18,088 infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries are nearing one crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
Bengaluru: All 118 BJP MLAs in Karnataka have expressed faith and support for Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and his leadership, Ministers in the state cabinet said on Tuesday, while asserting that the government was stable.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Tuesday logged 815 new cases of COVID-19 and 8 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,23,353 and the death toll to 12,118.
Bengaluru: Some Ministerial aspirants in the ruling BJP in Karnataka have thrown their hat into the ring, making no secret of their wish amid renewed speculations that the much-awaited expansion of the BS Yediyurappa cabinet is likely this month.
New Delhi: Culling of chickens and ducks began on Tuesday in parts of Kerala to contain the H5N8 strain of bird flu, while Jammu and Kashmir sounded an alert and started collecting samples from migratory species after Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh reported cases of avian influenza.
Bengaluru: A day after the reported face-off between Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, the BJP's Hosadurga legislator Goolihatti D Shekar claimed on Tuesday the party's MLAs are in a state of predicament where speaking against development works coming to a halt would invite disciplinary action.