London: Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended his lead in the race to replace Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister, as he added 14 more votes to his tally in the latest round of voting by Tory members of Parliament.

Shimla: A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.8 shook Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district on Tuesday morning, the state disaster management said.

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the civil judge (senior division) of Mathura to expedite and decide within three months an application for a survey of the Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India and the objections filed by the Sunni Central Waqf Board in the suit.

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday arrived in Parliament to cast her vote for the presidential poll wearing a full PPE kit as she had Covid, officials said.

New Delhi: Newly-elected BJP MP from Karnataka Jaggesh was administered oath as a Rajya Sabha member twice -- the second time on Monday -- after it emerged he did not use his official name while taking oath earlier.

Mumbai: Legendary ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh passed away on Monday due to suspected colon cancer and COVID-19-related complications at a Mumbai hospital, his wife Mitali Singh said.

New Delhi: The national memorial and museum set up in memory of Mahatma Gandhi has come out with a special edition of its monthly magazine Antim Jan, dedicated to Hindutva leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, with the forward hailing him as a "great patriot" whose place in history in "no less than that of Gandhi".

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday reviewed the steps for health screening of international travellers arriving in India at airports and ports after two cases of Monkeypox were reported in the country.