With 28,498 fresh cases recorded in a day, India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past nine lakh on Tuesday, just three days after it crossed the eight-lakh mark, according to the Union health ministry data.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said she would be vacating her government accommodation in Lodhi Estate here by August 1, terming as "fake news" reports that she had sought more time to do so.

The World Health Organization's chief on Monday slammed some government leaders for eroding public trust by sending mixed messages on the coronavirus and warned that their failures to stop their countries' spiraling outbreaks mean there would be no return to normal for the foreseeable future.

In a show of strength, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot-led Rajasthan Congress camp on Monday released a video showing at least 16 MLAs sitting together.

A group of about 2,000 concerned citizens on Monday urged that poet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar-Parishad-Maoist links case, be immediately released on bail from a prison in Maharashtra, due to his deteriorating health condition.

A massive fire broke out in a pharma company at Pharma City at Paravada of Vishakhapatnam on late Monday night. The incident has triggered panic among residents. The explosion reportedly took place at an unit of Ranky CETP Solvents at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City in the Parvada area.

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the engineering, medical entrance examinations in the state will be held on July 16, as per schedule.