Lucknow: Senior BJP leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on Monday blamed the then Congress government at the Centre for leveling "false and baseless allegations" against him in the Babri mosque demolition case and said he was "innocent".

New Delhi: Indian Journalist and News Director at India Today and Aaj Tak, Rahul Kanwal was on Monday trolled on twitter over a tweet he posted questioning the “incompetence” of former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

Russia has become the first nation to complete clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine on humans. Chief researcher Elena Smolyarchuk, who heads the Center for Clinical Research on Medications at Sechenov University, told Russian news agency TASS on Sunday that the human trials for the vaccine have been completed at the university and the volunteers will be discharged soon.

Udupi: District Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesh on Monday reportedly informed CM Yediyurappa that there was no need for a lockdown in his district. Jagadeesh briefed the CM on COVID-19 situation in Udupi District over a video conferencing call and asserted that there was no need for a lockdown.

European Union foreign ministers on Monday criticised Turkey for several reasons, including energy exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters and changing the status of Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque.

Bengaluru: KPCC President DK Shivakumar on Monday expressed his confidence that the senior party leader from Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot who had earlier declared an open revolt against the party, will not leave the party.

Having received accolades from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its efforts to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, Mumbai’s Dharavi – Asia’s largest slum and one of the largest slums in the world – has emerged as a role model for the entire country in tackling the dreaded Coronavirus. Dharavi that had so far garnered global attention for its stark poverty, hunger, and diseases has now attracted attention for its fight against Coronavirus.

Byndoor: Udupi District on Monday reported its fourth COVID-19 related death as a 70-year-old patient who was being treated at TMA Pai Hospital passed away on Monday here. The patient had reportedly tested positive for the virus 15 days ago.