Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao announced that masks are now mandatory for individuals aged 60 and above in response to the detection of a mutated strain of the coronavirus in the state. Speaking at a media briefing in Kushal Nagar today, he mentioned that the health department would release guidelines on Covid-related measures later in the day.

 Some of the 13 suspended Lok Sabha MPs on Monday protested with placards sitting on the steps of Parliament, demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on the Parliament security breach incident.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday launched the party's crowdfunding campaign here, asking people to join the fight against unemployment and rising costs.

Paddy fields, roads and bridges were submerged and many residential colonies came under sheets of water in several regions of southern Tamil Nadu as heavy rains, unprecedented in recent times wreaked havoc in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi districts of the state.

Eight people were killed after a speeding pickup vehicle collided with an auto-rickshaw in Maharashtra's Pune district, police said on Monday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday lashed out at Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for calling a group of protesting SFI members "criminals" and said the BJP-led central government has "let loose such a deranged man".

The Israeli government on Sunday approved the appointment of Reuven Azar as the new Ambassador to India.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has said he has not grown old and still has the power to "straighten some people out".