Voting began on Monday in the Congress presidential polls as senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor face-off for the post of AICC chief.

New Delhi: The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Sunday termed the 2022 Global Hunger Index report "irresponsible and mischievous" and urged the Union government to take action against its publishers for "defaming" India.

Kota (Raj): Three more students of a coaching institute in the Jawahar Nagar area here tested positive for hepatitis A, taking the number of those affected by the disease to 44.

Nagpur: In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress dominated the results of elections to the posts of Panchayat Samiti chairpersons and deputy chairpersons in Nagpur district of Maharashtra.

Ghaziabad (UP): Amid a series of pet dog attacks, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has banned the residents from keeping the ferocious Pitbull, Rottweiler and Dogo Argentino breeds as pets.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday wrote to Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis not to field his party's candidate for the upcoming bypoll of the Andheri East Assembly constituency in reverence to late MLA Ramesh Latke, whose death has necessitated the election.

Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A college student in this north Bihar town alleged that objectionable remarks were made against her by a male teacher when she refused to take off her head-scarf (hijab) during an exam on Sunday.

The government's Covid vaccination programme is in its final leg with the Health Ministry deciding against procuring more vaccines as of now and surrendering Rs 4,237 crore, or nearly 85 per cent of the 2022-23 budget allocation for inoculation purposes, to the Finance Ministry.