Eight of 11 legislators of the Congress in the state, led by Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo, joined the BJP on Wednesday.

Holding out the promise of preventing even mild infections and blocking transmission, mucosal vaccines may well be a game changer for the Covid pandemic, say scientists as Indians gear up for the world's first intranasal preventive.

Eight Congress MLAs from Goa are set to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, state BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade told PTI on Wednesday.

The National Green Tribunal, Southern Zone (NGT-SZ), has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pass appropriate orders in a matter related to unauthorized brick kilns exploiting the Western Ghats region, which is leading to ecological damage.

Nine people died and 27 more sustained injuries when a mini-bus plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said here.

Chennai: DMK deputy general secretary A Raja stoked a controversy over his Shudra remark and drew BJP's ire with the saffron party accusing him of spewing hatred against a community to appease others.

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused the apex child rights body NCPCR of being an affiliate of the RSS after it asked the Election Commission of initiating action against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly "misusing children as political tools" in the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Begusarai: One person was killed and 11 others critically injured as two gunmen on a motorcycle went on a rampage in Bihar's Begusarai district on Tuesday evening, firing indiscriminately at people in crowded areas, police said.