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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The World Health Organization has announced a new daily record high in Covid-19 cases confirmed worldwide, with more than 350,000 infections reported to the UN health agency on Friday.

At least 152 more people, including 24 security personnel, tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagaland on Friday, taking the state's tally to 6,888, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said. Of the fresh cases, 133 were reported from Dimapur, 15 from Kohima and...

Assam's COVID-19 toll crossed the 800-mark on Friday with eight more deaths, while the state reported 1,019 new cases, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The death toll rose to 802 with the latest fatalities, which included three persons from Dib...

They said they suspect Mansi Singh hanged herself from a tree with her dupatta due to family pressure as she had not applied for the exam and no external injury marks were found on her body.

Investigation revealed that the managing partners were running the go-kart without a valid licence and did not take safety measures, the police said.

In a haunting reminder of the Ankit Saxena murder case two years ago, the Delhi University student was killed allegedly over his friendship with a woman from another community.

The incident took place in the village under Diurea Kotwali police station area late Thursday evening when the minor had gone out to relieve herself, they said.

At a time when the crime rate in rest of the country is increasing, it has not gone up in Maharashtra, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Friday. Pointing out comparative crime figures for 2018 and 2019 in other big states, he claimed that Mahara...

The tunnel boring machine 'Urvi' reached Sealdah completing the Howrah-bound tunnel that is being constructed as part of the 16.6 km-long rapid transport project between Howrah Maidan and Sector V in Salt Lake, the official said.

The Metro will also increase the number of services on Sundays from the present 58 to 64 from 10.10 am to 9.30 pm, the spokesperson said.

Five fishermen were rescued when their boat capsized mid-sea near Dandi village in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday evening when some rope got caught in the propeller of the boat and an attempt t...

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Party leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga said the removal of the man's turban by the police was a reminder of the 1984 Sikh violence.

The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena backed the protest by Deshpande and warned the jeweler, Shankarlal Jain, that he will not be able to open his shop till he learns Marathi.

The total recoveries have surged to 59,06,069 pushing the recovery rate to 85.52 percent, while there are 8,93,592 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country.

Samajwadi Party Spokesperson and MLC Sunil Singh Sajan said that the Adityanath-led BJP government wanted to incite riots in the state to hide their failures.