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Imam and the six member Delhi Special Police team were screened for the virus before they were supposed to leave Guwahati for the national capital. While the police team tested negative, the student leader was diagnosed infected.

The fresh cases include 103 in Alwar, 43 in Jalore, 32 in Nagaur, 27 in Ajmer, 23 in Sirohi, 18 in Dausa and 15 in Kota.

With over 11 lakh cases, India is the third worst-affected country in terms of confirmed COVID-19 infections after the US and Brazil and its share in the daily new cases of the disease has increased from less than 10 per cent at the start of July to 18.84...

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Deb has insulted the "Sikh brothers" of Punjab and the Jat community of Haryana.

Raut downplayed the differences with the allies and the comments made by NCP leader Sharad Pawar on the priority of the government.

The paper in The Lancet was much anticipated as the Oxford University’s experimental vaccine has been touted as one of the frontrunners among over 20 vaccine candidates that have entered human trial stage.

In a letter to the state DGP, Kataria said BJP spokesperson Laxmikant Bhardwaj on July 17 had complained that Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and Govind Singh Dotasara were damaging his party's reputation through baseless charges against their leaders...

Considering a bunch of petitions on Dubey's encounter killing and his possible nexus with politicians and police officials, the bench said that the state government will have to reconstitute the committee on judicial inquiry.

The Amavasya vrat this year falls on the third Monday of the Hindu month of Shravan and will be observed on July 20. The Somvati Amavasya tithi begins at 12:10am on July 20 and ends at 11:02pm on July 20.

His statement has come hours after Congress sources said there may be an assembly session next week. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot too had met Governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday.

India's COVID-19 case fatality rate is 'progressively falling' and is currently at 2.49 per cent, which is one of the lowest in the world, the ministry said on Sunday

The IMD said the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded 74.8 mm rainfall till 8.30 am.

Prasad was apparently hinting at the virtual rallies and meetings being held by the Janata Dal (United) and attended by party leaders and workers.

But the northwest India division, which covers Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan, has recorded a 19 per cent deficiency, according to the IMD.

There are 29 states and union territories with a case fatality rate (CFR) lower than India's average, with five of them having a CFR of zero and 14 having fatality rate of less than 1 per cent.

After Kumar was transferred, Rajput late Saturday night told a local media outlet that a probe will be conducted into the video episode.