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Chennai: Hours after quitting Congress on Monday, actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar joined BJP. “Few elements seated at higher level within the party, people who’ve no connectivity with ground reality or public recognition, are…

New Delhi: On October 8, Bengaluru registered 5,121 COVID-19 cases. This was the third day in a row that the city registered over 5,000 new cases, worrying experts. Given the trajectory, not only is it set to top the list of the…

Kochi: Ten-year-old Saanvi M Prajit from Ernakulam in Kerala has created a record by cooking 33 different dishes in just one hour. Saanvi’s mother Manjma said that her daughter began cooking at a very early age. As a child, she used to…

New Delhi: India continued to report a decreasing trend of active COVID-19 cases with the number of such cases dropping below the 9 lakh mark for the fourth consecutive day on Monday. According to the Health and Family Welfare Ministry,…

Mumbai: The country's financial capital came to a virtual halt this morning with large parts of the metropolis and its suburbs facing a power outage. While several trains and traffic signals stopped, Mumbai airport and the stock exchange…

Ahmedabad: Police have detained a 16-year-old boy in Gujarat’s Kutch district for allegedly issuing threats against cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s minor daughter. “The Class 12 student from Namna Kapaya village was detained for…

Bhopal: A woman gave birth to her 16th child in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh and died along with the newborn soon afterwards. The 45-year-old woman, Sukhrani Ahirwar of Padajhir village, delivered a baby boy at home on Saturday, a news…

India is now struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic, but another health disaster will be a growing headache for our country. Due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, many children missed their routine immunizations -- BCG. Data…

Ahmedabad: This is a feel-good story that is bound to warm your heart. An 18-year-old son of a farmer has cracked the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced to qualify for admission to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the country’s…

New Delhi: There have been reports suggesting that coronavirus cases might go up during winter. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday agreed with that theory, saying that the possibility can’t be dismissed in Indian context. “SARS…