Vitamin D, which is primarily related to bone and mineral metabolism, has shown promising results in COVID-19 treatment, said doctors of the PGI Hospital here on Monday. ....

In a major blow to the Congress party, former President of India Pranab Mukjerjee' son Abijit Mukherjee joined Trinamool Congress on Monday afternoon. The two-time MP from Jangipur in Murshidabad and one-time MLA from Nanhati in Birbhum, Mukherjee said that he would work as the party wants. ....

The much-feared third wave of coronavirus is likely to hit India by mid-August, while cases may peak in September, a report said on Monday, even as the second wave is not yet over in the country. ....

A delegation of the Trinamool Congress on Monday met President Ram Nath Kovind here and submitted a memorandum alleging 'impropriety concerning the office of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta' and sought his removal. ....

Four members of the Uttar Pradhan Vidhan Parishad are retiring on Monday, reducing the strength of the Samajwadi Party. ....

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati has urged the Centre to clear the air on the Rafale deal. ....

On a day when Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is celebrating silver jubilee of its foundation, Janata Dal United (JDU) has thrown 25 questions to leader of opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav. ....

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan said on Monday said that he doesn't have the status to show off as he launched the 'Ashirwad Yatra' on his father Ram Vilas Paswan's birth anniversary. Chirag said the aim is to take blessings of the people. ....

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that it has arrested Kewal Krishan Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Shakti Bhog Foods Limited in connection with a money laundering case after searches at nine locations in Delhi and Haryana. ....

India on Monday recorded 723 deaths and added 39,796 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry. ....

Pushkar Singh Dhami has been elected as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand. ....

India's cumulative vaccination coverage crossed the 34 crore on Friday, including 43,99,298 vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Saturday. ....

Efficacy analysis demonstrates Covaxin to be 77.8 per cent effective against symptomatic COVID-19, through evaluation of 130 confirmed cases, with 24 observed in the vaccine group versus 106 in the placebo group. ....

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has once again summoned former Maharashtra Hone Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anil Deshmukh for questioning on July 5 in connection with the alleged bribery charges. This is the third summon to Deshmukh in a week. ....

A day after Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat resigned, the Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP over the political instability in the state, accusing it of power hungry. ....

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on late Friday evening submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya. ....

Three Trinamool Congress MPs on Friday questioned the alleged meeting of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta with Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, who is facing probe in Narada case and Saradha chit fund scam, and asked Prime Minister to take necessary action to remove him from the post. ....

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat is likely to resign as he is unable to get himself elected to the state Assembly within the stipulated six month period, sources said on Friday. ....

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said that his government's hands are clean with regard to the 'mysterious' arrival of fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, to the Caribbean island nationon, local media reported. ....

Mocking at his own government in Punjab over power outages, Congress leader and former Cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu on Friday asked the government to follow the AAP's Delhi model of extending subsidies to generation companies. ....