Ninety-two countries have approached India for Covid-19 vaccines, bolstering New Delhis credentials as the vaccine hub of the world. ....

A major fire engulfed one of the buildings situated within the Serum Institute of India (SII)'s plant here on Thursday afternoon, officials said. There are no immediate reports of casualties. ....

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said he had full faith that the BJP government at the Centre led by PM Narendra Modi will provide a home to every citizen of the country by August 15, 2022. He was speaking at the virtual public dedication of one-km-long overbridge at Shilaj in Ahmedabad. ....

A team of Patna Police allegedly manhandled the guards of former CM Rabri Devi outside her residence, claimed her security personnel. The alleged incident happened on Thursday outside Devi's official residence at 10 Circular Road. ....

A 12-year-old boy set ablaze by his father for not taking his studies seriously and not attending online classes succumbed to his injuries at a government hospital here on Thursday, police said. ....

The Uttar Pradesh Congress is preparing to distribute nearly 10 lakh calendars of party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, across every village and city of the state. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday congratulated people of the US after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in. ....

Hours after the 10th round of talks between the farmers and the government on Wednesday remained inconclusive again despite the government offering to suspend the three farm laws for one and half years, the Congress asked why it was not repealing these laws instead of only suspending them. ....

The 69th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC), a regional planning body, would be held in the Meghalaya capital on January 23 with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the chair, officials said on Wednesday. ....

The Supreme Court, in a hearing last week, had ordered a freeze on farm laws that is expected to last for two months while a special committee discusses the issue with all sides. ....

The 10th round of dialogue between the government and farmers' representatives began on Wednesday here in the national capital amid expectations of a solution to end the deadlock as the protest by the farmers on the Delhi borders continued for the 56th day. ....

Upping the ante against the government over journalist Arnab Goswami's purported social media chat leak, the Congress on Wednesday described it as an act of "treason" and demanded an immediate inquiry over leaking of such classified information about the Balakot air strikes. ....

Bird flu is fast becoming a new problem in Madhya Pradesh, posing a major threat not only to the birds but the poultry business as well. It has been confirmed in crows and other wild birds in 32 out of the 52 state districts, while the infection has been reportedly found in poultry products in three districts. ....

Councillor Chhail Bihari Goswami of the BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation has filed a criminal defamation suit in a Delhi court against several Aam Aadmi Party leaders for alleged defamatory remarks. ....

Following the policy of zero tolerance towards corruption, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday carried out searches at two places in Uttar Pradesh's Roorkee and Saharanpur on the premises linked to its own Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy SP) R.K. Rishi, sources said. ....

Congress MLA Gajendra Singh Shaktawat passed away on Wednesday morning in Delhi due to a liver ailment. He is the fourth MLA from Rajasthan to have died in the last six months. ....

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, while interacting with the media on Tuesday, said that the government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit to 'Kamalam'. According to the CM, the word dragon for the fruit sounded inappropriate and so the Gujarat government had decided for the fruit to be called as Kamalam. ....

The BSF on Wednesday seized two kg of contraband, suspected to be heroin, along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur Sector. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's resolve to eliminate land disputes through the efficient implementation of 'Varasat' campaign launched on December 15 last year in Uttar Pradesh, has shown good results. ....

A day after 15 migrant construction workers, including a child, were crushed to death by a truck in Gujarat's Surat, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday slammed the Modi government at the Centre, saying it is time that the Prime Minister woke up to reality and not repeat the statistics about toilets, housing and open defection-free numbers fed by bureaucrats. ....