The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet in Ayodhya on Saturday and people expect that the date for bhoomi pujan (land worship) for the construction of the Ram temple will be announced at the meeting. ....

Geeta Arora, known as Sonu Punjaban, who is serving a jail term in connection with a case of kidnapping, human trafficking, and flesh trade, was admitted in hospital after she consumed an overdose of medicines, jail officials said on Saturday. ....

BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh Jyotiraditya Scindia has welcomed Congress MLA Sumitra Devi Kasdekar joining BJP, saying her decision is in the interest of the state. ....

India recorded a spike of 34,884 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 671 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 10,38,716 cases with a death total of 26,273, the Health Ministry's data stated on Saturday. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hailed the people of Assam for their self determination in fight against the floods, saying entire nation is with them. ....

Three terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter with the security forces in South Kashmir's Shopian district on Saturday. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lodged a complaint here against several Congress leaders including party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala for associating Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's name with an alleged audio clip related to the horse-trading of Congress MLAs. ....

A moderate intensity earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hit eastern Mizoram's Champhai district on Friday, the ninth quake to rock the state in 26 days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said. ....

Maharashtra on Friday notched its second highest one-day number of Covid-19 infections at 8,308, besides 258 deaths, four months after the first fatality was recorded in the state on March 17, health officials said here. ....

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat breached 46,000 mark, with 949 people testing positive on Friday, the state health department said. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India has a deep commitment to maintaining global harmony, improving socio-economic equity, preserving nature's balance, and that India will play its role in full support of the UN agenda. ....

Can a state government frame a policy, irrespective of the gravity of the crime committed, for the release of a life-term convict prematurely before completing 14 years in jail? The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Chief Justice to constitute a Constitution Bench to consider this issue. ....

To tackle the slowdown due to COVID-19, the Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor G.C. Murmu on Friday approved a relief package to revive the Union territory's economy. ....

India wants peace but there is no guarantee of the final outcome of talks with China, said Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday in eastern Ladakh region as he reviewed the ground situation of troops in the hostile border areas. ....

As many as 61 newly elected Rajya Sabha members from 20 states will take oath on July 22. The oath-taking ceremony will be held in the chamber of the House. Members who are unable to take oath on this day will do so during the upcoming Monsoon session. ....

In a breather for sacked Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and his loyal MLAs, the Rajasthan High Court on Friday stopped the Assembly Speaker from taking any action for their disqualification till Tuesday. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL seeking uniform education with common syllabus and curriculum for all children aged between 6-14 years, across the country. ....

Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday once again trained his guns on the Narendra Modi government after India crossed the one million mark of coronavirus cases. He said if cases rise with the same pace, then India will cross the two million mark by August 10, and advised the government to take proper steps. ....

Jailed Telugu activist-poet Pendyala Varavara Rao (79) -- one of the prime accused in the Bhima- Koregaon and Elgar Parishad cases -- has tested positive for Covid-19, official sources said here on Thursday. ....

As many as 1,676 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Telangana on Thursday, taking the number of affected in the state to 41,018, health officials said. ....