Tamil Nadu will clear the NEET Exemption Bill in the state assembly and send it to Governor RN Ravi again.

Congress leader Manish Tewari took a sharp swipe at his party this morning after his name was missing from the list of star campaigners in Punjab.

Rahul Gandhi's charged speech in parliament this evening has drawn strong criticism from the government and sharp rebuttals are being posted on Twitter by Union Ministers.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is one of the star campaigners for Uttarakhand, the Congress revealed today in a list that names 30 party leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi.

Yogi Adityanath today sharpened his attack on Akhilesh Yadav and his ally Jayant Chaudhary - a Jat leader - in an election speech as he alleged the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's involvement in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. The Chief Minister

Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia, who has been at the centre of controversy over a drugs case, has taken up rival Navjot Singh Sidhu's challenge to contest just one seat in Punjab polls. He will now fight Mr Sidhu from East Amritsar.

In a big boost to the economy, digital rupee - using blockchain and other technology - will be introduced by the RBI in 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today as she presented her fourth budget.

India is in a strong position to withstand Covid challenges, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today as she presented the budget in parliament.

Maharashtra saw the sharpest surge in daily Covid deaths since October 6 - 103 patients died in the last 24 hours in the state with the highest overall cases in the country (76,55,554).

Delhi positivity rate dropped to 8.6 per cent from 9.5 per cent with 4,044 new Covid cases. Today's surge is 5.7 per cent lower than yesterday.

With his Jat ally by his side, Akhilesh Yadav today launched an all-out attack against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh's Muzzaffarnagar this evening shortly after alleging the ruling party delayed his arrival from Delhi by halting his chopper.

Akhilesh Yadav, who has emerged as the key challenger in Uttar Pradesh, this afternoon alleged that his helicopter was not allowed to fly from Delhi to UP's Muzaffarnagar.

Bhagwant Mann, AAP's Punjab pick, lives like a common man in a rented house unlike other state leaders who own "big mansions and cars", Arvind Kejriwal said today while endorsing the Chief Ministerial candidate.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google's Sundar Pichai are among the 17 Padma Bhushan awardees.

Delhi's positivity rate has dropped to 10.55 per cent from 11.79 per cent, the government data this evening showed. The cases have risen by 4.7 per cent to 6,028.

Cinemas, theatres, gyms, and swimming pools will be temporarily shut in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram as the positivity rate in the state capital surged to 49 per cent, much higher than the national average of 20.75 per cent.

Delhi saw a significant drop in daily cases with 5,760 fresh infections, 37 per cent lower than yesterday (9,197). The positivity rate fell to 11.79 per cent from 13.3 per cent.

India's positivity rate crossed 20 per cent, the latest government data shows, suggesting that one in five people who are getting tested are infected.

Covaxin and Covishield could be more widely available with a new government approval that also suggests changes in rules for booster doses. Both vaccines have been cleared for "full use" by an expert panel of the central drug authority, a year after

General Bipin Rawat's brother, Colonel Vijay Rawat, joined BJP today ahead of the Uttarakhand polls.

In a boost for Team Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, Aparna Yadav, rival Akhilesh Yadav's sister-in-law joined the BJP on Wednesday barely three weeks ahead of the state polls. Her crossover comes after the BJP last week faced back-to-back exits of

Aparna Yadav, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law, will join BJP today, a senior BJP leader claimed Tuesday night.

Nearly a month before the state polls, Congress has sacked its senior leader in Manipur - Khumukcham Joykisan Singh. The 55-year-old leader is the MLA from Thangmeiband in West Imphal.

AAP's Punjab pick Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the party's unusual televote in the state - a poll before the state election next month to choose the chief ministerial candidate - was his idea. The 48-year-old stand-up comic-turned-politician tas the