Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot faced a big defeat on Tuesday as he lost by over two lakh votes from the Jalore parliamentary constituency, the data available on the Election Commissionwebsite showed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with the floor leaders of all parties in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over the country's response to COVID-19.

Eleven people have died and many feared injured in a lightning strike in front of the 12th century Amer Palace near Jaipur. The incident took place when people were taking selfies at a watch tower amid rain in the Rajasthan capital.

A day after activist Stan Swamy's death in custody, senior opposition leaders, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, have written to the President.

The World Health Organization is discussing with the European Union the issue of approving India-manufactured Covishield vaccine for the group's Covid vaccination passport, Soumya Swaminathan, the UN body's Chief Scientist, told NDTV in an interview.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of the most active and popular leaders on social media in the world, joined on Thursday a heartening conversation between Afghanistan's Ambassador to India and a Twitter user.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday that political leaders have been patient in the face of protests but it "won't be good for anyone to cross the limit".

The Serum Institute (SII) has applied through AstraZeneca for the European Medicines Agency's nod to get the Covishield vaccine approved for the European Union's 'vaccine passport' scheme, company sources have told NDTV.

All districts in Maharashtra must impose at least Level 3 restrictions irrespective of indices like weekly positivity rate and hospital beds availability to prevent the spread of the more dangerous Delta Plus Covid variant, the state's Chief Secretar

Andhra Pradesh cancels Class 12 exams after Supreme Court says state will be held responsible "if there is even one fatality"

Four people have been arrested by the Delhi police's special cell from Kargil district in connection with the Israel Embassy blast case.

Twenty-one cases of the Delta Plus Covid variant, the mutant version of the Delta variant that unleashed the devastating second wave of the pandemic, have been found in Maharashtra so far, state health minister Rajesh Tope said today.

Punjab cabinet's decision to give two state government jobs to the sons of Congress MLAs has triggered fresh trouble for Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on information and technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, will direct the social media giant Facebook to appear "in person" when it examines the company's policies on upholding citizens' rights.

The Telangana government has decided to reopen the state completely as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic showed strong signs of receding.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has accused the centre of attempting to hide the "true position of vaccine availability" by ordering states to keep the vaccine data shared on Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (e-VIN) confidential.

The Union Health Ministry has issued clinical guidelines for the treatment of Covid-positive children amid concerns that a possible third wave of the coronavirus infection may target those aged below 18.

Sushil Kumar's demands for a special diet and protein supplements in jail appear to be "desires and wishes", not necessities, a Delhi court said on Wednesday as it rejected the jailed wrestler's petition.

A doctor in West Bengal's Howrah district broke down as she took her baby into her arms for the first time ever, after battling COVID-19 in a hospital for several days.

"Baba Ka Dhaba" owner Kanta Prasad, who made headlines last year after a YouTuber revealed his grim financial condition triggered by the coronavirus pandemic to the world, has shut down a restaurant he had opened using lakhs received in donations.

Responding to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's tweet about technical problems in the revamped income tax portal, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani said his company "regrets these initial glitches" and the system will stabilise in a few days.

Ashish Lata Ramgobin, Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter, has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a South African court in a 6-million-rand cheating case.

Wrestler Sushil Kumar, arrested in connection with the murder of a fellow wrestler, has demanded protein supplements, exercise bands and a special diet as he is prepping to represent the country in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Fourteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Pune are confirmed dead and several are missing as a massive fire broke out in the sanitizer-manufacturing unit of the firm on Monday.