On the first Monday of 'Sawan' (Shravan) month, devotees started coming to Lord Shiva temples in different parts of the country from the early morning to offer prayers.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered prayer at Mansarovar Temple, on the first Monday of 'sawan' month.

In the case of the Kanpur encounter, in which a gang of assailants led by notorious criminal Vikas Dubey gunned down eight policemen on late Thursday night, the Uttar Pradesh Police has now turned its attention to investigating officers within the local police force, in order to find out the mole who tipped-off the gangster before the raid by the police team.

The information came to light on this day after Daya Shankar Agnihotri, an accomplice of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey was arrested by the police in Kalyanpur.

In the view of current COVID-19 situation in Agra, historical monuments like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Akbar tomb and others to remain closed until further orders as they fall in 'buffer zone' areas, according to District Magistrate of Agra, Prabhu N Singh.

The District Magistrate said that 55 new cases reported in past four days and there are 71 containment zones.

The legal and legislative committee of Kuwait's National Assembly has approved the draft expat quota bill which could result in 8 lakh Indians leaving the country.

The National Assembly's legal and legislative committee has determined that the draft expat quota bill is constitutional, Gulf News reported citing a local media report.

Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is very likely over parts of central and northwest India during the next four to five days, predicted the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday.

Monsoon trough is south of its normal position. Under its influence, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is very likely over parts of central and northwest India during the next 4-5 days. Isolated heavy falls also likely over the region during the same period, stated IMD.

The mother of a 33-year-old woman, a BHEL employee who allegedly committed suicide due to sexual harassment at the workplace, has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to urgently transfer the criminal investigation in the case to the CBI from Telangana state police.

The case pertains to the unfortunate death of her daughter due to sexual harassment at her workplace at BHEL, Hyderabad.

The Income Tax department on Saturday extended the last date for filing tax returns (ITR) for the financial year 2019-20 till November 30, 2020.

Understanding & keeping in mind the times that we are in, we have further extended deadlines. Now, filing of ITR for FY 2019-20 is extended to 30th Nov, 2020. We do hope this helps you plan things better, the department said in a tweet.

Gold prices today remained steady at Rs 48,350 per 10 gram, while silver declined to Rs 48,550 from Rs 48,600 per kilogram, according to Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vay across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

India on Friday reported its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases with 22,771 cases reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

With these fresh cases, India's coronavirus cases tally has gone up to 6,48,315, out of which there are 2,35,433 active cases in the country and 3,94,227 cases have been cured/discharged or migrated.

While the government has made wearing a mask in public places mandatory, people are using whatever they find to cover their face to safeguard themselves from coronavirus.

However, a Pune man has gone a little more extravagant and got a face mask made of gold that costs a whopping Rs 2.89 lakh.

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