A 36-year old Army personnel was killed in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

The Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that the prohibitory order against spreading of incorrect or false information on social media amid the coronavirus pandemic has ended and no extension has been given to it.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held a telephonic conversation with his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-Doo with a focus on further ramping up bilateral defence cooperation by launching joint production lines for military hardware and key platforms, officials said.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today expressed regret over the damage caused to places of worship at the secretariat premises in Hyderabad during the demolition of old buildings and assured that a new temple and mosque would be built on a spacious area.

The Meghalaya Cabinet has approved an amnesty scheme for taxpayers to pay their outstanding dues to the state government.

The Odisha government has slashed the "Special Covid Fee" of 50 per cent of MRP on alcoholic beverages to 15 per cent.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is planning to conduct a nationwide sero-surveillance to evaluate the trend of COVID-19 among the population, the Central government informed on Thursday.

The family of a senior police officer who was killed in an ambush by gangster Vikas Dubey and his men has called for action against "those who helped him thrive and protected him" in Uttar Pradesh. Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter after a road accident this morning while being taken to Kanpur from Madhya Pradesh, where he was arrested yesterday, the police said.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said he will work from his 德扑圈apphome for a few days after some of the staff members at his official 德扑圈apphome office, "Krishna",in central Bengaluru tested positive for coronavirus. The Chief Minister has also tweeted the update.

The centre, Kerala and 12 other states have been issued notice by the Supreme Court on a petition following the death of a pregnant elephant after consuming food mixed with firecrackers in Kerala's Palakkad in May.

A Delhi court today granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were charge-sheeted for attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi for allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines, issued in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hit out the top educational body in the country - the University Grants Commission or UGC - in a video message as he said that "it is extremely unfair to conduct exams during the Covid-19 pandemic".

A 60-year-old former Zila Panchayat member was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district, an official said on Friday.

The Bombay High Court today sought to know why the names of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 should be disclosed and said the issue involves privacy rights of such patients.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey.