Breaking News: Navjot Singh Sidhu appointed as Punjab Congress president with immediate effect

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated newly-appointed Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba for winning the vote of confidence.

Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba has won the vote of confidence with 163 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect.

University Grants Commission said that the admission process in Central universities during the academic session 2021-22 may continue as per past practice in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) may be implemented from Academic Session 2022-23, it added.

Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has cancelled the organisation of the Kanwar Yatra in Delhi in view of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), reported news agency ANI.

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is set to chair a high-level meeting of officials through video conference at 6pm today, in view of the situation following heavy rains in Mumbai, said the chief minister's office.

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar has been admitted to a hospital due to chest pain, BMC mayor's office said on Sunday.

The Haryana government has extended Covid restrictions till July 26, with further relaxations on the operational period for restaurants and gyms. Restaurants and bars will now be allowed to open from 10 am to 11pm with 50% of the seating capacity while adhering to Covid protocols, starting Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, and other leaders arrived at Parliament House for the NDA floor leaders' meet ahead of the Monsoon session.

The Indian Medical Association has urged the Kerala government to withdraw the order to ease restrictions for mass gathering during Bakrid, calling it "unwarranted and inappropriate" at the time of medical emergency.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, wrote a letter to Pramila Singh, a Major from the Indian Army a resident of Kota, Rajasthan who retired as a Major from the Indian Army, praising her for kindness and service towards destitute animals.

Punjab Congress revamp: Incumbent state chief Sunil Jakhar calls a meeting of MLAs and DCC presidents to “pass a resolution expressing faith in the Congress high command and that its decision will be acceptable to all"

A fuel tanker exploded in western Kenya while people were siphoning fuel from it, killing 13 people, police said Sunday.

PM Narendra Modi chairs an all-party meeting at Parliament, a day before the commencement of the Monsoon session.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will undertake "only essential government business" in the week ahead after he was designated a close contact of a person infected with Covid, Downing Street said Sunday.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is to visit flood-ravaged areas in Germany on Sunday to survey the damage and meet survivors, after days of extreme downpours in western Europe left at least 183 people dead and dozens missing.

Alliance with other parties cannot be ruled out for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. We are open-minded: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Central govt should change its anti-people policies. The protest will continue in and outside Bengal, says TMC General Secretary Kunal Ghosh.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak have been contacted by NHS test and trace as contacts of someone who has tested positive for Covid, Downing Street said on Sunday.

We will take the decision to shift the people who are living in a dangerous situation to permanent settlements immediately. BMC will investigate this incident: Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and Anushakti Nagar MLA Nawab Malik on Chembur wall collapse incident in which 17 people died.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu reaches residence of MLA Madanlal with six party MLAs including state minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in Patiala, amid efforts by the party leadership to end the infighting in Punjab Congress.

Divers have been dispatched in the search for 14 workers missing since water flooded a tunnel under construction in southern China three days ago, authorities said Sunday.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has expressed grief over the deaths in accidents at Chembur and Vikhroli due to torrential rains and announced that the government would pay ₹5 lakh each to the heirs of the deceased & free treatment would be given to the injured: CMO.

Maharashtra: Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducts raids at two properties of former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur, in connection with an alleged corruption case.

Maharashtra Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray reaches the site where a wall collapse has claimed the lives of 17 people in Mumbai's Chembur.