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A war of words began on Twitter as Congress leader from Kashmir Salman Nizami, known to be close to former president of the party Rahul Gandhi, took to the social site to blame the BJP for the painful exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley in 1990

Kerala's second plasma bank has been set up at the Wayanad district hospital at nearby Mananthavady, close on the heels of a similar facility being launched at Manjeri in Malappuram.

Union Cabinet approved development of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) for urban migrants and poor that will make housing available at affordable rent close to the place of work

Cracks are again wide open in the Maharashtra coalition government 

Two more sadhus were killed in Maharashtra’s Nanded, exposing how vulnerable they are under Uddhav Thackeray’s government 

Salman Khan, close family and friends from the industry, including Iulia Vantur, Waluscha De Sousa, are living in the farm house. This is the second song Salman has released amid the coronavirus pandemic, after Pyaar Karona

Chinese helicopters were spotted flying close to the undemarcated border between India and China in Eastern Ladakh after around 250 soldiers of both sides were engaged in a fierce face-off near Pangong Lake in the area last week

Late singer Kishore Kumar's letter to Academy Awards winner Satyajit Ray - latest find in filmmaker's closet

Close to 1200 officers and jawans of Indian Army are likely to take trains from Bengaluru to their postings in various parts of India this month
 

“Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten!” Trump said in a tweet, a day after India lifted the hold on export of the drug to the US.

Maharashtra remained the worst-affected state in the country with over 400 coronavirus cases. Coronavirus infections in Delhi also rose to a new single-day high as the state recorded 167 new cases on Friday.
 

The coronavirus pandemic has forced countries to close their borders and put citizens under lockdown. Governments are under pressure to curtail the spread of the virus and also ramp up their response in tackling this global emergency. Here’s all you need to know about how to fight coronavirus in this complete COVID19 guide.

Janata curfew will kick in on March 20 from 7 am to 9 pm. Here’s a list of things that are open and closed.

The deadly Spanish Flu, which slipped in through a ship of returning soldiers that docked in Bombay in June 1918 destroyed India. Close to 18 million Indians were killed by the deadly influenza, which is more than all the casualties in World War One. According to reports, India lost 6% of its people – more women than men. The 1918 pandemic is said to have claimed anywhere between 50 to 100 million lives world over. Although medical realities are vastly different now, the fact remains that there is still no cure for coronavirus. One must remember that the 1918 flu happened in the pre-antibiotic era and there was not enough medical care for the critically ill. Back then in India, western medicines were not widely accepted and people relied on home remedies.However, separated by a century, there are some striking similarities between the two pandemics and some key lessons India can learn from the 1918 flu. Watch this video to learn more.

 Here’s a look at hangman Pavan Jallad’s life as he gets ready to pull the lever on March 20 at 5: 30 am.