Airlines will have to refund full fares, without imposing cancellation charges, to those who booked tickets during the first lockdown from 25 March to 14 April for travel between 25 March and 3 May, the civil aviation ministry said on Thursday. The ministry has asked the Directorate...

A nationwide lockdown will only pause the deadly coronavirus, but not defeat it, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today, recommending that the government go for testing "aggressively and strategically". He also suggested that there should be two zones in India - hotspot and non-hotspot....

India is expected to see a "normal" monsoon this year, the government said on Wednesday in its forecast or the four-month rainfall season in the country. The southwest monsoon season, that replenishes the country's farm-dependent economy, first hits the southern tip of Kerala usually...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the extension of a nationwide lockdown till May 3 to contain the spread of Covid-19 as the number of novel coronavirus cases surged past 10,000-mark on Tuesday. Hinting at partial relief, however, the Prime Minister said there could be some...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919, saying their valour will inspire Indians for years to come. "I bow to those martyrs who were killed mercilessly in Jallianwala Bagh on this day. We will never forget their courage...