The 606 positive cases includes 43 foreign nationals, the ministry said. On Tuesday, the number of cases was 519.
In a tweet, Modi said India is 'delighted to welcome' the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations as desperate residents remain stranded without food and water.
Addressing a joint media event with Macron, Modi said the two countries have robust cooperation in the fields of defence and security.
Did Pakistan reveal Osama bin Laden's position to the United States?
The Coast Guard has deployed a Chetak Helicopter to carry out search operation for missing vehicles.
Several people succumbed to their injuries sustained in the blasts, taking the death toll to 359.
'My housemate lost his father just a day after he turned 22.' 'Because of the lockdown he couldn't do anything about it.'
'Kindly have us airlifted at the earliest. We are in a very bad situation here.'
An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh will be given per person to the next of kin of those killed in the floods.
The winter session of Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Tuesday after passing 18 legislations, including amendment bills on amend coal mines allocation and labour laws, in 22 sittings.
India on Tuesday said it is in touch with Togo authorities to secure on compassionate ground the release of a jailed Indian sailor even as his family met the prime minister requesting his intervention to ensure the seaman is able to conduct the last rites of his 11-month-old son.
'If we were willing to go to Yemen, one can only imagine our condition. Only those who are desperate will go there.'
The intensity of the blast was so high that window panes in adjoining buildings were shattered and shocked people were seen running helter-skelter, an eyewitness said.
Devastating Cyclone Hudhud caused damage worth thousands of crores in Visakhapatnam and other storm-hit areas of the coast, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said in the port city on Tuesday.
'The speech he delivered had a profound impact on my colleagues,' US Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in an exclusive interview.
The prices of unsold homes in Mumbai run into crores of rupees.
The Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra were posthumously awarded to Major David Manlun and Major Satish Dahiya, who lost their lives while fighting with terrorists in Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir.
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Senior Colonel Liu Degang said the Arjun tank is "very good" and suits Indian conditions.
The doctor said that the US president is borderline obese.
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
Opt for an affordable house on a metro's periphery, invest and wait it out.
Tamil Nadu government deployed state and national disaster response force teams in Kanyakumari district, which bore the brunt of the rain fury.
Marking the culmination of the 67th Republic Day celebrations, the military on Friday held the beating retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in Delhi with patriotic fervour.
The former PWD minister reacted to the development saying that he was being targeted by the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government in an unprecedented manner.
The funeral of late former President A P J Abdul Kalam will be held in Rameswaram, his birth place in Tamil Nadu, on July 30 with full military honours.
'Predictions are that numbers will continue to rise till May end and maybe in the first half of June will be our peak.'
Chinese companies who were actively pursuing business opportunities in India have adopted a wait and watch approach following the Chinese government clampdown.
The Chinese have just one commander for all the forces confronting India. Commanders of all these forces answer to one man, and one headquarter. India, on the other hand, offers a diversity of options that is a military embarrassment in the 21st century. In Arunachal and Sikkim-Bhutan, the Eastern Army Commander is in charge. In the Uttarakhand (central) sector, it will be the Central Army Commander. The Himachal-Tibet border is the domain of the Western Army Commander. And all of Kashmir and Ladakh further on, the Northern Army's. Effectively, an array of at least eight 'three-star' commanders will be arrayed against one Chinese, says Shekhar Gupta.
'I pray to god that nothing like that happens again in our country so that we are forced to make something like Uri again.'
'Fighting terrorism and doing away with the safe shelters, sanctuaries, and safe havens will be an important part of our cooperation.'
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the nation on the eve of 72nd Republic Day.
'Our plan is to put the best foot forward for the upcoming tournament and play good matches'
With a rich political and personal legacy, George Herbert Walker Bush left no shortage of memorable photos from his time both in and out of office. Bush died at the age of 94. The 41st US president, congressman, Central Intelligence Agency director and oil tycoon was also father to the 43rd president -- George W Bush. The younger Bush in a statement remembered his father as "a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for." Delving into archives here are the US former president's most memorable days.
The defence ministry has signed off on a national security plan that it cannot fund. Ajai Shukla reports
The seventh Tibet Work Forum was held in Beijing on August 28 and 29. Delhi should be deeply concerned, at a time India faces a precarious situation in Ladakh, because the TWF also defines China's western border policies, observes Claude Arpi.
'When that happens, it will be a landmark day for all of us. That will mean something to us.'
Nita Doshi and Devashish Sharma share a common goal to help poor patients who cannot afford treatment for cancer.
