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India records 45,576 infections, 585 fatalities

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 89.58 lakh with 45,576 fresh infections, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease...

Government reserves 5 MBBS seats under central pool for children of COVID-19 warriors

New Delhi: The government has decided to reserve five MBBS seats under the central pool for wards of COVID-19 warriors for the academic year...

India strengthens its resolve of toilet for all on World Toilet Day: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: India has seen an "unparalleled achievement" of providing hygienic toilets to crores of people in the last few years, Prime Minister Narendra...

COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 89-lakh mark

NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 89 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 83 lakh pushing...

Shah, Nadda to visit Bengal every month till end of assembly polls: State BJP chief

KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party national president J P Nadda will visit the...

Dip in new COVID-19 cases, India records 29,163 infections in single day

New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a day dropped below 30,000 after four months, taking India's COVID-19 caseload to 88.74...

SC refuses to entertain plea challenging constitutional validity of Epidemic Act

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Epidemic Act and questioned the petitioner...

Security Council an ‘impaired’ organ; handful of countries stopping UNSC reform: India at UN

UNITED NATIONS: A handful of countries are using the Inter Governmental Negotiations (IGN) as a “smoke-screen” and stopping progress on reforming the Security Council,...

Media persons played important role in educating people, mitigating impact of Covid-19: Kovind

NEW DELHI: Media persons have been among frontline corona warriors who played an important role in educating people and mitigating the impact of the...

India records 30,548 fresh Covid-19 cases, 435 deaths

NEW DELHI: India's Covid-19 caseload mounted to 88,45,127 with 30,548 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated...

Covid-19 impact: Winter and Budget sessions of parliament may be clubbed

NEW DELHI: In the wake of rising Covid-19 cases in the national capital, it is being contemplated that a single extended session of parliament...

After poor show in Bihar polls, Karti Chidambaram pitches for introspection in Congress

CHENNAI: Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram on Monday said it was time for introspection and consultation in the party, days after its poor showing...

India reports under 50,000 new daily Covid-19 cases since 8 days; active caseload contracts further

NEW DELHI: India has reported less than 50,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 for the eighth continuous day, a trend which assumes wider significance...

Senior Cong leader Ahmed Patel in ICU weeks after contracting Covid-19

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who tested positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago, has now been admitted to the Intensive Care...

Nitish unanimously elected as leader of NDA in Bihar, set to return as CM

PATNA: The NDA in Bihar unanimously elected Nitish Kumar as its leader in the state legislature on Sunday, paving the way for his return...

COVID-19: 44,684 new cases take India’s virus tally to 87,73,479

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 87.73 lakh with 44,684 new infections in a day, while 81,63,572 people have recuperated from...

Delhi’s air quality turns ‘severe’ on Diwali

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality turned “severe” on Diwali with stubble burning accounting for 32 per cent of the city’s PM2.5 pollution and calm...

Towering visionary who laid foundation of our country: Rahul’s tribute to Nehru

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid tributes to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary, saying he was...

Owaisi party entry into Bengal likely to unsettle TMC’s sway over minorities

KOLKATA: With Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM announcing that it would contest Bengal polls, having bagged five seats in neighbouring Bihar, political arithmetic, in all likelihood,...

Centre approves Rs 4,382 crore as assistance for natural calamities to 6 states

NEW DELHI: A high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the release of nearly Rs 4,382 crore to six states...

Enhancing connectivity with ASEAN a major priority for India: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said enhancing all kinds of connectivity, including in social, digital and financial spheres, with the 10-nation...

Working hard to ensure early supply of S-400 missile systems to India: Russia

NEW DELHI: Russia on Thursday said it was working “very hard” to advance the supply of the S-400 surface-to-air missiles to India even though...

India has entered into recession due to PM Modi’s policies: Rahul

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday targeted the government over the state of the economy, claiming the country has entered into a...

Bihar poll boost: AIMIM plans to contest in UP, West Bengal elections, says Owaisi

HYDERABAD: Buoyed by the results of Bihar assembly elections, the AIMIM which bagged five seats is now looking to spread its wings to states...

Daily new COVID-19 infections remain below 50,000 mark

NEW DELHI: For the third day in a row, daily new coronavirus infections in the country settled below the 50,000-mark, the Union Health Ministry...

Adversaries may take advantage if we do not have strong armed forces: Gen. Bipin Rawat

NEW DELHI: The Indian armed forces are operating in a very complex, and uncertain environment and they must continue to enhance capabilities for peace...

Justify denial of information; don’t merely cite exemption clause: CIC to CBI

NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the CBI to provide a justification for denial of information on the ground that the...

India records 45,903 new COVID-19 cases, 490 more deaths

NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 85,53,657 with 45,903 new infections being reported, while the number of people who have recuperated from the...

Covid-19 cases in India breach 85-lakh mark

NEW DELHI: India's Covid-19 caseload went past 85 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 78,68,968 pushing...

Arnab Goswami shifted to Taloja jail for using mobile phone in custody

MUMBAI: Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of an interior designer, was on Sunday shifted from Alibaug to...

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