21.5 million people in tourism sector lost their jobs since COVID-19 outbreak: Government

21.5 million people in tourism sector lost their jobs since COVID-19 outbreak: Government

NEW DELHI: Around 21.5 million people, involved in the tourism industry, have lost their jobs due to the three waves of COVID-19 that first hit the country in early 2020, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. Reddy said tourist arrivals in the country were down by 93 percent during the first wave […]

Daily Covid-19 cases in India lowest since May 2020

Daily Covid-19 cases in India lowest since May 2020

NEW DELHI: India saw a further dip in daily Covid-19 cases as 2,503 new infections were recorded, the lowest since May 2020, while the active cases dipped to 36,168, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. With the fresh cases, the total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,29,93,494. The death toll […]

Govt formation: BJP appoints Amit Shah, Rajnath as observers for UP, Uttarakhand

NEW DELHI: Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh have been appointed as the BJP’s observers for government formation in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the party said on Monday. Shah will be assisted by BJP vice president Raghubar Das as co-observer and Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi will assist Rajnath Singh for selection of the leader […]

Congress most credible of national opposition parties; worth reforming, reviving: Tharoor

Congress most credible of national opposition parties; worth reforming, reviving: Tharoor

NEW DELHI: As Congress’ top brass met to deliberate on its recent electoral debacle, its leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday pointed to the party having the largest number of MLAs in the country in the Opposition camp and asserted that it was “worth reforming and reviving.” Taking to Twitter, Tharoor shared a list of the […]

Chorus for Rahul as Congress president grows louder as CWC meets

Chorus for Rahul as Congress president grows louder as CWC meets

NEW DELHI: The chorus for making Rahul Gandhi Congress president again grew louder on Sunday as several leaders and workers voiced support for him to take on the mantle of party chief. Ahead of a crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said no one was taking on Prime Minister Narendra […]

3,116 new COVID cases in India, daily infections in country lowest in 676 days

NEW DELHI: India logged 3,116 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 676 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,90,991, while the active cases dipped to 38,069, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,15,850 with 47 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]

Mamata names Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo as Trinamool candidates for Bengal bypolls

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC’s candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection. “Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate […]

Hardly any reforms were carried out in security apparatus post-Independence: PM Modi

Hardly any reforms were carried out in security apparatus post-Independence: PM Modi

GANDHINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lamented that hardly any reforms were carried in the security apparatus of the country post-Independence despite the need for it. He said that common people’s perception, especially of the police force, that it is better to stay away from them, needs to be changed. Modi was addressing the […]

CWC to meet today to discuss Assembly poll debacle

CWC to meet today to discuss Assembly poll debacle

NEW DELHI: The Congress Working Committee will meet on Sunday to discuss the outcome of assembly election in which the party received a drubbing, sources said. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the meeting of the top decision-making body of the party at its headquarters here at 4 PM tomorrow, they said. The meeting comes […]

UP voters chose development over Ram temple Hindutva Post-poll survey

Lucknow: Development and government functioning were among the top priorities for voters in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections while the Ram temple and Hindutva did not weigh much in the minds of people while exercising their franchise, a post-poll survey has highlighted. The study said the net satisfaction with the Narendra Modi government at the […]