10,423 new cases reported New Delhi: India added 10,423 new coronavirus cases, the lowest in 259 days, while the active cases declined to 1,53,776, the lowest in 250 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, India’s Covid tally climbed to 3,42,96,237. The death toll climbed to 4,58,880 […]
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday filed its first charge sheet in the case pertaining to arrest of Navy officers handling sensitive submarine retro-fitting project for allegedly leaking confidential information in return of pecuniary gains, officials said. In its charge sheet filed before special CBI judge in Rouse Avenue court, the CBI booked six persons, […]
CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress on Tuesday. Singh also announced his new political party Punjab Lok Congress. He sent a seven-page resignation letter to party president Sonia Gandhi, sources said. Singh had quit as the Punjab chief minister in September amid a bitter power tussle with state Congress chief […]
NEW DELHI: India recorded 125 extremely heavy rainfall events during September and October in 2021, the highest in five years, owing to the late withdrawal of the southwest monsoon and higher-than-normal low-pressure systems, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The country recorded 89 extremely heavy rainfall events in September against 61 in the same […]
NEW DELHI: As per the standards of sustainable development India is still lacking in terms of education as it has not achieved the goal of “inclusive education”, Supreme Court judge Justice UU Lalit said here on Monday and underlined the need to undertake more efforts on this front and to provide good and quality education […]
NEW DELHI: The Union government has decided to resume biometric attendance for employees of all levels from November 8, the Personnel Ministry said on Monday. It shall be the responsibility of heads of department to ensure that sanitisers are mandatorily placed beside biometric machines and all employees sanitize their hands before and after marking the […]
NEW DELHI: With 12,514 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,85,814, while the active cases declined to 1,58,817, the lowest in 248 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,58,437 with 251 fresh fatalities, according to […]
NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said 78 per cent of India’s eligible population has been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine while 38 per cent have received both the shots. Describing it as an extraordinary feat, he said India is rapidly progressing on the path to defeating the virus. According […]
GHAZIABAD: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said the Centre has time till November 26 to repeal the contentious farm laws, after which farmer protests around Delhi would be intensified. November 26 would mark one year of the ongoing farmers’ protests at Delhi’s border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur. The protests […]
NEW DELHI: Facebook whistleblowers may be called to India later this month to depose before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, with the required permission being sought from the Lok Sabha speaker, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is the chairman of the panel, said on Monday. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data […]