New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi hailing her as a great example of women power. Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to Indira Gandhi at her memorial “Shakti Sthal” here. Indira Gandhi, the then prime minister, was assassinated […]
NEW DELHI: With 14,313 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,60,470, while the active cases were recorded at 1,61,555, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll climbed to 4,57,740 with 549 more fatalities, according to the data updated at […]
NEW DELHI: More than 111.13 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and Union Territories so far, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. More than 12.73 crore (12,73,62,006) balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs, it said. The Union government is committed to accelerating the pace […]
Vatican City: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he had a “very warm meeting” with Pope Francis and discussed a wide range of issues, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenge posed by climate change, with the head of the Roman Catholic church and also invited the Pontiff to visit India at an early […]
PANAJI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will become more powerful as the Congress party is not serious about politics, and also accused the grand old party of not taking decisions. Apparently targeting the BJP-led central government, she said there was enough of Delhi’s ‘dadagiri’ (bullying). Addressing […]
Rome: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen here and held an extensive discussion covering trade and investment ties, climate change, Covid-19, global and regional developments. This was Prime Minister Modi’s first official engagement after he arrived here […]
LUCKNOW: Scotching speculation over the BJP’s chief ministerial face in the coming UP assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Yogi Adityanath has to become CM in 2022 for Narendra Modi to be sworn in as the prime minister again in 2024. The Union Home Minister made the decisive remark at a […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday clarified that there is no total ban on the use of firecrackers and only those fireworks which contain Barium salts are prohibited. A bench of Justices M R Shah and A S Bopanna said however that no authority can be permitted the violation of the directions issued by it […]
New Delhi: With 14,348 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India’s total tally of Covid cases rose to 3,42,46,157, while the active cases were recorded at 1,61,334, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,57,191 with 805 fresh fatalities, including 708 from Kerala, according to […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot play with people’s lives by directing the Centre to revaccinate people with Covishield who are fully vaccinated with Covaxin to enable them to travel abroad during the Covid-19 pandemic. The apex court was hearing a petition that said that Covaxin was not approved by […]