Former NSG chief who led 26/11counter-terror op dies of COVID-19
Former National Security Guard director general J K Dutt, who headed the commando force during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, died on Wednesday due to complications arising out of COVID-19, officials said here. He was 72. Family sources told PTI...
How celebrities, politicians are getting COVID-19 drugs, asks Bombay HC
The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government and the Centre to file affidavits explaining how celebrities and politicians were procuring anti-COVID-19 drugs, medical oxygen and other relief materials for coronavirus patients. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta...
Vaccination 3 months after recovery from Covid: Govt
Those suffering from COVID-19 as well as those who have contracted it after taking the first vaccine dose should go for the jabs three months after fully recovering from the disease, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. Also, COVID-19 vaccination...
Maha must produce 3000 MT of oxygen, urges CM
Maharashtra cannot afford to rely on others for medical oxygen in the present COVID-19 situation and priority must be given to produce 3,000 metric tons of the vital gas per day in the state itself, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said...
1.8% of India’s population infected by Covid-19
-- 8 States with more than 1 lakh active cases. 10 States with more than 50,000 -1,00,00 active cases and 18 States with less than 50,000 active cases. Maharashtra, UP, Delhi, Bihar, MP and Chhattisgath showing a decline in COVID-19...
2nd Covid wave under control in Maha: Sena
The ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Tuesday claimed that the state has controlled the second wave of Covid-19. The state will now also successfully find a way out of the crisis caused by cyclone Tauktae, an editorial in the...
270 doctors have died in 2nd Covid wave in India
Representational pic The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday said 270 doctors across the country have succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the second wave of the pandemic so far. The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA president...
Eminent cardiologist Dr K K Aggarwal dies of COVID-19
Nagpur/New Delhi :Padma Shri awardee and eminent cardiologist Dr K K Aggarwal has died of COVID-19, a statement posted on his Twitter handle said. Dr Aggarwal, 62, who was the former national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), was admitted...
Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin: AAP
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi said on Monday that Delhi has less than a day's stock of Covaxin left for the 45-plus age group and they will have to temporarily shut down centres administering it. While issuing the vaccination bulletin,...
Navy rescues 132 from barge adrift off Mumbai
The Indian Navy has rescued 132 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabia Sea near Mumbai hours before a very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour made landfall on the...
Justice UU Lalit Nominated as Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated Justice Uday Umesh Lalit the next executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) with immediate effect. As per reports, a notification informing about the same has been issued by...
Cyclone Tauktae moves into Gujarat, 6 dead in Maharashtra
A very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour began making landfall on the Gujarat coast Monday night, after dumping heavy rains on Mumbai, forcing the evacuation of over 1.5 lakh people in Gujarat...
TMC leaders get bail, Mamata leaves CBI office
Special Central Bureau of Investigation court grants bail to two Bengal ministers, one Trinamool Congress MLA and a former minister arrested in Narada sting case, says their lawyer. More details awaited. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who...
Aaditya: Maha CM, Dy CM monitoring cyclone
Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray visited the Disaster Management room of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to to take an update on the current situation of cyclone Tauktae. "We are doing everything we can to keep you safe. For your safety,...
Mumbai airport ops to remain shut till 6 pm
Mumbai Airport operations closure has been extended up to 1800 hours today:...
Quake of 3.8 intensity strikes Gujarat’s Rajkot
An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter scale struck Rajkot in Gujarat on Monday morning, as per the National Center for Seismology. The quake took place at 03:37:18 IST and at a depth of 10 kilometres south of Rajkot....
6 Dead as Cyclone Tauktae Batters Goa, Karnataka, Kerala;
Mumbai: Gale-force winds, heavy rainfall accompanied by high tidal waves lashed the coastal parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa today as Cyclone Tauktae heads northwestwards towards Gujarat. The ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ will make landfall in Gujarat on Tuesday morning,...
Mumbai on orange alert, navy on standby
The IMD has issued an orange alert for Mumbai warning of very heavy rains at isolated places with strong winds on Monday as the very severe cyclonic storm Tauktae is likely to pass close from the Mumbai coast towards Gujarat. Three...
25 arrested in Delhi over posters critical of Modi govt’s vaccine policy
One of the posters, put up at Dwarka, since removed. The Delhi Police has registered 25 FIRs and arrested as many people for allegedly pasting posters critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the vaccination drive against COVID-19,...
Congress MP Rajiv Satav, 46, Passes Away After Covid-Related Complications in Pune
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Rajiv Satav, who tested positive for Covid-19 in April, passed away on Sunday after being on ventilator support at a private hospital in Pune. Satav, 46, a member of the AICC and considered a...
Govt, public dropped guard after 1st COVID wave: RSS chief
After the first wave of COVID-19, the government, administration and public dropped their guard which led to the current situation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday and urged people to stay positive and proactive to fight the...
