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...
Fadnavis writes to Sonia, slams Maha govt’s handling of pandemic
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi about the COVID-19 situation in Maharashtra, and said she should rather advise the states where her party is in power about how to handle the pandemic. State Congress leaders hit...
Sitharaman to chair 43rd GST Council meeting on May 28
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 43rd Goods and Services Tax Council meeting through video conferencing on May 28. The official Twitter account of Nirmala Sitharaman's Office informed that the meeting will take place at 11 am and Minister of...
Recoveries outnumber new COVID cases in India
For the fourth time in the last five days, India's daily COVID-19 recoveries outnumbered new cases, taking the total recoveries to 2,04,32,898, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. The number of people who recovered from the infection in the last...
Samyukta Kisan Morcha to observe May 26 as ‘black day’
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions, on Saturday announced that it will observe May 26 as 'black day', marking six months of their protest at Delhi's borders against the Centre's three farm laws. In...
