Alia Bhatt tests positive for COVID-19
Actor Alia Bhatt on Friday said she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under home quarantine. The 28-year-old actor took to Instagram and posted a note, informing her fans that she is currently following all the safety protocols listed by...
8,646 new Covid cases in Mumbai in highest 1-day spike
Mumbai on Thursday reported 8,646 new coronavirus cases, its highest one-day rise since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. This took the city's overall caseload to 4,23,360. The death of 18 patients during the day, the highest single-day...
Complaint against Mamata for ‘Bihari goons’ remark
A complaint was filed on Thursday against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee before a court here, assailing the alleged disparaging remarks she recently made about people from Bihar during campaigning for assembly elections. The petition was filed before...
61% voter turnout till 3 pm in phase 2 WB polls
Amid a chaotic situation across West Bengal during the second phase of the state Assembly polls, the voter turnout here reached 60.97 per cent till 3:10 pm on Thursday. Bankura registered the highest voter turnout among all districts with 64.73...
Govt extends deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage till June 30
The government on Wednesday extended the deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar by three months till June 30. The income tax department said it has received representations from taxpayers that the last date for intimating the Aadhaar number may further be...
Indian Cricket Team Head Coach Ravi Shastri meets Governor
The Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team and well known cricketer Ravi Shastri met the Governor of Maharashtra and Goa Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Wednesday (31st Mar). This was a courtesy...
Passengers to Delhi airport to be randomly tested
Passengers at Delhi Airport - arriving from the states witnessing a Covid surge - may be tested randomly and "those found positive shall be mandatorily quarantined," officials have said. A notice shared on Twitter by the Delhi International Airport Limited...
Rahul visits Kamakhya temple in Guwahati
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati today. Speaking to reporters after the temple visit, Rahul said, "Congress has given 5 guarantees to voters of Assam. We aren't BJP, we fulfil our promises. Tea garden workers...
Shelf life of Covishield extended to 9 months
India's drug regulator DCGI has extended the shelf life of Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, from six to nine months from its manufacturing date. In a letter to the Serum Institute of India, Drugs Controller General of India V G...
Sharad Pawar undergoes endoscopy before schedule
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday night underwent endoscopy at a hospital in Mumbai a day before schedule, a family member said, adding that doctors might take a call on operating him late night itself. "The doctors performed...
Actor Ajaz Khan arrested by NCB in drug case
The Narcotics Control Bureau on Wednesday arrested actor Ajaz Khan after eight hours of interrogation in connection with a drug case. Khan was detained at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday evening sent to solutions recovery center. The agency also conducted...
Maharashtra: Lockdown talk divides MVA leaders
The constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government spoke in different voices on Tuesday on the need for a fresh lockdown in Maharashtra with some leaders of the NCP and the Shiv Sena questioning the effectiveness of such strategy against...
Maha names retd judge to probe Param Bir’s claim
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday set up a committee headed by a retired judge of high court to probe the corruption allegations levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh against state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. The one-member panel, to...
Fresh Covid cases in Maharashtra drops to 27,918
Nagpur: The number of fresh Covid cases in Maharashtra dipped to 27,918 on Tuesday from a high of 40,414 new cases on Sunday. The total number of active cases in the state has risen to 3,40,542. Pune district continued to...
ICU beds for COVID patients full in 14 private hospitals in Delhi: Govt data
Fourteen private hospitals in Delhi have run out of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients amid a resurgence in daily cases in the national capital, government data showed on Tuesday. Of the 787 ICU beds with ventilators in government-run and...
Maharashtra: Lockdown talk divides MVA leaders
The constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government spoke in different voices on Tuesday on the need for a fresh lockdown in Maharashtra with some leaders of the NCP and the Shiv Sena questioning the effectiveness of such strategy against...
Sharad Pawar admitted to hospital
NCP chief Sharad Pawar was admitted to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai today following complaints of pain in his abdomen. Pawar, 80, was originally to be admitted in hospital for endoscopy and surgery procedure...
Health minister gets his second jab
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan along with his wife Nutan Goel receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine jab at Delhi Heart & Lung...
Covid cases in IIM-A nearly doubles to 70 today
The new wave of coronavirus in Gujarat has hit the country's premier educational institution Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The number of people found positive for COVID-19 at the institute went up from 40 yesterday to 70 today. The IIM-A...
Param Bir Singh’s PIL in HC tomorrow
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's PIL will be heard by Bombay High Court tomorrow. Singh's PIL seeks CBI inquiry against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and challenges his...
Amit Shah, Mamata face off in Nandigram today
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah arrives in Nandigram; he will hold a roadshow shortly. The BJP leader was received by Suvendu Adhikari, party's candidate from Nandigram. West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee is also...
