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...
Video: 4 cops injured in attack by mob in Nanded
Nanded: A mob of sword-wielding peoples on Monday attacked policemen, injuring at least four of them, after being denied permission to hold a public procession in Nanded due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official said. A viral video showed the sword-wielding...
Maharashtra lockdown: If people follow rules, it can be avoided, says Nawab Malik
Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik has said that the state cannot afford a lockdown and he has reportedly asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to consider other options. Speaking to news agency ANI, Malik said, "We can't afford a lockdown....
Sharad Pawar to undergo surgery on March 31
Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik tweets: 'Kind attention. Our party president Sharad Pawar saheb was feeling a little uneasy due to a pain in his abdomen last evening and was therefore taken to Breach Candy Hospital for...
Hizbul terrorist among 2 killed in J-K encounter
A Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, who had gone to Pakistan for arms training and returned last week, was among the two ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian on Saturday, police said on Sunday. Inspector General of...
