Mumbai Police is undergoing turmoil: New chief
Hemant Nagrale took the charge as the Commissioner of Mumbai Police after the Maharashtra government transferred Param Bir Singh to the low-key Home Guard. "At present, the Mumbai Police is undergoing turmoil due to some bad instances that have occurred. I...
Pilot killed as MiG-21 on combat training crashes
Group Captain A Gupta was killed when a MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force he was flying was involved in a fatal accident this morning while taking off for a combat training mission at an airbase in central...
4 booked for not wearing mask on flight
In a first, four passengers have been booked for not adhering to Covid norms on board an Alliance Air flight on Tuesday. All four travellers have been handed over to security agencies on arrival in Delhi. The airline has initiated action against...
Maharashtra COVID-19 Guidelines: Work From Home For School Teachers; Max 50 People At Weddings, 20 In Funeral
As the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic hit Maharashtra, the department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday issued an order directing all schools in its jurisdiction to discontinue 50 per cent rotational attendance rule from March 17. What are...
BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma dead
BJP MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh Ram Swaroop Sharma died in New Delhi on Wednesday, a spokesperson of the party said here. Further details are awaited, he added. Born at Jalpehar village in Mandi district on June 10, 1958,...
Maharashtra reports 17864 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs
Maharashtra registered the highest one-day spike of Covid 19 cases yesterday as the state recorded 17864 new cases taking the cumulative total to over 23 lakh. AIR correspondent reports that Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope met Union Health Minister Harsh...
TMC to announce manifesto at 4:30 pm today
TMC to announce manifesto at 4:30 pm today. Mamata's party has postponed the release of its manifesto for the third time, but did not cite any reason for the deferment. CM Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to release it last...
Ex-CM Narayanasamy missing from Cong list
The Congress announced names of candidates for 14 seats for the April 6 Puducherry Assembly elections but the list did not contain the name of party veteran and former chief minister V Narayanasamy. The Congress, which heads the Secular Democratic Alliance...
PM Modi to meet CMs on Covid-19 situation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a video conference with chief ministers today to assess the Covid-19 situation in the country as well as the vaccination drive amid a spike in active cases that has increased the governments worry. PM...
Here is the state-wise quarantine regulations at Indian airports
Given that Covid-19 is once again a reality in many parts of India, notably in Maharashtra, what are the state-wise quarantine regulations at airports, for both international and domestic passengers? The good folk at IndiGo airlines have put out a fact...
Govt places new order for 10 cr doses of SII vaccine
The Centre has placed a new purchase order with the Serum Institute of India for the supply of 10 crore doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, each costing Rs 157.50, including GST, according to official sources. The HLL...
Sukhbir Singh Badal tests +ve for Covid
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal tests positive for COVID19. "My health is fine & as per protocol I have isolated myself," tweets Sukhbir Singh...
Not all banks to be privatised: FM amid strike
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today assured that not all banks will be privatised and wherever it happens, the interest of the employees will be protected. Addressing the media amid a two-day banking strike called by nine unions against...
359 million people given Covid vaccine worldwide
At least 132 countries and territories have administered more than 359 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far. As per the data provided by Our World In Data citied by The New York Times, 359,460,397 doses have been administered and as...
BJP’s Swapan Dasgupta resigns from Rajya Sabha
Swapan Dasgupta, who has been nominated by the BJP to contest the West Bengal elections, has tendered his resignation as a Rajya Sabha MP. His resignation has been sent to the Chairman of the House, it is yet to be...
Fire at Shivaji Market in Pune, 25 shops gutted
Pune: A major fire broke in an old fruit and vegetable market in Pune early Tuesday morning, destroying at least25 shops, fire brigade officials said. There was no report of any casualty, they said. The fire broke out around 4 am in...
Maharashtra: New guidelines for movie halls, hotels, offices
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in the state, the Maharashtra government on Monday issued guidelines according to which cinema halls, hotels, restaurants, malls and offices flouting Covid regulations would be shut down “until the Covid-19 pandemic stays notified as a disaster...
24,492 new COVID-19 cases: India’s 24 hour tally
India reports 24,492 new COVID-19 cases, 20,191 recoveries and 131 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per data provided by the government. The government also stated that as of Monday, a total of 3,29,47,432 had been vaccinated against the...
Nationwide bank strike enters day 2
The two-day national strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions, an umbrella body of nine bank unions, to register their protest against the Centres proposed privatisation and disinvestment plan, will enter the second day on Tuesday. The unions...
Governor releases the e-book on history of Mumbai GPO building
The Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari released a digital book depicting the history of the Mumbai General Post Office building at a function held at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Monday (15th Mar). The e-book ‘Dawn Under The Dome’...
NCB challenges Rhea Chakraborty’s bail in SC
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court order granting bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty, arrested over drugs-related charges in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. A bench of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices...
