86.25% new COVID cases in 6 states: Govt
Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are the six states that cumulatively account for 86.25 per cent of the new coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Monday. Maharashtra has reported the...
RS adjourns for the day without transacting business
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day without transacting any legislative business amid an uproar by Opposition members who were demanding a discussion on the rising fuel prices. The House was first adjourned for about an hour...
Budget session may conclude before polls: Sources
The budget session of Parliament is likely to be cut short and may conclude before the first phase of elections on March 27, while the two Houses will resume their normal timing of 11 am onwards from Tuesday, sources said. ...
36 from Maharashtra assembly test positive for Covid-19
2,746 samples received from Maharashtra assembly on March 6 and 7, 36 tested positive for Covid, reports ANI quoting Mumbai's JJ...
‘Bengal relied on Mamata but she broke trust’
Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that West Bengal relied on her for ushering in a change, however, she broke the trust and insulted people of...
IndiGo flyer says he’s Covid+, before take-off
A passenger on board an IndiGo flight announced just before take-off from Delhi that he was COVID-19 positive, prompting the pilot to return to the parking bay for safety of the passengers, sources have said. The IndiGo flight 6E-286 was preparing...
Car owner in Ambani bomb scare found dead
Mansukh Hiren, the man whose Scorpio was found abandoned outside Mukesh Ambani's home Antilia has been found dead. Naupada Police recovered Hiren's body on Friday. Initial inputs suggest that Mansukh Hiren died by suicide. Police officials believe he jumped into the...
Indian national killed in firing by Nepal police
An Indian national sustained injuries in police firing at the Indo-Nepal border allegedly after an argument with the Nepal police and died at a hospital, said Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Govinda, 26, who had gone...
Ram temple trust buys more land to expand complex
The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has purchased a 7,285 square feet land adjacent to the Ram Janmabhoomi premises in Ayodhya, in accordance with its plan to expand the temple complex area to 107 acres from the present 70 acres, an...
UP man cuts off daughter’s head
A man allegedly beheaded his 17-year-old daughter in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district on Wednesday evening and then went to a police station with her severed head, officials said. The accused disclosed that he took the step in a...
I-T Raids at Taapsee Pannu’s, Anurag Kashyap’s Residence Over Tax Evasion Issue
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu have come under the radar of the Income Tax department that conducted searches at their office and residence in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. The raid conducted in relation to tax evasion. Producer...
Fine 1,000 mask-less/day: Mum top cop to zones
In a bid to intensify the crackdown on people not wearing masks, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has asked the city police force to collect fine from at least 1,000 such violators per day in each zone, an official...
Delhi civic body bypolls: AAP wins 4 of 5 seats
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party has won four out of five seats in Delhi civic body bypolls. The Congress has won one seat. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's party won Kalyanpuri, Rohini, Trilokpuri, Shalimar Bagh while the Congress secured victory in Chauhan Bangar. In...
India records 14,989 new COVID-19 cases
India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,11,39,516 with 14,989 new infections, while the active cases were recorded above 1.7 lakh after a month, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll increased to...
Bhiwandi Man Dies Shortly After 2nd Vaccine Dose, “Cause Not Known”
Mumbai: A 45-year-old man in Maharashtra died yesterday, shortly after taking a second dose of the anti-Covid vaccine. Sukhdev Kirdat from Bhiwandi, who worked as a driver with an eye specialist, fainted in an observation room around 15 minutes after taking...
Working with Cong, ISF to sort out differences: Left
The Left Front on Monday said that it was working with alliance partners Congress and Abbas Siddiqui-led Indian Secular Front to iron out the differences over seat-sharing for the assembly elections in West Bengal. Left Front chairman Biman Bose said talks...
Sensex soars 750 pts, investors cheer Q3 GDP data
The benchmark BSE Sensex surged nearly 750 points and NSE Nifty rallied over 232 points on Monday as investors cheered the domestic economy returning to positive territory after two quarters of contraction. The 30-share BSE index briefly traded above the 50,000-mark...
India’s senior politicians get Covid vaccine jab
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar takes the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at JJ hospital in Mumbai. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh also took the first dose of the vaccine in Bhubaneswar....
Bailable warrant issued against Kangana
A Mumbai court on Monday issued a bailable warrant against actor Kangana Ranaut after she failed to appear before it in connection with a defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar. The Andheri metropolitan magistrate's court issued a...
Health minister urges people to get vaccinated
Health Mininster Harsh Vardhan urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. "I've been saying from beginning that both our vaccines are safe and perfect as far as immunogenicity is concerned. We're thankful to PM, he has always told us that...
Over 80% of Delhi Police given Covid vaccine
More than 80 per cent of Delhi Police personnel have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said on Monday. According to a senior police officer, a total of 66,246 police personnel have got the first dose of coronavirus...
