Don’t want to impose lockdown but ‘majboori’ is also something, says Maharashtra CM amid rising Covid-19 cases
Expressing his disinterest in imposing the lockdown in the state, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said, "I do not want to impose it but 'majboori' (helplessness) is also something." "I do not want to impose lockdown in the state...
PM Modi gets Covaxin shot; Co-Win registration from 9 am
India's count of active cases has jumped to 170,293. On Sunday, the country registered 15,616 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking its the caseload tally to 11,112,056. India continues to be second-most-affected globally, and ranks 13th among worst-hit nations by active cases....
Registration for next phase of Covid vaccination opens on March 1
The next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities will begin from March 1 and registration on the Co-WIN2.0 portal will open at 9 am on Monday. Citizens will...
More tests for Covid needed: WHO Chief Scientist
Chief scientist of the World Health Organisation Soumya Swaminathan on Saturday said there should be more COVID-19 tests as there was heterogeneity (on testing methods) among the states. "Testing is really an important issue. At the beginning, WHO...
US clears Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine
The United States Food and Drug Administration has authorised a single-dose Johnson and Johnson anti-coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, giving the nation its third jab against the deadly disease. President Joe Biden described the approval as an encouraging development in...
The Social Distancing in the Mumbai Metro has erupted
Following the increasing prevalence of corona in Mumbai, it is mandatory to maintain social distance and wear masks as per the guidelines issued by the Government of Maharashtra. But there is a no social distance in the Mumbai Metro and...
Super spreader events behind rise in Covid cases
The increase in Covid-19 cases in India in the last one week, especially in states of Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu, is raising concerns whether the spurt in new cases is linked to new variants of SARS-CoV-2. According to...
Ambani threat: Cops don’t rule out terror angle
The crime branch, which is probing the case of an explosives-laden vehicle near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence, has not ruled out a terror angle. Mumbai joint CP (crime) Milind Bharambe said police are probing all aspects, including the possibility of...
5 state polls begin March 27, counting May 2
Elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry will be held from March 27 and the results will be announced on May 2, the Election Commission said today. Bengal will vote in eight phases from March 27 First phase --...
Brazil to buy 20 million COVID vaccines from India’s Bharat Biotech
On the same day Brazil reached the grim milestone of 250,000 deaths by COVID-19, the country's health ministry signed a deal with Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech for the purchase of 20 million doses of the Covaxin vaccine, which is...
Bharat Bandh today against GST, fuel price hike
All commercial markets across the country will remain closed across the country today in view of the Bharat Bandh called by the Confederation of All India Traders in protest against rising fuel prices, the new e-way bill and the goods...
Abandoned car near Ambani’s residence Antilia on Carmichael Road triggers bomb scare
Mumbai: An abandoned car at Carmichael Road triggered a bomb scare in South Mumbai on Thursday evening. According to the police, the car was abandoned near billionaire Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia. In his reaction to media, Minister of State for Home Shambhuraj...
Govt frames rules for digital media, OTT platforms
Law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad enunciates social media, digital media and OTT guidelines: "Social media platforms upon being asked either by a court order or a govt authority will be required to disclose the first originator of mischievous...
Delhi: 5 states’ travellers need Covid -ve report
Travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab will need a negative coronavirus test report to enter Delhi from February 26 till March 15. More details awaited. ...
Oil Tanker Collides with Car on Yamuna Expressway in UP, 7 Killed
Mathura: At least seven people were killed after an oil tanker collided with a car near Naujheel police station on the Yamuna Expressway on Tuesday night. Mathura senior superintendent of police Gaurav Grover said: “Seven persons including two women died...
Court sends Deep Sidhu to 14-day judicial custody
A Delhi court Tuesday sent actor-activist Deep Sidhu to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with the Red Fort violence on the Republic Day during farmers' tractor parade against the Centre's three new agri laws. Sidhu was...
Disha Ravi gets bail in toolkit case
Toolkit case: Delhi court grants bail to 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana granted relief to Ravi on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of like amount. A Delhi court on Monday had...
136 missing in glacier disaster presumed dead
The Uttarakhand government has issued a notification authorising 136 people still missing after the flash flood in Chamoli district over two weeks ago to be declared "presumed dead". Sixty-eight bodies have so far been recovered after the February 7...
US tops 5L virus deaths, matching toll of 3 wars
The COVID-19 death toll in the US has topped 5,00,000, all but matching the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined. The lives lost, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University on Monday, are about equal to...
PM hints EC may declare poll schedule of 5 states by March 7
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hinted that the Election Commission may declare the assembly election dates in the poll bound states by March 7. While addressing a public meeting at Silapathar in Assams Dhemaji district, PM Modi said, Last time...
Man who climbed Red Fort tomb on R-Day arrested
A 29-year-old man who allegedly climbed one of the tombs of the Red Fort during the violence in Delhi on Republic day has been arrested, police said on Monday. Jaspreet Singh is one of the associates of Maninder Singh,...
