Mehbooba Mufti re-elected as PDP president
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Monday unanimously re-elected as president of the PDP for a three-year term. Mufti's name was proposed by senior leader Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and seconded by Khurshid Alam, a party...
Temple in Jalna shut as 55 people test Covid positive
The district administration in Maharashtra's Jalna has temporarily closed a temple after 55 people living in and around it have tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Sunday. This temple in Jaidev Wadi named 'Jalicha Dev' is an important centre for...
Maharashtra School Admission 2021 under the RTE to commence from next week, Check Admission Details Here
The Maharashtra state government is likely to begin the admission process under the Right to Education (RTE) quota next week. According to the RTE quota, 25 percent of the total number of seats will be available for the 2021-22 academic...
Floor test in Puducherry today, CM meets MLAs
Amid a political crisis in the Union Territory, a floor test in Puducherry Assembly will talk place on Monday as per directions of Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. This comes after two Congress MLAs A John Kumar and Lakshmi Narayanan and Dravida...
BMC seals 1305 buildings in Mumbai for Covid
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday sealed a total of 1305 buildings after 2749 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Mumbai. "A total of 1305 buildings sealed in Mumbai after 2749 COVID-19 cases reported. 71,838 households residing in these...
Kamal Haasan visits Rajinikanth at home
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan on Saturday met actor Rajinikanth at his residence at Poes Garden in Chennai. They held a meeting nearly a month after Rajinikanth announced his decision that he will not enter into active politics due...
Delhi HC to resume physical hearings from March 15
After operating virtually for around a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delhi high court on Saturday ordered all its benches to hold physical hearings on a daily basis from March 15. The court stated, 'all the Courts of Joint...
Centre releases Rs 1L cr GST compensation to states
The Centre has released Rs 1 lakh crore to states and UTs in four months since October 2020, to meet GST compensation shortfall, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry on Friday released the 17th weekly instalment of Rs 5,000...
Petrol@ Rs 97/litre in Mumbai, diesel over Rs 88
Petrol price on Saturday touched an all-time high of Rs 97 per litre in Mumbai while diesel rate crossed Rs 88 -mark. Petrol price was hiked by record 39 paise per litre and diesel by 37 paise a litre, according to...
Eknath Khadse tests Covid positive for 2nd time
NCP leader Eknath Khadse claimed on Friday to have contracted coronavirus infection for a second time. Khadse, a former minister who is admitted to Bombay Hospital, announced the result of his COVID-19 test. "I was admitted in November last year...
Over 6,000 fresh cases of COVID-19 registered in Maharashtra
Maharashtra reported a rise in Covid-19 cases yesterday. The state’s public health department said over 6,000 fresh cases were registered in the last 24 hours, a highest single day count in over three months. The number of active...
PM Modi to chair meeting of NITI Aayog today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog on Saturday via video conferencing. According to the Prime Minister's Office, the agenda of the meeting includes deliberations on agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing, human resource development,...
Governor pays respects to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on Shiv Jayanti
The Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari offered floral tributes to the equstrian statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Shivaji Park, Mumbai on the occasion of Shiv Jayanti. Minister of Public Works Ashok Chavan, Mayor of Mumbai Kishori Pednekar, former...
Uttarakhand tragedy: 61 bodies recovered so far
The rescuers have so far recovered 61 bodies and 28 body parts from the sludge-choked Tapovan tunnel after the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand, triggering massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers, and trapped several people inside...
China unveils details of 4 PLA martyrs at Galwan
In a first, China has officially acknowledged casualties in Galwan Valley clash which took place in June 2020 and shared details of four soldiers of Peoples Liberation Army who died in the violent clash with the Indian Army. According to a...
Will take tractors to Bengal, warns Tikait
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the protesting farmers will take the agitation to the poll-bound West Bengal if the Centre does not concur with their demands against the new farm laws. Addressing a maha panchayat at...
Covid vaccine in open mkt by year end: Guleria
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria receives the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine shot. "Vaccine will be available in open market only when prime targets -- people to be vaccinated -- are covered and there's equivalence of supply-demand. Hopefully there'd...
Rail roko tomorrow, 20 RPSF companies deployed
The railways has deployed 20 additional companies of the RPSF across the country, with focus on Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in the wake of the "rail roko" called on Thursday by farmer groups protesting against the Centre's...
SC directs immediate release of Sheikh Junaid
Nagpur- Bench of Justice Mohan Shantanugoudkar and Justice Vineet Saran by judgment date 12/02/2021 have directed immediate release of accused Sheikh Junaid Sheikh Rauf R/o Deulgaon Mahi, Buldhana. Informant Ajimkhan Rahimkhan, lodged dated 23.6.2017 at police outpost Deulgaon Mahi...
5 killed in multi-vehicle collision on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
At least five people were killed and five injured in a collision between multiple vehicles on Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Khopoli. The accident took place on late Monday night when several vehicles crashed into each other. The injured have now been rushed to...
Yuvraj Singh booked over casteist remarks
Hisar: The Haryana Police have filed an FIR against cricketer Yuvraj Singh over a “casteist” post against Yuzvendra Chahal on Instagram last year. Yuvraj had apologised for the remarks. HC won’t quash FIR against SSR’s sister Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on...
