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Night curfew will be imposed under the Lucknow Municipal Corporation from Thursday till April 16, an official said, as the coronavirus cases continue to surge. There will be exemption on ferrying essential items and there will be no ban on movement of goods vehicles, Lucknow District...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi told students on Wednesday not to fear exams but to see them as a test to improve themselves, and said social and family environment at times create pressure around students that is not desirable. He also advised students to value free time as without it life...
22:54
The Congress in Maharashtra on Wednesday slammed the Centre for rejecting the demand to open COVID-19 vaccination for more age groups and accused it of adopting a non-co-operative attitude towards the state, which is the worst hit by the pandemic in the country.State Congress president Nana...
22:46
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message on the World Health Day in which he highlighted the importance of following precautions and taking care of one's own health to curb the spread of the COVID-19...
22:39
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday batted for COVID-19 vaccine for all, saying every Indian deserves the chance to a safe life.The health ministry on Tuesday said the vaccine needs to be given to those who need it and not those who want it. The COVID-19 vaccine is currently available to...
22:19
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded the highest daily count of 59907 cases, taking the state tally to 3173261, a health official said.With 322 deaths recorded in the day, Maharashtra's COVID-19 death toll rose to 56652, the official said.
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The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the pleas filed by Maharashtra government and its former home minister Anil Deshmukh who have challenged the Bombay high court order directing a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled against him by...
21:30
Actor-politician Nagma on Wednesday said she has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently under home quarantine. The 50-year-old actor took to Twitter and wrote that she contracted the virus despite receiving the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on April 2. The Congress leader...
21:23
Actor-politician R Sarath Kumar and his wife Radhika and another person were on Wednesday sentenced to undergo one-year imprisonment in connection with a cheque bounce case. A special court constituted for hearing cases against MPs and MLAs, which passed the conviction order, however,...
21:05
Delhi on Wednesday recorded 5,506 fresh COVID-19 cases, the sharpest daily spike this year, that pushed the infection tally to 6,90,568 while 20 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 11,133, according to the health department. This is the second consecutive day when...
20:45
Suspended cop Sachin Waze on Wednesday claimed former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had demanded Rs 2 crore from him to continue his service in the Mumbai police and alleged another minister AnilParab asked him to collect money from contractors.Transport Minister Parab rejected the...
20:33
Mumbai reported 10,428 new COVID-19 cases, while 23 more patients died due to the disease, the city civic body said.According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's updated data, 10,428 new cases took the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,82,760, while the death toll jumped to 11,851.
20:04
The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for openly demanding votes on communal grounds while campaigning in Tarakeshwar in Hooghly district on April 3, ahead of the third phase of elections.Banerjee has been directed to explain her remarks...
19:54
Veteran politician and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah was on Wednesday discharged from a Srinagar hospital, where he was admitted last week as a precautionary measure after testing positive for COVID-19, officials said. Abdullah, a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, was...
19:53
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that BJP's CRPF was harassing and killing people besides obstructing voters from entering polling stations in the state at the behest of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar's Baneswar,...
19:51
Stressing on COVID-19 vaccine for all in the country, the Congress on Wednesday accused the government of not taking adequate steps to contain the spread of the virus and called for engagement with all stakeholders, including convening an all-party meeting, to increase vaccination. ...
19:34
United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and discussed issues relating to climate, including a forthcoming summit of 40 world leaders. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the discussions...
19:03
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday relaxed the COVID-19 curbs to allow ecommerce and online food deliveries 24x7. However, during the weekend lockdown, while the takeaways in person from hotels are not allowed, home deliveries are allowed, the order said.Roadside foodstalls,...
19:01
Dr Harsh Vardhan
Responding to Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope's statement that the state was running woefully short of Covid vaccines, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said, Allegations of vaccine shortage are utterly baseless. Throughout last year, as Union health minister, I've been witness...
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The government will allow COVID-19 vaccination at public and private workplaces having about 100 eligible beneficiaries from April 11 across states and Union territories. Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to the chief secretaries said a substantial proportion of population aged 45...
17:50
A major fire broke out on Wednesday in the spare parts market located in suburban Kurla, but no casualty is reported so far, a Mumbai civic official said. The blaze erupted in the congested market located on Kutub Mandali Road around 4.15 pm. It was declared as a major fire by the Fire...
17:26
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Wednesday claimed the metropolis, which is witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, is running out of vaccine doses and demanded that the Centre step up supplies immediately.Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Pednekar said Mumbai had only 1.76 lakh doses of...
17:02
Anmol Ambani, the eldest son of industrialist Anil Ambani, has lashed out against a new round of lockdowns being imposed amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, saying such restrictions do not concern health but control and that they destroy the very backbone of the society and economy. The...
16:26
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had lunch at the home of a 'rickshawala' in Domjur in Howrah district on Wednesday after winding up a road show at Domjur assembly constituency. Sitting on the floor of the modest house, Shah had a simple fare of rice, dal, vegetables and...
16:11
Special National Investigation Agency court extends NIA custody remand of Sachin Waze till April 9.The court also allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation to interrogate Waze in NIA custody and directed the CBI to coordinate the timings of the interrogation.The CBI had approached the special...
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A view of Amritsar. Photograph: PTI Photo
With Punjab witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced extension of night curfew to the entire state and ordered a ban on political gatherings.Singh said those violating the ban on political gatherings, including leaders, will be booked under...
15:16
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the Central Reserve Police Force personnel are harassing voters in thestate at the behest of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.Addressing a rally in Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, sheaccused...
15:13
Eight bodies of COVID-19 victims were cremated on one pyre due to shortage of space at a makeshift crematorium in Maharashtra's Beed district, a civic official said on Wednesday.Since residents had opposed the cremation of bodies of COVID-19 patients at crematoriums in Ambajogai town, local...
14:40
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday hinted at the possibility of new strains of COVID-19 in the state as 'some patients are showing behaviours other than routine ones'.New Strains are suspected because we are seeing other behaviours in COVID-19 patients than routine behaviours....
14:34
'In the current election season, even if one discounts BJP's high stakes campaign blitzkrieg, in West Bengal the incumbent Mamata Banerjee and her party Trinamool Congress are on the defensive. The BJP does seem tantalisingly close to unseating Banerjee, Bengal's strongest leader,' writes senior...
14:31
Journalist Shereen Bhan tweets: 'Bombay Municipal Corporation chief Iqbal Singh Chahal tells @CNBCTV18Live Issuing orders for allowing ROUND THE CLOCK e-commerce & home delivery of food. Deliveries to be allowed on weekends too. Orders by today evening.'
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Chinese smartphone major Vivo on Wednesday said it has appointed cricketer Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador. With the association, Vivo aims to reach the millennials and technologically driven consumers, and a 360-degree marketing approach will characterise the company's association with...
14:04
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Priyamvada Tomar resigned from the party on Wednesday in support of the farmers agitation. She also resigned as member of the Uttar Pradesh Women's Commission ahead of the panchayat polls in the state. In her resignation letter to state BJP president...
13:58
A 49-year-old journalist of a local weekly was allegedly kidnapped and killed in Rahuri town of Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, the police said on Wednesday. Rohidas Datir was allegedly abducted from the College Road area where he was travelling on his two-wheeler on Tuesday afternoon...
13:48
Mukhtar Ansari
Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's brother alleged on Wednesday that inhuman treatment was given to him while being transferred to Banda jail from Punjab, saying it could have been better had he been shot dead at a road crossing.The Uttar Pradesh government, however, said a team of...
13:17
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has tested positive for Covid-19.Deb posted on Twitter: 'I have tested positive for Covid-19. I have isolated myself at home on the advice of doctors. I request everyone to please follow all the Covid appropriate behaviour and stay safe.'
13:05
Rajesh Tope
Maharashtra, which has the highest incidence of Covid-19 in the country as well the highest number of vaccines being administered to citizens, is headed for a crisis, with stocks of the Covid-19 vaccine running dry. Currently, we have 14 lakh vaccine doses which will get over in 3 days....
12:55
A Pakistani smuggler who crossed over to India with around 22 kg of heroin was shot dead along the International Border (IB) in Amritsar in a joint operation of the Punjab police and the Border Security Force (BSF), officials said.They said there was specific information about the movement of...
12:40
The Bharatiya Kisan Union has laid the foundation for a 'martyr memorial' at the agitation site on the Ghazipur-Ghaziabad (UP Gate) border to pay tributes to the farmers who died during the course of the protest against the Centre's three agri laws.The BKU claimed that soil for the memorial was...
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The Mumbai police has tweeted a thread of updated lockdown guidelines in Mumbai. Public Places: Weekdays (7am-8pm) - movement of no more than 5 people allowed; Weekdays (8pm-7am) & 8pm Fri to 7am Mon - no movement except essential services Beaches - Closed till April...
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Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 620 points at press time in morning trade on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank left interest rates unchanged and maintained an accommodative stance to support economic growth. The 30-share BSE index climbed 620 points at 49,821.46, and the broader NSE Nifty...
11:21
Fatima Zakaria, educationist and former journalist, passed away in Aurangabad of Covid-related complications on Tuesday. Wife of former Maharashtra minister Dr Rafiq Zakaria who passed away in 2005, Fatima worked in the Illustrated Weekly of India and the Times of India, where she was editor...
11:00
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar takes the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. -- ANI
10:53
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh appeared before the National Investigation Agency in Mumbai on Wednesday to record his statement in connection with the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence, an official said.Singh reached the NIA...
10:35
PM Modi with King Abdullah II in 2018
As India grapples with a new high of 1.5 lakh Covid cases, a much-needed breather from dark, dismal news. This is the story of the royal family of Jordan and the interesting connections they weave.In distant Jordan, deep divisions within the royal family, between King Abdullah II and his...
10:31
Reserve Bank of India retains economic growth for 2021-22 fiscal at 10.5 per cent in 2021-22 fiscal's first monetary policy.The projection for CPI inflation has been revised to 5% in Q4 of 2021, 5.2%, in Q1 of 2021-22, 5.2% also in Q2 of 2021-22, 4.4% in Q3, and 5.1% in Q4 with risks broadly...
10:02
India reports 1,15,736 new COVID-19 cases, 59,856 discharges, and 630 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union health ministry.Total cases: 1,28,01,785Total recoveries: 1,17,92,135Active cases: 8,43,473Death toll: 1,66,177Total vaccination: 8,70,77,474
09:19
Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) underway since last night at Gulab Bagh area in the outskirts of Srinagar city as security forces suspect the presence of terrorists in the area.Earlier on Saturday, two terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) outfit were arrested in connection with a hand...
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In view of increasing COVID-19 cases in Uttrakhand, the Dehradun district administration has acquired Bharat Bhumi Tourist complex under Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam in Rishikesh to utilise it as a Covid care centre.Speaking to ANI, District Magistrate, Dehradun Ashish Srivastava said, Keeping in...
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The University of Oxford has paused a Covid vaccine trial for children and teens amid concerns over blood clotting.Researchers say they are awaiting further information about the side-effect of the jab, developed alongside drug company AstraZeneca.The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products...
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