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Gudi Padwa, the Maharashtrian New Year, will be celebrated tomorrow. However, the celebrations will be dampened this year due to the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra.Meanwhile, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led government has issued a list of guidelines to be followed during the...
23:37
A look at the top 10 biggest falls at the Sensex
23:27
Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, two new facilities with a collective capacity of 375 beds have become functional in Worli area in Mumbai.Additionally, the bed capacity of the dedicated COVID-19 health centre in the National Sports Complex is being expanded to 800 beds from 500, the Mumbai civic...
23:12
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 6th edition of the Raisina Dialogue on Tuesday. President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame and Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen will also join the Inaugural Session as chief guests.The dialogue will be held virtually from April 13 to 16, 2021....
22:51
Amid shortages of vaccines, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday requested the Union Health Ministry to provide 50 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the state in a couple of days.In a letter to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Vijayan said, So far the State has received...
22:29
The Election Commission on Monday declared that polls to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala falling vacant later this month will be held on April 30. The poll panel issued a detailed press note for conduct of biennial election to the council of states from Kerala to fill the seats...
22:09
The one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines have started to be delivered to the European Union on Monday, the first of 55 million doses which are expected to be provided to the bloc before the end of June. EU Commission spokesman Stefan De Keersmaecker said the Johnson & Johnson...
21:47
Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.We too want to see societies and economies reopening, and...
21:11
The Delhi government on Monday declared 14 private hospitals in the city as full COVID-19 hospitals and directed them not to admit any non-COVID patients till further orders. These included the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar, the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, the Holy Family...
20:45
Shortly after the Election Commission on Monday barred West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC boss Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours, her party claimed that the poll panel was behaving like a wing of the BJP and its decision smacks of authoritarianism. Derek O'Brien, the ruling...
20:33
Delhi recorded 11,491 COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest single-day surge in the national capital till date, while 72 more people died due to the disease, according to data shared by the health department. The positivity rate rose to 12.44 per cent from 9.43 per cent a day...
20:17
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress interim President, Sonia Gandhi, requested an immediate emergency use authorization of all vaccine candidates that have the required clearances. This comes in, as many states complain about vaccine shortage.In the letter, Gandhi said she held...
19:48
Mamata Banerjee has been banned from campaigning in Bengal for 24 hours for violating election rules.The Bengal chief minister was accused of violating the code with her remarks on Muslim votes and those allegedly telling people to revolt against central security forces.The order banning her from...
19:37
The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William on Monday paid tribute to his late grandfather Prince Philip, describing him as an extraordinary man part of an extraordinary generation.Taking to Twitter, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared a touching image of a young Prince George with his...
19:09
Mumbai has seen a dip in Covid cases today with the daily tally rising by 6,905. Today's caseload takes the tally to 5,27,119 in the city. The city has recorded 43 deaths today taking the toll to 12,060. The doubling rate in the city is now 36 days.
19:02
In view of recent surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state, the Haryana government on Monday imposed a night curfew.As per the order, the movement of all non-essential personel and vehicles will be banned in the state between 9 pm and 5 am.The order comes into effect from Monday night.
18:50
Paris police are hunting for a gunman who opened fire Monday near a hospital in the wealthy 16th district of the French capital, killing one person and injuring another. Paris police said the shooter fired several shots before fleeing on a two-wheeled vehicle.Police had no other...
18:41
Amid an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, the sixth round of the serological survey, which seeks to find the prevalence of antibodies against coronavirus in people, got underway in the national capital on Monday. Sources said around 28,000 samples, about 100 from each of the...
18:32
Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has been summoned by the CBI on April 14 in the extortion case. It pertains to the Preliminary Enquiry on former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's 'extortion' charges against Deshmukh. This comes a day after the agency recorded...
18:18
Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday appealed to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to lay down weapons and hold peaceful discussions to present their views. She also demanded that the Centre restore the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Nobody will understand the...
18:05
Veteran CPI(M) leader Biman Bose
Stressing that the Election Commission's integrity should never come into question, the Sanjukta Morcha - a three-party alliance of the Left, Congress and the ISF - on Monday sought to know what prompted the poll panel to support the CISF version of the Cooch Behar firing episode as no footage...
17:49
India's industrial production contracted by 3.6 per cent in February, official data showed on Monday. According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), manufacturing sector output declined by 3.7 per cent in February 2021. Mining...
17:44
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said he has returned to Rashtrapati Bhavan after bypass surgery at the AIIMS here. I have returned to Rashtrapati Bhavan after my surgery. My speedy recovery is thanks to wishes and prayers of all of you and exceptional care given by doctors and nursing...
17:18
Amid talks of a complete lockdown in Maharashtra to arrest the COVID-19 surge, the passenger rush on outstation trains in Mumbai has increased since the last weekend, Railway sources said on Monday. The Railway administration, however, attributed the passenger rush to the summer...
17:08
Spooked by the Covid resurgence, the 30-share BSE index on Monday sank 1,707.94 points or 3.44 per cent to end the day at 47,883.38. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty plunged 524.05 points or 3.53 per cent to finish at 14,310.80. IndusInd Bank was the top loser in the Sensex...
16:49
A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the issue of framing of charges against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in a luxury hotel here. Special Judge Geetanjli Goel, who is likely to pronounce orderon April 29, heard arguments from the...
16:47
Airlines are not permitted to serve meals in flights that have a duration of less than two hours, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday, as coronavirus cases continue to soar in the country. The ban will come into effect from Thursday, the ministry said in its order. When scheduled...
16:24
Several parts of the country are likely to receive rainfall in the next five days due to different cyclonic circulations, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the IMD, under the influence of trough and cyclonic...
16:17
Crisis over the shortage of Remdesivir injection in Maharashtra continued on Monday with relatives of some of the patients in Pune alleging that hospitals and COVID-19 care centers are asking them to arrange the drug from chemist shops located outside.This is a repeat of what had happened last...
16:13
Equity benchmark Sensex plummeted 1,708 points on Monday following an across-the-board selloff as spiking COVID-19 cases in the country spooked investors. The 30-share BSE index sank 1,707.94 points or 3.44 per cent to end at 47,883.38. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty plunged 524.05...
16:10
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in an apparent jibe at state BJP leaders, said on Monday that those threatening of more Cooch Behar-like killings should be banned politically. She wondered what kind of human beings are politicians who say that there will be more Sitalkuchi-like...
15:35
Russia's Covid vaccine Sputnik-V has been cleared for emergency use approval in India by a committee of experts in the middle of a record spike in virus cases in the country. If approved by regulator DGCI, this will become the third vaccine to be used in India after Serum Institute of...
15:29
PM Modi at a rally in Kalyani near Kolkata
The BJP will launch major protests in West Bengal against the alleged disparaging comments of a TMC leader about scheduled castes, as the saffron party looks to step up its campaign in the remaining phases of the state assembly polls. A delegation of BJP's Dalit MPs, including party general...
15:22
The Maharashtra government has postponed the Std X and XII state board exams given the current COVID-19 situation in the state. We've postponed state board exams for class 10th & 12th. Class 12th exams will be held by end of May, while 10th standard exams will be in June. Fresh dates will be...
15:09
Reacting to the allegation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that central forces were working on Union Home Minister Amit Shah's instructions during the state assembly polls, the Director-General of Central Reserve Police Force Kuldiep Singh on Monday clarified that all the...
14:58
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh took his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine today.
14:57
The Aam Aadmi Party will not ally with any other outfit for the 2022 Goa Assembly polls and will contest all 40 seats on its own strength, the party's senior leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said onMonday.He said his party was the alternative to the BJP in Goa at a time when...
14:17
People register themselves at a vax centre
A sub-inspector died due to COVID-19 here on Monday, becoming the first victim from the Mumbai Police force of the second wave of the viral infection, an official said on Monday. SI Mohan Dagade (52), posted at the Vakola police station for over two years, was admitted to a jumbo COVID-19...
13:59
The jumbo vaccination centre at BKC, Mumbai
As Maharashtra continues to remain the worst affected state by COVID-19, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) on Monday decided to appoint nodal officers for accurate and even more proactive functioning of 24 ward war rooms and jumbo field hospitals respectively.According to the...
13:47
Ten states -- Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a steep rise in the daily COVID-19 cases accounting for 83.02 per cent of the new infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. India's daily...
13:43
Sixty two new COVID-19 cases have been reported from a village here in Maharashtra after the annual 'Bagad Yatra' festival held earlier this month, officials said on Monday. Hundreds of people gathered at Bavdhan village in Wai tehsil of Satara district on April 2 during the Bagad (chariot of...
13:15
Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan reached Sabarimala, the abode of Lord Ayyappa and offered prayers.
13:08
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Bardhaman:Didi's bitterness and anger are increasing daily. You have eliminated TMC in just 4 phases of polls. You have hit so many 4s, 6s that BJP has already scored a century. Those who were thinking of playing khela with you had to face...
12:38
NCP chief Sharad Pawar undergoes gall bladder surgery at private hospital in Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik. Sharad Pawar was advised to rest for seven days after he underwent a medical procedure (last month). It was then decided that the surgery for the removal of his gall...
12:35
The use of Russia's Covid vaccine Sputnik-V in India will be discussed by a committee of experts today in the middle of a record spike in virus cases in the country. The vaccine, manufactured in India by Dr Reddy's, has an effectiveness of 91.6 per cent, highest after the Moderna and Pfizer...
12:02
People in a jubilant mood after getting vaccinated
COVID-19 vaccination underway at BKC centre in Mumbai. Kiran, a ward boy here, says, Senior citizens with walking difficulty are taken inside on wheelchairs. Those on wheelchairs are given direct token & they have direct entry. They don't need to stand in queues. A large number of...
11:30
Information, kind courtesy Dr Raj Chawla, CA: 1. Decoding of new registration forms for trust: If a trust is already registered u/s 12 AA and has filed return of income for AY 20-21 then No need to file copy of balance sheet. 2. Income Tax: No TDS default if Bank not deducts...
11:28
Investors' wealth tumbled by Rs 6,86,708.74 crore in morning trade on Monday following massive losses in the equity market as sentiments remained muted amid increasing COVID-19 cases in the country. The 30-share BSE benchmark index plunged 1,479.15 points to 48,112.17 in morning trade....
11:22
Batting for coronavirus vaccine for all, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said it is the need of the country as everyone has the right to a safe life. He said this as part of SpeakUpForVaccinesForAll campaign launched by the party on social media, demanding COVID-19 vaccine for...
10:54
The Covid hospital at BKC for semi-critical patients
In view of a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the Maharashtra government has decided to set up three jumbo field hospitals in Mumbai in the next five-six weeks, city civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Monday. Each of these medical facilities will have a capacity of 2,000 beds, including 200...
10:47
Supreme Court benches would sit one hour late from their schedule time in the morning on Monday as many staffers have tested positive for coronavirus, sources said. They said that as many staffers have got infected, the judges would hold courts through video conferencing from their residences....
10:39
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will review the COVID-19 situation in the national capital in a meeting on Monday noon, officials said. On Sunday, the daily coronavirus cases in Delhi crossed the 10,000-mark for the first time since the pandemic began. The chief minister termed the...
10:28
India reports 1,68,912 new COVID-19 cases, 75,086 discharges, and 904 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.Total cases: 1,35,27,717 Total recoveries: 1,21,56,529 Active cases: 12,01,009 Death toll: 1,70,179 Total vaccinations: 10,45,28,565...
10:16
Fareed Zakaria
CNN's Fareed Zakaria pays a poignant tribute to his mother, Fatma Zakaria, who passed into the ages last week following Covid-related complications, in this video tweeted by @CNN, here.
10:03
Supreme Court benches would sit one hour late from their schedule time in the morning on Monday as many staffers have tested positive for coronavirus, sources said. They said that as many staffers have got infected, the judges would hold courts through video conferencing from their...
09:54
Equity benchmark Sensex plummeted over 1,000 points in early trade on Monday, tracking losses in index-heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries as spiking COVID-19 cases in the country spooked investors amid negative cues from global markets. IndusInd Bank was the...
09:52
Union minister Sanjeev Balyan said he has tested positive for coronavirus following which he has isolated himself. In a tweet on Sunday night, he said, I got tested for COVID-19 after showing some symptoms while campaigning for West Bengal elections. The report is positive and I have...
09:36
Indian stars Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, who died in April 2020, were among the individuals who were honoured at BAFTA's 'in memoriam' segment, which also paid tribute to Prince Philip, Chadwick Boseman and Christopher Plummer. 'In Memoriam' segement honours personalities lost in the past...
09:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address several public programs in poll-bound West Bengal on Monday.At 12:00 noon, Modi will address an election rally at Talit Sai Centre in Purba Bardhaman district.After that, he will also hold rallies in Kalyani University...
09:03
Director Chloe Zhao's meditative drama Nomadland emerged as the top winner at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 by bagging four major awards, including the best film. The film's lead star Frances McDormand picked up the best actress trophy while the best director award went to Zhao. The film...
08:32
With the fresh stock of anti-COVID 19 vaccines being made available by the Mumbai civic body, the halted vaccination drive will resume at 62 of the 71 designated private hospitals in the megapolis from April 12,municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Sunday.In Mumbai, 49 civic and...
07:57
Farmers protesting the contentious new farm laws are ready to talk if the Centre invites them, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday, maintaining that the dialogue would resume where it had ended on January 22 and the demands remain unchanged. He said for the talks to resume, the...
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