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Police on Monday registered acase against Bharatiya Janata Party Kerala chief K Surendran for allegedlythreatening and bribing K Sundara for withdrawing hisnomination as a candidate in the Manjeswaram Assembly constituency in the April 6 state Assembly elections.The case was registered as per the...
23:38
The Madras high court on Monday issued guidelines to be followed by the central and state government for recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual persons by society.The change must take place at a societal level and when it is complemented by a law there...
22:58
Eight passengers on Vistara's Mumbai-Kolkata flight were injured on Monday as the aircraft encountered severe turbulence just before landing, officials said.The flight, UK 775, landed safely at the Kolkata airport at 4.25 pm, airport director C Pattabhi told PTI.Due to turbulence, three...
22:41
Mumbai on Monday reported 728 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 28 fatalities, taking the tally to 7,12,329 and the toll to 15,066, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.Mumbai had recorded 794 cases and 20 deaths due to COVID-19 the previous day.Mumbai has been reporting less...
21:48
Social media giant Facebook has named Spoorthi Priya as its grievance officer for India on its website.The move comes in the backdrop of the new IT rules coming into effect recently that require significant social media intermediaries - those with over 50 lakh users -- to appoint a grievance...
21:44
Casting director Seher Aly Latif, known for her work on films like The Lunchbox and Durgamati, passed away on Monday due to cardiac arrest, her associate and director Neeraj Udhwani said.She was in her early 40s.Also the co-founder of independent production company Mutant Films, Latif backed the...
20:57
Social media platform Twitter is learnt to have approached the government seeking more time to comply with the new IT rules.According to sources, the micro-blogging site has said that it intends to comply with the rules but needs more time due to the pandemic situation in India.Twitter has...
20:16
Doctors at Sarojini Naidu Medical College (SNMC) in Agra successfully operated on a newborn who had symptoms of black fungus (Mucormycosis) on Monday.The 14-day-old girl had a black spot and blister on her left cheek when she was admitted to the hospital on Saturday evening and after the...
19:46
12 bodies have been recovered and five persons are reported missing in a massive fire that devastated a company in Ghotawade Phata, Pune. Out of 37 on-duty employees, 20 have been rescued, the fire department said. The fire is under control, and eight fire tenders are at the spot. A...
19:16
Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Monday filed an application before a court in Mumbai demanding that contempt action be initiated against actor Kamaal R Khan forcontinuing to make defamatory remarks despite an undertakingnot to do so.The application was submitted in a defamation suitfiled by Salman...
19:14
The Kerala government has extended lockdown in the state till June 16, while there will be complete lockdown on June 12 and 13, the Chief Minister's Office said.Stores selling essential commodities, raw materials for industries (including packaging), construction materials and banks will continue...
18:07
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said that his party aims to spread its footprint in every nook and corner of the country and a plan to this effect will be ready in a month's time.Addressing a press meet here, Banerjee, nephew of TMC supremo and Chief...
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So, here's what he said, put together for you: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that the central government will provide free coronavirus vaccine to states for inoculation of all above the age of 18 from June 21, and asserted that vaccine supply would be increased...
17:46
The other good news from the PM's address is that Vaccine supply will be increasing in the coming days. Seven companies in the country are producing different vaccines, 3 vaccine trials at advanced stage, the PM said, including a nasal vaccine.
17:44
The Centre will continue to provide free ration to 80 crore beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana, till Diwali this year, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
17:38
The PM explained that the earlier, 25% of vaccination work was done by states since they wanted participation. Now, both the state and Centre to will work as per the new guidelines in the coming two weeks. This means the Centre will be the nodal agency. 75 per cent of vaccinations will...
17:38
Modi on vaccination and states:In two weeks the Centre will frame guidelines so that the control of the entire vaccination process will lie with the Centre.The Centre will procure the vaccinations and will inoculate all adults free of cost. The Centre will bear the cost of vaccination and not the...
17:16
PM Modi on Covid vaccines: In the last one year, India launched two made-in-India vaccines. Today more than 23 crore vaccine doses administered.We are not lagging behind anyone. What would we do if we didn't have our own vaccines?Within a year we had two Made in India vaccines.Made in India...
17:11
PM Narendra Modi addresses nation on covid fight.In battling COVID over the last 1.5 years a new healthcare infrastructure has been prepared. In the second wave, during April-May, India's medical oxygen demand rose to unprecedented levels. To fulfill this work was done on a war footing, the PM...
17:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins addressing the nation. Modi has addressed the nation a number of times since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, offering suggestions to people and outlining measures his government has been taking to deal with the situation. He has also made...
16:53
Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, Hasan Mushrif on Monday alleged that Serum Insititute of India's Chief Adar Poonawalla was forced to flee the country as he was receiving threats from the Centre for promising to supply 1.5 crore vaccine doses to...
16:36
The decision to allow general public to travel on Mumbai's local trains will be taken after a week, depending on the Covid-19 situation in the city, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Monday.Addressing media here, she said that local trains are currently only running for essential...
16:16
Equity benchmark indices traded higher on Monday led by broad-based buying amid improved sentiment and easing of COVID-19 restrictions.At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 228 points or 0.44 per cent at 52,329, while the Nifty 50 gained by 81 points or 0.52 per cent to...
15:34
An FIR has been registered against BJP MLA and leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari for his alleged involvement in theft of cyclone 'Yaas' relief material from a store of Contai Municipality in Purba Medinipur district, police said on Monday. The FIR lodged...
15:28
Amid the controversy surrounding the arrest of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in Dominica, an eyewitness account revealed how Choksi was discovered in the vicinity of Roseau, where he was captured by the country's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).According to the account of Dominican...
15:11
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai during the Tauktae cylone last month
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday instructed all agencies to be ready and vigilant after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of four days of heavy rains in all districts of Konkan, including Mumbai.According to the Chief Minister's Office, all the districts in the...
15:09
Delhi Govt tells Delhi HC it has directed all private hospitals & nursing homes functioning as Covid vaccination centres to ensure that Covaxin be used to vaccinate only those people (of age group 18-44 yrs) who are eligible for receiving their second dose during June.
15:00
Maharashtra government has allowed gyms to stay open till 4pm in Pune. We are allowed to operate between 7am & 4pm. All equipment to be sanitized. The customers need to maintain social distancing and wear masks, says Ashish Mane, a gym owner
14:10
Nepal's embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said that misunderstandings with India have been resolved and that the two countries should move forward looking at the future, asserting that neighbours share both love and problems. In a recent interview to BBC Hindi Service, Oli...
14:04
The World Bank has approved a $500 million program to support the Government of India's nationwide initiative to revitalize the MSME sector. The program targets improvements in the performance of 555,000 MSMEs and is expected to mobilize financing of $15.5 billion, as part of...
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Just In: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 5 pm on Monday, his office said. Modi has addressed the nation a number of times since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, offering suggestions to people and outlining measures his government has been taking to...
13:32
Restaurants, gyms, salons, public grounds and other commercial establishments reopened after nearly two months on Monday in Mumbai, which falls in level-3 of the Maharashtra government's five-level 'unlock plan'. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) appealed to citizens not...
13:00
Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sought his personal intervention to resolve medicos' body pleas to ensure that medical professionals are able to work without fear and initiate action against people who spread misinformation regarding...
12:50
Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to a hospital here after experiencing episodes of breathlessness, is currently on oxygen support and stable, his family shared in an update from the veteran's official Twitter handle. Kumar, 98, was taken to the suburban Khar-based Hinduja...
12:31
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces the 'Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination' campaign from today. Under this campaign, we will tell people to visit their designated polling stations to get vaccinated. Door-to-door vaccination to be done soon. In 4 weeks, all above 45 years of age to be...
12:28
Information courtesy: (Dr) Raj Chawla, CA Income-tax department launches its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in from today. Key changes in ITR Forms for AY 2021-22 is that ITR 1 cannot be filed in case tax has been deducted u/s 194N. TDS u/s 194N is...
12:14
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the Centre of suppressing data related to the Covid pandemic, and said the Modi government's emphasis on propaganda over saving lives had caused immense damage. Going ahead with her Zimmedaar Kaun (who is responsible) campaign, in...
12:10
'Crime agencies believe Qantas has been infiltrated by bikies and other organised crime groups to facilitate drug importation and other activities that pose a risk to national security. 'A classified federal law enforcement intelligence operation code-named Project Brunello has determined...
12:07
Gyms and salons in Pune re-opened today after the state government eased COVID-19 restrictions in a phased manner.
11:56
The screening of children for trial of Covaxin, India's first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, among those aged between 2 and 18 started at the AIIMS here on Monday. The trial on children has already started at AIIMS Patna to see if the Bharat Biotech jab is suitable for children....
11:37
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday refuted Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra's allegation that he has appointed relatives as officers on special duty in his personal staff. Dhankhar said that the appointees hail from three states and are not part of his close family. He...
11:09
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait is scheduled to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 9 in Kolkata, confirmed sources.According to sources, Tikait will discuss the strategy to further intensify the ongoing farmers' protest against the new central farm...
10:38
On the first day of the unlocking process from the COVID-19 induced lockdown in the national capital, passengers were seen commuting through Delhi Metro which has resumed services on Monday.Traders also flocked to market complexes in the early hours of the day to resume work since the Delhi...
10:07
Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 150 points on Monday tracking gains in index heavyweights ICICI Bank, ITC and SBI amid sustained foreign fund inflow and mixed cues from global markets. After jumping nearly 180 points in the opening session, the 30-share BSE index turned flat to...
10:02
The Delhi Metro resumed services on Monday after a hiatus of nearly three weeks in view of the improved Covid situation in the national capital, but with 50 per cent seating capacity and no provision for standing travel for commuters, officials said. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation services...
09:59
Two trains collided in Pakistan's southern Sindh Province on Monday, killing at least 20 people, according to officials. Sir Syed Express collided with the Millat Express between Raiti and Obaro Railway stations near Ghotki city, Radio Pakistan quoted Railways officials as...
09:32
India's daily caseload of the coronavirus declined for a third straight day, as 100,636 cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry data, updated on Monday morning, showed. With this, the nationwide infection tally has risen to 2,89,09,975, as per the updated data.The...
09:09
A 28-year-old man died and four others, including a woman, were injured after the wall of a four-storeyed building collapsed on an adjoining two-storeyed house in Mumbai's Bandra area on Monday, a civic official said.Fire brigade personnel rescued 11 people while residents in the area rescued six...
08:37
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, have announced the birth of their daughter, Lilibet 'Lili' Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family have congratulated Prince Harry and Meghan on the birth of their daughter Lilibet 'Lili' Diana...
08:19
The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has started investigations into the alleged abduction of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to neighbouring Dominica on a complaint filed by his lawyers, Prime Minister Gaston Browne told a local media outlet. Browne said that Choksi's lawyers...
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