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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's brother Babun Banerjee met with an accident on the EM Bypass near Chingrighata in Kolkata on Monday evening.As per the available information, Babun Banerjee's car was allegedly pushed from behind by a loaded mini matador.Police have seized the vehicle...
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No one died of the coronavirus in West Bengal in the last 24 hours -- a first since March 22 last year, the state Health Department said on Monday.So far, 10,268 people have died of the virus in the state, it said.However, the state reported 198 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to...
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The number of new coronavirus infections globally rose last week for the first time in seven weeks, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.Tedros said the rise was disappointing but not surprising and urged countries not to relax measures to fight the spread of the...
22:22
Refuting reports stating that China had initiated cyber attacks against India's power grid resulting in massive power outages, Beijing on Monday claimed that it is 'firmly opposed' to such irresponsible and ill-intentioned practices.Speaking at a press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry...
22:11
GST collections crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore-mark for the fifth month in a row in February, rising 7 per cent annually to over Rs 1.13 lakh crore, indicating economic recovery, the finance ministry said on Monday.Goods and Services Tax collections had risen for two straight months to touch record...
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday the government has procured enough vaccines against the coronavirus and there would be no shortage.Vardhan said India is running the worlds largest vaccination drive and it will be scaled up exponentially now.Lauding the contribution of...
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The Indian Medical Association on Monday requested the Central government to provide COVID-19 vaccination free of cost to healthcare workers and people of the country.In an official release, the IMA said: Vaccination is an effective way of protecting people against harmful diseases. We request...
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Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, on Monday said that priority should be given to youngsters for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.I am above 70 years of age. You should give the COVID-19 vaccine to youngsters and increase the longevity of their life. I merely have 10 to...
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The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations will conduct board exams for classes 10 and 12 from May 5 and April 8 respectively, officials said on Monday. The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, which is class 10 exam, will be conducted from May 5 to June 7. The Indian...
20:14
A Chinese state-backed hacking group has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers whose coronavirus shots are being used in the countrys immunisation campaign, cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma told Reuters.Rivals China and India have both sold or gifted COVID-19 shots...
20:07
Nikita Jacob, who is accused along with Disha Ravi in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a toolkit on social media related to the farmers' protest, Monday moved a Delhi court seeking anticipatory bail. The application moved by Jacob, who is charged with the case of...
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Home Minister Amit Shah today took the first dose of the COVID19 vaccine. He was vaccinated by Medanta Hospital doctors.He joins Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers, including chief ministers Nitish Kumar and Naveen Patnaik to take the anti-Covid jab. External Affairs Minister...
18:57
A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally...
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Day temperatures are likely to be above normal in north, northeast, parts of east and west India, the India Meteorological Department said Monday in its summer forecast for March to May. However, it has forecast a likelihood of below normal temperatures in south and adjoining central...
18:29
Buckingham Palace says Britain's Prince Philip has been transferred to another London hospital to continue treatment for an infection. The palace says Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was transferred from King Edward VII's Hospital to St Bartholomew's Hospital.In...
18:17
Goods and services tax collections crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore-mark for the fifth month in a row in February, rising 7 per cent to over Rs 1.13 lakh crore, indicating economic recovery, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. The collection is, however, lower than the record Rs 1,19,875 crore...
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Seeking to forge unity among secular parties in the West Bengal assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday and appealed to the people from Bihar domiciled in Kolkata to vote for the ruling Trinamool Congress.Emerging from...
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Are you willing to marry her, was the question posed to a public servant, who is accused of repeatedly raping a minor girl but when the Supreme Court on Monday was told that he is already married he was asked to seek regular bail from the concerned court. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A...
17:13
Of the Sensex constituents, 29 closed with gains. Top performers were PowerGrid, ONGC, Ultratech Cement, Asian Paint, Kotak Bank and Titan rising as much as 5.94 per cent.
17:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nurses administering the COVID-19 vaccine to him on Monday whether they were planning to use some special thick needle as politicians are known to be very thick-skinned, drawing laughter from the medical staff who immediately felt at ease.Prime Minister Modi...
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday said poll-strategist Prashant Kishor has joined him as his principal advisor. Happy to share that @PrashantKishor has joined me as my Principal Advisor. Look forward to working together for the betterment of the people of Punjab! Singh said in a...
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Amid speculation of a tie-up with the Trinamool Congress for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday met TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee. Yadav, who led the RJD in its fight against the NDA in the Bihar elections, went to state secretariat Nabanna to...
16:06
The benchmark BSE Sensex surged nearly 750 points and NSE Nifty rallied over 232 points on Monday as investors cheered the domestic economy returning to positive territory after two quarters of contraction.The 30-share BSE index briefly traded above the 50,000-mark during the mid-session, before...
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Sharad Pawar gets inoculated
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar takes the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at JJ hospital in Mumbai.Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh also took the first dose of the vaccine in Bhubaneswar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
15:31
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised on farmers getting more avenues to sell crops and said a food processing revolution was needed in the country for value addition to farm produce and to realise better prices. Addressing a webinar on effective implementation of Budget...
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu took his first dose of COVID-19 Vaccine today in Chennai. Unlike the PM, the vice president kept his mask on.
15:23
A 97-year-old man, Ramaswami Parthasarathy, took his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru today. He was the first person to get vaccinated there.
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Information, kind courtesy CA (Dr) Raj Chawla: 1. The government has extended the last date for availing of the direct tax Vivaad Se Vishwas dispute resolution scheme to March 31, 2021, from the earlier date of February 28. This is the fifth extension of the scheme. Those...
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A BJP delegation on Monday wrote to Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra alleging that an illegal exercise was being carried out in the force to enable collection of postal ballot and effect proxy votes during assembly elections, set to begin on March 27. In the letter undersigned by...
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Health Mininster Harsh Vardhan urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.I've been saying from beginning that both our vaccines are safe and perfect as far as immunogenicity is concerned. We're thankful to PM, he has always told us that you've to lead by example. He took the jab 1st...
14:23
A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad in Gujarat soon after recording a video on her mobile phone, leading to her husband being booked for abetment to suicide, police said on Monday. The incident took place on February 25 and police...
14:18
State Bank of India has sweetened its offers on home loans by reducing interest concession of up to 70 basis points, with interest rates starting from 6.7 per cent. The country's largest lender said on Monday it is also giving 100 per cent waiver on processing fees till March...
13:39
Schools in Kashmir reopened on Monday after remaining closed for nearly one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The students of classes 9 to 12 attended school for the first time since March 9, 2020. Only those students were allowed to attend school who had been granted permission in writing...
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Kangana poses at her office in June last year. It has been demolished since.
A Mumbai court on Monday issued a bailable warrant against actor Kangana Ranaut after she failed to appear before it in connection with a defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar. The Andheri metropolitan magistrate's court issued a summons to Ranaut on February 1,...
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In PM Narendra Modi's quest for digital India, this happens all too often. The COVID-19 vaccination process at Nagpur's Indira Gandhi Hospital couldn't begin due to a technical glitch in the CoWIN portal. Registration has begun and tokens are being given. We'd begin the process as soon...
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Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava gets vaccinated
More than 80 per cent of Delhi Police personnel have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said on Monday. According to a senior police officer, a total of 66,246 police personnel have got the first dose of coronavirus vaccine till 7 pm on Friday. They are from different...
12:39
Furfura imam Abbas Siddiqui
A day after issuing a veiled threat to the Congress, ISF chief Abbas Siddiqui on Monday said a senior leader of that party is in touch with both the ruling TMC and the BJP, and might switch over to one of the camps depending on results of the assembly polls. The grand opposition alliance in...
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as the state government launched the third phase of the inoculation drive for elderly people and those with comorbidities in the age group of 45-59, officials said. The 74-year-old BJD supremo came...
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the Kamakhya temple
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra began her two-day visit to poll-bound Assam on Monday by offering prayers at the famed Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. The AICC general secretary, accompanied by the party's Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh, was received at the Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi...
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Never a dull moment in Indian politics. TDP leader and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu sits down in protest at Tirupati airport in Renigunta after he was detained by the police while he was going to attend election campaigning in Chittoor district.
11:36
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is doing a roadshow in Kanyakumari. The Congress is in an alliance with the DMK, the principal opposition in Tamil Nadu. He (CM Edappadi Palaniswami) must not let RSS insult Tamil culture. Modi says '1 nation, 1 culture, 1 history'. Is Tamil not an Indian language? Is...
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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee is set to chair an election committee meeting on Monday at her residence in Kalighat to look into the selection of candidates and formulate a strategy for the upcoming assembly polls.The meeting will be held at 12:00...
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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav will meet West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee here on Monday to deliberate on the state assembly elections.Also, the Chief Minister is scheduled to chair election committee's meeting today at her residence...
10:42
BJP chief JP Nadda eats savories and drinks tea at an eatery in Varanasi. He visited the Kaal Bhairav temple earlier.
10:39
Bengal on Sunday witnessed the injection of a new dimension into its politics with the formal induction of Abbas Siddiqui, a Furfura Sharif pirzada, who took centre-stage at the Brigade rally of the Left and the Congress with a pledge to uproot both the Trinamul Congress and the BJP.The cleric's...
10:33
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visits Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati.
10:29
BJP national president JP Nadda offers prayers at Kaal Bhairav Temple in Varanasi.
10:27
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives in Kanyakumari.
10:23
People arrive at BKC Jumbo COVID-19 hospital in Mumbai to get vaccinated, as the nationwide drive to inoculate people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years with comorbidities, begins today. For comorbidities, citizen has to produce a certificate from registered medical...
10:17
India reports 15,510 new COVID19 cases, 11,288 discharges and 106 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry.Total cases: 1,10,96,731 Total discharges: 1,07,86,457 Death toll: 1,57,157 Active cases: 1,68,627 Total Vaccination: 1,43,01,266Image: That's...
10:05
The BSE benchmark Sensex rebounded over 500 points in the opening session on Monday as investors cheered the domestic economy returning to growth in the October-December period after two quarters of contraction.The 30-share gauge was trading at 49,608.97, showing a gain of 508.98 points or 1.04...
09:42
Chadwick Boseman was posthumously honoured with a Golden Globe for his performance as the strong-willed trumpet player Levee who marches to his own beat in the musical period drama Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the actor's swansong. Boseman, who died in August at the age of 43 following a four...
09:19
In his first public speech since leaving office in January, former United States president Donald Trump indicated he might launch a third presidential bid in 2024, called for Republican Party unity and slammed the Joe Biden administration, saying it was anti-jobs and anti-science. We will...
09:17
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday expressed gratitude to fans for their wishes, a day after the actor shared that he has a medical condition for which he needed to undergo a surgery. It is unclear if the medical procedure is complete.The 78-year-old actor wrote on his personal blog, My...
08:51
Actor Daniel Kaluuya has bagged his maiden Golden Globe award for his impassioned performance as the Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. The British actor earned the trophy in the best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture...
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said there is a need to restructure the United Progressive Alliance, and the new alliance should be led by a senior leader like Sharad Pawar as many regional parties are not ready to work under the leadership of the Congress.The future of this alliance would...
08:06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he has taken the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the AIIMS here and appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated. Took my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS. Remarkable how our doctors and scientists have worked in quick...
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