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Maharashtra on Friday reported 802 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily count since May 2, 2020, and 17 fresh fatalities, a health department official said.With these additions, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the state increased to 66,16,101, while the death toll rose to 1,40,362, he said.The...
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The Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Mukesh Ambani, and his family have no plans to relocate or reside in London or anywhere else in the world, clarified RIL on Friday.In an official statement issued by RIL on Friday, the company stated that a recent report in a newspaper has led to...
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Ocugen Inc., Bharat Biotech's partner for United States and Canada for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin on Friday said it has submitted a request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) of the jab for paediatric use.The submission is based on results of a Phase...
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The United States set to lift all restrictions for fully vaccinated international travellers, including from India, from November 8 but they will have to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before boarding a flight to the country, according to an official statement.The travel guidelines...
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The recent bypoll results, which were a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party in some states, have added new dimension to the party's national executive meeting on Sunday as its top brass is likely to cast a fresh look at its affairs in places like West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan...
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Sameer Wankhede -- the Narcotics Control Bureau officer leading the investigation into the Aryan Khan drugs case, and against whom allegations of a ₹ 8 crore payoff and extortion have been made -- has been removed from the investigating team.Total six cases of our zone will now be investigated...
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Some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders were on Friday confined inside a temple complex in Haryana's Rohtak for hours as several farmers and villagers staged a protest outside, with heavy police deployment at the site trying to resolve the matter.A police official said former Haryana minister Manish...
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 With the onset of winter, the sacred portals of the Gangotri shrine in Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand were closed on Friday amid Vedic hymns and elaborate rituals.Gangotri Mandir Samiti co-secretary Rajesh Semwal said the temple gates were closed at 11.45 am.The idol of Goddess Ganga was then...
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The Centre has no proposal to extend distribution of free ration via the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY) beyond November 30 in view of recovery in the economy and good disposal of foodgrains in the open market under the OMSS policy, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Friday.The...
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India is set to host the regional security dialogue on Afghanistan on November 10, a meeting that will be conducted at the national security advisor (NSA) level, sources said on Friday.NSA Ajit Doval will chair the meeting next week.India had formally invited the NSAs of Russia, Iran, China,...
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The Karnataka government on Friday withdrew the night curfew and gave the nod to holding horse racing in strict adherence to the COVID-19 appropriate behaviour.With COVID-19 cases coming down significantly in the state, Karnataka Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar issued an order to this effect.The...
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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday informed that he has taken back his resignation as the president of the party's Punjab unit.I have taken back my resignation (as Punjab Congress chief) and I categorically state that the day new Advocate General will be appointed and a new panel will...
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Petrol price has been further reduced by as much as Rs 8.7 per litre and diesel by Rs 9.52 in Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states and UTs -- from Ladakh to Puducherry -- as they matched the central government's announcement of a cut in excise duty with slashing of local sales tax (VAT)...
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Publishers Pan Macmillan India said that they have taken 'immediate steps to comply with' Bombay high court's order restraining sale, circulation and distribution of aviator-industrialist Vijaypat Singhania's autobiography titled 'An Incomplete Life'.'On the evening of 4 November 2021, the Bombay...
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Tripura police have registered a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and various sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts about the recent violence targeting...
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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, who was granted bail in the drugs-on-cruise case, appeared before Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), to mark his weekly (every Friday) presence before the agency.On October 29, Bombay high court had issued a detailed bail order of Aryan Khan which...
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More than 116.50 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far, out of which, over 15.54 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with them to be administered, the ministry of health and family welfare said on Friday.'More...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that several infrastructure projects have been planned for Uttarakhand which will boost tourism in the state.A number of infrastructure works are planned for Uttarakhand including road connectivity to Char Dhams and ropeway near Hemkund Sahib to...
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The Delhi Fire Service on Friday said it received 152 fire-related calls on Diwali, which was less than 25 per cent from last year and the lowest so far on the festival.No major fire incident or casualty was reported, Director of Delhi Fire Service, Atul Garg, said.Out of the 152 calls, four-fire...
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India logged 12,729 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,43,33,754, while the active cases increased to 1,48,922, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.The death toll climbed to 4,59,873 with 221 fresh fatalities, according to...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Shri Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kedarnath on Friday morning and offered prayers at the Shiva temple there.The prime minister is scheduled to unveil a 12-foot statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya and inaugurate the rebuilt samadhi of the eighth century seer.The historic visit will also see...
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Senior TMC leader and West Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee will go down in history as a man for all seasons who sailed through the state's politics both as a deft politician and an able administrator for more than 50 years.Seventy-five-year-old Mukherjee, who held the panchayat and rural...
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The crime branch of Mumbai Police has started investigation into an extortion case filed against gangster Suresh Pujari, an official said on Nov 4.Pujari was recently arrested in the Philippines but is yet to be deported to India.A hotelier from suburban Santacruz has filed a complaint that...
