NEW DELHI, MARCH 17 (IANS): A year after the Covid-19 outbreak and two months, which recorded a sharp decline in cases across the country, the pandemic is rearing its head again.
Initially, it appeared that
New Delhi, March 17 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed concern over a rise in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country and called for "quick and decisive" steps to check the &quo
AGRA, MARCH 17 (IANS): Poisonous gas in a pit recently dug up for a septic tank took five lives on Tuesday evening in the Pratap Pura village of Fatehabad town.
Villagers told the police that a 10-year-old b
AGRA, March 17 (IANS): A minor girl has appealed to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Agra, Babloo Kumar, to stop her wedding with a 40-year-old man.
The 15-year-old has sought legal action against h
New Delhi, March 17 (PTI): India recorded 28,903 new coronavirus infections, the highest so far this year, taking the COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to government data updated on Wednesday.
The dea
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16 (IANS): The Indian government has supplied as many as 70 nations with over 58 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, parliament was informed on Tuesday.
In a reply to a question in th
KOLKATA, MARCH 16 (IANS): A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a night-long meeting with the state BJP leaders to troubleshoot the candidate selection jinx, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16 (IANS): Former Congress leader P.C. Chacko on Tuesday joined the Nationalist Congress Party after meeting its supremo Sharad Pawar.
Ahead of joining the NCP, he had met Communist Party of
GAYA, March 16 (IANS): Four Maoists, including a zonal commander and three sub-zonal commanders, were killed in Bihar's Gaya district on Tuesday in a gun battle with security forces.
The gun battle began
JALGAON, March 16 (IANS): A casual Sunday outing in the forests near the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border by an archaeologist resulted in a major discovery - a 2,000-plus year old mystery cave dating back to t
New Delhi, March 16 (PTI) Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asserted that Indian Railways will never be privatised but said private investment should be encouraged for more efficient functioning.
Rep
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Former Cabinet Secretary and Principal Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), P.K. Sinha, has resigned from his post on personal grounds.
Sources said the retired 1977-b
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) In a strong counter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the government's privatisation policy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that the pr
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) India on Tuesday logged 24,492 cases of Covid-19 and 131 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The cases declined by 1,800 from the previous day, while 13 more deaths were reported, the da
New Delhi, March 16 (PTI): More than 30 lakh people were inoculated against COVID-19 on March 15, the highest in a day so far, taking the total number of vaccine doses administered in the country to 3,29,47,432
CHENNAI, MARCH 16 (IANS): People Living with HIV (PLHIV) demand a minimum of Rs 12,500 per month as salary under the Employment Guarantee scheme for those working in government and non-government sectors. The P
New Delhi, March 16 (PTI): A total of 157 medical colleges are under different stages of implementation in various parts of the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
New Delhi, March 16 (PTI): As many as 31 civilians and 39 security personnel were killed in cross-border firing and ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 201
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16 (IANS): All Indian cities showed air quality improvements in 2020 owing to the Covid-19 impact compared to 2018, while 63 per cent saw improvements compared to 2019, said the 2020 World Air
AMARAVATI, MARCH 16 (IANS): As part of total revamp in school education system in Andhra Pradesh, the state government will provide an English dictionary each to the student kits to bolster English medium educa