Need to stem Covid surge to prevent national outbreak, Modi tells states
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told state governments and UTs to focus on enhanced RTPCR testing, COVID-appropriate behaviour, micro containment zones and expanded vaccinations to stem the current case surge lest there is a national outbreak. In a virtual meeting with the CMs and L-Gs of UTs, the PM said 70 districts of the […]
Indian Air force Pilot Dies In MiG-21 Accident
In an accident involving a MiG-21 Bison aircraft, an Indian Air Force pilot was killed at an airbase in central India on Wednesday, the IAF said. The accident took place when the aircraft was taking off for a combat training mission, the IAF said on Twitter. It said Group Captain A Gupta was killed in […]
Narcotics Control Bureau challenges Rhea Chakraborty’s bail in Supreme Court
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order granting bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty, arrested over drugs-related charges in actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. A bench of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian will hear the plea on March 18. On October […]
Covid-19: Punjab Reports 1,515 New Cases, 20 Deaths In Last 24 Hours
Punjab has reported 1,515 new Covid-19 cases taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,97,755. With 20 new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll has now reached 6,072. The new cases come from the 30,949 samples collected, taking the total number of samples collected so far to 53,78,531. […]
Amid Spurt In Covid-19 Cases, Night Curfew Likely In Bhopal, Indore
Amid rising Covid-19 in India, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state government may impose night curfew in cities such as Bhopal and Indore as a precautionary measure. The announcement comes just a day after India reported the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases on Friday. As many as 24,882 […]
Highest Spike In Covid-19 Cases In 78 Days, India Records 23,285 New Infections
India recorded 23,285 fresh cases of coronavirus infection in 24 hours, the highest in around 78 days, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,13,08,846, according to the data updated by Union Health Ministry on Friday. The death toll surged to 1,58,306 with 117 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. […]
TMC, BJP To Meet EC Officials Over ‘Attack’ On Mamata Banerjee
A day after Mamata Banerjee alleged that during her campaign in Nandigram, she was attacked by four-five men who pushed her, representatives of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP in West Bengal will be meeting Election Commission officials. The three-member TMC delegation, led by state minister Partha Chatterjee, would register a complaint about […]
Seven Dead, 12 Injured As Bus Falls Into Gorge In Himachal’s Chamba
At least seven persons died and at least 12 others injured when a private bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a 200 meter deep gorge in the Tissa area of Chamba district early this morning. There have been ghastly visuals and pictures of the victims, both dead and injured going viral on […]
Nitish loses cool in House, asks RJD member to learn rules of proceedings
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his cool in the state Legislative Council on Monday and reprimanded an RJD Member, asking him to learn rules of legislative proceedings. The incident took place when state Rural Works Minister Jayant Raj was responding to a query. RJD MLC Subodh Rai, who was not satisfied with the answer, […]
India Condemns One-Sided False Assertions In UK Parliamentary Debate On Farmers’ Protest
A debate held in the British Parliament on “safety of farmers” and “press freedom” in India has evoked a sharp response from the Indian High Commission in London. It has condemned false assertions in a “distinctly one-sided discussion” among a group of British parliamentarians on Monday. “We deeply regret that rather than a balanced debate, […]
