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No breakthrough after ninth round of Centre-farmer talks | 'I am still in Trinamool Congress': Rebel Lok Sabha MP Satabdi Roy after meeting top brass | Kashmir: JKWP president Mir Junaid calls upon the LG | Drugs Case: Nawab Malik’s son-in-law remanded to NCB custody | Rahul Gandhi attends Jallikattu in poll-bound Tamil Nadu making U-turn on Congress stand | PM Modi to launch Covid-19 vaccination drive on Jan 16 | Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee visits Bagbazar where fire broke out, assures affected people all help | ISL: Chennaiyin inch closer to top 4 with Esmael’s defining double against Odisha | Jallikattu kick-starts with Covid-19 safety norms in Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi to watch the event | US House impeaches President Donald Trump for the second time

Mayawati urges states, political parties to support vaccination drive for all above 18

May 01, 2021, at 05:19 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) supremo Mayawati has called for all political parties, state governments and industrialists to support the Covid vaccination drive for 18 yrs and above in the country which gets underway today.

Gujarat: Hospital fire leaves 18 COVID-19 patients dead

May 01, 2021, at 03:01 pm

Bharuch: At least 18 COVID-19 infected patients died as a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch region on Saturday.

18 Covid patients die in Gujarat hospital fire: Report

May 01, 2021, at 01:54 pm

A fire in a Covid hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch has claimed 18 lives, said reports. The hospital is about 190 km from Ahmedabad on the Bharuch-Jambusar highway. The fire in this welfare trust hospital broke out at around 1 am on Saturday. 

Business establishments to be closed across Odisha after 2 PM till May 15

May 01, 2021, at 06:40 am

Bhubaneswar/UNI: The business activities across Odisha will remain closed after 2 PM from May 3 to May 15 in view of rise in covid cases in the state.

Pesticides, fertilizer shops will remain open during Kashmir lockdown: Dir Horticulture

May 01, 2021, at 05:50 am

Srinagar: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Aijaz Ahmad Bhat assured the farming community that the pesticide /fertilizer shops will remain open during the lockdown period in Kashmir.

Don't panic, we are equipped to deal with emerging situation: Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha

May 01, 2021, at 05:47 am

 Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired a meeting with the office bearers and volunteers of Indian Red Cross Society, J&K through virtual mode.

196 posts approved for State Cancer Institute Jammu

May 01, 2021, at 05:41 am

Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of the Health and Medical Education Department to create 196 posts for the State Cancer Institute (SCI) at the Super Specialty Hospital, Jammu.

Work on dev projects to continue amid lockdown: Div Com Kashmir

May 01, 2021, at 05:38 am

Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir has directed all the executing agencies to continue work on developmental projects uninterruptedly while adhering to ‘covid appropriate behaviour’ at site.

Jumbo container based COVID hospitals to come up near oxygen plants: MHA

May 01, 2021, at 05:27 am

New Delhi/UNI: In order to tackle logistical issues in transporting liquid medical oxygen to various hospitals in the country,  the Centre on Friday decided to set up jumbo container based Covid hospitals near oxygen producing plants.

PM Modi chairs meeting with Council of Ministers to discuss Covid situation

May 01, 2021, at 04:16 am

New Delhi/IBNS; Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers met on Friday to discuss the situation arising out of the second wave of COVID in the country.

Armed forces get emergency financial powers to fight Covid-19

May 01, 2021, at 03:30 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The government has granted emergency financial powers to the Indian armed forces to up their efforts to tackle the second wave of Covid-19, which is wreaking havoc across the nation.

Around dozen shops gutted in fire en route Vaishno Devi track

May 01, 2021, at 02:20 am

Jammu/UNI: Nearly one dozen shops were gutted in a mysterious fire that broke out en route Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan in Katra town of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Bengal announces partial lockdown: Malls, cinema halls, restaurants to remain closed

May 01, 2021, at 01:13 am

New Delhi/IBNS: As the eight-phased assembly election concluded in Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee government on Friday announced a partial lockdown in the state amid a massive spike in the Covid-19 cases.

West Bengal shuts down malls, food joints, gyms, etc.

May 01, 2021, at 12:49 am

Amid rising Covid19 cases, West Bengal government has ordered the closure of shopping malls, restaurants, beauty parlours, cinema halls, gyms, spas, and swimming pools  among other establishments. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping sends message to Modi, offers help in fight against pandemic

May 01, 2021, at 12:13 am

New Delhi/UNI: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to assist India in fighting the escalating new wave of COVID-19 pandemic.

Bihar Chief Secretary dies of Covid-19

Apr 30, 2021, at 11:28 pm

Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh died of coronavirus infection here today.

US denies issuing new guidance to Americans to leave India

Apr 30, 2021, at 11:09 pm

The US State Department has denied it has issued new guidance to American citizens in India to leave the country.

Freedom of expression is a hallmark of any democracy, says US on India question

Apr 30, 2021, at 11:06 pm

The US opposes incitement to violence on social media while supporting freedom of expression, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. He said, “We’ve made the point both when it comes to India and to countries around the world that freedom of expression, freedom of information is a hallmark of any democracy.”

Centre is answerable to people of Delhi: SC over oxygen shortage

Apr 30, 2021, at 10:57 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday reminded the central government that it has a "special responsibility" towards Delhi and is also answerable to the people of the national capital.

COVID-19 positive senior journalist Rohit Sardana dies

Apr 30, 2021, at 10:51 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Senior journalist Rohit Sardana died of a heart attack on Friday morning, a week after he tested positive for COVID-19.

Yogi Adityanath inspects Covid hospital set up by DRDO in Lucknow

Apr 30, 2021, at 09:06 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who recovered from coronavirus on Friday morning, inspected a hospital set up by DRDO in Awadh Shilp Gram in the state capital.

Don’t queue up outside Covid-19 vaccination centres on May 1, Delhi yet to receive vaccines: Kejriwal

Apr 30, 2021, at 09:03 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday appealed to the 18-44 age group not to queue up outside the Covid-19 vaccination centres in the city on May 1 as the government is yet to receive vaccines and it is in constant touch with the company.

Ban on scheduled International flights extended till May 31

Apr 30, 2021, at 08:59 pm

New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Amid an exponential surge in Covid-19 cases, the ban on scheduled international flights have been extended for a month.

TV journalist Rohit Sardana dies of Covid-19

Apr 30, 2021, at 08:00 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Popular Indian television journalist Rohit Sardana left the journalistic fraternity shell shock as he succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday. He was 41.

EC requests Madras HC to restrain media from covering oral conversations

Apr 30, 2021, at 06:49 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Days after it was rebuked over its handling of assembly elections amid Covid-19, India's poll body on Friday requested the Madras High Court to restrain media from covering oral conversations in the courtroom, media reports said.

Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee dies at 91

Apr 30, 2021, at 04:49 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Veteran lawyer and former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee died of Covid-19 on Friday morning here. He was 91.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath tests COVID-19 negative 

Apr 30, 2021, at 04:32 pm

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced he has tested COVID-19 negative.

One killed in oxygen cylinder blast in Kanpur

Apr 30, 2021, at 04:19 pm

Kanpur/UNI: When the entire country is reeling under acute oxygen shortage in view of the strong second Coronavirus wave, an explosion at an oxygen factory in Dadanagar industrial area was reported here on Friday morning, claiming life of a worker.