Category: India News

6 states account for over 78 pc of India’s fresh COVID-19 cases

New Delhi, Mar 30:  Six states, including Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, have reported a high number of daily COVID-19 cases and account for 78.56 per cent of the 56,211 fresh cases recorded in the country in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday India’s […]

Indians gather for Holi celebrations as virus cases surge

NEW DELHI — Hindus threw colored powder and sprayed water in massive Holi celebrations Monday despite many Indian states restricting gatherings to try to contain a coronavirus resurgence rippling across the country. Holi marks the advent of spring and is widely celebrated throughout Hindu-majority India. Most years, millions […]

India suffers highest daily coronavirus infections in five months

India reported the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in five months on Monday, with the second wave of the disease driven by surging infections in the country’s richest state Maharastra. A total of 68,020 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry […]

India’s Maharashtra considers total lockdown as virus cases jump

India’s richest state, Maharashtra, is considering imposing a strict lockdown this week after recording the highest one-day jump in coronavirus infections of any Indian state since last March, officials said on Sunday. Maharashtra tightened travel restrictions and imposed night curfews as it reported 40,414 new coronavirus cases on […]

No to CAA if DMK voted to power, says Stalin

Jolarpet (TN), Mar 29 : DMK President M K Stalin on Monday promised that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will not be allowed in Tamil Nadu if his party was voted to power in the April 6 Assembly elections and slammed the ruling AIADMK for ‘supporting’ the BJP in […]

Mamata conducts massive roadshow in Nandigram

Nandigram (WB), Mar 29:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday conducted a massive roadshow in Nandigram, where she is pitted against her former lieutenant and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. The high-stakes constituency in Purba Medinipur district will go to the polls in the second phase on […]

India’s Modi pushes to win West Bengal against formidable opposition

The populous Indian state of West Bengal has emerged as a key battleground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, which is looking to extend its national domination and dislodge one of Modi’s sharpest critics. To win power in the eastern state, where a month-long election begins on Saturday, […]

Over 4 cr old vehicles on Indian roads, Karnataka tops list at 70 lakh

New Delhi, Mar 28: Over four crore vehicles older than 15 years are plying on roads pan-India and fall under the ambit of green tax, with Karnataka occupying the top slot with more than 70 lakh such vehicles. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has digitised the […]

COVID-19: Daily deaths over 300 for first time this year, 62,714 new cases

New Delhi, Mar 28:  India saw 62,714 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,19,71,624, while the daily deaths crossed the 300-mark for the first time in 2021, according to the Union Health Ministry […]

Nine COVID patients dead in a Mumbai hospital fire

At least nine coronavirus patients died in a fire that engulfed a mall housing a hospital in Mumbai, authorities said on Friday. Rescue workers were still working to douse the fire, which took place past midnight on Friday in an eastern suburb of the city, authorities said, adding […]

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