Category: India News

Will go for Ramlala’s darshan after PM, others leave: Bharti

Bhopal, Aug 3: Former Union minister Uma Bharti on Monday said she will go for darshan of Lord Ram in Ayodhya after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others leave the venue of the ground-breaking ceremony for Ram temple construction there, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The 61-year-old […]

Nod to Serum Institute of India for phase 2, 3 human clinical trials of Oxford vaccine candidate

New Delhi, Aug 3: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given nod to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for conducting phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of the Oxford University developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country Government officials told PTI that the approval for […]

India’s interior minister hospitalised with coronavirus

NEW DELHI – India’s Interior Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to hospital after catching the coronavirus, he said on Sunday, becoming the most senior politician in the country to test positive for the disease. Shah, a close aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, heads a ministry that […]

TN in total shutdown on Sunday

Chennai, Aug 2: Tamil Nadu went on a total shutdown mode on Sunday with the government imposing intense curbs as part of its anti-coronavirus measures, leaving main roads deserted while most shops, barring pharmacies,remained closed. Roads were virtually empty with no vehicles plying on account of the strict implementation […]

Sonia Gandhi discharged from Ganga Ram hospital

New Delhi, Aug 2 :  Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to a private facility here on July 30, was discharged on Sunday, hospital authorities said. The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) had earlier said that she was admitted for “routine tests and investigations”. “Congress president Sonia […]

Military commanders of India and China hold fifth round of talks on border row

New Delhi, Aug 2:  Senior military commanders of India and China are holding a fresh round of talks on Sunday with an aim to ensure expeditious disengagement of troops from all the friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, military sources said. It is […]

Don’t question Mumbai cops’ ability to handle Sushant case: CM

Mumbai, Aug 1: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that he deplored attempts to question the efficiency of the Mumbai Police in handling the probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. He said the state police were capable of probing the case, an assertion which […]

India records highest one-day jump of 57,118 COVID-19 cases; recoveries surge to 10,94,374

New Delhi, Aug 1:  India’s COVID-19 tally reached 16,95,988 on Saturday with a record single-day increase of 57,118 cases, while the recoveries surged to 10,94,374, according to the Union Health Ministry data The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 36,511 with 764 people succumbing to the disease […]

India police patrol ahead of construction of temple on bitterly contested site

LUCKNOW, India – Police have been ordered onto the streets of an Indian town where Hindu groups will next week begin building a temple on a site contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of the country’s most bloody communal violence. The Supreme […]

India’s coronavirus cases rise by a daily record of 55,078

BENGALURU – India reported another record surge in daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total to 1.64 million, as the government further eases virus curbs in a bid to resuscitate the economy, while also trying to increase testing. Infections jumped by 55,078 in the past 24 hours, […]

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