Category: India News

Delhi lockdown: What is allowed and what is not

New Delhi, Apr 19: Following are the details of what will be allowed during the lockdown in Delhi from 10 pm tonight till 5 am on April 26, 2021: 1. Who are exempted? Officials of Government of India, its autonomous or subordinate offices and PSUs, on production of valid […]

Army cancels common entrance exam in J-K’s Samba

Jammu, Apr 19: The Indian Army on Monday announced cancellation of a Common Entrance Examination (CEE) scheduled for April 25 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district for candidates who successfully cleared a recently held recruitment rally. The Army had conducted a month-long recruitment rally at the Sunjuwan Military Station […]

COVID-19: India logs record surge of 2,73,810 new cases, 1,619 fatalities

New Delhi, Apr 19: India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 1.50-crore mark with around 25 lakh cases being added in just 15 days,?while active cases surpassed the 19-lakh mark,?according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday The nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases mounted to 1,50,61,919?with?a […]

Britain is investigating variant originating in India

British health officials are investigating a COVID-19 variant originating in India but as yet they do not have enough evidence to classify it is as a variant of concern, Susan Hopkins of Public Health England (PHE) said on Sunday. Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC television, […]

’Dire need of beds, oxygen’: India’s capital under siege from COVID-19

India’s capital New Delhi recorded 25,500 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, with about one in three people tested returning a positive result, its chief minister said, urging the federal government to provide more hospital beds to tackle the crisis. Less than 100 critical care beds were available […]

COVID-19 surge:Rahul Gandhi announces cancellation of poll rallies in West Bengal

New Delhi, Apr 18:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday cancelled all his public rallies in poll-bound West Bengal following a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. He also advised all other politicians to think about the consequences of holding large public rallies. “In view of […]

19 women forced to work in knitwear unit rescued

Coimbatore, Apr 18: Nineteen women, hailing from Rayagada district of Odisha, were rescued from a knitwear unit in Tirupur on Sunday as they were forced to work against their will, police said. The women were brought to the unit in December last and were undergoing training for the last […]

COVID-19: India records highest single-day rise of 2,61,500 cases, 1,501 deaths

New Delhi, Apr 18: A record single-day rise of 2,61,500 coronavirus infections has taken India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,47,88,109, while active cases have surpassed the 18-lakh mark, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday The death toll increased to 1,77,150 with a record 1,501 […]

Modi appeals to keep Hindu festival symbolic as India’s COVID-19 infections surge

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic, amid worries about the spread of COVID-19 infections as the country reported more than 200,000 new cases for a third straight day. Criticism has mounted over the Indian government’s handling of […]

Sporadic violence marks fifth phase of Bengal polls

Salt Lake/Burdwan/Siliguri, Apr 17 :Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas where polling was underway in the fifth phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal on Saturday, officials said. Polling was being held in 45 seats in North 24 Parganas, Purba Bardhaman and Nadia in […]

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