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In view of the spurt in coronavirus cases, the Madhya Pradesh government has announced lockdown in Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur cities every Sundaytill further orders, an official said in Bhopal.The lockdown will be in force from Saturday 10 pm to Monday 6 am.Besides, all educational...
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A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai on Friday rejected the pleaof police officer Sachin Waze's lawyers to meet him privately while he is in the probe agency's custody.Waze, arrested in connection with the recovery of an explosives-laden car near industrialist Mukesh...
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North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is contesting the assembly polls from Jalukbari seat, filed his nomination in Guwahati on Friday, amid cheers by a sea of supporters.The Bharatiya Janata Party leader led a massive rally from Sonaram...
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Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday asked people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as possible and appealed to them to notbelieve in rumours floating about the side-effects.The vaccine is safe and getting inoculated isessential, he told reporters in Mumbai.As per...
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Gujarat's Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani was on Friday suspended from the state Assembly for a day for 'indiscipline' after he raised the issue of a Dalit man's murder without the Speaker's permission.He was evicted from the House on the orders of Speaker Rajendra Trivedi over the issue.Mevani...
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United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd James Austin called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and expressed his country's strong desire to further enhance the strategic partnership with India for peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. During the...
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N Rangasamy (in forefront) with his MLAs
AINRC founder leader N Rangasamy will contest from two constituencies, while four former ministers and five new faces are among 16 named by the party on Friday for the April 6 assembly poll in Puducherry. Rangasamy, a former chief minister of the UT, will contest from Thattanchavady in...
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A joint platform of doctors in West Bengal on Friday wrote to the Election Commission, sounding alarm over rising COVID-19 cases and 'complete disappearance' of safety protocols at political rallies in the poll-bound state. The doctors have also flagged non-availability of beds in COVID-19...
20:17
The Supreme Court collegium on Friday recommended appointment of nine advocates and elevation of four judicial officers as judges of the Bombay high court. The three-judge Supreme Court collegium, which held its meeting on Friday, comprised Chief Justice Bobde and Justices N V Ramana and R...
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Mumbai reports its highest-ever one-day spike in COVID-19 cases with with 3,062 new infections, 1,334 recoveries and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours.On Thursday, the city had recorded 2,877 new coronavirus cases.Total cases 3,55,897Total recoveries 3,23,281Death toll 11,565Active cases...
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Gurugram in Haryana has decided to restrict the sale of meat, it seems. In a new order, mayor Madhu Azad said meat shops in Gurugram will henceforth remain closed on Tuesdays. Also, she said, the licence fee for meat shops has been increased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000, and the penalty...
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Trains are running slow between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar stations on the Blue Line section of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday due to track maintenance work. Trains are running at a restricted speed between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar stations due to track maintenance...
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the Covid-19 vaccination drive will be extended in the coming days and asserted that there should not be any misconceptions about the two Indian vaccines being administered in the country. During Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Vardhan said...
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The dispute between two people in Madhya Pradesh over ownership of a Labrador dog that went missing in August last year has been resolved post DNA testing, the police said on Friday. After Labrador Coco went missing, local journalist Shadab Khan came forward stating that the canine was his...
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Amid the concerns over spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the Pune administration on Friday informed that despite a surge in positivity rate, mortality rate remains low in the city.Speaking to ANI, Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol said, Despite COVID-19 cases increasing with every passing day in...
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After opening with significant losses, the 30-share BSE Sensex made a U-turn to end the week 641.72 points or 1.30 per cent higher, at 49,858.24. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty surged 186.15 points or 1.28 per cent to finish at 14,744. NTPC was the top gainer in the...
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US Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin arrived in India on Friday on a three-day visit, aimed at further boosting bilateral defence and security ties in the wake of China's growing military assertiveness in the region including the Indo-Pacific. India is the third stop of Austin's three-nation...
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The Ruling CPI(M) led LDF on Friday released its manifesto for the April 6 assembly elections promising to create 40 lakh new jobs for the youth and pension for all housewives. The manifesto was released at the AKG centre here by CPI (M) state secretary in charge A Vijayaraghavan, CPI...
17:24
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty regained footing on Friday after five days of losses as investors snapped up RIL, FMCG and IT stocks even as global markets tumbled amid concerns over rising US Treasury yields. Participants shrugged off a spurt in COVID-19 cases in multiple states, though...
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The government on Friday said it has exited Tata Communications after selling 10 per cent stake to Tata Sons' arm Panatone Finvest in an off-market trade. The Government of India held 26.12 per cent stake while Panatone Finvest had 34.80 per cent, Tata Sons 14.07 per cent and the remaining...
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Maharashtra BJP leader Pravin Darekar on Friday said the Uddhav Thackeray government in the state was full of contradictions as constituents were talking in different voices over the arrest of assistant inspector Sachin Waze and the transfer of Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir...
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The Central Government on Friday stopped the doorstep delivery of ration scheme MMGGRY (Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana) of Delhi Government, scheduled to be launched on March 25.According to a notification issued by the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the subsidised foodgrains being...
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A day after Maharashtra witnessed the highest one-day spike of 25,833 COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said lockdown is an option but he trusts people to follow the norms on their own. Talking to reporters in Nandurbar, Thackeray also appealed people to get...
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A good move by the Ahmedabad civic body. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation decides to shut malls and multiplexes on Saturdays-Sundays due to COVID. We're very upset as multiplexes were shut for 7 months and we had just started to settle down. On Saturdays and Sundays we expect most footfall,...
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'I am as Bengali as they come in my cultural and personal orientation and I think probably all the BJP candidates who are contesting are pretty non-vegetarian in their food and as Bengali in their cultural orientation.' Swapan Dasgupta, journalist and the BJP's candidate from Tarakeshwar speaks...
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the BJP promised Rs 365 daily to tea workers but paid only Rs 167, but I am not PM Narendra Modi and do not lie and he promised five things to the people of Assam.The Congress leader promised Rs 365 daily for tea workers, action against the...
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TMC MP Mohua Moitra
Alleging that fair elections in West Bengal are becoming a distant reality, a delegation of TMC MPs met the Election Commission on Friday to register their protest against the poll panel's reported decision to not permit state police personnel within 100 metres of polling stations. The TMC...
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Driving down Worli Seaface in Mumbai, you could be pleasantly surprised, and impressed, by huge quilts put on two prominent buildings, to commemorate one year of the coronavirus pandemic and the fight put up against it, as part of the Corona Quilt project. A diverse array of site-specific...
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Govt of Maharashtra issues fresh measures applicable till 31st March 2021, in the wake of rise in COVID19 cases in the state. All drama theatres and auditoriums to operate on 50% capacity, no entry to be allowed without proper wearing of masks. All pvt offices to function at 50% capacity.Click...
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Sunny Leone adopted a baby girl a couple of years ago
Over 14,500 children in the country have been adopted since 2017, including 2,094 by foreign citizens, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Friday. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said 12,867 children were adopted by Indians and...
14:54
Poles in the area in Nandigram, where WB CM Mamata Banerjee was recently injured, was examined by the Forensic Science Laboratory, Government of West Bengal. The TMC has alleged it was a conspiracy by the BJP.
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Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu urged the Members of Parliament on Friday to remain extra careful and strictly follow the coronavirus-related guidelines in the wake of rise in the number of cases in some states. During the morning session, Naidu said while the severity has come down,...
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Visitors at the Alipore zoo, Kolkata
A man was seriously injured after being attacked by a lion when he entered the animal's enclosure at the Alipore Zoo here on Friday, an official said. The unidentified man is undergoing treatment at the SSKM Hospital and his condition is critical, hospital sources said. The incident...
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A six-member team of Pune's forensic science laboratory (FSL) on Friday reached the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) office in Mumbai in connection with the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence, a police official said. The forensic experts...
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'Since 2019, the chief minister's politics has evolved to keep pace with the BJP's ambitions. His focus on religion and culture is seen to be part of his attempt to keep the BJP's ploy of painting opponents as insensitive to Hindu aspirations in check,' writes Debabrata Mohanty in the Hindustan...
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'Transmission without symptoms critically contributes to the unabated spread of SARS-CoV-2 and presents a considerable infection prevention challenge. Although asymptomatic individuals appear to be contagious for a shorter period of time and may pose a lower transmission risk, they still pose a...
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a rally in Midnapore tells people to oust BJP from the state. Bid farewell to BJP, we don't want BJP. We don't want to see Modi's face. We don't want riots, looters, Duryodhan, Dushasana, Mir Jafar. Poribortan'(change) is Mamata Banerjee's slogan; why...
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A reference book for the second- year MBBS students in Maharashtra has been withdrawn after objections were raised over some part its contents that allegedly linked the Tablighi Jamaat's congregation in New Delhi last year to the outbreak of coronavirus, an official said on Friday. The...
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PM Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden
Soon after the first virtual summit among leaders of the Quad nations last week, the Center for a New American Security hosted a special event on Thursday, 'US-India 2030: A Maximalist Vision of US-India Relations', featuring Ambassador Kenneth Juster, former US Ambassador to India...
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The BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) has said that it will make the Rapid Antigen Test facility to take samples for coronavirus testing compulsory for all malls in Mumbai.India Today TV spoke to Additional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani who said that the cases were rising sharply...
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Power outage at Maharashtra Secretariat Building, due to high voltage at Nariman Point receiving point. A team of engineers have been deployed for restoration work, says PRO, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). Power supply to Mantralaya, Fourshore Road and Maharshi Karve Road was...
12:48
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to stay summons issued to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh said they are not granting any relief to the PDP...
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India's domestic air traffic fell 37 per cent year-on-year to 78 lakh (7.8 million) passengers in February amid travel curbs and capacity restrictions due to the pandemic, according to Icra (see infographic alongside). Even the sequential growth slowed down for the second consecutive month...
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Two days after Param Bir Singh was shunted out from the post of Mumbai police commissioner, the Shiv Sena on Friday defended him saying that his transfer does not make him a criminal, and alleged that a particular lobby in Delhi was upset with him as the TRP scam came to light during his...
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After the National Investigation Agency (NIA), now the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) will be seeking custody of Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze, in connection with the investigation into the Mansukh Hiren death case, top sources of ATS confirmed.As per sources, the ATS will oppose...
11:18
While most people who have had COVID-19 are protected from catching it again for at least six months, elderly patients above 65 years of age are more prone to reinfection, says a new study published in The Lancet journal. The scientists from Denmark's Statens Serum Institut analysed...
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Faculty members, students and alumni of the Ashoka University in Sonipat have expressed anguish over noted political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignation as a professor, saying his exit seems to be a direct consequence of his role as a public intellectual and critic of the...
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India saw 39,726 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the highest single day rise recorded so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,14,331, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. Registering an increase for the ninth day in a...
09:58
Equity benchmark Sensex tanked over 600 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in HDFC Bank, L&T and Reliance Industries amid negative cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 617.10 points or 1.25 per cent lower at 48,599.42, and the broader NSE Nifty fell...
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Despite a recent spurt in coronavirus infections and the threat of a lockdown in Maharashtra, a massive crowd was witnessed at Dadar Market in Mumbai today morning.The people in the famous market were seen flouting social distancing guidelines and many were also seen without masks.Maharashtra on...
09:45
South Africa has been ranked as the world's most dangerous country to drive in while India came in at fourth place, according to a research study undertaken by international driver education company Zutobi. Among the list of 56 countries in the study, Thailand came in second position and the...
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Observing that it is for the people and the Government of India to determine the path forward on its recently enacted farm laws, two top Democratic senators have urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to raise the issue of treatment of peaceful farmer protesters and journalists. In a letter...
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In an unusual way to extending support to farmers' protest against the Centre's farm laws, a couple tied the knot on Thursday at an agitation site in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa.Speaking to reporters after marriage, the groom, Sachin Singh said: The farmers' agitation is going on since January 3....
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US Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin to arrive in India today on a three-day visit.Austin will meet his Indian counterpart Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other senior dignitaries of the government. The visit comes on the heels of the first-ever summit of the leaders of the Quadrilateral...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Arunachal Pradesh, Tapir Gao, on Thursday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an 'avatar' of God who is taking the country in the right direction.He said in Lok Sabha that Modi's work for tea plantation workers in West Bengal and Assam is like an 'avtar' of...
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