India is seeing a static trend of Covid-19 cases daily. For the past 10 days, the number of cases reported daily has fluctuated between 35 thousand and 25 thousand. On September 10, 33,376 fresh cases were reported which then decreased to 25,404 for four days. What experts feared as the beginning trends of the third […]
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will resign ahead of the crucial Congress Legislature Party meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday evening, sources close to him said. The CM will address the press at Punjab Raj Bhavan at 4.30 pm. The resignation is only from the post of the CM and not from the Congress. Sources […]
India registered new 35,662 Covid-19 cases on Saturday. According to Union Health Ministry, the active cases have increased to 3,40,639 in the country. The active cases now comprise 1.02 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.65 per cent, it said. Also, 14,48,833 tests were conducted […]
In wake of a writ petition regarding protesting farmers blocking NH-44 and the Supreme Court’s August 23 order asking protesters to either shift to one side of the highway or move to an alternate site, farmer union leaders have decided to meet at Singhu border to take a final call on the matter. The issue has […]
Over 76.11 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and Union Territories until now, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. It said over 1.65 crore COVID-19 doses are in the pipeline. Besides, it added over 5.33 crore unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs, which are to […]
India has recorded 27,176 fresh Covid-19 cases, while 284 new fatalities were recorded, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. With the fresh cases, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,33,16,755, while the death toll has climbed to 4,43,497, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases declined to 3,51,087 comprising 1.05 per cent of […]
Speculations are rife in the media and Congress circles about Kanhaiya Kumar, the former JNU Students Union president, joining the party. Sources close to the CPI leader, however, said ‘these are rumours which are being spread and there is no talk of his joining the Congress’. Sources in Congress say that he has been meeting […]
The Himachal government has ordered schools in the state to remain closed until September 21. The latest order, issued by Chief Secretary Ram Subhag School on Tuesday, does not apply to residential schools. “All schools shall continue to remain close, except residential schools further up to 21.09.2021,” the order said. “Teaching and non-teaching staff shall […]
Incessant and heavy rains since Sunday morning have left at least three people dead and thousands marooned in Odisha as rain water inundated vast stretches of land throwing life completely out of gear. Two persons died due to wall collapse in Kendrapara while a 29-year-old man drowned in a canal in Khurda district. Even as the state […]
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday resigned from the post, over a year before the state goes to polls. Elections are scheduled in December 2022 to elect 182 members of the Gujarat Assembly. Rupani (65) was sworn in as chief minister – his second stint as CM – in December 2017. “I have […]