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Nurses prepare a COVID-19 vaccination ward for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years, at Thane Civil Hospital on Saturday. (PTI)

Government asks states to set up makeshift hospitals

Mansukh Mandaviya requested people to register eligible children in their families for vaccination for children that...

2 Jan 2022 8:41 AM IST

MP and President of National Conference (NC) Farooq Abdullah and PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba. (PTI)

Delimitation stir: Gupkar leaders locked in homes

Early on Saturday, the police blocked the entrances to the homes of the key PAGD leaders including Farooq Abdullah and...

2 Jan 2022 7:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 10th instalment of financial benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Saturday via video conferencing. (ANI)

PM Modi releases over Rs.20,000 crore to farmers under PM-Kisan

PM also released equity grant of more than Rs. 14 crore to about 351 Farmer Producer Organizations

1 Jan 2022 2:16 PM IST

It will provide some relief to restaurants, eateries and tea stalls etc which constitute the largest user segment of the 19 kg cylinder. (Representational image: ANI)

Commercial LPG cylinder prices slashed by Rs 102.50

A 19-kg cylinder, following the new rate cut, will cost Rs 1,998.50 as against Rs 2,101 in Delhi

1 Jan 2022 1:41 PM IST

Women shout slogans during a protest of Delhi Commission for Women against the Hyderabad rape-murder case and alleged rise in the number of incidents of crime against women at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Nearly 31K complaints of crimes against women received in 2021,...

There was a 30 per cent rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021 as compared to 2020 when 23,722 complaints...

1 Jan 2022 12:36 PM IST

Devotees return without darshan and prayers due to a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, in Reasi district, Saturday morning, Jan 1, 2022. (PTI Photo)

J-K Lt Governor Sinha orders probe into stampede at Vaishno Devi...

Lt Governor Sinha announced an ex gratia relief of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 2 lakh to each...

1 Jan 2022 11:38 AM IST

A policeman asks visitors to vacate the area around Gateway of India amid restrictions imposed due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, on New Years Eve in Mumbai, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

India logs 22,775 new COVID cases; Omicron tally rises to 1,431

Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of 454 Omicron cases, followed by Delhi with 351, Kerala 118 and Gujarat 115

1 Jan 2022 10:30 AM IST

: Devotees on their way to Vaishno Devi Shrine as yatra resumes after a stampede incident at the shrine triggered by a heavy rush of devotees, at Katra in Reasi district, Saturday, Jan 1, 2022. (PTI)

New Year gloom: 12 killed, 14 injured in stampede at Vaishno Devi...

The Prime Minister's Office also announced an amount of â‚¹ 2 lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives in...

1 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of passengers to conduct COVID-19 test, amid concern over rise in Omicron virus variant cases, at the Anand Vihar railway station near New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

'Precaution dose' vaccine: NTAGI to decide next week

Around 80 million eligible children can register on the CoWIN app for their first vaccine dose from Saturday

1 Jan 2022 8:32 AM IST

Labourers walk to return to their native places, during the 21-day lockdown across the country to contain the Covid-19, in New Delhi. PTI photo

2022: Daunting labour reforms, informal workers' social security fund...

More than 17 crore informal sector workers have registered themselves on the e-Shram portal

31 Dec 2021 3:11 PM IST

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman (R) chairs the 46th GST Council meeting, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec 31, 2021. (PTI)

Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 46th GST Council meeting in Delhi

Finance ministers of States and Union Territories and senior officials are attending the meeting held at Vigyan Bhawan...

31 Dec 2021 1:25 PM IST

A medical staff works inside a newly created Covid-19 coronavirus oxygen support isolation ward at a government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: AFP)

Maharashtra reports highest number of Omicron cases, India tally rises...

The daily rise in COVID-19 cases crossed the 16,000 mark after around 64 days

31 Dec 2021 10:13 AM IST