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Union I & B Minister Anurag Thakur (PTI/Kamal Singh)

BJP will win more assembly seats in western UP than last time: Anurag...

Thakur, BJP's UP election co-incharge, expressed confidence that the party will return to power in the state with more...

29 Dec 2021 12:09 PM IST

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT railway station, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Dec 28, 2021. (PTI Photo)

India's Omicron tally rises to 781, Delhi reports maximum cases

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 62 days now

29 Dec 2021 10:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration of various developmental projects, in Kanpur, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Modi takes a swipe at Samajwadi party for UP cash haul

The FM said that GST officers had seized more than Rs 177 crore unaccounted cash from the house of perfume trader Piyush...

29 Dec 2021 12:57 AM IST

This file October 18, 2021 handout file photo courtesy of Merck & Co,Inc. shows capsules of the antiviral pill Molnupiravir. (Photo: AFP)

Optimus Pharma to launch COVID-19 drug Molnupiravir shortly, Sun...

The recommended dose of the drug is 800 mg twice a day for five days

28 Dec 2021 4:04 PM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media virtually, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Yellow alert sounded in Delhi, restrictions will be imposed...

He said Covid cases are mild and there is no increase in the consumption of oxygen or the use of ventilators despite the...

28 Dec 2021 2:26 PM IST

Upon his return home on Friday night, he was warmly welcomed by his family members, friends, relatives and villagers who distributed sweets. (ANI Photo)

J&K man returns to India after serving 29 years in Pakistan jail

Kuldeep Singh who had accidentally crossed the International border to Pakistan in December 1992 was arrested by the...

28 Dec 2021 12:48 PM IST

An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill, called molnupiravir is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co Inc. (Photo: AP)

As COVID cases rise, govt gives nod to two more vaccines, anti-viral...

With this approval, the number of Covid-19 vaccines which have received emergency use authorisation in the country has...

28 Dec 2021 11:41 AM IST

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT railway station, in Mumbai, Monday, December 27, 2021. (PTI)

Omicron: Maharashtra records maximum number of cases, India's total...

With 6,358 people testing positive for coronavirus infections in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to...

28 Dec 2021 11:03 AM IST

Election Commission meets health secretary to review holding safe polls

Election Commission meets health secretary to review holding 'safe'...

It is learnt that there is a strong possibility of the Assembly polls taking place as scheduled and not being postponed

28 Dec 2021 8:37 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with former Punjab chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) leader Captain Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa during a meeting, ahead of 2022 Punjab assembly polls, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Amarinder Singh meets Amit Shah, Nadda on seat sharing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch the campaign of the BJP and its new allies in Punjab in the first week...

28 Dec 2021 7:41 AM IST

A Municipal Corporation worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary inside a Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport bus, during a special vaccination drive for residents of Kopar Khairane, in Navi Mumbai. (PTI)

'Precautionary dose' vaccine only applicable after 9 months of 2nd...

PM Modi had announced the country would begin administering 'precautionary doses' from January 10

27 Dec 2021 4:13 PM IST

A health worker prepares to collects a swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Centre enforces COVID containment measures in country till January 31

Home Ministry issued fresh advisory to all states and UTs and directed them to take measures at district and local...

27 Dec 2021 3:18 PM IST