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In this April 24, 2021, file photo, exhausted workers, who bring dead bodies for cremation, sit on the rear step of an ambulance inside a crematorium, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India records 45,892 new COVID-19 cases, 817 deaths

An increase of 784 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

8 July 2021 10:22 AM IST

Virbhadra Singh was 87. (Photo: PTI)

Former Himachal chief minister Virbhadra Singh dies of post-COVID...

Singh, who is a nine-time MLA and five-time member of Parliament, served as Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister for six...

8 July 2021 8:18 AM IST

The apparent mishandling of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic finally cost the good doctor , Harsh Vardhan, his portfolio. (PTI)

COVID cost Harsh Vardhan his post; Ravi Shankar Prasad exit over...

The second wave of the pandemic, that claimed over one lakh lives, damaged the image of the Prime Minister and his...

8 July 2021 7:28 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind administers oath of office and secrecy to cabinet minister Mansukh Mandaviya, at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (PTI)

4 top ministers, 8 others dropped, 7 elevated; many new faces in first...

Mansukh Mandaviya gets health, aviation for Jyotiraditya Scindia, Anurag Thakur gets I&B, Rijiju to heald law and...

8 July 2021 7:08 AM IST

Visual from PM Narendra Modis meet at Lok Kalyan Marg ahead of cabinet expansion. (ANI Photo)

Cabinet expansion: Scindia, Yadav among 43 leaders take oath, complete...

After cabinet expansion, the Modi government is expected to have 27 OBC leaders, out of which five will be in the...

7 July 2021 5:19 PM IST

Former union health minister Harsh Vardhan resigned from his post on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

Harsh Vardhan, 7 other union ministers resign ahead of Modi's cabinet...

This will be the first cabinet reshuffle by PM Narendra Modi since he assumed his role for a second term in May 2019

7 July 2021 3:37 PM IST

Justice Chanda had on June 24 reserved order on Banerjees application that the judge recuses himself from hearing her election petition apprehending bias on his part. (PTI)

Judge recuses self from hearing Nandigram poll plea, Mamata fined Rs 5...

Justice Chanda directed that the amount be deposited to the Bar Council of West Bengal within two weeks

7 July 2021 1:02 PM IST

Kitty Kumaramangalam. (Photo: Twitter/@LiveLawIndia)

Former Union Minister PR Kumaramangalam's wife murdered in Delhi's...

Police said Kitty Kumaramangalam (67) was allegedly murdered by three suspects who entered her house

7 July 2021 11:54 AM IST

Kashmiri nomads listen to Dr. Sayeed Idrees during a COVID-19 vaccination drive in Tosamaidan, southwest of Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

India logs 43,733 new cases of Covid, 930 fatalities push death toll...

The active cases have further declined to, 4,59,920 and comprise 1.50 per cent of the total infections

7 July 2021 10:29 AM IST

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said twenty-three ministers and MLAs tested coronavirus positive. (PTI Photo)

Amarinder meets Sonia, says discussed government issues

Senior leaders say that changes in Punjab Congress are likely to come into effect as soon as this weekend

7 July 2021 6:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah (PTI file photo)

Governor rejig points to Modi Cabinet reshuffle

New faces from BJP and allies may join Council of Ministers

6 July 2021 3:10 PM IST

Gehlot is the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. (Photo: PTI)

Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot appointed Karnataka Governor

The announcement comes amid reports of Union Cabinet reshuffle

6 July 2021 2:34 PM IST