Home » India

India - Page 446

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

India records 39,796 new Covid cases, 723 deaths

The ministry said that 15,22,504 tests were conducted on Sunday

5 July 2021 10:21 AM IST

Uttarakhand new Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (L) gestures to BJP MLA Satpal Maharaj (R) after taking oath during a swearing-in ceremony in Dehradun, Sunday, July 4, 2021. (PTI)

Dhami takes oath as some BJP leaders sulking in Uttarakhand

Mr Dhami is the youngest CM of the hill state and represents Khatima Assembly constituency in Udham Singh Nagar district

5 July 2021 6:57 AM IST

India will receive five Rafale fighter jets by the end of July 2020, said Indian Air Force. (AFP Photo)

Congress quizzes BJP 'silence' on Rafale

The Congress has demanded a JPC probe into the Rafale deal, alleging corruption in the purchase of the fighter jets

5 July 2021 1:13 AM IST

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

Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, seeks Bharat Ratna for Indian doctors

He also stressed that if necessary, changes should be made in rules so that the medical community can be awarded the...

4 July 2021 3:34 PM IST

Uttarakhand CM designate Pushkar Singh Dhami with former chief minister TS Rawat, in Dehradun. (Photo: PTI)

Pushkar Singh Dhami to take oath as Uttarakhand chief minister today

The two-time MLA from Khatima constituency is set to take oath at 5 pm today

4 July 2021 12:46 PM IST

Relatives perform final rituals before the cremation of a COVID-19 victim in Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records 43,071 new Covid cases, 955 deaths

The active cases have further declined to 4,85,350 and comprise 1.59 per cent of the total infections

4 July 2021 10:50 AM IST

The session is slated to conclude on August 13. (Photo: rstv.nic.in)

Monsoon session of Parliament to have 19 sittings

Lok Sabha will meet from 11 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm unless directed otherwise by Speaker Om Birla

4 July 2021 9:23 AM IST

The Department of Science and Technology had last year formed the panel to forecast the surge of coronavirus cases using mathematical models. (Photo: DC/Narasimha Murthy)

Covid 3rd wave may see half the cases recorded during second surge:...

In case of the 'pessimistic' scenario, the third wave could see cases rise up between 1,50,000 to 2,00,000 in the...

4 July 2021 7:14 AM IST

Pushkar Singh Dhami elected as Uttarakhand BJP legislature party leader. (ANI Photo)

Pushkar Singh Dhami to be new Uttarakhand CM, to take oath in the...

The change of guard came a day after Tirat Singh Rawat resigned from the post on Friday late evening

3 July 2021 5:53 PM IST

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy (ANI)

Neither PM nor BJP interested in conceding statehood demand of Pondy:...

Narayanasamy recalled that the Congress alliance had launched a series of agitations for statehood during the previous...

3 July 2021 1:21 PM IST

Nurses at a 100 bed Covid Care facility inside the campus of Karnataka Power corporation Limited (KPCL), at Yelahanka in Bengaluru, Thursday, July 1, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

India records 44,111 new COVID-19 cases, 738 deaths

The active cases, 4,95,533, were recorded below five lakh after 97 days and comprised 1.62 percent of the total...

3 July 2021 11:19 AM IST

The NIA plea to invoke Section 16 and Section 18 of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 was accepted by the court. (Representational image: PTI)

Darbhanga railway station blast case: NIA gets custody of 2 accused...

The duo has been sent to Beur central jail before the NIA takes custody and starts questioning them from Saturday

3 July 2021 7:37 AM IST