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A health worker takes a swab sample for a Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) at a roadside market following restrictions imposed by the state government amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Mumbai on April 6, 2021. (Indranil Muukherjee / AFP)

India reports 1.15 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases: Biggest single-day rise...

The single-day rise in coronavirus cases breached the 1-lakh mark for the second time in three days

7 April 2021 11:24 AM IST

Voters stand in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station during Tamil Nadu state legislative election in Chennai on April 6, 2021. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Polling peaceful in all five states, high voter turnout seals parties'...

Voting was held in 1.5 lakh polling stations across 475 Assembly seats in the four states and the Union territory of...

7 April 2021 7:59 AM IST

Paramilitary soldiers manage a queue at a polling booth during third phase of West Bengal state elections. (AP)

Bengal polls: Clash erupts between TMC, BJP in Arambagh

TMC candidate from Arambagh constituency Sujata Mondal Khan has accused BJP workers of threatening and misbehaving with...

6 April 2021 2:43 PM IST

World Health Organization (WHO) sign in Geneva next to their headquarters. (AFP)

Fake News: WHO denies issuing warning of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths in...

India has so far reported over 1,26,86,049 COVID-19 cases. The death toll in the country has gone up to 1,65,547

6 April 2021 1:35 PM IST

A health worker collects samples of a motorist for Covid-19 tests, as coronavirus cases spike across the country, in New Delhi on April 5, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Night curfew imposed in Delhi from 10 pm to 5 am till April 30

The case positivity rate in Delhi has also risen to 5.54 per cent amid a massive surge in cases in the last few weeks

6 April 2021 12:50 PM IST

Justice Ramana will be the second Telugu speaking Chief Justice of India. (Photo: PTI)

Justice Ramana appointed as Chief Justice of India

Current CJI SA Bobde is due to retire on April 23

6 April 2021 12:09 PM IST

A paramilitary personnel stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the state legislative elections, at South Twenty Four Parganas district, about 70 km from Kolkata on April 6, 2021. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader's home, poll official suspended

A huge team of central forces had to be deployed in the area as the locals protested, alleging malpractices

6 April 2021 11:01 AM IST

CRPF jawan, Rakesh Singh Manhas, went missing in the April 3 Maoist ambush on security forces on the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh. By arrangement

Maoists claim CRPF jawan's capture, family seeks release

The caller said the jawan will be released at the appropriate time and informed local media correspondent that he would...

6 April 2021 9:24 AM IST

The Election Commission has found that 171 votes were cast at a booth where only 90 people were eligible to exercise their franchise in Halflong Assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district. (Representational Photo: AFP)

A booth with 90 voters in Assam polled 171 votes, officials fired

The district election officer suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and...

6 April 2021 4:14 AM IST

The report said as AFA inspectors combed through Dassault accounts in 2017, they raised an eyebrow when they came across an item expenditure costing 508,925 euros entered under the heading gifts to clients. (Photo: PTI)

French Portal: 1Million Euros gifted to middleman for Dassault

CBI and ED are investigating Defsys Solutions run by Sushen Gupta in the AgustaWestland case

6 April 2021 4:08 AM IST

The back-to-back meetings, after the one chaired by the PM on Sunday, is a part of the Central governments efforts to contain the spread of the virus, which has once again turned into a full-blown crisis. (Photo: PTI)

Amid Covid spurt, PM to talk to CMs on Thursday

Harsh Vardhan has called a meeting with 11 states and UTs of grave concern on Tuesday to take stock of the worsening...

6 April 2021 4:04 AM IST

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. (Twitter/ @MahaDGIPR)

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigns

Bombay High Court had directed the CBI to probe into allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled by Param Bir...

5 April 2021 3:14 PM IST