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A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for coronavirus tests at the CSMT railway station, amid surge in COVID-19 cases, in Mumbai. (PTI)

Nearly 40,000 COVID-19 cases reported in India in last 24 hours

Registering an increase for the ninth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,71,282

19 March 2021 10:49 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves at supporters at a rally, ahead of the State Assembly polls, at Kalaikunda in West West Medinipur, Thursday, March 18, 2021. (PTI)

Mamata asks Modi: When Amphan hit state, where were you, BJP ?

The two-time CM also tore into the BJP government at the Centre over the hikes in fuel and LPG prices

19 March 2021 8:06 AM IST

The focus of the Assembly elections in four states and a Union territory has centred around West Bengal and the big question is whether the BJP under PM Modi will breach the final barrier, as it were, for the right-wing saffron party. (AP/Bikas Das)

Modi accuses Mamata of encouraging' Maoist violence

Modi asserted that countdown for the TMC removal from power had begun as BJP already reached the doorstep of its manzil...

19 March 2021 8:03 AM IST

NIA officers investigate Sachin Vazes Mercedes car following his arrest, in connection with a probe into the recovery of explosives from a car parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house, in Mumbai, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (PTI/Mitesh Bhuvad)

NIA seizes second Mercedes car in Mukesh Ambani terror threat case

The NIA on Thursday called two policemen, including an aide of Mr Waze and a senior police inspector, for questioning,...

19 March 2021 7:26 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha, during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Rajya Sabha adjourned briefly amid Opposition uproar over Insurance...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved a bill in the Upper House to consider for further amendment of the Insurance...

18 March 2021 3:52 PM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat. (PTI)

U'khand CM sparks controversy for questioning 'values' of women who...

#RippedJeans trends on Twitter following Rawat's comments on women who wear 'jeans ripped at the knees'

18 March 2021 2:15 PM IST

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a passenger for a Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test at a bus station in New Delhi on March 17, 2021. (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

India adds 35,871 fresh COVID-19 cases, biggest single-day jump in 102...

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,63,025, while the case fatality rate stands at...

18 March 2021 11:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses webinar on effective implementation of Budget provisions in Health sector, in New Delhi, Tuesday, February 23, 2021. (PTI)

Second peak of COVID-19: Prime Minister Modi puts states on alert

Modi said though more than 96 per cent of cases in India had recovered, the high test positivity rate in Maharashtra and...

18 March 2021 12:59 AM IST

Born at Jalpehar village in Mandi district on June 10, 1958, Sharma was a two-time MP. (Image credit: Twitter/@bjpramswaroop)

BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma found dead at Delhi residence

Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide, the police said, adding that no suicide note was found from the spot

17 March 2021 11:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Right) with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. (PTI)

India, Bangladesh likely to sign three MoUs during PM Modi's visit

Modi is visitng Dhaka to attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country's independence and the birth...

16 March 2021 12:38 PM IST

During the encounter in Batla House at Jamia Nagar in south Delhi on September 19, 2008, two suspected terrorists, identified as Atif Amin and Mohammed Sajid, were killed while Inspector Sharma of Special Cell received gun shot. YouTube

Death for man who shot police inspector in Batla House encounter

Rs 10 lakh of Rs 11 lakh fine imposed should be released to the inspector's family

16 March 2021 8:37 AM IST

BJP general secretary Arun Singh announced the candidates names and added that the political climate in all the poll-bound states favoured the saffron party. (Representational Photo: PTI)

BJP fields MPs, Union Minister in Bengal polls

In Kerala, Metro Man E. Sreedharan has been fielded from Palakkad

15 March 2021 1:04 AM IST