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The Mamata Banerjee government has, meanwhile, assigned 10 senior IPS officers to assist the special investigation team set up on the orders of the Calcutta high court on August 19 to probe the incidents of post-poll violence.

West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI files first chargesheet

A CBI team interrogated the duo in jail recently after getting the court's permission and before submitting the...

3 Sept 2021 12:13 AM IST

Amazon has updated the Alexa app on iOS so that users can access the voice assistant right from their home screens via a new widget. (Photo: PTI)

Amazon's new feature will make Alexa respond louder when it's noisy

The feature is currently available to US customers, and Amazon says that a user can activate it by saying Alexa, turn on...

2 Sept 2021 7:26 PM IST

Bharat Biotechs vaccine candidate -Covaxin- has been developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV) using inactivated Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.(Representational Image:AFP)

WHO warns new Mu variant of COVID-19 could be more vaccine-resistant

The new 'variant of interest' is being closely monitored, the UN health agency said

2 Sept 2021 2:55 PM IST

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

Covid vaccines effective at reducing severe illness, hospitalisation:...

Researchers also found that the odds of experiencing long COVID were reduced to half for people who received two...

2 Sept 2021 12:27 PM IST

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a road leading to the house of top separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani in Srinagar. (AP)

Near-total communications blackout in Kashmir following death of Syed...

The top separatist leader buried quietly at a cemetery located near his residence in Srinagar's Hyderpora area at around...

2 Sept 2021 11:49 AM IST

Teachers and students wait for a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a special vaccination drive for them, at a school in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

India logs 47,092 new COVID-19 cases

The death toll has climbed to 4,39,529 with 509 more fatalities

2 Sept 2021 11:19 AM IST

The permission has been given to Biological E after the recommendation from the Subject Expert Committee. (Photo: PTI)

Biological E gets drug regulator's approval to conduct phase 2/3...

The trial will be conducted in ten locations

2 Sept 2021 10:06 AM IST

Chandan Mitra, who quit the BJP earlier this week, is believed to be unhappy at being sidelined by the Amit Shah-Narendra Modi axis of power in the BJP. In his resignation letter, he had expressed unhappiness about some of its policies. (Photo: File | PTI)

Former Rajya Sabha MP, senior journalist Chandan Mitra passes away

His son Kushan Mitra confirmed the death on Thursday morning

2 Sept 2021 9:51 AM IST

Geelani was born on September 29, 1929 in Zurimanz village outside north-western town of Sopore. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmiri separatist patriarch Syed Ali Shah Geelani buried quietly in...

Family sources stated that he complained of severe chest pain on Wednesday afternoon

2 Sept 2021 8:27 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee. (PTI Photo)

Didi tries to woo industrialists with investments

The CM also announced an Ethanol Production and Promotion Policy to attract an investment of Rs. 1,500 crore

2 Sept 2021 8:05 AM IST

$Rahul Gandhi termed the Centres National Monetisation Pipeline as a \huge tragedy\. (Photo: PTI)$ India

Rahul Gandhi slams govt over rise in prices of LPG, petrol

The Congress party has been attacking the government over the rise in petrol, diesel and LPG prices

2 Sept 2021 7:56 AM IST

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani (Image Source: Instagram )

Dilip Cherian | All of Gujarat is abuzz over future role of ex-CS...

Babus are blaming the flood situation in Maharashtra for having missed the deadline for filling the vacant posts in MPSC

2 Sept 2021 1:07 AM IST