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Tweeting a list of 10 cases, fought by Mr Chanda as a lawyer for the BJP, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek OBrien wondered: See what we found. Matters where Justice Kaushik Chanda has appeared for the Bharatiya Janata Party before the Calcutta high court. And now he has been assigned to hear the Nandigram election case. One big coincidence? DC Image

Mamata links HC judge to BJP, seeks transfer of case

TMC supremo's plea under the Representation of the People Act was listed for mentioning before Justice Chanda

19 Jun 2021 11:08 AM IST

Beneficiaries receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a special vaccination camp, at Vile Parle East in Mumbai, June 15, 2021. (PTI)

India records 60,753 fresh COVID-19 cases

The death toll climbed to 3,85,137 with 1,647 fresh fatalities and active cases comprise 2.55 per cent of the total...

19 Jun 2021 10:57 AM IST

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo, Dombo & Carrie: The weird' trio at 10 Downing...

One assumed at the time that Dombo was part of all these plans and failures as he was BoJo's right-hand man

19 Jun 2021 7:16 AM IST

By threatening Twitter officials with jail and publicly contemplating the application of media laws to the social media, the government is putting on public display how spooked, rather than concerned, it is. (Photo: AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Twitter vs Govt: Free speech, interrupted

The role of social media in the current framework is not quite as simple, but whether they are completely hands-off is...

19 Jun 2021 7:07 AM IST

The airline has been part of the Vande Bharat Mission in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak last year. (Photo: PTI)

Air India Express operates first international flight with fully...

The airline said that they have vaccinated almost all eligible crew members and frontline staff

18 Jun 2021 4:52 PM IST

The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is already approved for use in adults and adolescents aged 16 years and above. (Photo: AP/File)

Pfizer, Moderna covid vaccines don't lower sperm count, study says

The participants were pre-screened to ensure they had no underlying fertility issues

18 Jun 2021 4:07 PM IST

Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT and freight charges. (PTI Photo)

Petrol crosses Rs 100 in Bengaluru - 3rd metro after Mumbai and...

In Delhi, petrol hit an all-time high of Rs 96.93 a litre, while diesel is now priced at Rs 87.69 per litre

18 Jun 2021 3:27 PM IST

A medic holds a vial of Bharat Biotechs covid vaccine, Covaxin. (Photo: AFP)

Over 2.58 crore Covid vaccine doses still available with states:...

Of this, the total consumption, including wastage is 25,32,65,825 doses, the ministry said

18 Jun 2021 3:24 PM IST

Sri Lankan health officials collect swab samples from people to test for the coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka detects first community case of Delta variant of coronavirus

Sri Lanka's COVID-19 vaccination began in late January with India's gift of 500,000 Covishield AstraZeneca vaccines

18 Jun 2021 1:34 PM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Supreme Court refuses to cancel, postpone PG final year medical exams

The bench clarified that it is not allowing the doctors to be promoted without appearing for the examination

18 Jun 2021 1:30 PM IST

Petrol price on Tuesday was hiked by 20 paise per litre and diesel by 55 paise. (PTI Photo)

Rahul Gandhi flays Modi-government over rising fuel price

Prices of petrol and diesel in the national capital on Friday stood at Rs 96.93 per litre and Rs 87.69 per litre...

18 Jun 2021 1:01 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the virtual launch of Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers, in New Delhi. (PTI)

PM Modi launches crash course to skill, upskill over one lakh 'Covid...

Modi urged the people to remain cautious, stressing that the virus is 'still amongst us' and the possibility of it...

18 Jun 2021 12:39 PM IST