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Rescue operation carried out by NDRF personnel after the complex roof of a crematorium collapsed due to heavy rain, at Muradnagar in Ghaziabad, Sunday, Jan. 03, 2021.(PTI)

24 dead, 17 injured in roof collapse at Ghaziabad cremation ground

Adityanath announced Rs 2 lakh as financial relief for the families of each man killed

4 Jan 2021 11:08 AM IST

In this file photo taken on December 8, 2020 a member of staff draws the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine out of a phial at the Southmead Hospital, Briston. (Graeme Robertson / various sources / AFP)

Tough task for syringe manufacturers

India, according to syringe manufacturers, is expected to require 17.76 crore of these vital pieces of equipment every...

4 Jan 2021 10:56 AM IST

The AIMIM chief met Siddiqui, the religious shrines secretary who aspires to float a political outfit for Muslims, hunting for an ally to contest the Bengal polls (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

For Bengal polls, Owaisi chooses Mamata's rival

Owaisi dared the CM to explain the exodus of her party leaders to the BJP and the saffron party's rise in the state in...

4 Jan 2021 8:57 AM IST

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI)

Government hopes 7th round of talks will end on positive note today

Government hopes 7th round of talks will end on positive note today

4 Jan 2021 7:02 AM IST

Assessing the situation in J&K and predicting anything for the period beyond has to take into consideration a number of domains. Each of these can be a spoiler, while success is only gained by the cumulative whole achieved by them (Representational Image:AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | As politics intensifies in J&K, ensure its...

What have the DDC elections really achieved? They have created hope and an opportunity for political empowerment at the...

4 Jan 2021 4:59 AM IST

It was a long complicated Bill but after four-and-a-half years of bickering and three Prime Ministers, Parliament approved the Bill by 11 pm. Then the Queen, as Head of State, signed it near midnight and the UK had legally approved of Brexit (Representational Image: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | UK's freedom' at midnight; Queen's NY honours go to 89...

2020 had one last blow to deliver. Partly responsible was the super-super spreader mutation of Covid-19

4 Jan 2021 4:32 AM IST

JP Nadda (PTI photo)

BJP says Congress is not proud of anything that is made in India

Nadda accused the Congress of trying to cause panic among people to further their failed politics and nefarious agendas

4 Jan 2021 4:27 AM IST

India has the highest number of Covid-19 cases after the United States and with Sundays decision it joins the few nations that have started vaccinating its population to protect from Covid-19 (Image:PTI)

It's a turning point against Covid-19: PM Modi

WHO laudes India's move saying the decision will help intensify and strengthen the fight against Covid-19 in the South...

4 Jan 2021 4:10 AM IST

As the data for the phase 3 trails not yet ready concerns are being raised over the efficacy of the Covaxin (Representational Image: AFP)

2 Congress leaders doubt efficacy, DCGI chief calls Covaxin 110% safe

The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) urged the government to withdraw permission to Covaxin

4 Jan 2021 4:10 AM IST

Among the target groups to receive the vaccine are those older than 50 years, and this is where the electoral rolls, with their nearly comprehensive data pertaining to individuals names, addresses, and their age will become all-important (Representational Image: AFP)

India to use electoral data for jab

The first phase of the vaccination will cover healthcare, frontline workers, people from the general population who are...

4 Jan 2021 4:03 AM IST

GST collections in July fall 14% due to COVID lockdown. (Photo-ANI)

Government launches crackdown on 7,000 GST evaders, 187 arrested

The government netted a record GST collection of Rs 1.15 lakh crore in December 2020, helped by the action against tax...

3 Jan 2021 9:38 PM IST

India has authorised the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, the countrys drug regulator said Sunday. (Representational Image: PTI)

DCGI approves two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use

The approval is expected to kick off one of the world's biggest vaccination drives in coming days in the country of 1.3...

3 Jan 2021 11:54 AM IST