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64th Day Of Lockdown

Total Cases

153,237

2,421

Recovered

64,733

456

Deaths

4,365

21

Maharashtra54758169541792 Tamil Nadu177289342128 Delhi152577264303 Gujarat148297139915 Rajasthan76804341172 Madhya Pradesh70243689305 Uttar Pradesh67243824177 West Bengal40091486283 Andhra Pradesh3117206558 Bihar300680014 Karnataka240576245 Punjab2106191840 Telangana1991128457 Jammu and Kashmir175983324 Odisha15937337 Haryana130582416 Kerala9645426 Assam683634 Jharkhand4261534 Uttarakhand400644 Chhatisgarh360790 Chandigarh2781874 Tripura2321650 Himachal Pradesh223634 Goa67280 Puducherry49170 Manipur3940 Meghalaya20121 Nagaland900 Arunachal Pradesh210 Mizoram110 Sikkim100

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Australian pacer Pat Cummins on Thursday shattered the record for the most expensive foreign buy ever in the IPL players' auction here as Kolkata Knight Riders shelled out a whopping Rs 15.50 crore for him. (Photo: Twitter/ KKR)

Pat Cummins bought for Rs 15.50 crore by KKR, becomes most expensive foreign buy

Cummins broke the record held by Ben Stokes, who was bought by Rising Pune Supergiant for Rs 14.5 crore in the 2017 auction.

19 Dec 2019 4:49 PM

Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting shared his strategy ahead of today's Indian Premier League (IPL) players auction for the upcoming season here. (Photo: AFP)

Delhi looking for 2 batters, all-rounder, and 2 pacers in IPL Auction: Ricky Ponting

He further said that they have a strong group of Indian players in the squad and their goal is to make the best use of them.

19 Dec 2019 3:40 PM

Microfinance is growing at 48 per cent CAGR in the last five years, there is still room for growth given that microfinance penetration is 25 per cent of the addressable market, KPMG India national head (Financial Services) Gayathri Parthasarathy said in the report. (Photo: Representational)

Room for strong growth for microfinance in India: KPMG

Eastern and northeastern regions of the country have played a key role with the highest share of loan portfolio at 35 per cent.

19 Dec 2019 11:49 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Your job isn’t to set India afire, but to douse it: Mamata Banerjee

Mamata hits out at Shah for remark on protests; wonders if only ‘BJP amulet’ will help people live in India.

19 Dec 2019 6:15 AM

Banerjee further attacked the current government by saying that BJP says 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' when in reality they bring 'disaster' for everyone. (Photo: File)

'Why link Aadhar to everything when it can't prove citizenship?' asks Mamata

The questions were directed at the Home Minister with reference to Citizenship Act.

18 Dec 2019 3:12 PM

The spotlight will be on swashbucklers from the West Indies and Australia but some lesser-known youngsters could walk away with the big deals at the IPL players' auction here on Thursday. (Photo: BCCI)

WI, Aus stars in focus but youngsters set to be top draws at IPL auction

The 13th edition of the lucrative franchise league will have added significance as 2020 is also a T20 World Cup year.

18 Dec 2019 1:14 PM

UK and AAI train Kolkata Airport Staff on handling passengers with Special Needs

Over 80 staff benefitted from the training, which covered various techniques and methods of handling people with special needs.

17 Dec 2019 8:35 PM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the ruling BJP of passing the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) without consultation in the Parliament and reiterated that the NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not be implemented in the state. (Photo: File)

'No CAB, no NRC in Bengal,' says Mamata Banerjee

On Monday, the Chief Minister had spearheaded a protest march in Kolkata against the CAA and the NRC.

17 Dec 2019 3:44 PM

"No activity regarding NPR may be taken up without prior clearance from the government of West Bengal. The order is issued in the interest of public order," the circular said. (Photo: File | PTI)

Amid protests over citizenship law, West Bengal stays work on NPR

The central government has decided to prepare the NPR by September 2020 to lay the foundation for rolling out a citizens' register.

16 Dec 2019 10:07 PM

'As long as I am alive, I will never implement the citizenship law or NRC in the state. You can very well dismiss my government or put me behind bars but I will never implement this black law. We will continue to protest democratically till this law is scrapped. If they want to implement it in Bengal they will have to do it over my dead body,' Banerjee said. (Photo: File | PTI)

'Over my dead body': Mamata dares Centre to impose CAA and NRC in WB

The WB CM also wrote to writes to Guv Dhankhaar, asking him to cooperate to maintain peace in the state.

16 Dec 2019 9:11 PM

Police jawans try to protect themselves as protesters throw stones on them during an agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) at Santragachi in Howrah district of West Bengal on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal: Trains, rail stations vandalised by mobs

Internet curbs in 4 districts , Army may be called if crisis worsens.

16 Dec 2019 6:14 AM

Carrying posters and placards, TMC members shouted slogans against the Modi government and demanded that the new citizenship law be immediately scrapped. (Photo: File)

Mamata asks district to provide food to stranded passengers amid CAA unrest

TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hit the streets from Monday in protest the law.

15 Dec 2019 9:24 PM

GOC-in-C (Eastern Command) Lt Gen Anil Chauhan hands over a memento to Bangladesh delegation leader and MP Shahjahan Khan during an event at Albert Ekka Auditorium in Fort William on Sunday.

Bangla MP calls NRC-CAA 'internal matter' of India, hopes for better bilateral ties

Calling India to solve its 'internal matter' he also pinned hope on the improvement in bilateral ties between the two neighbours.

15 Dec 2019 7:21 PM

Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts of West Bengal which is witnessing protests against the amended Citizenship Act, police said on Sunday. (Photo: File/ Representational Image)

Roads blocked in WB, oil tanker driver killed in Assam due to CAB protests

Incidents of violence were reported from Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas districts, and rural Howrah on Saturday.

15 Dec 2019 11:24 AM

"As far as the Indian security scenerio is concerned, the current government is keen to take hard decisions which have been pending for a very long time. In the first year of its second term, we have already seen Article 370 revoked and Jammu and Kashmir state has been bifurcated into two," he told the 9th CII Industry Defence Linkage: "Indigenization in Defence Sector." (Twitter | @CIIevents)

Centre may take 'hard decision' against LWE post CAB, Art 370: Eastern Army Commander

He observed that present economic scenario has been opposite to high-cost defence expenditures for modernisation of armed forces.

14 Dec 2019 8:45 PM

The incident happened on Friday when the accused carrying toy guns entered Singh's rented accommodation in New Town area here and kidnapped him and one of his associates, the police said adding that they later called up Singh's wife and demanded a ransom of Rs 15 lakh. (Photo: File | Representational)

Disguised as CBI officers, 5 men kidnap Manipur CM's brother on 'toy-gunpoint'

The police rescued him within hours and arrested the five accused, two of whom were from Manipur.

14 Dec 2019 8:22 PM

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday said the Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented in the state and neither Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee nor her party, Trinamool Congress, will be able to stop it. (Photo: File)

'Afraid of losing her vote bank': Dilip Ghosh attacks Banerjee on Citizenship Act

Mamata Banerjee had said the BJP will not be able to bulldoze the states to enact the new law.

14 Dec 2019 10:30 AM

'All of us are equal. Come, let us stay united. Not a single person would be allowed to be thrown out. No NRC, No CAB, No division. No divide and rule. Nothing can be greater than the country irrespective of political slogans of any party. Be it the CAB or the NRC, they are the two sides of the same coin,' Mamata said. (Photo: File)

'CAB, NRC same; Centre should offer citizenship, green card to immigrants': Mamata

Exuding confidence she affirmed that no would be able to enforce the CAB and NRC on the people in the state while her party in power.

09 Dec 2019 8:27 PM

'On this day in 1946, the Constituent Assembly met for the first time. My tribute to the founding fathers who created India's Constitution. We must never tamper with the basic spirit of what is written in this great document,' Banerjee tweeted. (Photo: File)

'Nobody should tamper with the basic spirit of Constitution': Mamata

The Constituent Assembly met for the first time on December in 1946.

09 Dec 2019 2:33 PM

Roy said, 'I can never accept that encounter or kangaroo courts can ever be the standard operating procedure in dispensing criminal justice. People ought to be arrested, taken before the court, charge-sheeted, tried and the court will hand out punishment to them which is to be carried out'. (Photo: ANI)

'Encounter, Kangaroo court can't be standard operating procedure': Meghalaya Guv

Earlier this Friday, the police said that all 4 accused in the case were killed in an encounter.

08 Dec 2019 11:17 AM

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