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People line up to get tested for Covid-19 outside at a firehouse in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)

US reports first Omicron-related death

County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced the death on Monday, saying the man was in his 50s

21 Dec 2021 9:58 AM IST

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73 per cent of COVID-19 cases

CDC officials said they do not yet have estimates of how many hospitalizations or deaths are due to omicron

21 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST

The official poster of Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts. (Photo: Twitter/@TomFelton)

HBO Max drops trailer for 'Harry Potter' reunion

The trailer features the cast reminiscing about the movies, as well as festivities in the Great Hall

21 Dec 2021 9:13 AM IST

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Electoral reforms bill 2021 gets Lok Sabha nod amid din

The bill proposes to link Aadhaar with voter ID cards

21 Dec 2021 6:51 AM IST

Delhi BJP announces names of presidents for 14 district units. (AFP Photo)

BJP flagged off the party's Jan Vishwas Yatra at six places in UP

The BJP's well-oiled electoral machinery has begun moving at a breakneck speed to reach out to people in all 403...

21 Dec 2021 6:51 AM IST

Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the Cabinet has approved increasing the subsidy amount for DAP fertiliser for the benefits of farmers. (Photo:PTI)

45 crore COVID vaccines a month soon: Mansukh Mandaviya

Buffer stocks of medicines and oxygen had been prepared and 48,000 ventilators had been distributed to the states, the...

21 Dec 2021 6:45 AM IST

The court, after hearing the submissions, granted bail to the accused, saying his detention will serve no purpose as the probe into the matter is completed and nothing has to be recovered from him. (Representational image)

Aakar Patel | New law likely to spell trouble for Christians in...

In the first two weeks of December 2021 alone, attacks against Christians were reported in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and...

21 Dec 2021 2:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Central Asian Countries, in New Delhi, Monday, December 20, 2021. (PTI)

K.C. Singh | As major powers jostle, world to face instability

Early this year, the foreign ministers of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the US met in Israel to christen a...

21 Dec 2021 1:58 AM IST

Varavara Rao (DC File Image)

HC extends Varavara Rao's time to surrender till January 7

Additional solicitor general Anil Singh appearing for the NIA opposed the request made by the defence

21 Dec 2021 1:28 AM IST

They were also providing shelter and other logistic support to the active terrorists operating in Awantipora and Tral areas of Pulwama. Representational image/PTI

Two terrorist associates' arrested in Pulwama

The police said that they were assisted by the security forces in effecting the arrests

21 Dec 2021 1:03 AM IST

Amid the deadlock electricity continued to remain snapped to many areas, pushing people in a difficult situation. (Representational image: AFP)

J&K power outage continues despite Army intervention, deadlock in...

Till the filing of this report the talks between the employees' unions and the government had not made any headway

21 Dec 2021 12:57 AM IST

Syed Altaf Bukhari (ANI)

Delimitation Commission report: Kashmir-centric parties oppose, Jammu...

Ex-CM and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said she had no faith in the Commission and so, boycotted the deliberations

21 Dec 2021 12:53 AM IST