India
Ahmedabad Reports 180 New COVID-19 Cases, 216 Recover
Ahmedabad district in Gujarat reported 180 new coronavirus positive cases, which pushed its tally to 38,560, the state health department said on Friday. While 164 of these cases were from Ahmedabad city, 16 belonged to the rural parts of the district, i...
National Law Universities Begin Admission Process With 2,786 Candidates Admitted on First Day
The Consortium of National Law Universities said here that the candidates were admitted out of the first allotment list released by it.
Bihar Assembly Polls: CPI(M) Flags Concerns Over Funding, Social Media and EVMs to EC
In a letter to the Election Commission, the party said that it had earlier raised these issues but did not get a response from the poll body.
Sudeva Delhi FC Signs Ex-Mohun Bagan Player Kean Lewis for I-League 2020-21 Season
Sudeva FC signed Kean Lewis for the upcoming 2020-21 season of the I-League.
Delhi HC Grants Bail to Riots Accused, Says Witnesses Presented 'Seem Planted'
Irshad Ahmed, who is charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, in a case registered at Police Station Dayalpur relating to the Delhi riots, had moved the high court seeking regular bail.
I&B Ministry Asks Private Satellite TV Channels To Adhere To Programme Code
The advisory comes in the wake of actor Rakul Preet Singh’s plea in the Delhi High Court alleging defamatory programmes being run against her in connection with a drugs probe related to the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.
Novel Coronavirus Can Survive on Skin for 9 Hours, Much Longer Than Flu Viruses: Study
The influenza A virus (IAV), in contrast, remained viable on human skin for nearly two hours, said the researchers including those from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan.
Battered Louisiana Coast Braces For 1 More: Hurricane
Abbeville (AP) Boarded windows and empty sidewalks made parts of Louisiana's Acadiana region look like empty movie sets as major Hurricane Delta roared ever closer to the US Gulf coast, apparently on track to smash into the same southwestern part of the s...
PM Modi Launches Physical Distribution of Property Cards Under 'SVAMITVA' Scheme
The Prime Minister's Office said the launch will enable around one lakh property holders to download their property cards through an SMS link sent on their mobile phones, and this would be followed by the physical distribution of property cards by the res...
President Kovind, PM Modi, Other Leaders Pay Tributes to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Ram Vilas Paswan, one of the most prominent Dalit leaders of the country who had been a part of several governments headed by rival parties, died on Thursday at the age of 74.
Concern Over Rise In Virus Cases In US Northeast
Hartford (AP) Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force says she is concerned about the uptick in coronavirus cases in the Northeast. She said Thursday at the University of Connecticut's Hartford campus that a very different kind of spr...
2 Maha Cops Hurt In Attack By Murder Convict Who Jumped Parole
Two policemen, including a junior officer, were injured in an attack on Friday morning by a murder convict who was hiding in a forest after jumping parole here in Maharashtra, an official said. The injured personnel were members of the Crime Branch Unit...
Modi Lauds IFS Officers for Their Work Towards Serving Nation, Furthering National Interests
Their efforts during the Vande Bharat Mission, which was launched to bring Indians home from abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic as international travel came to a halt, is noteworthy, Modi added.
Ghaziabad SHO Sent To Police Lines For Threatening Former DySP
The Ghaziabad police has attached a Station House Officer (SHO) to the police lines over allegations that he threatened to kill a former deputy SP of the district and molested a woman complainant in his office. Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi...
Payal Tadvi Suicide Case: SC Permits Accused Doctors to Pursue PG Course
The three doctors, who are pursuing post graduate medical course in Gynaecology and Obstetrics and have completed two years out of three years course are accused of harassing Dr Payal Tadvi who had committed suicide on May 22 last year.
WHO South-East Asia Urges Member Countries To Plan For Effective Roll-out Of COVID-19 Vaccination
As COVID-19 continues to spread in most countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region, the World Health Organization has called for stronger collective efforts to curtail the virus transmission, urging the countries to plan for efficient roll out of vaccine...