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Consider any person with fever Covid suspect: Govt

The Centre advised states to expedite procurement of necessary testing equipment and set up multiple RAT booths on a 24/7 basis and permit RAT at government and private hospitals, including all districts hospitals and primary hea…

Coronavirus: Centre prepares labs and hospitals for spike

There are 2014 RT-PCR labs, 941 TrueNat, 132 CBNAAT and 30 others. There are more than 200 manufacturers of RT-PCR test kits while 53 are making rapid antigen kits. A total of seven home-testing RATs should be available soon and …

'36,000 couples in queue, but CARA has 1,936 kids'

In its quarterly data analysis released on Friday, voluntary organisation — Families of Joy (FoJ) — highlighted that figures collated over December show that the maximum number of healthy children below two years, legally availab…

India has enhanced force-levels in eastern Ladakh: MoD

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Omicron cases dip to 168 after Thursday’s peak of 263

India reported 168 cases on Friday — lower than 263 on Thursday and 215 on Wednesday — taking the country’s total tally to 1,379. While Maharashtra just reported four cases, a sharp fall from 198 the previous day, Delhi led the s…

NCERT to focus on Indian knowledge system

As per the notification issued by NCERT director Sridhar Srivastava, the focus groups will have a one-year tenure and have to submit their position papers to the National Steering Committee by March 2022 for further discussion an…

'Immunity after jab or infection lasts 9 months'

Some studies also show a strong response mounted through hybrid immunity developed in those vaccinated after recovery from natural infection, Bhargava said underlining that vaccination is must for better protection even for those…

All parties want polls on time: CEC

The EC has also decided to extend polling by one hour since Covid protocol will slow down voting. Further, to ensure that even a corona-infected voter can vote, EC staff in PPE kits will go to them, CEC Sushil Chandra said. fro…

China renames 15 places in Arunachal, MEA hits back

China’s ministry of civil affairs issued a statement saying they have “standardised” names for 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh, to be used on Chinese maps. This is the second time China has renamed the places of Arunachal Pradesh.…

'If needed, give money from CM’s relief fund to MoC'

The Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charity that had arrived in Odisha in 1974 runs 13 centres for the sick, abandoned, elderly, leprosy patients, mentally disabled and orphans. Nearly 1,000 marginalised and underprivileged inmates…

Namita Gokhale, Bratya Basu Sahitya Akademi winners

The awards spanning 20 languages include seven books of poetry, two novels, five short stories, two plays and one biography, autobiography, epic poetry and criticism. A statement by the Sahitya Akademi said the awards for Maithil…

Covaxin safe for kids: Bharat Biotech

Covaxin has become the only Covid-19 vaccine in the world to have studied and generated data from trials on kids as young as two years. Results of the trial showed seroconversion at 95-98% in children of all age groups, four week…

Nagaland shootout: SIT to quiz soldiers today; 2 witnesses depose before CoI

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126 tigers dead in 2021, the highest in a decade: NTCA

Data sourced from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) till December 29 this year revealed that 60 of the 124 big cats that died fell prey to poachers, accidents and man-animal conflict outside protected areas. Statew…

Import curbs on 351 defence items for Make-in-India boost

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Live: Data shows high immune escape for Omicron, INSACOG says

India reported over 13,000 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, registering a sharp rise of 44% over the previous day’s tally. The single-day rise in Omicron cases was also the highest on Wednesday. Stay with TOI for all updates…

ICMR-NIV isolates Omicron Covid strain

Scientists at the Pune-based Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) have successfully isolated the Omicron strain of the novel coronavirus. The exercise will also find an answer to another cr…

Anil Deshmukh, family laundered Rs 50cr, says ED chargesheet

Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and his family have laundered Rs 50 crore through companies associated with them, said the Enforcement Directorate in its 7,000-plus pages chargesheet submitted in the special PMLA c…

News mixed with views a dangerous cocktail, says CJI

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SC’s ‘triple test’ criteria may identify new OBCs for political quotas

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Don’t speculate: J&K SIT on Hyderpora shootout warn politicians

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Punjab polls: Sidhu wants CM face, party says 'no'

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Divisive ideologies tearing apart social fabric: Sonia

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PM launches blockchain-based degree transfer tech for digital citations at IIT-K convocation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday presided over the 54th convocation ceremony of IIT-Kanpur where he launched the blockchain-based degree transfer technology with which digital degrees were provided to the students. from …

New Covid-19 cluster found in Manipal campus

All primary and secondary contacts of those who tested positive for the virus are being tested, said DHO Dr Nagabhushan Udupa. from Latest Education news - Board Exam Results, Admit Cards, Exam Paper Analysis and Question Paper…

Periyar Varsity accorded all India second position in NAAC accreditation

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Dr Ramesh Babu bagged prestigious IMA national award

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Projects of two Prayagraj students selected for award under the INSPIRE Award scheme

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Hyderpora businessman used as human shield: J&K SIT

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All universities in Haryana should go for accreditation: Governor-Chancellor

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BJP set to make poll pitch on marriage bill

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250 RBGI students get placements

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AAP single largest party in Chandigarh civic polls on debut

Debutant AAP on Monday dealt a double whammy to the old guard in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, relegating BJP to second place and pushing Congress to third in the seat stakes with a tally of 14 out of 35. Congre…

Punjab: BJP to have common manifesto with Captain & Dhindsa's parties

BJP is likely to play the role of senior partner in its alliance with Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa’s SAD (Sanyukt) in Punjab, and the coalition is unlikely to project any chief ministerial face …

Amid Covid disruption, NCERT plans to ‘lighten’ textbooks

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Live: At 135, India sees biggest one-day rise in Omicron cases

Those between 15 and 18 years can register on CoWin app from Jan 1 for Covid vaccination, the Centre has said. However Covid and Omicron cases are on an upward trajectory in several parts of the country, forcing further curbs on …

GATE 2022 Exam: 5 mistakes to avoid to crack the exam in one go

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EC unlikely to put off state polls; govt says step up tests, jabs

After being briefed in detail on the extent of Omicron cases in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur as well as the status of vaccination in these states, the EC has now asked the health secretary to follow up on its instruct…

TV actor Vishal Nikam wins Bigg Boss Marathi 3

The much-awaited finale of Bigg Boss Marathi 3 hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar has concluded on a high note with a grand gala finale. Famous actor Vishal Nikam emerged as the winner of Bigg Boss Marathi 3. from Times of India https:…

BrahMos deterrent, India never been an aggressor: Rajnath

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Anti-conversion bill: K'taka may take ordinance route

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Shah brings Ayodhya issue at centre stage of UP polls

Union home minister and BJP’s chief strategist Amit Shah on Sunday brought the Hindutva narrative to the centre-stage by saying that those who fired bullets at ‘kar sevaks’ in 1990 are not happy with the construction of a grand R…

Desertion of infants: 'Delhi tops cities' list, Maha worst state'

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Recall OBC quota order or defer MP local polls: Centre in SC

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Maha: COVID-19 case count in Ahmednagar school rises to 51, campus declared containment zone

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Entrance test must for admission across central varsities from 2022

The admission process in most of the central universities will change from the upcoming academic session as Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) will come into force for admission to all undergraduate courses in differ…

India can’t isolate Myanmar due to geopolitical reasons

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Muslim girl free to marry on attaining puberty: HC

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RBI checks into RBL Bank board; CEO goes on leave

RBL Bank on Saturday saw a series of changes at the top management level starting with the RBI’s appointment of Yogesh K Dayal as an additional director. The bank’s board also accepted the request of the MD & CEO Vishwavir Ah…

As Omicron cases rise, govt rushes teams to 10 states

In the wake of rising Omicron cases and low vaccination coverage in some states, the Centre on Saturday deployed multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states to assist them in addressing hurdles and suggest remedial measures. These 10 s…

Gujarat, Delhi bag top slots in good governance index

Gujarat has topped states in the overall Good Governance Index (GGI) for 2020-21 in the indicators launched by Union home minister Amit Shah on the occasion of Good Governance Day. Delhi topped the list among all UTs. The GGI 202…

'Ludhiana blast suspect wanted to create fear on court premises'

Khalistani elements based in Pakistan may have radicalised dismissed Punjab police head constable Gagandeep Singh, the lone casualty and suspected perpetrator of Thursday’s Ludhiana court complex blast, when he was in prison for …

Covid-19: Vaccine for 15-18-year-olds, ‘precaution dose’ for health workers, 60+ with ailments

PM Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that “precaution doses” (boosters) of Covid vaccines for health and frontline workers as well as for those above 60 with co-morbidities will begin from January 10. He also said vaccination f…

Merry Christmas 2021: Images, Wishes, Messages

Festive lights, decor, the sound of carols and bells ringing, all mark the arrival of Christmas. It is the day Jesus was born and every year on December 25, the festival is celebrated with utmost fervour and enthusiasm. from Ti…

Of 183 Omicron cases analysed, 121 had foreign travel history, says government

Of the 358 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus reported in India so far, 183 were analysed and it was found that 87 of them were fully vaccinated with three having received booster doses, while 70% were asymptomatic, the …

World witnessing 4th surge, don’t lower guard: Govt

The Centre on Friday expressed concern over high Covid-positivity in Kerala (6.1%) and Mizoram (8.2%) even as the rate for the country has been below 1% for the past two weeks. The overall average daily new cases in the country, …

Govt to file review plea in SC on local bodies’ OBC quota

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Nepal PM to visit India in Jan, to hold talks with Modi

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely to visit India in the second week of January, according to government sources. This will be his first visit to India since assuming office earlier this year. Deuba had last met hi…

Pilot killed as MiG-21 goes down, in Jaisalmer

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EC calls health secretary for Covid inputs

A bail order by the Allahabad High Court on Thursday, which went on to suggest the Election Commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi consider deferring the upcoming assembly elections in view of the Omicron threat, does not se…

Just 617 convictions in 25 yrs under PNDT Act: Report

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ED releases Nirav’s assets for auction to recover dues

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has de-attached assets worth Rs 1,000 crore, including the building that once housed Rhythm House music store at Kala Ghoda, a Nepeansea Road flat, an office building in Kurla and jewellery, of di…

Rajasthan mulls making vaccination mandatory

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Ladakh cancels popular winter tourist activities

The Ladakh administration has cancelled the popular winter tourist activities such as Chadar trek and snow leopard sighting expeditions slated for January as a precaution against Omicron virus as the highly contagious – but seemi…

Rawat gets his way, to lead Cong’s Uttarakhand campaign

After his public rumblings of discontent, Congress on Friday said veteran Harish Rawat will lead the party campaign in poll-bound Uttarakhand. After a meeting that involved Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders of the state, Rawat said…

‘Satark, saavdhan’: PM urges caution at Covid review meet

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Papers' leak: Court asks CBI to probe Deshmukh's role

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‘Rawat likely to be Congress Uttarakhand CM face’

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HC to ECI, PM: Consider putting off UP polls

The Allahabad high court has requested the Election Commission of India, and the Prime Minister, to consider postponing the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, slated to be held in February next year, by a month or two in view o…

Vyapam scam: CBI gets MP nod to prosecute top officials

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RBI extends card tokenisation deadline by 6 months

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Nalini, Rajiv killing case convict, gets month’s bail

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Karnataka passes anti-conversion bill in assembly

The Karnataka legislative assembly on Thursday passed a controversial anti-conversion bill amid a din and day-long debate by the opposition parties. The bill is aimed at curbing illegal religious conversions. The Karnataka Protec…

Shringla's request to meet Suu Kyi turned down

Myanmar’s ruling military leadership rejected the request of foreign secretary Harsh Shringla, who is on his first official visit to that country since the February coup, for a meeting with jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu K…

1 killed in Ludhiana court blast; bogey of terror, says Channi

A powerful explosion inside a public toilet in the main building of the district court complex in Punjab's Ludhiana on Thursday killed an unidentified man and injured six others, including a lawyer. The possibility of the dec…

Friend of other sex isn’t for satisfying lust: Pocso court

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No caste certificate issued in Wankhede’s name: Panel

The Mumbai district caste verification committee has informed Pune-based RTI activist Nitin Sanjay Yadav that as per its records, no caste validity certificate has been issued in the name of NCB official Sameer Wankhede. The pane…

Trouble for Cong in U'khand as Rawat attacks party managers

Stirring the hornet’s nest and jolting the party campaign in poll-bound Uttarakhand, Congress veteran and campaign head Harish Rawat on Wednesday alleged that he was facing adversarial action from the appointees of the party lead…

Houses adjourned sine die, session ends a day early

The winter session of Parliament was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, a day ahead of schedule. While Lok Sabha lost 18 hours due to disruptions and productivity dipped to 82%, far less than previous sessions, Rajya Sabha, where 1…

Advisory group opts for wait-&-watch policy on vaccination of kids

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Soon use a single sign-in to access plethora of govt services

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Covid-19: Third wave inevitable, but no cause for panic yet, say experts

Even as the Centers for Diseases Control announced 73% of the new coronavirus cases in the US are caused by the Omicron variant as against 3% last week, the Covid statistics at home too are slowly rising and experts believe the t…

Marriage age bill tabled in LS, to be sent to Parl committee

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India imposes penalty for offsets delay in Rafale deal

India has imposed a penalty for delay in fulfilling offsets commitments in the euro 7.8 billion deal for 36 French Rafale fighters, as part of the overall new policy to tighten the screws on defaulting armament majors. The fine h…

Shringla to visit Myanmar today

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Rajiv ‘father of lynching’: BJP hits back at Rahul

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O’Brien suspended from Rajya Sabha for ‘unruly behaviour’

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Move to raise girl's marriage age causing pain to some: PM

"Everybody is seeing who is having problem with the move to raise the marriage age of girls from 18 to 21," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the opposition parties at an event at Prayagraj for women …

RS passes electoral reforms bill amid oppn walkout

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Lakshadweep sees protests as Friday school offs changed

The Lakshadweep administration has changed the weekly off-day for schools in the Union Territory from Friday to Sunday, triggering protest in the Muslim-dominated archipelago. Muslims constitute nearly 96% of Lakshadweep populati…

Revive Covid curbs, activate war rooms: Centre tells states

Amid initial signs of a rise in Omicron infections and concerns over its high transmissibility, the Centre on Tuesday asked states to activate war rooms and bring back curbs, including night curfews, strict restrictions on large …

Kolkata civic poll results live: TMC leads in 55 wards, BJP in 3

Counting of votes for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is under way. Sporadic incidents of violence including hurling of bombs at two booths and skirmishes between political workers marred an otherwise humdrum polling to the K…

8 mobile games that users spent most on in 2021

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Things to keep in mind before buying a soundbar

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Top10: Govt asks YT to block 2 news websites, 20 channels

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Adult male under 21 can have a live-in relationship: HC

n adult man under the legally marriageable age of 21 can live like a couple outside wedlock with a consenting woman 18 years or above, the Punjab and Haryana high court said last week. The HC’s remarks were in line with a Supreme…

'Your bad days will come': Jaya Bachchan in Rajya Sabha

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Over phone, PM & Putin talk way forward on ties

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Of 161 Omicron cases, 80% are asymptomatic: Mandaviya

Of a total of 161 cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 detected in the country so far, 13% were mild, whereas 80% were asymptomatic and 44 have recovered so far, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in the Rajya Sabha on Mo…

Omicron variant now accounts for 73% of US Covid cases

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'Those opposed to devpt find my tours unupyogi'

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Govt to seek review of SC’s OBC quota rulings

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ED quizzes Aishwarya for 6 hours in Panama case

Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday at its headquarters in central Delhi in a case linked to the 2016 ‘Panama Papers’ case. She is facing money laundering allegation…

SC settles Jaipur royals’ long-drawn property feud

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YouTube told to block 2 news sites, 20 channels

The Union I&B ministry on Monday directed the Department of Telecom and YouTube to block two news websites and 20 YouTube channels that were found to be “purveyors of pernicious, fake and anti-India” content. Among the portal…

Lok Sabha passes poll reforms bill amid opposition protest over Aadhaar link

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Adult male under 21 can have a live-in relationship: HC

n adult man under the legally marriageable age of 21 can live like a couple outside wedlock with a consenting woman 18 years or above, the Punjab and Haryana high court said last week. The HC’s remarks were in line with a Supreme…

Fire breaks out at manufacturing unit in Rajasthan

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Have issues filing returns? I-T dept's there to help you

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OIC meet on Afghanistan concludes without any pledge for aid

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Army helping 700 Afghan personnel present in country on all fronts

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Bill to raise women's marriage age in House this week, govt may agree to scrutiny

The Centre is likely to table in Parliament this week the Bill to raise the marriageable age for women from 18 to 21 years. The government is not averse to the idea of letting a parliamentary committee scrutinise the Bill. The wi…

Unified cyber security task force by March: Source

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Goa would have been liberated earlier had Patel lived longer: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday that it would not have taken so long for Goa to be liberated from Portuguese rule had Sardar Patel lived longer. He said the delay in liberation meant several freedom fighters lost…

'Tit-for-tat' double murder of BJP, SDPI leaders rocks Kerala

Kerala was rocked by back-to-back political murders as BJP's OBC Morcha state secretary Ranjith Sreenivasan was hacked to death in his home in Alappuzha on Sunday in what appears to be a retaliatory killing after assailants f…

Bigg Boss Telugu 5 winner is actor V J Sunny

The much awaited grand finale of Bigg Boss Telugu 5 hosted by Nagarjuna Akkineni has concluded on a high note with a grand gala finale. TV-actor-VJ Sunny emerged as the winner of the fifth edition. from Times of India https://i…

Govt calls meet of 5 parties on RS row, oppn say it’s a stunt

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First in 19 months, India's weekly Covid count falls below 50,000

Despite the growing Omicron scare and rising coronavirus cases globally, Covid infections continue to fall in India. The country logged less than 50,000 fresh cases in the week ending Sunday, the first time in 19 months that the …

Can tweak existing Covid vaccines to fight new strains: Guleria

Randeep Guleria, director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Delhi, on Sunday said the current vaccines against Covid-19 could be tweaked to offer protection against newer variants of the contagion. from Times o…

‘Harasser’ son and grandson must leave woman’s flat: HC

The Bombay high court has directed an 89-year-old woman’s son and grandson, both accused of harassing her, to leave her flat at Derasar Lane, Ghatkopar (East), within 10 days and observed that such situations must be dealt with a…

Kolkata hosts Priyanka Gandhi’s son’s photo exhibition

Twenty one-year-old Raihan Rajiv Vadra lost sight in his left eye while playing a game of cricket. But his passion for photography, says the son of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on his solo debut photography exhibition at…

Raj Kundra makes a rare appearance with son

Raj Kundra made a rare public appearance on Saturday evening. The businessman was snapped exiting his restaurant with son Viaan Raj Kundra. Raj sported a black hoodie as he tried to avoid the paparazzi. Raj has been keeping a low…

Farm unions discuss plunge into politics

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CAG: Noida, an Industrial authority, but has just 5% land for industry

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Justice Nanavati, who probed '84 & Guj riots, no more

Justice (retd) G T Nanavati, a former Supreme Court judge who probed the 2002 and the 1984 riots, passed away in Ahmedabad on Saturday. He was 86. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3e77HRC via

Covishield cover high 7 months after 2 doses: Study

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'Omicron cases doubling in 3 days in areas with community transmission'

The Omicron variant is spreading with a doubling time between 1.5 to 3 days in countries with documented community transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update about the new strain, which is also af…

Cold wave grips north India; Rajasthan's Sikar, Churu below freezing point

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DRDO scientist set off IED in Rohini court to kill lawyer: Cops

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Only 18% pass in orthopaedics: Results in DNB exam leave doctors stunned

Less than one in five doctors doing post-graduation in orthopaedics passed the final theory exam conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE). In ENT, almost two-thirds failed the exam. Similarly, just over 36% passed the…

SC to HC: Rule soon on hate speech FIR

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Direct tax mop-up surges 40% in FY22 till mid-Dec

Direct tax collections have soared over 40% to close to Rs 9.5 lakh crore (on a net basis) up to mid-December, raising expectations that the government may close the year with a higher than budgeted mop-up. Between April and Dece…

Delhi: Rohini court blast a murder bid, not terror attack?

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Rape convicted J&K sub-judge dismissed from service

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Poll panel & PMO had 'informal' meet; no impropriety, says EC functionary

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Pak minister threatens TV channels for airing allegations against PM Imran

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'India foremost strategic ally of France in Indo-Pacific region'

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Gurgaon Muslim group moves SC over namaz

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Data protection Bill: Report tabled amid bonhomie

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1995 J&K delimitation report ‘missing’

As the Delimitation Commission gets ready to discuss the proposed allocation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir districts with its five MPs, it is learnt that the draft delimitation proposal was prepared without examining the…

BJP sees its first exit in Goa as two-time MLA quits to join AAP

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2 LeT terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter, 2 hostage girls recused

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter at Redwani area of Qaimoh hamlet in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Thursday. A defence spokesman said the terrorists had forcefully intruded into t…

Law on marital rape needs a relook: Guj HC

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MPs of six more parties move privilege notices against Gogoi

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Asked about son, junior home minister abuses journalist

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Amid sex abuse allegations, Goa minister resigns

In a huge jolt to the BJP government in Goa ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year, urban development and social welfare minister Milind Naik resigned from chief minister Pramod Sawant's cabinet on Wednesday nigh…

Over 7 lakh car buyers in queue to take delivery

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Decide fate of 10 Rohingya, HC tells Assam govt

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Top Hizb commander killed in overnight Pulwama encounter

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Pilgrims to Kartarpur can carry just Rs 11000 in cash: RBI

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In MP, Bhagwat administers ‘ghar wapsi’ pledge

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Will raise human rights issues respectfully: US ambassador-nominee

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Centre to review booster doses, children vaccination by end of month

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It’s Virat vs board on captaincy: ‘I wasn’t told not to step down’

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Sole survivor of helicopter crash succumbs to injuries

Group Captain Varun Singh died at the IAF Command Hospital in Bengaluru early Wednesday, succumbing to grave wounds and extensive burns he suffered a week ago in the Mi-17V5 helicopter crash near Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor that killed …

SC acquits three on death row for murder of six in UP

In a big relief to three prisoners who have been living under the shadow of death after being sentenced to death by a trail court and the Allahabad high court, the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted them in the murder case of s…

Pay Rs 50k ex-gratia to all those who lost loved ones in Covid: SC

As the number of applications seeking Covid death compensation has exceeded the official toll due to the disease in some states, the Centre on Wednesday clarified before the Supreme Court that this is not due to under-reporting o…

Poonawalla family donates Rs 500 crore to Oxford University

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In a first, CBSE set to give free access to Board answer sheets

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Quad has open-minded and creative approach: EAM

Quad is a very contemporary arrangement having an open-minded and creative approach that has helped it in moving "very effectively" in addressing various problems, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.…

UK HC defers decision on Nirav Modi’s appeal against extradition

The high court in London deferred ruling on Tuesday on Nirav Modi’s appeal against his extradition to India in order to allow his barrister more time to make submissions on a fresh assurance from the Indian government on how his …

'No unease in ties': India before Prez's Bangladesh trip

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Sonia Gandhi meets oppn netas to chalk out Parl strategy

NCP partriarch Sharad Pawar, CPM chief Sitaram Yechury, DMK veteran TR Baalu, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah besides Rahul Gandhi and Congress senior Mallikarjun Kharge held detailed discussio…

SC cites national security, allows Char Dham project

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed widening of major portions of the strategic Char Dham road project in Uttarakhand to enable speedy deployment of men, machinery and armament by the armed forces on the India-China borders, giv…

Rajnathasks DRDO to fast develop hypersonic weapons

With China, Russia and the US actively building aerodynamically manoeuverable hypersonic weapons that fly over five times the speed of sound (Mach 5), defence minister Rajnath Singh has directed DRDO to move fast towards developi…

Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's best moments

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CBSE drops ‘misogynistic’ question after furore in LS

CBSE expressed regret and said it would set up an expert committee to issue guidelines on setting question papers after a comprehension passage in the Term-1 English question paper, which contained disparaging commentary on the p…

EC begins exercise for polls in 5 states

In a clear indication that announcement of polls in five states – UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur - may not be far away, the Election Commission will begin its customary visits to the election-bound states on Wednesday, …

Paramilitary forces for Kolkata civic polls: SC junks BJP plea

The Supreme Court refused to entertain the plea of BJP seeking its direction to deploy central paramilitary forces in West Bengal for free and fair municipal polls in Kolkata and asked the party to approach the Calcutta high cour…

CBSE drops ‘misogynistic’ question after furore in Lok Sabha

CBSE expressed regret and said it would set up an expert committee to issue guidelines on setting question papers after a comprehension passage in the Term-1 English question paper, which contained disparaging commentary on the p…

ED attaches assets worth ₹8 crore of UP don, wife

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached properties and bank balances worth over Rs 8 crore belonging to Atiq Ahmad, a mafia don and former Samajwadi Party MP and his wife in a money laundering case. The don, who is also fi…

Times NIE returns to school stands after 18 months

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Passage on women in CBSE question paper sparks row

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Coal shortage triggers ‘power tussle’ between 2 Cong states

The coal crisis in the country has sparked a ‘power struggle’, literally, between two Congress-administered states. Rajasthan, which suffered widespread blackouts due to fuel shortage at its power stations in recent months, has k…

Oust Hindutvawadis, bring rule of Hindus: Rahul Gandhi

Remove "Hindutvawadis" from power and "bring the rule of Hindus", Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said at a party rally in Jaipur on Sunday, stressing that the two are separate sets-a supporter of Hindutva chooses &q…

Tigress saved from burning forest turns into 'friendly pet'

Five-month-old tigress Shikha was scared, weak and dehydrated when she was rescued by the forest department from a burning forest in Terai East, Nainital, in 2019. Now, the two-and-a-half-year-old tigress has become friendly at t…

'Manmohan feels Anna stir manipulated CAG reports'

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Omicron now has three sub-variants

According to Phylogenetic Assignment of Named Global Outbreak Lineages (Pangolin) that assigns lineages under 'Pango lineage' system to various viruses, including the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19, the third outl…

CBSE exam paper under fire for alleged gender stereotyping, board refers matter to subject experts

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'Farq saaf hai': PM inaugurates '78 project, slams past UP govts

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Gaganyaan to be launched in 2023: Jitendra Singh

Clearing the air on the launch year of India's much-delayed maiden human spaceflight mission to space, Union space minister Jitendra Singh said the final crewed Gaganyaan mission will be launched in 2023. He said the Venus mi…

ED searches reveal PFI's laundering via assets in India, UAE

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IMA shuns ceremonies in subdued passing-out parade

A total of 387 gentlemen cadets - 319 Indian and 68 from friendly foreign countries - passed out from the Indian Military academy in a subdued ceremony in light of the death of CDS General Bipin Rawat and 12 others in a chopper c…

'Enrolment in schools dipped by 3.3mn in 10 years'

The last decade saw the highest enrolment in 2015-16, when it touched 260.6 million, and the lowest in 2018-19, when it dropped to 248.3 million. The government has focused on how total enrolment increased by 2.6 million in 2019-…

'Do away with discretionary quota for allotment of public property'

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Indian sisters pay Rs 1.5cr to help 92 people, pets flee Af

In an evacuation dubbed "Operation Magic Carpet", the 92 evacuees — including 30 women, 32 children and six pets — were transported across land from Kabul to Islamabad using the services of American-Israeli rescue speci…

Nawab Malik apologises to HC for breaking Wankhede pledge

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HC admits NIA plea against Gaur bail order in Antilia case

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SC: Not just crime, look at criminal’s mental state too

Holding that the court should not take into consideration only the crime but also the criminal, his state of mind and his socio-economic conditions while awarding the sentence, the Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of…

Centre refused nod to Didi’s Nepal visit at 11th hr: WB govt

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Ms Universe prelim: Swimwear and evening gown round

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'Lack of big student leader not good for democracy'

Chief Justice N V Ramana on Thursday forayed into a topic unusual for a judge to pick up and said that in the past three decades since liberalisation of India’s economy, no big student leader has emerged from the academic communi…

Top10: Black box found, tri-services probe ordered into copter crash

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IED blast at Delhi court, cops probe terror angle

An improvised explosive device (IED), assembled in a steel tiffin box and kept inside a laptop bag, exploded inside a courtroom at the Rohini district court complex on Thursday morning, causing panic. According to police, the exp…

55 percent of IIT BBS UG students get top placements in 3 days

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Covid cases on a rise in educational institutes of Odisha

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Delhi court grants bail to Sharjeel in 2019 rioting case

A Delhi court has granted bail to JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to the violence in Jamia Nagar during the anti-CAA protests in December 2019. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dinesh Kumar granted the relief to Imam on …

How Delhi can reduce PM2.5 by 35% in 8 years

A new study released by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) says that in the ‘business as usual’ scenario, PM2.5 concentrations in winter may fall by 9%, 21%, and 28%, respectively, in 2022, 2025 and 2030 against the level …

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Chopper crash: Sulur Base says 2 copters sent but Madras Regimental Centre denies it

Conflicting reports have emerged on whether the IAF did a recce flight of the route before the Mi-17 V 5 carrying CDS Gen Bipin Rawat took off from Sulur air base for the helipad at Wellington on Wednesday and crashed at Nanjappa…

Farmers call off year-long stir, to leave Delhi borders from Sat

Hours after receiving a ‘signed’ letter from the Centre accepting most of their demands, farmer Unions on Thursday ended their year-long agitation and decided to leave the sites they had occupied on national highways on Delhi bor…

Ghaziabad: In dash to 2023, RRTS takes a big step

After ducking under the Hindon elevated road at Vasundhara, the Rapid Rail (RRTS) corridor in Ghaziabad has leapt across the Delhi-Howrah railway tracks at Siddharth Vihar in a feat of engineering that saw a mammoth steel arch 73…

Delhi cops bust 2 gangs that targeted people on streets

North district police have busted two criminal gangs that targeted people on the streets, and arrested seven people. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Go…

Tripura ‘violence’ case: SC relief for journos, media firm

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed criminal proceedings against a media house and its two women journalists who were booked by Tripura Police for reporting on alleged communal violence in the state. from Times of India https…

Stopped man from disrupting Ayodhya case: Ranjan Gogoi

Had an unnamed person not been denied entry into the courtroom on October 16, 2019, the day on which the Supreme Court reserved its verdict in the fiercely-contested Ayodhya land dispute case, the hearing may have been disrupted …

'Govt claims of India’s economic recovery hollow'

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused the government of being in denial on price rise and “impervious to the suffering of the people”, as she said claims of economic recovery were hollow and the mere fact that stoc…

'China poses challenge to strategic goals'

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IAF man battling for life cheated death last year

The lone survivor among the 14 on board the Mi-17 V5 chopper that crashed on Wednesday, Group Captain Varun Singh has dodged death a second time while on duty. Now battling for life in the military hospital at Wellington in Tamil…

'PDP will contest polls, but I won’t till Art 370 is restored'

Former J&K CM and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party shall fight assembly polls in the UT, as and when they are held, so as not to cede any space to BJP. However, she added that she…

'Not enough orders, may cut Covishield output by 50%'

With not enough orders for Covishield from the Centre, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said the company is looking at slashing monthly production of vaccines by at least 50% %. SII has written to the gover…

HC notice to Malik on ‘wilful breach’ of his undertaking

The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed state minister Nawab Malik to file an affidavit, explaining why action not be taken against him for wilful breach of his undertaking not to post or make statements against Dnyandev Wankhe…

BRO to collect toll from civilian traffic on 4 key Ladakh routes

For the first time, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) plans to collect toll from civilian traffic plying on the roads it builds, especially in the Himalayan states bordering China and Pakistan. The agency — under the defence mi…

Nasa selects PIO Anil Menon and 9 other candidates from 12,000 aspirants for Moon mission

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Army’s J&K drill to get behind enemy lines

The Army on Tuesday conducted a helicopter-borne exercise in the higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley to practice inserting a task force “behind enemy lines in an intense air defence and electronic warfare-operating environment”.…

Top 10: What really happened in Nagaland?

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No lockdown, Delhi govt says ready with Covid infra

Amid rising concerns due to several Omicron cases being detected in the country, Delhi government has intensified preparations to tackle any escalation in the situation. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live U…

Rel Infra case: DMRC to pay Rs 1,000r in 48 hours

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday disputed the amount payable as per the arbitral award of over Rs 4,600 crore passed in favour of Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL). from Delhi News: Latest Delhi …

Dengue deaths in Delhi at six-year high

Six more dengue deaths have been reported in the city, taking the death toll to 15 this year — the highest in the past six years. Last week, 699 new cases were also reported, making the total count 8,975 so far as against 1,072 l…

25-year-old guilty in first conviction for Delhi riots

In the first conviction pertaining to the northeast Delhi riots, a city court on Monday found a 25-year-old man guilty of rioting, arson and other charges for setting on fire a 73-year-old woman’s house in February last year. The…

WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for Covid-19

Covid treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given to people with mild or moderate illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Convalescent plasma showed some early p…

Supreme Court sees chances of bias, restrains Mumbai police from filing charges against PBS

Pointing out “likelihood of bias” in the ongoing investigation by the Maarashtra police in criminal cases it has registered against Param Bir Singh, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it is prima facie of the view that the inv…

India and Russia ink 10-yr pact on defence tech, deal on AK rifles

India and Russia on Monday inked a new expansive 10-year pact on military-technical cooperation as well as the deal for AK-203 Kalashnikov rifles, even as defence minister Rajnath Singh raised China’s “completely unprovoked aggre…

Opposition blocks price rise talks, ministers slam it for hypocrisy

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Political compulsions can’t undo verdict: SC to Maharashtra

In a setback to the Maharashtra government just a day before the last date of filing nomination papers for elections to local bodies, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the ordinance brought by the state to reserve 27% seats for …

Intention was to murder, injure: Nagaland cops’ FIR

Nagaland police registered a suo motu FIR on Sunday against the Army’s 21st Para-Special Forces unit, alleging they didn’t give prior intimation about the operation in Mon that led to 14 civilian deaths because the “intention” wa…

'38 inducted through lateral entry since 2018'

Stating that 38 candidates had been inducted on lateral entry basis into the central government since 2018, minister of state for PMO and personnel Jitendra Singh on Monday said the lateral recruitment process achieves the twin o…

Flyers deferring leisure trips but cancellations not high

The Delta variant of Covid-19 delayed the wedding of Mayank and Khushi Bansal (names changed on request) from March to last week. And now Omicron has forced this Delhi-based couple to defer their dream honeymoon in Switzerland in…

'Cardinal rule for courts is not to interfere in govt policies'

Less than a week after the President and the Prime Minister expressed anguish over frequent interference in policy decisions by the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Monday said the cardinal rule for the courts is not to interfere …

Russia hails India for ‘refusing to obey’ US on S400

The 21st India-Russia annual summit featuring PM Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin saw the 2 countries, while reaffirming commitment to the S-400 deal despite the threat of US sanctions, strongly take up the issue of cro…

2 NE CMs say AFSPA must go as Shah regrets Nagaland deaths

The outrage over the mistaken killing of villagers in Nagaland in an Army ambush and the subsequent violence grew on Monday, with the chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya Neiphiu Rio and Conrad Sangma calling for the repeal …

Expert panel split, call on additional dose put off

The scientific advisory group on Covid immunisation has deferred “any decision on additional dose” in the absence of consensus on whether there is a need to administer a ‘booster’ to those at high risk of infection or severe illn…

SC grants PC to 12 women SSC officers released from service

The Supreme Court on Monday took the unprecedented step of granting permanent commission to 14 women short service commission (SSC) officers, 12 of whom had already been released from service without grant of PC, and heaped prais…

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Live: Vicky Kaushak & Katrina Kaif arrive at their wedding venue

ETimes was the first to confirm Katrina and Vicky's winter wedding! Follow this blog for all live updates on this big fat Bollywood shaadi. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3lDtg0e via

Right-wing organisations create ruckus in school over 'religious conversion'

Activists of right-wing organisations allegedly created a ruckus and indulged in vandalism at a missionary school in a town in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district. They claimed religious conversion of eight students, a charge d…

Cyclist, 58, dies in accident in NW Delhi

Ramyash, resident of northwest Delhi's Siraspur area, was a machine operator at a cold storage in Azadpur area, they said. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://…

After first Omicron case in Delhi, calls for caution

A 33-year-old man who returned from Tanzania recently has become the first person to be confirmed positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Delhi. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi…

Delhi's air quality likely to improve over next few days

Having oscillated between “very poor” and “severe” for the past few weeks, Delhi’s air quality improved on Sunday to the lower end of “very poor” due to slightly favourable weather conditions. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News…

406 kids lost 1 or both parents to Covid in Ghaziabad

More than 1,200 children in the six districts of Meerut division have lost either one or both their parents during the deadly second wave of Covid this year, government data has revealed. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Head…

Delhi: Extortion ring run from Mandoli jail busted

An extortion racket being run from Mandoli Jail was busted by Crime Branch on Sunday. Three people have been arrested in the case. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India http…

Over 50% of adult population in India now fully vaccinated

India has vaccinated more than 50% of its adults with two jabs within 11 months of the launch of its anti-Covid programme. A total of 127.93 crore doses have been administered across the country till Sunday, with over 85% of the …

In 1st week, Rajya Sabha lost over 50% of sitting time

The Rajya Sabha lost more than half of its scheduled sitting time in the first week of the winter session of Parliament owing to disruptions and forced adjournments on the back of the suspension of 12 opposition MPs on the first …

To test vaccine efficacy, ICMR isolating Omicron strain

Scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) have initiated efforts to isolate and grow the Omicron strain of the novel coronavirus from the Dombivali man’s throat/nasal swab samp…

Param Bir Singh not whistleblower, says Maha govt affidavit

The Maharashtra government has filed a counter-affidavit before the Supreme Court seeking dismissal of the special leave petition (SLP) submitted by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh. The state said it had “no kno…

'Indo-Pacific, Af show we are entering a world of plurilateralism'

The current global situation has opened up spaces for middle powers and plurilateral arrangements to flourish, said foreign minister S Jaishankar. Addressing an Indian Ocean conference in Abu Dhabi, Jaishankar said, “A world of m…

Half-baked intel may’ve led to botched Army operation in Nagaland

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Vicky Kaushal's father arranges food for the paparazzi

Vicky Kaushal and Karina Kaif would be jetting off to Rajasthan anytime soon to kick start their wedding festivities. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3psfRZW via

59 students, 10 staff of Karnataka school test positive

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India hosts Pakistan delegation for SCO meet

While bilateral ties with Pakistan remain in a deep freeze, India and Pakistan continue to engage under the banner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a Eurasian political and security grouping that is seen as playing…

Live: Weekly cases fall in India, but up in 9 states

India’s weekly Covid cases continue to fall but the dip slowed to 3% in the week ending Sunday, even as nine states and UTs registered a rise in infections. Stay with TOI for all updates from Times of India https://ift.tt/3Et0l…

Current Cong brass sees advice as rebellion: Azad

The present generation of Congress is not open to suggestions, veteran Congress leader and member of the G-23 faction Ghulam Nabi Azad has said, lamenting that advice, even when it came from Congress veterans, is “seen as a crime…

After killing of civilians, chorus against ‘draconian’ armed forces law gets louder

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'Won’t ever topple Rajasthan government, will bag 2/3rd seats'

Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday dismissed accusations that BJP tried to topple the Congress government in Rajasthan and dared the ruling party to call early polls if it thinks people support it. from Times of India https://if…

'Senior BJP neta offered money, asked me to join party'

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Omicron surges 5x to 21; 1 new case in Delhi, 9 in Rajasthan, 7 in Maharashtra

India’s tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases linked to the newly discovered Omicron variant shot up five times overnight as nine people in Rajasthan, including a four-member NRI family from South Africa, seven in Maharashtra’s Pune …

14 Nagaland civilians killed in botched Army operation, aftermath

In a botched operation, Army para commandos lying in wait for militants in Nagaland’s Mon district late on Saturday shot and killed six villagers instead, all of them coal mine workers returning home in a van singing songs. Soon …

'Sextortion' racket busted in west Delhi's Paschim Vihar

An alleged'sextortion' gang has been busted with the arrest of its kingpin accused of extorting about Rs 1.2 crore from over a dozen people in the last one year, police here said on Sunday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi…

AAP kicks off ‘MCD Badlaav’ campaign

AAP functionary Manish Sisodia and Delhi convener Gopal Rai launched their party’s ‘MCD Badlaav Campaign’ on Saturday, aiming to connect with 50 lakh Delhiites and tell them about the shortcomings of the current municipal corpora…

Delhi reports 51 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Delhi on Saturday recorded 51 new Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.08% and zero fatality due to the infection, according to data shared by the state health department. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines &…

Tackle pollution sources in Delhi over the year

Every year, confronting the pollution means inconvenience of all sorts — closing down school, stopping construction work, regulating industries, arguing about stubble burning and halting diesel generator use, etc. These are tempo…

Will India see Omicron wave? ‘It’ll be clear in a month or two’

Experts said it would take another six to eight weeks for an “Omicron wave”, if at all, to become apparent. While Maharashtra’s first Omicron case has been detected in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the state’s additional chief …

2 more detections in Mah, Guj take India’s Omicron tally to 4

Maharashtra and Gujarat reported a case each of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Saturday, one a 33-year-old man from Mumbai's Dombivli who had travelled to South Africa last month and the other a 72-year-old Zimbabwe resid…

Cyclone Jawad fizzles out, spares Odisha, AP any major damage

In the end, Jawad proved true to its name, generous, sparing Odisha and Andhra Pradesh major damage as it dissipated into the Bay of Bengal on Saturday evening, weakening into a deep depression. However, under the cyclone’s influ…

A perfect 10! Kiwi Ajaz Patel spins history on ‘home’ pitch

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China blocks mention of LeT, JeM in Russia meet statement

China is learnt to have prevented a specific mention of Pakistan-based terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) in the Russia-India-China (RIC) joint communique that reiterated the need for an inclusive…

Not launching party but cannot predict future, says Azad

Amid his ongoing rallies in Jammu and Kashmir, and the speculations they have spawned, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said he is not launching a new party but cannot predict the future- a comment that leaves suspense about his …

51% difference in road death numbers from 2 departments

In a curious case of how two government agencies can come up with two sets of data on the same issue, and that too with a huge difference, even when the source of their numbers is the same, the NCRB under the home ministry and th…

‘Night vaccination’ drive in Maoist hotbed so no one misses out

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Will Neha Kakkar and Rohanpreet perform at Vicky-Katrina wedding?

Lovebirds Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are all set to tie the sacred knot in a hush-hush ceremony in Rajasthan. According to sources, the wedding will be an extremely private affair with family and few close friends in attendan…

Centre flags rise in Covid cases & deaths in 5 states, J&K

The Centre on Saturday raised concern over a sharp increase in daily cases of Covid-19 and rising mortality rates, particularly in five states of Odisha, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Mizoram and the Union Territory of Jammu …

In talks with Capt & ex-SAD neta for Punjab alliance: Shah

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‘NDA’s national security response has been more optical than substantial’

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Param Bir Singh set extortion target for Sachin Waze: Chargesheet

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Indian knowledge system, local flavour to be part of national school curriculum

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Farmers to continue stir till govt withdraws cases

The agitating farmer unions on Saturday decided to continue their protests until they get a “formal and satisfactory written response” from the Centre on their six demands that include a legal guarantee for MSP. They also formed …

Delhi air in 'very poor' category; max temp 26.8 deg C

Neighbouring Faridabad (356), Ghaziabad (327), Greater Noida (335), Gurugram (334) and Noida (355) also recorded a 'very poor' air quality. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Ti…

Delhi: IAF corporal shoots himself dead with service rifle

The crime investigation team was called on spot and the body of the corporal is being preserved at the BJRM hospital for postmortem, police said. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Time…

Govt will set up hockey academy at Ghumanhera stadium: Dy CM

The Delhi government will come up with a hockey academy at the Ghumanhera stadium with a residential complex for players, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines &…

Concern over Covid infections in children under 5 as SAfrica's daily cases shoot up

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10 months on, chief secy of Maharashtra takes his first shot

Almost 10 months after Covid vaccination for frontline staff started, Maharashtra’s senior-most bureaucrat, acting chief secretary Debashish Chakrabarty, 59, took his first shot on Thursday at JJ Hospital in Byculla. “He took a C…

Flying squads to catch Delhi-NCR polluters, SC told

Facing the ire of Supreme Court for not being able to control the severe air pollution in Delhi, the Centre on Friday decided to take upon itself the responsibility of ensuring that various measures are complied with in NCR, a ta…

Car crashes into pile of bricks in Ggm, 5 die

Five employees of a private hospital in Sector 84 died after the car they were travelling in crashed into a pile of bricks along Sardhana road around 1am on Friday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Update…

Kejriwal flags off train to Ayodhya with 1k seniors

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday flagged off a train carrying 1,000 senior citizens to Ayodhya under Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times o…

Delhi tops London, Paris in CCTVs per mile

In a boost to women’s security, nearly 2.75 lakh CCTV cameras have been installed by Delhi government across the capital. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.t…

3 cops among 5 dead in Yamuna E-way accident

Five people including three Madhya Pradesh police personnel were killed and three others sustained serious injuries when their SUV crashed into a road divider near Milestone 80 on the Yamuna expressway in Mathura’s Surir stretch …

Omicron live: Govt asks states to heighten vigil

Cautioning that a few clusters of Covid-19 infection have been reported from some places in the country, the Centre on Friday asked states and UTs to increase active surveillance and timely testing to detect such clusters and hot…

Amid reports of trouble in her office, Kamala faces early staff exits

Kamala Harris' chief spokeswoman Symone Sanders' May 2020 book is titled "No, You Shut up." In Washington DC political salons, word is that that clapback illustrates the dysfunction in the vice-president's o…

Omicron: Doctors' meet in Bengaluru super-spreader event?

An international medical conference at a star hotel in Bengaluru from November 19-21 is under the scanner after at least three doctors who attended it turned out to be Covid-positive, one of them with the Omicron variant. from …

India worked for a year to get China off Lanka projects

It took India almost a year to get China out of three islands off Jaffna peninsula. In January 2021, India was surprised with an announcement that the Ceylon Electricity Board had decided to award a contract for building “hybrid …

‘Absolutely fine,’ says Omicron-infected doctor

The stigma of having his home sealed was more painful than the disease itself, says the 46-year-old doctor, one of the two patients in India infected with Omicron. He dispelled fears on the new coronavirus variant, saying the fir…

Uphold spirit of right against sex harassment: SC

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over “a rising trend” of courts invalidating proceedings into sexual misconduct at working place on “hyper-technical” grounds saying that it would defeat the law and would turn judici…

‘Dominance of PhonePe and GPay wake-up call for banks’

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Cyclone Jawad set to impact AP, Odisha from today

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other central/state agencies were deployed in strength on Friday for relief and rescue operations in the wake of cyclone ‘Jawad’ that is set to move in just off the Andhra–south Odisha …

Lankan lynched by mob in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy

A mob in Pakistan lynched a Sri Lankan national on Friday before burning his body for alleged blasphemy in Pakistan’s Sialkot city. Priyantha Kumara, in his 40s, had been working as operational manager at a private factory on Waz…

'Consider booster dose for 40-plus age group'

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG ) has suggested a booster dose of anti-Covid vaccines can be considered for the 40-plus age group, prioritising those at high-risk or high-exposure as low levels of neutralising …

10 months on, chief secretary of Maharashtra takes his first shot

Almost 10 months after Covid vaccination for frontline staff started, Maharashtra’s senior-most bureaucrat, acting chief secretary Debashish Chakrabarty, 59, took his first shot on Thursday at JJ Hospital in Byculla. “He took a C…

Body lies in open, thanas use tapes to find out jurisdiction

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7 detained for bid to disrupt Friday 'namaz'

Several members of some Hindu outfits gathered at the site and raised "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and "Jai Shri Ram" slogans as members of the Muslim community were arriving at the open site to offer Friday prayers. …

2 hired to kill Ghaziabad politician arrested

Two criminals, who were out on parole and had allegedly taken a Rs 10-lakh contract to kill a local politician here, were arrested on Friday after exchange of fire with security forces, officials said. from Delhi News: Latest D…

Max retail price of 505 alcohol brands fixed

"Total 516 liquor brands have been registered so far. Out of 516 registered brands, fee of 507 have been paid. MRP (maximum retail price) for 505 liquor brands have been fixed till Friday," an excise department official…

Times Top10: How jobless is urban India?

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First look into all-new Indian school curriculum

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Opec+ to keep up output, fuel prices may fall

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BJD lauds Covid steps, Shiv Sena accuses govt of ‘favouritism’

On the day when India reported two confirmed cases of new Corona variant Omicron, Lok Sabha on Thursday took up debate on the Covid situation in the country with most speakers suggesting that the country should not lower the guar…

Live: Back in severe zone, Delhi air worst in country

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SC asks Centre, Delhi for action plan within 24 hrs

Exasperated over continuing high pollution levels in Delhi despite the Centre and NCT governments claiming that all possible steps have been taken to control it, the Supreme Court on Thursday granted 24 hours to both to come out …

After SC rap on pollution, Delhi govt shuts schools

Hours after Supreme Court pulled up Delhi government on reopening schools amid high air pollution, state environment minister Gopal Rai announced that all educational institutions, except for examination centres, will be closed f…

Centre may shut all thermal plants near Delhi for now

Facing a 24-hour ultimatum from the Supreme Court, the environment ministry on Thursday held multiple meetings with officials of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on addit…

November power demand hits a new peak in Delhi

At 3,831 MW, the capital's peak power demand this November was the highest ever recorded for the month, discom officials said on Thursday. While last year's November peak was 3,769 MW, the figure stood at 3,631 MW for the…

SC nixes DMRC plea on arbitral award to Rel Infra

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seeking review of its judgement that upheld the 2017 arbitration award of around Rs 4,600 crore in favour of Reliance Infrastructure subsidiary, …

New York state finds five cases of Omicron variant

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South African traveller, Bengaluru doctor are India’s first Omicron patients

India’s first two Omicron-infected Covid-19 patients have been detected in Karnataka. One of them is a 66-year-old man who travelled from South Africa while the other is a 46-year-old anaesthetist based in Bengaluru, the health m…

‘Fascistic mindset’, says Congress after Mamata’s ‘what UPA?’ remark

A day after TMC chief Mamata Banerjee declared that UPA was dead and Congress was not fighting BJP with Rahul Gandhi often going abroad, a virtual war of words broke out with the grand old party accusing her of having a “fascisti…

China suspends Sri Lankan solar plants after India protest

China has decided to suspend a project for construction of Hybrid Energy Systems in Sri Lanka by Chinese firm Sino Soar Hybrid Technology, a Lankan media report said. These systems were to be constructed in three northern islands…

Maharashtra rolls back stringent travel curbs in wake of Omicron

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India slams UN rights body for Jammu and Kashmir statement

India slammed the UN high commissioner for human rights office on Thursday for making "baseless and unfounded" allegations against Indian forces in J&K, asking it to develop a better understanding of the negative im…

'Wide range of vaccines act as booster to AstraZeneca, Pfizer shots'

Up to six different Covid-19 boosters were found to be safe, and provoked strong immune responses in people who have previously received a two-dose course of the Oxford-AstraZeneca-developed Covishield, or Pfizer-BioNTech’s BNT16…

‘In national interest’: India defends S-400 buy as curbs loom

As the threat of US sanctions looms over India’s purchase of S-400 system from Russia, India on Thursday reiterated that it follows an independent foreign policy and its defence acquisitions will continue to be guided by “nationa…

Jobless rate: 11 states hit double digits in January-March

Urban joblessness rates in all age groups in at least 11 states remained in double digits, while it was stubbornly high among 15 to 29 year olds across all states, with this segment’s overall unemployment rate hitting 22.9% in th…

Resolve logjam in RS, Venkaiah asks govt, oppn

With the suspension of the 12 opposition members continuing to disrupt Rajya Sabha, chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday asked the ruling and opposition benches to resolve the logjam, while stressing that ‘disapproval of unde…

Covid: Coverage of 1st dose up by 5.9%, 2nd shot by 11.7%

The coverage of the first and second dose of Covid vaccine has increased by 5.9% and 11.7%, respectively, till end of November following the government’s door-to-door ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign that started from November 3. Howev…

6 int'l travellers test +ve at Delhi airport

Six more travellers from “at-risk” countries, including one with travel history to South Africa, tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday, officials said. from Delhi Ne…

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