New Delhi: The Supreme Court termed Tuesday the massive resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India a ‘national crisis’. It said that it cannot remain a ‘mute spectator’ in such circumstances. The Supreme Court made it clear that its suo motu proceeding on devising national policy...
New Delhi: The Election Commission banned Tuesday all victory processions after counting of votes in states where assembly polls have been held. This has been done to check the spread of coronavirus, the Election Commission said. The counting of votes will be held May 2...
New Delhi: The Central government Monday asked the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech to lower prices of their COVID-19 vaccines. The move came amid criticism from various states who objected to profiteering during such a major crisis. The issue of COVID-19 vaccines...
Chennai: The Madras High Court came down very hard Monday on the Election Commission (EC) and just stopped short of calling it murderer. The Madras High Court not only blamed the Election Commission for the ‘for the alleged spread of the second wave of Covid-19...
Chennai: The Madras High Court Monday lashed out against the Election Commission and said ‘it is the most irresponsible institution in the country’ who have done nothing to prevent political parties from breaching COVID-19 protocol. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice...
Washington: The US has assured India that it will immediately provide the specific raw materials required for manufacturing the Covishield vaccine, with a top White House official saying that the Biden administration was ‘working around the clock’ to deploy all resources and supplies to bolster...
New Delhi: With 3,52,991 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, the highest so far, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,73,13,163 while active cases have crossed the 28-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. The death toll increased to 1,95,123 with a...
New Delhi: The first two trains carrying precious medical oxygen arrived in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, health facilities in defence undertakings were opened to civilian COVID patients and IAF aircraft crisscrossed to carry oxygen tankers and replenish the fast-draining medical amenities as the pandemic situation...
New Delhi: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday. Justice Ramana took the oath at a brief ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
New Delhi: A record single-day rise of 3,46,786 coronavirus cases pushed India's tally of infection to 1,66,10,481, while active cases crossed the 25-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The death toll rose to 1,89,544 with a record 2,624 more fatalities...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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