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Kolkata: In an open challenge to her once confidante and ex-minister Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that she will contest the upcoming state Assembly elections from the Nandigram seat. The…

New Delhi: AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Monday allayed apprehensions about the coronavirus vaccines and assured that the side-effects will not result in death of the beneficiary. The nationwide Covid vaccination drive had commenced…

New Delhi: From Monday onwards, 'Rakshita' -- a bike ambulance developed indigenously -- will save lives of injured CRPF personnel deputed in remote and inhospitable areas like the Maoist-hit states or insurgency affected Northeast regions…

Chennai: Residents of Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nadu are enjoying a vegan celebration ahead of Kamala Harris' inauguration as the next US Vice President on Wednesday. Harris' maternal family hails from this village which has…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre that it is for the Delhi Police to decide whether to allow farmers to enter Delhi or not. The top court stressed that it is the Delhi Police who have the authority over the issue and…

New Delhi: With 13,788 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Monday continued with its low streak of single-day cases, posting an overall tally of 1,05,71,773, according to the Union Health Ministry. The…

New Delhi: The CBI has nabbed a senior railway engineering service officer of 1985 batch along with two others in an alleged bribery case of Rs 1 crore, officials said on Sunday. A CBI officer said, "The arrested railway officer has been…

Lucknow/New Delhi: Two coaches of the Amritsar-Jaynagar Express derailed near Lucknow on Monday, however, no passenger were injured in the incident, official said. Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said the two coaches of…

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology has issued summons to officials of Facebook and Twitter for January 21, to question them over misuse of the social media/online news platforms. The schedule of meeting on…

Bhubaneswar: Petrol and diesel prices rises after a few days of stability in Odisha's capital city Bhubaneswar On Monday. Today, petrol price recorded Rs 85.66 per litre while diesel recorded Rs 81.90 per litre. Yesterday, the petrol…

Bhubaneswar: Gold price falls in Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on Monday. Today, the price of gold recorded Rs 45,490 for 22 carat while the 24 carat gold was recorded at Rs 49,630. On Sunday, the price of the gold recorded Rs…

New Delhi: A total of 447 Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) have been reported in the last two days of the massive inoculation drive against Covid-19 that is now underway in the country. Of them, three cases were serious in…

Mumbai: One of India’s Legendary classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan died at the age of 89 on Sunday in Mumbai. The veteran singer died today afternoon at his residence in the city. Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan had suffered a…

New Delhi: The use of regional languages during Rajya Sabha proceedings has increased more than five times and parliamentarians spoke in 10 of the 22 scheduled languages for the first time during 2018-20 with Sanskrit emerging as the fifth…

New Delhi: An epidemiologist at King's College, London has claimed that there is an increase in the number of Covid patients suffering from uncomfortable mouth symptoms like oral ulcers - not yet listed by the World Health Organization…