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New Delhi, Mar 11: India recorded 22,854 cases of coronavirus infection in a day, the highest in around two-and-half-months, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,12,85,561, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. This is the first time in this year that the country saw a daily Covid-19 spike of over 22,000 cases. The death toll increased to 1,58,189 with 126 daily

Kolkata, Mar 11: Preliminary medical tests conducted on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee late on Wednesday night detected severe bone injuries in her left ankle and foot, and injuries in the right shoulder, forearm and neck, a senior doctor of the state-run SSKM hospital said. Doctors at the hospital decided to closely monitor Banerjee, who has been complaining of chest pain and

New Delhi, Mar 10: Congress veteran PC Chacko quit the party today complaining that there was "no democracy left" in the Congress and not sparing the "high command" in his recriminations. "There is no Congress party in Kerala as such," just two factions of the party, he said. But he firmly dismissed speculation about joining the BJP. His abrupt resignation comes as a shock for the Congress in

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and six of his Cabinet colleagues have been fielded by the ruling CPI(M) for the April 6 state assembly elections, while Finance minister Thomas Issac has been denied a ticket this time. The party on Wednesday released the list of 83 of its 85 candidates including nine CPI(M) supported independents. Health Minister K K Shailaja, Labour minister T P

Kolkata, Mar 10: A decade after she scripted history by defeating the longest-serving democratically elected communist regime of the world, feisty TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is once again on the threshold of a watershed moment as she faces a do-or-die battle in the Bengal assembly elections. Stakes are high for the tempestuous TMC boss as losing the elections might put a question mark on the very

India plans to buy 30 armed drones from the US to boost its sea and land defenses as tensions persist with neighbors China and Pakistan, according to officials with knowledge of the matter. The South Asian nation will approve next month the $3 billion purchase of 30 MQ-9B Predator drones manufactured by San Diego-based General Atomics, the officials said, asking not to be identified speaking with

In a meeting of Uttarakhand BJP's legislature party held at the state party headquarters, Tirath Singh Rawat was named as the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned as Chief Minister on Tuesday. After taking over as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat said, "I thank PM, HM and party chief who trusted me, a mere party worker who comes from a small village." "I'd never

Chennai, Mar 9: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) of actor Kamal Haasan has stitched together an alliance with All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) and Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), positioning it as the “First Front” for the April 6 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu. According to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two parties late Monday night, MNM will contest in 154 seats

Five years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government offered Indian women a chance to dramatically improve their lives with cooking fuel subsidies in what became one of his administration’s most celebrated campaigns. Now, hamstrung by a widening fiscal deficit, New Delhi has been slowly reducing the size of those handouts -- a shift that risks upsetting women voters and potentially exposing

New Delhi, Mar 9: More than 20 lakh people were inoculated against coronavirus on March 8, the highest in a day so far, taking the total number of vaccine doses administered in the country to over 2.3 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. As on day-52 of the Covid-19 vaccination drive (March 8), 20,19,723 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 17,15,380 beneficiaries were vaccinated