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Assembly Elections 2021

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury releasing the party manfesto, ahead of State Assembly polls, in Kolkata, on March 22.

West Bengal Assembly polls | Congress manifesto promises 'glorious' days of B. C. Roy Shiv Sahay Singh

The party, in alliance with the Left Front, will focus on the law and order situation, women's safety, social security, industrialisation and job creation in the State.

Amit Shah, Nadda slam Congress for aligning with Ajmal’s AIUDF

LDF senses a chance for victory in Kalamassery

BJP proposes anti-religious conversion law, ban on cow slaughter, sand mining

Puducherry will witness double engine growth if BJP-led alliance is voted to power: Gadkari

COVID-19

India reports 46,951 new COVID cases Special Correspondent

3,000 more cases and 212 deaths in last 24 hours

COVID-19 | Weekend tests dip, but positivity rate stays high

Centre warns of ‘upsurge’ following Kumbh Mela at Haridwar

‘6 crore vaccine doses sent to 76 nations, 4.5 crore administered in India’

India-Israel joint venture develops oral vaccine for COVID-19

National

A medic collects a swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test at a government hospital, in Amritsar, Punjab on March 19, 2021.

National

Widen vaccination ambit, Amarinder urges PM after 81% of Punjab samples show U.K. variant

Special Correspondent Chief Minister urges PM to widen vaccination ambit

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National

Supreme Court stays proceedings pending in HCs on pleas to regulate OTT platforms

PTI The Supreme Court Bench observed that notice on transfer petition means that proceedings going on have to stay

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International

AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in vaccine trial: U.S.

AP AstraZeneca reported on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection among adults of all ages in a long-anticipated U.S. study

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International

U.S. sanctions two Chinese officials for human rights abuses in Xinjiang province

Sriram Lakshman The sanctions were applied under the U.S.’s Global Magnitsky Act, which means their U.S. assets, if any, will be frozen and U.S. entities are prohibited from doing business with them.

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A health worker collects nasal swab of a passenger for COVID-19 test at a long-distance train station in Mumbai on Sunday.

States

Coronavirus | Maharashtra clocks all-time single-day high with 30,535 cases

Special Correspondent Active case tally breaches two lakh mark; 11,314 patients discharged; 99 fatalities take the toll to 53,399

States

As COVID-19 cases increase, Uddhav says lockdown an option

Shoumojit Banerjee Expressing concern over the relentless surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that while a lockdown was an option to curb the spread of the contagion, he still expected cooperation from the people in following pandemic norms. Mr. Thackeray, who was speaking during a tour of Nandurbar district in north Maharashtra, said that the situation had become considerably grimmer after the State reported its highest single-day jump of nearly 26,000 cases on

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West Bengal

West Bengal Assembly elections | TMC swindling Amphan relief fund in Bengal: Amit Shah

PTI If voted to power, Amit Shah said, the BJP would constitute a committee to probe the alleged siphoning off relief funds

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Mumbai

Mansukh Hiren death probe still on, investigation points to Sachin Vaze involvement: ATS

Sonam Saigal Jaijeet Singh, the Additional Director General of Police of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), in a press conference on Tuesday said that investigation into the murder of automobile parts dealer Mansukh Hiren was still going on.Mr. Singh said that since March 6 when ATS was asked to probe the case, officials have recorded the statement of Hiren Mansukh's wife, who expressed her apprehension and involvement of now arrested assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze in the murder.Mr Vaze was