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Assembly Elections 2021

BJP will take lead in Kolkata presidency area: Amit Shah Nistula Hebbar

‘At the time of the 2019 polls, voters still had a bit of hesitancy on whether the BJP could defeat TMC candidates or not.’

Mamata holds silent protest against poll panel ban

Modi’s personal attacks on Mamata raise eyebrows

BJP again promises permanent solution to Gorkha issue

Poll panel lets off Suvendu Adhikari with warning for communal speech

COVID-19

A civic body official gives token to a passenger to register his name before screening, in Bhubaneswar.

With more than 1.8 lakh cases, India reports highest single-day spike Special Correspondent

The number of daily deaths surged to its highest in nearly six months.

Centre fast-tracks approval for more vaccine candidates

Curfew in Maharashtra for 15 days from today

Surat turns Gujarat’s COVID-19 epicentre

Athletes Priyanka, Jinson test COVID-19 positive

National

National

Quad navies enjoy high degree of interoperability: Navy chief

Dinakar Peri Can come together quickly, says Admiral Karambir Singh.

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Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge during the launch of Congress party digital media platform, INC TV, in New Delhi on April 14, 2021.

National

Congress launches digital media platform INC TV

Special Correspondent It will start airing on April 24

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International

Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court on March 10, 2009, in New York. Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died early on April 14, 2021, in a federal prison.

International

Bernie Madoff, disgraced Ponzi schemer, dies at 82

Reuters Fraud victims included Hollywood royalty, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel; Madoff had expected to be exposed sooner; original market-maker for Nasdaq.

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Police officers walk past a burning van setting on fire by angry supporters of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan, a radical Islamist political party, during a clash, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on April 14, 2021.

International

Pakistan govt decides to ban radical Islamist party Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan

PTI Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told the media that the Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan was being banned under the Rule 11-B of Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997

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Medics attend to a COVID-19 patients at Shehnai Banquet Hall, temporarily converted into an isolation ward, as coronavirus cases surge across the country, near Low Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Data

Data | Dissecting India’s second COVID-19 wave

Vignesh Radhakrishnan Sumant Sen Naresh Singaravelu Since April 3, India has been consistently recording the highest number of daily cases globally, surpassing the U.S. and Brazil on an average

A protest banner outside closed shops at Crawford Market in Mumbai on Thursday.

States

Jewellers urge CM to allow operations on festival days

Special Correspondent Restaurant owners stage silent protests across Maharashtra opposing restrictions

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Mumbai

Mutations found in Maharashtra samples, says Uddhav Thackeray

Shoumojit Banerjee Administration on a war footing to make oxygen available at medical facilities, says Maharashtra Chief Minister

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Visakhapatnam

Pre-owned book expo from April 15 to 18

Special Correspondent A ‘books by weight’ exhibition of pre-owned books is being held at Lions Club of Visakhapatnam at Ramnagar here from April 15 to 18. The expo will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on all the four days.The books are priced at ₹100 a kg for regular fiction, ₹300 a kg for children’s premium books, ₹400 a kg for children’s board books, sound books, etc; and ₹300 a kg for premium non-fiction and coffee table books on various subjects. Visitors have to follow social distancing norms and entry without a