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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

Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev and Deputy Head of Mission Roman N. Babushkin during a press briefing on the outcomes of the Russian Foreign Minister's visit to India. Videograb: YouTube/Russian Embassy, India

International

India is a trusted partner; limited cooperation with Pakistan: Russia

PTI “We believe that there is absolutely no reason to see that there are divergences or any misunderstandings between us.,” Deputy Chief of the Russian mission Roman Babushkin said

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National

Access to professional education no government largesse, says Supreme Court

PTI This obligation assumes far greater importance for students whose background imposes formidable obstacles on their path to access quality education, the apex court said

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International

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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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran on April 14, 2021.

International

Iran President calls 60% enrichment an answer to ‘evilness’

AP Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said damaged first-generation IR-1 centrifuges at Natanz would be replaced by advanced IR-6 centrifuges that enrich uranium much faster

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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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Madurai

Bathing in groups in Tamirabharani banned

Special Correspondent Nainarkulam retail vegetable market remains closed

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Tiruchirapalli

763 new cases, two deaths in central region

Special Correspondent As many as 763 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the central region on Wednesday. The virus also claimed two more lives in the region.Tiruchi, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts continued to register a sharp increase in cases with each passing day. Tiruchi district accounted for 216 cases followed by 158 cases in Thanjavur. The day’s count was 157 in Nagapattinam district, according to the medical bulletin issued by the Health Department.Tiruvarur district recorded 108 cases, 51 in