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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

India’s National Education Policy is futuristic: PM Modi

PTI PM Narendra Modi said the role of skilled youth is continuously increasing as India walks the path of ‘aatmanirbharta’ (self-reliance).

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National

India will raise its climate ambitions but not under pressure: Prakash Javadekar

PTI Mr. Javadekar made the remarks during a speech after a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the French Embassy.

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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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Visakhapatnam

Fire week celebrations begin

Special Correspondent Awareness will be created on different hazards and how to mitigate them, says official

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Mangaluru

Odd semester degree exams to resume today

Special Correspondent Mangalore University will resume on Thursday its undergraduate odd semester examinations which had been suspended from April 8 to April 12 due to the strike by the employees of State road transport corporations. The examinations had begun on April 1. Registrar (Evaluation) P.L. Dharma, who is also in-charge Registrar (administration) of the university, has in a statement said: “The university has decided to go ahead with the undergraduate examinations. The schedule as fixed originally will