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Coronavirus | Maharashtra reports spike of 8,702 cases

Shoumojit Banerjee

Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur contribute the highest number

A health worker wearing protective gear takes a swab sample at a construction site, in Mumbai on February 25, 2021.

Coronavirus: 229 students test positive in Maharahstra hostel

Shoumojit Banerjee

Earlier this week, 39 students and five employees of a hostel in Latur district of Marathwada had tested positive

A municipal school teacher takes online mathematics class for Class X students inside an empty classroom at Dharavi, in Mumbai, Maharashtra on February 24, 2021.

Coronavirus | COVID-19 test must for visitors from Maharashtra and Kerala in Rajasthan

Special Correspondent

No scope for negligence in the control of the pandemic, says Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashol Gehlot chairs a COVID-19 review meeting in Jaipur on February 25, 2021. Photo: Twitter/@ashokgehlot51

Constable, woman found dead in U.P.

Five relatives of the woman held. There is a possibility of honour killing, say police.

Police officials inspect on February 22, 2021 the spot where the body of a constable was found at Babhnauli village in Rampur gram sabha limits of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. Photo: Twitter/@ghazipurpolice

A health worker wearing protective gear takes a swab sample at a construction site, in Mumbai on February 25, 2021.

Coronavirus | Maharashtra reports spike of 8,702 cases

A municipal school teacher takes online mathematics class for Class X students inside an empty classroom at Dharavi, in Mumbai, Maharashtra on February 24, 2021.

Coronavirus: 229 students test positive in Maharahstra hostel

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashol Gehlot chairs a COVID-19 review meeting in Jaipur on February 25, 2021. Photo: Twitter/@ashokgehlot51

Coronavirus | COVID-19 test must for visitors from Maharashtra and Kerala in Rajasthan

Police officials inspect on February 22, 2021 the spot where the body of a constable was found at Babhnauli village in Rampur gram sabha limits of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. Photo: Twitter/@ghazipurpolice

Constable, woman found dead in U.P.

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High police security outside Mukesh Ambania’s Antalia building in South Mumbai after suspected car with certain suspected explosive material was found near building on Thursday.

FIR registered after vehicle with explosives found near Mukesh Ambani's house

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The Punjab and Haryana assembly building designed and built by Le Corbusier in Chandigarh.

Haryana Assembly to go paperless

Former Haryana Congress chief launches ‘Apna Bharat Morcha’

Special Correspondent

Ashok Tanwar’s new outfit is positioning itself as an alternative political platform for raising issues

Tandav case: Allahabad HC rejects anticipatory bail plea of Amazon staffer

Use of Hindu gods in disrespectful manner may have disastrous impact, says judge

Orissa HC revives turtle mortality issue

800 Olive Ridley turtles have died at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary since January

Entertainment

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan spotted at Juhu, in Mumbai, on Jan. 13, 2021.

Kareena-Saif welcome second child, thank well wishers for love and support

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, who welcomed his second child, a baby boy, with actor-wife Kareena Kapoor Khan on Sunday, thanked well wishers for

Jeethu Joseph to remake ‘Drishyam 2’ in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi

P.K. Ajith Kumar

The Telugu version’s shoot is to start next month itself, and will release in theatres

‘83’, ‘Jhund’, ‘Atrangi Re’, other Bollywood biggies set release dates in 2021

Ayushmann Khurrana’s ‘Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’ and Sidharth Malhotra-starrer ‘Shershaah’ are some of the other films to announce theatrical releases this year

Other Articles

Cold wave grips parts of Orissa

Phase I Jharkhand polls today

Inclusion of Ravidas in Maha Dalit list angers Paswan

Energy efficiency for Haryana municipal councils

60 per cent polling in Rajasthan civic elections

Jharkhand Phase I poll on Wednesday for 26 seats

Bihar bandh begins amid tight security

A dawn-to-dusk state-wide bandh called by CPI-ML (liberation) to protest the state government’s alleged failure on all fronts began on Tuesday. The

Maoists blow up school building in Jharkhand

Maoists blew up a school building at Manjiladih in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, police said on Tuesday. A group of Maoists late Monday night

Mirwaiz scraps Hurriyat posts, assumes full control

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is heading a faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has dissolved all its positions and administrative structure,

Rashtriya Lok Dal plans road-blocks in UP

Even as the Centre is re-working the controversial sugarcane pricing Bill, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh has threatened to stage a “chakka jam”

Security beefed up at Babri site

Security has been intensified at the disputed site in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh with the deployment of two bullet proof vehicles capable of repulsing a

Tension in Bhilwara over Lawyer’s suicide

The textile town of Bhilwara is witnessing tension over the alleged suicide by a lawyer, Amit Kumar Yadav, reportedly after harassment and humiliation

U.P. cane farmers threaten to intensify agitation

Even as the Uttar Pradesh government issued directives to the Divisional Commissioners and District magistrates (DMs) for evolving a consensus on the

Day after blasts, bandh paralyses life in Nalbari

Normal life was crippled in lower Assam’s Nalbari district today following a 12-hour bandh against the ULFA-triggered serial blasts here which claimed

Hawkers in West Bengal to observe 'Black Day'

The daily turnover of Indian hawkers is about Rs. 8,000 crore, but they continue to live in the margins. Hawkers in West Bengal plan to hit the streets on Nov. 24, asking the State government to implement a national policy.

Army busted a hideout in J&K ; recovered explosives

Army troops on Monday busted a hideout and recovered a cache of explosive and ammunition from it in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. On a tip off,

Polling in Rajasthan’s 46 civic bodies today

Polling was being held on Monday in 46 civic bodies across Rajasthan, in the first major face-off between the state’s ruling Congress and main

Villagers bust a major PDS racket in Bihar

At the Bihar Poverty Alleviation Summit held in Patna this week, it was wondered aloud as to why only 4-5 per cent of the State’s rations reached

Keep politics away from Bundelkhand package: Joshi

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi said here on Saturday that politics should not come in the way of implementing the

More backroom players in Koda scam: NDA

The NDA claimed that there were more backroom players in the multi-crore hawala and illegal investments allegedly made by former chief minister, Madhu

Civic polls in 46 Rajasthan cities tomorrow

After bagging one seat each in the recent Rajasthan Assembly by-elections, the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party are again

Centre grants 1,500 cr for road development in J&K

The Centre has granted Rs 1,500 crore for develoment of road network in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister for Roads and Buildings G M Saroori today said.

Arrangements made for peaceful polls in Jharkhand: EC

The Election Commission on Saturday maintained that it had put in place a well-considered arrangement to ensure peaceful polling in Jharkhand, where

Bansal’s help sought on SYL canal project

Haryana on Saturday urged Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to take up the Presidential reference made to the Supreme Court about the

Buddhadeb concerned over Bt-brinjal cultivation

The West Bengal government has expressed concern over a proposal of the Centre to allow commercial cultivation of genetically-modified Bt-brinjal,

Bundelkhand package insufficient, says BSP

The Union government’s Rs.7,277-crore package for the backward Bundelkhand region comprising Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh has triggered a

Mill workers stop Priyanka to convey grievances

Workers of a private textile mill today stopped the vehicle of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to convey their grievances over alleged non-payment of their

Nitish renews demand for special package

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday renewed his demand for a Rs 14,800 crore special package for reconstruction of the flood-ravaged Kosi

Jharkhand: Maoist violence and corruption are key election issues for people

The usually uneventful and quiet East Singhbhum district, a stronghold of Ho, Oraon and Mahto tribals and with a sizeable migrant urban population

Attack was spontaneous, says Shiv Sena MP

Sanjay Raut, Sena MP and editor of the party mouthpiece Saamna admitted to The Hindu over telephone that those who targeted the IBN offices in Mumbai

Bundelkhand package insufficient: BSP

SP says funds won’t be put to judicious use; BJP says it’s an eyewash

Centre to civil society bodies: ask CPI (Maoist) not to disrupt Jharkhand polls

The Centre on Friday urged civil society organisations to ask Left-wing extremists not to disrupt the forthcoming Assembly elections in Jharkhand.

Taj Mahal hotel lives again

It was The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel here that saw the worst of the terror attacks on November 26 last year. With almost a week to go for the

Rajasthan launches e-governance project

An ambitious e-governance project for rural areas, Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi e-Seva Kendra, was launched by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in

More to passport for Pak spy than meets the eye

With the preliminary inquiry by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of UP police pointing to the possibility of connivance of some employees of the

Metro chief meets Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday held discussions with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation managing director E. Sreedharan on the proposed

Himachal to privatise ambulance services

In an another bid to completely privatise the health services in the hill State the Himachal Government on Friday decided to hand over the ‘Medical

Four-lane Chittorgarh by-pass is ready

The 30-km-long, four-lane Chittorgarh by-pass is ready for traffic. The by-pass, constructed at a cost of Rs.210 crore by Ashoka Buildcon Limited

Snow storm claims 8 lives in Himachal

Eight labourers involved in snow clearing operations at Rani Nalla near the highest Rohtang Pass (13,500 ft.) died on Friday after a high velocity

Bihar BPL families under-rated: Nitish

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said the Centre should constitute an identification commission for proper survey of BPL families in the

Abu Azmi ready for TV debate with Raj, in Marathi!

Assaulted by MNS MLAs in Assembly for not taking oath in Marathi, Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi is now learning the language and says he

Rahul, Priyanka review works of women SHGs in Amethi

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka on Friday visited Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojna headquarters in Jias here and

Mercury dips in Rajasthan, Churu coldest at 5 degree Celsius

Mercury today dipped further by 2-3 notches in parts of Rajasthan, even as Churu continued to remained the coldest at 5 degree Celsius, 2 degrees

Bandh paralyses life in Darjeeling Hills

Normal life was crippled in Darjeeling Hills of West Bengal as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-sponsored 24-hour bandh began on Friday morning. Shops,

A festival to revive poetic ties

An evening of poetry that began with the lilting tunes from an Irish poet’s flute and ended in the resonant vocals of a Baul singer here on Wednesday

A school girl on an anti-foeticide mission

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday flagged off a school girl’s mission against female foeticide from his residence here. Young

Israel to help Punjab harness solar energy

Leading Israeli players in cutting edge solar energy technology, agriculture, water management and environmental and water pollution solutions are

Rajasthan seeks a helping hand for Sitapura

Rajasthan has asked the Centre to help it in rebuilding the Sitapura Industrial Area here devastated by the mammoth fire in the Indian Oil Corporation