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New Delhi: As nearly a lakh cases were detected in a day, the Union Health Ministry & ICMR have jointly asked all states and union territories to mandatorily carry retests of all symptomatic negative cases of Rapid Antigen Tests through…

New Delhi: A record addition of 95,735 cases in the last 24 hours took India’s COVID-19 tally past 44.5 lakh to 44,65,864 on Thursday. This is the country's highest single-day surge in COVID-19 cases. In a span of two days, India's…

Jalpaiguri: A 20-year-old college student committed suicide for being able to afford a smartphone to attend online classes here in West Bengal on Wednesday. BA first-year student of Mal College, Jayanti Bauli hung herself in her house in…

Mumbai: Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s former girlfriend Ankita Lokhande on Wednesday claimed that she never said Sushant was “murdered” but wants justice for her “late friend” and family. Thirty-four-year-old Sushant was found dead in…

Beijing: China’s state media has admitted that there has, indeed, been heavy military deployment along the India border. In what is a rare acknowledgment of massive mobilisation of troops and equipment along the disputed boundary, the…

Mumbai: Rhea Chakraborty, who is currently in judicial custody, has filed a bail application in the Mumbai Sessions court. According to a Times Now report, the special court will be hearing Rhea and her brother Showik’s bail plea on…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday inaugurated the Doorstep Banking Services by public sector banks (PSBs) at a ceremony to felicitate best-performing banks based on EASE Banking Reforms Index. The aim of Doorstep…

New Delhi: As many as 4,442 cases are pending against sitting and former MPs and MLAs in different courts, including 331 in Odisha, according to the data provided in a report submitted to the Supreme Court (SC). The report was submitted…

New Delhi: BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday slammed the government and the authorities concerned for going ahead with the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2020 exams in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic. The former…

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has spared no section of society. India’s police force, who have been on the frontline fighting the invisible enemy, have suffered casualties as well. The Indian Police Foundation released data on Wednesday…