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New Delhi: Thousands of farmers protesting against three farm laws should be vaccinated against COVID-19, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait demanded on Thursday. “We demand that those who are protesting here should be given…

New Delhi: Even while the country is successfully going ahead with its vaccination programme, there is a divided opinion on whether India should expand the eligibility criteria for vaccination against COVID-19? The opinion on the issue is…

Jalandhar: A teacher here married her 13-year-old student to overcome 'Manglik dosha' in her 'kundli' (birth chart) in the Basti Bawa Khel area. The woman told police that her family was worried as she was not getting married due to a…

Dehradun: It was nothing less than spooky when a passenger train travelling from Delhi to Uttarakhand rolled backwards for a distance of at least 35 kilometres after it developed a technical glitch. It ran backward for over 35 kilmometres…

Dehradun: Uttarakhand’s newly-appointed Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat's remark that women who wear ripped jeans set a ‘bad example’ for society and lead to substance abuse has drawn interesting responses from women across the country,…

New Delhi: In a huge surge, as many as 35,871 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours on Thursday. This is the highest spike in cases since early December and took India’s overall tally to 1.14 crore, health…

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has accused Cadbury India Private Limited, which is now known as Mondelez Foods Private Limited, of corruption and has filed a case against the company. The central agency has alleged…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the country to be careful of a possible “second peak” of the deadly coronavirus. Expressing concern over the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in some states, Modi urged people not to be careless…

Bhubaneswar: Suicides by Indian politicians seem to be becoming a disturbing trend, the latest being Ram Swaroop Sharma. Let us have a look at some of the recent suicide cases. A Member of Parliament from Himachal Pradesh, Ram Swaroop was…

Jaipur: IndiGo flight 6E 469, which had taken off on Wednesday morning from Bengaluru, landed at the Jaipur airport with an additional passenger. If you are wondering if a hijacker had been caught inside the plane, then think again. The…