Mumbai: Vaccination was stopped in Maharashtra’s Satara late Wednesday night after district authorities ran out of doses. So far around 2.6 lakh people over the age of 45 in Satara have received at least one dose each. This comes hours after state Health Minister Rajesh Tope flagged the...
With recovery of 30,296 patients today, the total number of active cases in Maharashtra is 5,01,559. Maharashtra reported 59,907 new COVID-19 cases in highest ever single-day spike today, taking the overall caseload to 31,73,261. The state also reported the highest single-day death count due to coronavirus since the beginning...
Sachin Waze has also been linked to the death of auto parts dealer Mansukh Hiran (File) Mumbai: Sachin Waze – the police officer suspended since 2003 over the alleged custodial death of a bomb blast accused – was appointed to the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) in June last year...
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday evening issued a notice to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over comments “openly demanding votes on communal grounds” that were made while campaigning in Tarakeshwar in Hooghly district on April 3, ahead of the third phase of elections. Ms Banerjee, 66,, has...
New Delhi: After Maharashtra’s SOS on vaccines, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today slammed what he called “deplorable attempts by some state governments to distract attention from their failures and spread panic among the people”. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said this morning that the state may run out...
Overall, Karnataka is the third worst-hit state in the country till now, behind Maharashtra and Kerala. The Bengaluru police today banned the use of swimming pools, gyms, party halls, and other such amenities in apartment buildings within the city limits amid a worrying rise in cases of infection in...
Mukhtar Ansari was lodged in Rupnagar jail in January 2019 in connection with an extortion case Ballia, Uttar Pradesh: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s brother has alleged inhuman treatment being given to the jailed MLA while being transferred to Uttar Pradesh’s Banda jail from Punjab, saying it could have been better...
Punjab has declared a series of restrictions including night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am till April 30 to deal with the spike in Covid infection. It has also declared a ban on political gatherings. Anyone violating this rule will face action under the DMA and Epidemics Act....
England cricketers like Jofra Archer and Sam Billings have come to Moeen Ali’s defence after he was targeted by Taslima Nasreen in a widely-condemned tweet in which she wrote: “If Moeen Ali were not stuck with cricket, he would have gone to Syria to join ISIS”. Taslima Nasreen later...
Mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, Delhi High Court ruled (Representational) New Delhi: A mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, the Delhi High Court said today, terming the car a “public place”. The mask is...