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Mamata Banerjee is nearly 5,000 votes behind Suvendu Adhikari. New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee is trailing in early trends in Bengal’s Nandigram, where her BJP rival is her former trusted lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari. Mamata Banerjee is nearly 5,000 votes behind Suvendu Adhikari, whose switch to the BJP led to a...
India has reported a huge surge in coronavirus cases that has swamped hospitals. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting this morning to review the availability of oxygen and medicines amid the surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country and its healthcare system. The...
Counting of votes for Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu polls. New Delhi: The BJP has registered gains in very early leads as votes are being counted for elections held in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry in March-April amid a devastating Covid surge that has overwhelmed...
Election Commission on Tuesday banned all victory processions on the day of or after counting of votes New Delhi: Counting of votes for the Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu Assembly polls – held between March 27 and April 29 – starts 8 am, amid a devastating second...
Bypolls Results 2021: The counting of votes is taking place amid a massive Covid surge. New Delhi: The counting of votes for the by-polls to two Lok Sabha seats – one each in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh – and 14 assembly seats across 11 states will be held today....
Sonia Gandhi’s video message was shared on Twitter today. New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, in a video message, today called for a nationwide strategy to fight the surge in Covid cases in India after discussion with all political parties. The centre and state governments “should wake up and...
Hardik and Krunal Pandya announced they will donate 200 oxygen concentrators.© BCCI/IPL Mumbai Indians all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya have pledged to donate 200 oxygen concentrators to the rural parts of India. Speaking ahead of Mumbai Indians’ high-profile clash against Chennai Super Kings, Hardik said that...
West Bengal has witnessed a record spike in new infections and deaths in the last ten days. A day after announcing a partial shutdown in the state, the West Bengal government has imposed more curbs to stem the spread of coronavirus. While the number of invitees at weddings have...
Dr Randeep Guleria is the head of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (File) New Delhi: India’s health infrastructure is “stretched to the limit” and “aggressive lockdowns” – like the one imposed in March last year – in areas with positivity rates over 10 per cent are...