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NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday recorded 429 fresh Covid cases, the highest in more than seven months, with the positivity rate rising to 16.09 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. One Covid-related death was reported in the city. The health bulletin, however, said the primary cause of death was not Covid.The death toll due to the infection stands at 26,530. Delhi saw 416 fresh...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 562 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall infection tally to 81,45,342. Three deaths were also reported from the state raising the fatality count to 1,48,444, a health official said. The single-day infection tally dropped by 107 as compared to Saturday when the state had logged 669 cases. A total of 395 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours that took the...

NEW DELHI: Reiterating that India's relationship with China is not normal and that tension persists along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that any military aggression has to be countered in a similar manner. "In 2020, even when Covid was going on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no hesitation in moving the Indian Army and Indian Air Force in very...

KOLKATA: A fresh bout of violence erupted in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday evening during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Shobha Yatra. The incident caused chaos and led to the throwing of stones. This comes after clashes had broken out during a Ram Navami procession in Howrah's Shibpur on Thursday.“Stone pelted at women and children during the Shobha Yatra. The state govt is taking no...

NEW DELHI: A collision between a crane and a two-wheeler in Keshavpuram area of northwest Delhi resulted in the death of a 15-year-old boy and injury to his friend, police said on Sunday. At midnight, the incident occurred on the carriageway towards Inderlok, close to a restaurant, they said. According to the police, Arib and his 18-year-old friend Irfan while taking a joyride on a scooter after having...

MUMBAI: "Mission 500 Crore Litre Water Storage”, a farmers' movement that works on a basic principle -- "of the people, by the people, for the people" -- in Maharashtra received an honour of being part of the United Nations Water Conference 2023 at New York. Movement that has simple creative idea "Put the diesel and use the machine" at the centre for constructing small check dams and water bodies, was...

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday gave a stern warning to pro-Khalistani elements, saying that India will not tolerate any disrespect towards its national flag."The days when India would have taken this lightly are behind us and this is not the India which will accept its national flag being pulled down by somebody," Jaishankar said at an event in Bengaluru.The remarks come in...

THANE: Maharashtra chief minister Ekanth Shinde on Sunday condemned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for ‘insulting’ VD Savarkar during the yatra, he organised to honour Savarkar.In his address to the participants at the end of the yatra in Thane, Shinde came down heavily on Congress leader and said, "I condemn Rahul Gandhi and others who share similar opinions regarding Savarkar".Shinde questioned,...

DIMAPUR: The Nagaland Board of School Education has revised its existing rules to align with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommendations by incorporating new provisions in the conduct of examinations.The board said to facilitate students to improve their grades or marks to pursue higher education with their choice of subjects, provision is given to qualified/passed candidates to appear in...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Sunday said the AIADMK was still part of their alliance and he had never said otherwise.On his meeting with Union home minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, Annamalai said it would not be appropriate to divulge details.Speaking on the sidelines of an educational event in Chennai, Annamalai said the AIADMK was still part of the BJP-led alliance. “I...