The ongoing Kumbh, which has seen lakhs of people from different parts of the country and seers attending the auspicious event in large numbers, has drawn flak from various quarters as the number of COVID-19 cases has zoomed at a rapid pace in the past few weeks

PM Narendra Modi to hold a review meeting on COVID-19 and vaccination status in the country with top officials at 8 PM; all eyes on decisions related to vaccine supply, containment

The government is planning to restart the facility soon. Officials are likely to conduct a survey on Saturday evening and finalise the modalities, told Vikas Sethi, the secretary of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre

Once implemented, AIS officers in Ladakh will receive an additional special allowance and special duty allowance. This will be payable at 20 per cent and 10 per cent of AIS officer's basic salary respectively

Senior BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta, who led the delegation to the CEO office here, told reporters that he has apprised Aftab of the conversation that apparently took place between Banerjee and the TMC's Sitalkuchi nominee

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav has got bail in the Dumka Treasury case which is linked to the multi-crore fodder scam

Nodal Minister and Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, health minister Satyendar Jain and officials will be present during this meeting at 1pm on Saturday

On Thursday and Wednesday, the city had recorded 16,699 and 17,282 cases respectively. This is the fifth record daily rise in cases in the national capital in the last six days

\"I have requested that since two shahi snans (royal baths) have already taken place, Kumbh should now be symbolic in view of the corona pandemic,\" said PM Modi

Niranjani Akhada, one of the 13 akhadas of seers participating in the Kumbh, had announced in Haridwar on Thursday that the Kumbh Mela was over for them

Weekend lockdown in Delhi: Only essential services will be exempted from the lockdown restrictions. Interstate transport will continue uninterrupted

The cryogenic tankers will be transported via roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) service to various destinations in the states.

People coming from Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh will have to show that they have tested negative for coronavirus in the preceding 72 hours while entering the state

Union Home Secretary AK Bhalla said no curb should be imposed on manufacturers and suppliers of oxygen to limit the supplies only to the hospitals of the state in which they are located, and there shall be free movement of oxygen-carrying vehicles into the cities without any time restriction

On Friday, only about 4,300 doses of the coronavirus vaccine could be administered, the lowest in a day so far, before the stocks completely dried up.

In his role as Nodal officer, Manish Sisodia will be responsible for ensuring inter-ministerial coordination till further orders

This is the second time that Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa has been tested COVID-19 positive. He also tested positive for the virus in August 2020

Under lockdown curbs, all commercial markets, government and private officers, gyms, auditoriums and movie theatres will remain closed. Private as well government offices will also carry out massive sanitisation drives

On advice of the committee, an effective plan would be drawn up to curb the infection spread, MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as saying in the meeting

In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, Renu Swarup, Secretary in Department of Biotechnology, said Haffkine Institute can manufacture the vaccine doses.