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11 Sep 2021
PuriPolice nabs 12 people for running fake RT-PCR certificate racket
The Puri Police has registered three cases and arrested 12 persons on charges of running a fake RT-PCR certificate racket that provided forged documents to people for getting entry into Shree Jagannath temple in Puri.
11 Sep 2021
HaryanaHaryana standoff ends as government orders probe into Karnal incident
A week-long standoff between Farmers and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Haryana ended today after the fourth round of discussions.
11 Sep 2021
Delhi'Wasn't allowed access to lawyer': Newslaundry co-founder on I-T survey
Abhinandan Sekhri, the co-founder of online media portal Newslaundry, said Income Tax Department officers spent more than 12 hours at his company's office.
11 Sep 2021
AssamNimati Ghat boat disaster: Missing victim's body recovered
The body of one of the two missing victims of the boat disaster at Nimati Ghat in Assam's Jorhat district was recovered four days after the incident near Biswanath Ghat, about 100 km downstream of Brahmaputra river from the accident site, on Saturday morning, an official said.
11 Sep 2021
OdishaOdisha: Man held for masquerading as doctor and running clinic
A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating as a doctor and running a clinic for the last three years in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Saturday.
11 Sep 2021
Uttar PradeshTwenty-two wards of Mathura-Vrindavan Nagar Nigam declared holy pilgrimage sites
The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday declared 22 wards of the Mathura-Vrindavan Nagar Nigam area as holy pilgrimage sites.
10 Sep 2021
Narendra ModiModi chairs high-level review meeting on COVID-19 situation
Amid growing concerns over an imminent third wave of COVID-19 infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level review meeting on the COVID-19 situation in the country.
10 Sep 2021
DelhiIncome Tax Department conducts 'surveys' at offices of NewsClick, Newslaundry
Income Tax Department officials today visited the offices of online news portals NewsClick and Newslaundry in Delhi.
10 Sep 2021
DelhiDelhi hospitals install oxygen plants, but experts say 'not enough'
Delhi had witnessed chaotic scenes this year as hospitals ran out of oxygen on a daily basis and many died due to the shortage.
10 Sep 2021
BiharPatna Metro receives over 7.5K entries for its logo contest
Patna Metro Rail Corporation (PMRC) has received more than 7,500 entries for its logo contest from people across the country, spanning small towns and big cities, a senior official said on Friday.
10 Sep 2021
MonsoonRainfall recorded in August lowest in 19 years: IMD
Rainfall in August, which recorded 24% deficiency, was the lowest in 19 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.
10 Sep 2021
AssamFormer Assam DGP brings state's unique landscape alive in anthology
Noted writer and former Assam DGP Harekrishna Deka brings alive the unique landscape of the state and different aspects of the society in unforgettable images through 13 of his stories which are part of a new anthology in English.
10 Sep 2021
KeralaCoronavirus: India reports 35K new cases; 75% concentrated in Kerala
India on Friday reported nearly 35,000 new COVID-19 cases, marking a daily test positivity rate of 1.96%.
10 Sep 2021
OdishaHill brooms made by Ganjam jail inmates will reach markets
Hill brooms made by the inmates of a prison in Odisha's Ganjam district will soon be available in the market, officials said on Friday.
10 Sep 2021
MumbaiMaharashtra: Ganesh festival begins under COVID-19 cloud, 'darshan' goes online
Devotees welcomed Lord Ganesh in their homes and public pandals on Friday as the 10-day festival dedicated to the elephant-headed God began in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra with a focus on online darshan amid the looming threat of a third wave.
10 Sep 2021
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)COVID-19 vaccines prove highly effective in preventing mortality: Centre
The effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine in preventing mortality is 96.6 percent after the first dose and 97.5 percent after the second dose, the Centre said on Thursday, citing data from a COVID-19 tracker, developed by synergizing data from three platforms.
09 Sep 2021
InfosysCBDT extends deadline for Income Tax Returns till December 31
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for filing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the assessment year 2021-22 till December 31.
09 Sep 2021
MeghalayaKongthong among three entries for UNWTO 'Best Village Contest': Sangma
Meghalaya's whistling village Kongthong in East Khasi Hills district has been selected as one of three Indian entries for the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) "Best Tourism Village" contest, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said.
09 Sep 2021
DelhiSC rejects plea for centralized portal informing about COVID-19 essentials
The Supreme Court has refused to consider a plea seeking directions to maintain a centralized portal to disseminate real-time information regarding essential commodities related to COVID-19.
09 Sep 2021
Uttar Pradesh'Shankhalipi' inscription discovered on stairs of Gupta-period temple in Etah
The Archaeological Survey of India has found Shankhalipi inscription on the stairs of a Gupta-period temple in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district that has been dated to the time of Emperor Kumaragupta, officials said on Thursday.
09 Sep 2021
AssamAssam boat capsize: 84 passengers found alive, two missing
Overnight search and rescue operations established contacts with 84 persons who were traveling on the ill-fated boat that capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam, but two persons are still missing, officials said.
09 Sep 2021
KeralaCoronavirus: India reports 43K+ new cases, 70% in Kerala
India on Thursday reported over 43,000 new COVID-19 cases, marking a 14% jump from the day before.
09 Sep 2021
IndiaBiological E-manufactured J&J's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India by October
The one-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by American pharma giant Johnson & Johnson and manufactured by the company's local partner, Hyderabad-based Biological E, is likely to be available in India by October, reported News18.
08 Sep 2021
HaryanaKarnal Kisan Mahapanchayat: Talks fail again; farmers plan permanent protest
Farmers protesting against the agricultural laws in Haryana have threatened a prolonged agitation in Karnal, alleging inaction by authorities in the matter of police excess on demonstrators on August 28.
08 Sep 2021
Union Health Ministry50% COVID-19 vaccine doses administered reached 18-44 age group: Government
As India's COVID-19 vaccination drive has been picking up the pace, government data revealed that roughly half the doses were administered among those aged 18-44 years.
08 Sep 2021
Madhya Pradesh'Asked to come naked to school': Girls on MP principal
A government school principal in Madhya Pradesh has been booked for allegedly making obscene comments on girl students.
08 Sep 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaWomen can now join the NDA, Centre tells Supreme Court
Women can be admitted to the National Defence Academy (NDA) for Permanent Commission in the Indian Armed forces, the central government told the Supreme Court today, marking a landmark move for gender equality in the field.
08 Sep 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaFarm laws: Committee member says report 100% in farmers' favor
Hopeful of an early resolution to the long-running farmers' protests on the national capital borders, a key member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on contentious agri-laws on Wednesday said the report submitted by the committee is "cent percent" in favor of farmers and the Supreme Court must take up the matter without any delay.
08 Sep 2021
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Trader turns burglar after suffering losses; arrested
A 45-year-old cloth trader from Solapur allegedly took to committing burglaries and thefts after suffering losses in his business due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown and was arrested last week in Maharashtra's Solapur city in connection with eight such cases, police said on Wednesday.
08 Sep 2021
AfghanistanCIA chief meets Ajit Doval in Delhi to discuss Afghanistan
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval met with William Burns, the chief of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in New Delhi on Tuesday, reports said.
08 Sep 2021
KeralaCoronavirus: India reports nearly 38K new cases; 369 more dead
India on Wednesday recorded nearly 38,000 new COVID-19 cases, marking a daily test positivity rate of 2.16%.
08 Sep 2021
Tamil NaduMaharashtra: Thane takes up special summary revision of electoral rolls
The Thane election office has chalked out a schedule for the summary revision of electoral rolls in all 18 assembly constituencies and the final list will be published by January 13, 2022, officials said on Wednesday.
08 Sep 2021
West BengalWest Bengal: Diarrhea outbreak in Kamarhati area, 78 hospitalized
Seventy-eight people have been hospitalized with symptoms of diarrhea in the neighboring Kamarhati area of the North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, health department officials said.
07 Sep 2021
HaryanaKarnal Kisan Mahapanchayat: Farmers march toward mini-secretariat as talks fail
Talks between 11 farmer leaders and the Karnal administration remained inconclusive on Tuesday, farmer leaders said.
07 Sep 2021
KolkataKolkata: Thirteen-year-old boy, mother found dead at home, six detained
The bodies of a teenage boy and his mother were recovered from inside their flat in the southern part of Kolkata's Parnasree, following which six persons were detained in connection with the case.
07 Sep 2021
OdishaOdisha headmaster arrests dropout rate with unique teaching style
Four years ago, an upper primary school in Odisha's Ganjam district lacked basic infrastructure and students skipped their lessons every other day.
07 Sep 2021
Madhya PradeshMP: Mob attacks police station after death of arrested man
Three policemen were injured when a mob of tribals hurled stones at a police station in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Tuesday after the death of a 35-year-old man arrested in connection with a dacoity case, an official said.
07 Sep 2021
Samajwadi Party2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Over 1,100 acquitted, just seven convicted
Eight years since the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 in Uttar Pradesh, 1,117 people accused in 97 cases related to murder, rape, robbery, and arson among others connected to the violence have been acquitted over lack of evidence.
07 Sep 2021
DelhiPM Modi launches key initiatives in education sector
The teaching-learning process in the country has to be constantly redefined and redesigned to make our education sector world-class, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.
07 Sep 2021
Union Health MinistryCoronavirus: India reports 31K new cases; recovery rate at 97.48%
India on Tuesday reported over 31,000 new COVID-19 cases, marking a further decrease in infections.
