India

Thirteen Naxals killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli

Thirteen Naxals killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli

Mumbai, May 21 : At least 13 Naxals were killed in an encounter with police in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra early Friday, police said. According to Sandeep Patil, Deputy Inspector General of Gadchiroli, the face-off started around 0500 hrs when the ultras had gathered for a meeting in the forest of Kotmi in Etapalli. […]

India logs 2.59 lakh new nCoV cases, 4.2k deaths

India logs 2.59 lakh new nCoV cases, 4.2k deaths

New Delhi, May 21 : India reported 2,59,591 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 2,60,31,991, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. Besides, the country also saw 4,209 more fatalities due to the virus, pushing the toll to 2,91,331. On Thursday, the […]

Sensex marginally weak by 36 pts

Sensex marginally weak by 36 pts

Mumbai, May 20 : The BSE Sensex on Thursday declined by 36 pts at 49,866.36 in opening trade as selling was seen in Materials, Energy, Finance and Health Care stocks. The Nifty too eased by 29.40 pts to 15,000.75. The Sensex registered intra days high and low at 50,099.17 and 49,781.48 pts respectively. The Nifty […]

India registers 2,76,070 new nCoV cases, 3.8k deaths

India registers 2,76,070 new nCoV cases, 3.8k deaths

New Delhi, May 20: India reported 2,76,070 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 2,57,72,400, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. Besides, the country also saw 3,874 more fatalities due to the virus, pushing the toll to […]

India reports highest single-day toll with 4,529 deaths, 2,67,334 nCoV cases

India reports highest single-day toll with 4,529 deaths, 2,67,334 nCoV cases

New Delhi, May 19 :India saw 4,529 new fatalities due to the Novel Coronavirus, the highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic last year, taking the total number of COVID deaths in the country to 2,83,248, according to the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. India’s daily COVID-19 tally was below the three-lakh mark […]

India reports 2,63,533 new nCoV cases, 4,329 deaths

India reports 2,63,533 new nCoV cases, 4,329 deaths

New Delhi, May 18 : India’s daily COVID-19 tally was below the three-lakh mark for the second day in a row, as it recorded 2,63,533 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 2,52,28,996, the Union Health Ministry update showed on Tuesday. However, the death toll […]

Both Modi, PM-Cares ventilators, have failed: Rahul

Both Modi, PM-Cares ventilators, have failed: Rahul

New Delhi, May 17: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying both, the PM-Cares ventilators and the PM, have failed. ‘The PM-Cares ventilators and the PM have many similarities. Both are full of excessive false propaganda, both fail to do their work and both are difficult to […]

India’s case count falls below 3 lakh-mark with 2.81 lakh infections

India’s case count falls below 3 lakh-mark with 2.81 lakh infections

New Delhi, May 17 : India’s case count fell below the 3-lakh mark for the first time in 25 days as it recorded 2,81,386 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally to 24,965,463 while 4,106 people succumbed to the disease in the said period, which pushed up the death toll to 274,390, the Union Health […]

COVID-19: India records 3.11 lakh cases, 4077 deaths

COVID-19: India records 3.11 lakh cases, 4077 deaths

New Delhi, May 16 : India on Sunday reported a spike of 3,11,170 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 4,077 casualties during the past 24 hours. According to the data updated by the Union Health Ministry, the fresh addition took the total tally beyond 2.46 crore while the death toll soared to 2,70,284. The active caseload […]

Fuel prices spike in Delhi and Kolkata

Fuel prices spike in Delhi and Kolkata

New Delhi, May 12 : The four metropolitan cities of the country on Wednesday saw up to a 25 paise per litre increase in petrol prices and 27 paise per litre increase in diesel prices. Delhi and Kolkata witnessed for the first time petrol prices going past Rs 92 per litre. In Mumbai, diesel prices […]