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West Bengal reported 885 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, the lowest single-day count in months, the health department said in a bulletin. The state's coronavirus tally rose to 15,06,279 with the new infections, while 18 more fatalities pushed the death...

Mamata Banerjee also said the Centre has been constantly increasing cess component of central tax revenues, which resulted in denying the states their legitimate share.

Seven Indian sportspersons, including javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who are training abroad are awaiting Covid-19 vaccination ahead of this month's Tokyo Olympics.

Two explosives-laden drones earlier dropped payload into the Indian Air Force station at Jammu airport and went back. There were other suspicious sightings of UAVs too, triggering a security alert.

The complainant has also alleged that his daughter was forcibly converted as Muslim and was married from his chamber which is also shown as a mosque.

The Delhi High Court refused to interfere with Delhi University's decision to conduct online open book exam for intermediate semesters of its law course.

The man also threatened the girl kill her if she dared to tell anyone about the incident.

Addressing the virtual Global CoWIN Conclave, he said India is inching closer to administering 36 crore Covid vaccine doses, a feat achieved in less than six months since the launch of its vaccination drive.

The apex court, which was hearing pleas relating to a criminal case lodged in connection with ruckus inside Kerala Assembly in 2015 during the previous Congress-led UDF rule, said it must be ensured that decorum is maintained in the House.

Jaswinder’s mother, Dr Tarvinder Kaur Chadha was the first woman to get a PhD in mathematics from IIT Delhi in 1968 and Tarvinder and Jassi are the first parent-child graduates of IIT Delhi.

Pathan has seven cases registered against him at various police stations in Mumbai city, including Pydhonie, Dongri, Kalachowki and Shivaji Park.

Mumbai traffic police have reportedly formed 25 teams of two constables each to get pending dues from traffic violators.

The grant, the amount of which was not disclosed, will support the research by them for developing for the first time in India the technology platform and reagents required to design, make and test novel mRNA vaccines.

IIM Nagpur has launched a postgraduate certificate programme in Data Science for Business Excellence and Innovation for upskilling professionals.

The agency, prior to the arrest, also raided at least nine premises in Delhi and Haryana.

The Supreme Court earlier this year quashed quota for the OBCs in local bodies after observing that the total number of seats earmarked for various communities, including the SCs sand STs, should not exceed 50 per cent of its total strength.