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Kolkata, Apr 22 (UNI) Barring splinter injuries to at least six persons, including a child, at Titagarh in North 24 Pargana district, nearly a casualty free election was witnessed on Thursday in West Bengal's 43 assembly seats for the…

New Delhi , April 22   Amid reports of shortage of medical oxygen in Delhi due to rising COVID-19 cases, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said there are sufficient oxygen cylinders and concentrators at the Commonwealth…

Ranchi (Jharkhand) , April 23   All residents of Jharkhand above 18 years will be given free vaccination for COVID-19, state Chief Minister Hemant Soren has announced. "In Jharkhand, the corona vaccine will be provided free of cost to…

Pune (Maharashtra) , April 23   A pharmacist has been arrested for black marketing of anti-viral drug Remdesivir in Pune. The Pune City police had received information about black marketing of Remdesivir in Kondhwa area of the city.…

Agartala (Tripura) , April 23  Thirty COVID-19 patients recently escaped from a COVID care centre located in Agartala in Tripura. According to West Tripura District Magistrate Shailesh Kumar Yadav, all those who fled were of the…

Bengaluru (Karnataka) , April 23 Karnataka government has set aside Rs 400 crore for the procurement of 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has announced. Yediyurappa has also urged people above 18 years of…

New Delhi, Apr 22 (UNI) A Delhi Court on Thursday sought response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on bail applications filed by British citizen Christian Michel, an accused in the…

New Delhi, Apr 23 (UNI) Former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who was admitted to Bombay Hospital in Indore on Wednesday after she had developed mild fever, was shifted to General Ward after she was tested negative for the Novel…

VIRAR: Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said. The fire broke out in the ICU on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay…

New Delhi, Apr 22 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi took another step forward in India's global climate diplomacy on Earth Day Thursday, announcing that India is launching a clean energy initiative in partnership with the United States…

Thane, Apr 23 (UNI) Responding to the recent appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the nation asking youths to come together and provide assistance to the needy, a number of tribals have come together to serve as Covid warriors. At a…

PATNA: The Bihar government on Wednesday announced that it will provide free COVID vaccination to all aged above 18, extending the facility provided to citizens of the state of other categories so far. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar informed…

Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for 43 seats in the sixth phase of the assembly election in West Bengal amid a surge in COVID-19 cases with the state reporting record infections. Long queues were seen outside most of the polling boths…

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday said the fifth batch of the Rafale aircraft arrived in India after flying a distance of almost 8,000 km from France. The IAF did not disclose the number of aircraft that landed in India but…

New Delhi , April 21  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the virtual Leaders' Summit on Climate at the invitation of US President Joe Biden on April 22-23, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Wednesday. The…

Nadia (West Bengal) , April 21  Members of the Matua community and those who reside in Nadia district on the India-Bangladesh border would play a key role in the sixth phase of the West Bengal Assembly poll on Thursday. Karimpur,…

Imphal (Manipur) , April 22   In violation of the government order that prohibits large gathering in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Manipur Panchayat Parishad functionaries continued to hold sit-in protest on Wednesday and rally in…