India all-rounder Axar Patel has been ruled out of the first test against England with a knee injury, the Indian board (BCCI) said on Friday. The 27-year-old complained of pain in his left knee during a training session on Thursday. “He is being monitored by the BCCI medical team and while his detailed reports are […]
Kerala increased COVID-19 testing by almost 25,000 tests on Thursday to test 84,007 samples in the past 24 hours, the highest number of tests done in a day so far during the pandemic. New cases of COVID-19 reported on Thursday was 6,102, with the test positivity rate dropping to 7.26% . The State’s cumulative burden […]
NEW DELHI: Three large High Courts of Allahabad, Bombay and Calcutta, working with over 40% vacancies in judge posts, may have to wait for years to get sanctioned strength of judges going by the pace with which both the Centre and the Supreme Court Collegium are dealing with names recommended for appointment as Judges. The […]
The Telangana Health department will start administering the second dose of COVID vaccine to Healthcare Workers (HCW) from February 13. Two doses of the vaccine are to be given, as part of the immunisation, within a gap of 28 days. This means, a beneficiary who took the first dose, has to take the second dose […]
BHOPAL: Police have begun an investigation into Vyapam-led admissions to National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal, between 2000 and 2007, taking up a complaint forwarded by the CBI headquarters to the Madhya Pradesh government five years ago. Under scanner are students from some highly influential families, many of whom now hold key positions in the […]
The death count increased to 1,54,703 with 107 daily new fatalities, the data showed. (File) New Delhi: Over 21 per cent of the population, aged 10 years and above, showed evidence of past exposure to COVID-19 in the ICMR’s latest national serosurvey, the government said on Thursday, noting that a large proportion of people are […]
NEW DELHI: The rate at which the Supreme Court is imposing costs on the government for huge delays in filing appeals and directing recovery from officials responsible for the delay, soon many officers would be left with a slimmer paycheck at the end of the month. Days after imposing a cost of Rs 25,000 on […]
Allahabad High Court asked UP poll panel to ensure holding of village panchayat elections by April 30. Allahabad: In a significant order, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh Election Commission to ensure holding of the village panchayat elections by April 30 this year. A bench of justices Munishwar Nath Bhandari and […]
“The government’s efforts to suppress the voice of disagreement continues,” the statement said. (File) New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha leading farmers protests at Delhi borders on Thursday said the ongoing agitation has been and will remain apolitical and no political leader is allowed to speak from its stage. The assertion comes in the backdrop […]
BENGALURU: Defence minister Rajnath Singh, who delivered the keynote address at the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) conclave organised as part of Aero India 2021, reiterated that India was ready to supply weapons to countries in the region. Singh said as the largest nation in IOR – with a vast coastline of 7,500km – India has […]
