In a first, Pune’s National Institute of Virology (NIV)has isolated and cultured the new UK variant of SARSCoV2, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said underlining that no other country has so far reported isolation and culture of...
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8th Apr 2026 | Updated at 08:39am 8th Apr 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
Bharat Biotech founder and chairman Dr Krishna Ella lashed out at detractors who criticised the speed at which emergency use authorisation (EUA) was given to Covaxin, the company’s Covid-19 vaccine
The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has written to the Election Commission favouring its recent proposal to allow non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote...
India has asked China to allow two Indian freighters stranded for months near two Chinese ports because of the pandemic to rapidly unload their cargoes...
The end of 2020 brought joy to a small group of friends that came together, as a result of an impromptu invite, to perform the last arti of the year in the village of Chansad, the humble birthplace of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
Taking a serious view of the damage caused to over 1,600 mobile towers of Reliance Jio during the ongoing farmers’ protest in the past few days across...
Mohali Police have registered a case against an unidentified person who has announced a reward of $ 1 million for killing Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh by putting up a printed poster on the guide map near the Sector 66/67 traffic...
A BJP worker’s father died while trying to defend his son during an attack by suspected Trinamool supporters on their home at Patashpur in East Midnapore,...
At least two people were killed and four others are said to be in critical condition after a stampede broke out during a musical event at Mela Ground in Kalimpong in West Bengal on Sunday evening
Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth announced that he would not be entering politics owing to his ill health and the pandemic situation
