The budget session of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly began here on Thursday. In his address, delivered in virtual mode from the Raj Bhavan, to members of both Houses, governor Biswabhushan Harichandan expressed his sympathies for the victims of Covid....
Remnant of the extremely severe cyclonic storm "Tauktae" has weakened further into a well-marked low-pressure over east Rajasthan and adjoining west Madhya Pradesh, and it is very likely to move further northeastwards to Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours. ...
The social media is abuzz with hectic activity after hearing that V. Sivankutty will be the new Education Minister of Kerala and trolls are coming thick and fast. ...
Covid-19 vaccination programmes across Africa and much of the developing world will suffer big delays after India, the worlds biggest vaccine producer, said that it would not be exporting the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine until the end of the year, The Guardian reported....
Spain has deployed soldiers after scores of migrants entered its north African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco....
The high-profile Narada sting case, in which four heavyweights of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal were arrested by the CBI on Monday, spilled over to Thursday as the hearing of the CBI plea to transfer the case to any other state remained inconclusive in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. ...
Maharashtra's new Covid-19 infections suddenly shot above 30,00 level, but fatalities decreased while the state death toll crossed the 84,000 mark, health officials said on Wednesday....
In a gruesome tragedy, at least 26 persons on board the drifting Barge Papaa-305 met a watery end in the stormy Arabian Sea in the aftermath of the Cyclone Tauktae while another 49 are still missing, as the Centre ordered a probe into the incident, officials said here on Wednesday....
The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, has approved the proposal for elevation of six judicial officers as judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court....
Seeking to put an end to widespread criticism in the way Health Minister K.K. Shailaja was dropped from the new cabinet while he is continuing, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan pn Wednesday stresssed that it was the party's decision....
