INDIA
Chandigarh mayoral polls: Test for Congress-AAP ahead of nat’l polls
The Congress-Aam Aadmi Party alliance in Punjab faces its first test tomorrow as it goes to the Chandigarh mayoral election in a bid to unseat the BJP from key posts in the state
Calcutta High Court judge fines Mamata Banerjee Rs 5 lakh
Imposing a fine of Rs five lakh on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Calcutta High Court judge Kaushik Chanda today recused himself from hearing her petition challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari who defeated her in the assembly election in Nandigram.
PM Hasina’s gift of mangoes handed over to Indian PM Modi, President Kovind
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s gifts of sweet Haribhanga mangoes were handed over to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind today.
India’s vaccination platform to become open-source
India’s digital platform, which is powering the “world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive” in the country, will soon be made available to all countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
8 Bangladeshis held in Andhra Pradesh for 'entering India illegally'
Police in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh today detained eight Bangladeshi nationals, who had allegedly entered India illegally, from a train.
Compensate families of Covid-19 victims: Indian Supreme Court to govt
India’s Supreme Court today ruled saying the federal government must pay compensation to the families of those who succumbed to Covid-19.
India to offer 5 lakh free tourist visas
India will offer tourist visa, free of cost, to five lakh foreign tourists as part of efforts to boost the country’s travel and tourism sector battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Restrictions in West Bengal extended till July 15: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced that restrictions imposed in the state to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease have been extended till July 15.
Delhi’s monthlong lockdown to be lifted gradually from May 31: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced that process to lift the city’s month-long Covid-19 induced lockdown will start from May 31.
Bribery case: Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to 4 including 2 ministers
The Calcutta High Court today granted interim bail to two West Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, TMC legislator Madan Mitra and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation in Narada sting operation case relating to alleged graft.
NYT report on Covid-19 death count ‘baseless and false’: Indian health ministry
India today termed a recent report in the New York Times (NYT) on the estimated Covid-19 death count in India as “completely baseless and false.”
India detects first case of white fungus
India’s capital Delhi reported its first case of white fungus, which causes multiple perforations in the intestine of a Covid-19 patient, doctors in a leading private hospital said today.
20 villagers in India’s Uttar Pradesh ‘mistakenly’ get mixed doses of Covaxin, Covishield
In a supposed goof-up by Indian health workers, 20 people were given a mix of Covid-19 vaccines Covaxin and Covishield at a village in Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
Black fungus in India: 11,717 patients currently under treatment
India currently has 11,717 patients of black fungus under treatment, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda said today.
WhatsApp sues India govt, says new media rules mean end to privacy
WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook unit to break privacy protections, sources said.
Cyclone Yaas makes landfall in India's Odisha
Very severe cyclone Yaas today made landfall near Dhamra port in eastern Indian state Odisha's Bhadrak district, the Indian Met Department said.
Indian police visit Twitter office to serve notice about inquiry
Indian police said on Monday they visited a Twitter office to serve notice to its country managing director about an investigation into the social media giant’s tagging of a post by a ruling party spokesman as “manipulated media”.
Cyclone Yaas to make landfall in Odisha’s Balasore district on May 26: Indian Met
Cyclone Yaas is expected to make landfall in Balasore district in India’s eastern state of Odisha around noon on May 26.
