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Chandigarh: The Punjab Police have arrested 855 drug smugglers, suppliers after registering 672 FIRs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) act across the state under a week-long special drive launched against the drug menace on February 25.In...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine on the fourth day of the second phase of the nationwide vaccination drive against the COVID-19.In a tweet, the Union Finance Minister said,...

New Delhi: Schools for more than 168 million children worldwide have been completely closed for almost a full year because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the United Nations Children's Fund.And about 214 million children around the world, or...

New Delhi: Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka continued to witness a surge in novel coronavirus infections and account from 85.95 of the caseload in the past 24 hours.A total of 14,989 new cases were registered in...

New Delhi: An episode of BBC Asian Network’s ‘Big Debate’ radio show has been drawing flak on social media after a speaker on the show spoke impolite words against the mother of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.During the debate...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday took the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at an Army hospital in the national capital.The President, accompanied by his daughter, was administered the COVID-19 vaccine at Research & Referral Hospital, in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking action against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah for making statements against the scrapping of Article 370. The bench headed by Justice Sanjay...

New Delhi: The government has lifted the time restriction on receiving COVID-19 vaccine jabs so as to increase the pace of immunisation, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday.People can now get vaccinated round-the-clock according to their convenience,...

Srinagar: An Army officer died by shooting himself with his service weapon in the outskirts of summer capital, Srinagar, official sources said on Wednesday.They said panic gripped in an Army camp at Khohmoh in the city outskirts after firing...

Shimla: Over 150 monks have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 at Gyuto Tantric Monastery in Dharamsala of Himachal Pradesh, news agency reported here on Tuesday.Several cases of coronavirus were reported initially on February 23. Further testing at the Gyuto Tantric...