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Eight months after it began, the Covid-19 pandemic now gallops across the country with 20 states reporting more than 10,000 active cases and a resurgence being seen in Delhi and Mumbai that had witnessed a fall not so long ago. Follow latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here

20 states report over 10000 active Covid - 19 cases; Delhi sees resurgence in cases

The Covid-19 pandemic took away her family's livelihood and now 48-year-old Veeramma fears she will lose her roof in the wake of the Supreme Court ordering the removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along railway tracks in Delhi. "My husband was born here. My son was born here. My in-laws breathed their last in this house. This is all we have," said Veeramma as she sat on crushed

The Covid-19 pandemic took away her family's livelihood and now 48-year-old Veeramma fears she will lose her roof in the wake of the Supreme Court ordering the removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along railway tracks in Delhi. "My husband was born here. My son was born here. My in-laws breathed their last in this house. This is all we have," said Veeramma as she sat on crushed

They have been accused of asking anti-CAA protesters to go to "any extreme", spreading discontent in the community by calling CAA/NRC anti-Muslim.

Covid-19 management appears to have emerged as the new battleground for the ruling BJP and a resurgent AAP in Goa, with leaders from both parties trading blows over the efficacy of the 'Delhi model' of pandemic management. A day after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant obliquely criticised the Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital, for failing to deal with the pandemic

The Delhi High Court on Saturday said it has reduced the number of benches that would be holding physical hearings due to the "alarming" rise in Covid-19 cases in the national capital and majority of lawyers preferring virtual hearings. According to a note issued by the office of Registrar General Manoj Jain, a full court of the judges of the Delhi High Court deliberated on

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Friday inaugurated the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) and the Shera Maidan Sports Centre, which was redeveloped by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). "The ICCC has been designed to serve as the nerve centre for NDMC services. Nineteen services have been integrated in phase one. Other services will be continuously added from

In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Supreme Court allows NLSIU to conduct separate online admission test; Microsoft will on Tuesday launch its Xbox cloud gaming service and Delhi-based rapper alleges IPL anthem copied from his track. A special court in Mumbai rejected the bail application of actor-model Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik, besides four others in

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the Covid-19 outbreak in Delhi could be managed only after the Centre's intervention and the Aam Aadmi Party was projecting as if it was people's saviour. Referring to the AAP's anti-Covid-19 campaign, the chief minister said Goa does not need to follow any model to deal with the viral outbreak.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the states of Delhi, Telangana, Odisha and West Bengal on a plea questioning non-implementation of the Union government's Ayushman Bharat scheme, meant for free treatment of various diseases, including Covid-19, due to political reasons. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian sought a

A Delhi court Thursday sent suspended AAP councillor, Tahir Hussain, to judicial custody for 14 days in a money laundering case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was probing the allegation that Hussain and his linked persons laundered about Rs 1.10 crore funds, by using purported shell or dummy companies, to fuel

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by three juveniles who live near her house in Mangolpuri area here, police said on Thursday. All three have been apprehended but are yet to be questioned, they said. The incident took place last week. The victim is deaf and wasn't able to share the details of the incident with her parents earlier, a senior police officer

Services on the Delhi Metro's Red, Violet and Green lines are set to resume on Thursday, officials said, after remaining suspended for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Delhi Metro opened its doors to commuters on Monday with curtailed operation of the Yellow Line. Metro services in Delhi-NCR were closed since March 22. The Ministry of Home Affairs had

Delhi Metro's Red Line, Violet Line and Green Line resumed services on Thursday after being closed for 172 days due to the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. Yellow Line and Rapid Metro were the first to reopen on Monday, followed by Blue Line and Pink Line on Wednesday. "Seven lines of the Delhi Metro network are now open! Thank you dear commuters for following the safety

Bars in hotels, clubs and restaurants reopened in Delhi on Wednesday after being closed for over 170 days and some of them received a good number of customers on the first day despite the Covid-19 scare. The excise department, however, said violation of Covid-19 guidelines could lead to sealing of the premises or cancellation of licence.

The central government’s step-motherly treatment towards the Northeast and its indigenous peoples is not a new phenomenon. Northeast India comprises mostly of indigenous tribal populations living in the hinterlands and the frontiers of the country, who are seen as being culturally different from people living in mainland India. There have been several instances of ‘othering’

Dry weather pushed the mercury up slightly in the national capital on Wednesday. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a maximum of 35.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal. Humidity levels shot up to 90 per cent causing slight inconvenience to residents. According to the Met department forecast, the maximum temperature is

Suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his three days remand to ED custody in a money laundering case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February. Hussain has sought setting aside the remand order of September 7, passed by a trial court and a direction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to immediately

  Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said a central team was visiting the flood-hit areas to assess the damage, and that he will also be going to New Delhi to seek more relief from the Centre. With Yediyurappa's Delhi visit plans, speculations are rife in party circles that he might get a green signal from the BJP high command for the much awaited cabinet

A Delhi court Monday extended by three days the ED custody of suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in a money laundering case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was probing the allegation that Hussain and his linked persons laundered about Rs 1.10 crore funds, by using purported shell or dummy companies, to fuel

Odisha-based actor and BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty has approached a Delhi court to dissolve his six-year-old matrimonial alliance with actress Varsha Priyadarshini alleging that she never allowed him to consummate the marriage causing him great mental pain and agony. In a petition filed in Patiala House Court here, he said his wife stayed with him for just 18 months and this period

The peak power demand of Delhi has increased by over 50 per cent with resumption of normal activities due to easing of Covid-19 related lockdown restrictions, DISCOM officials said. Peak power demand in the city has been muted this year as compared to the last year due to lockdown and weather conditions.

An MCD school teacher who often goes out of the way to help his students academically and even ferries them to exam centres, and a private school principal who has introduced global citizenship curriculum for students are the two teachers from Delhi who received the national award this year. Surender Singh, who has been a teacher with schools of the North MCD for the last 21

People from Delhi who recently visited the two popular eateries in Murthal whose large number of staff have been found to be Covid-19 positive, should immediately self-isolate and get themselves tested after a couple of days, officials said on Friday. Sixty-five workers at Amrik-Sukhdev Dhaba and 10 at Garam Dharam dhaba on the highway had tested positive for novel coronavirus