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A day after the arrest of gangster Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi, Delhi Police announced on Saturday that it had arrested his woman accomplice too. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VcbwPx

Cracks on a deck slab of an under-construction elevated segment of the Dwarka Expressway triggered concern after photos of the slab began circulating widely. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ffUaYK

Ground-level ozone — a highly reactive gas that is particularly dangerous for those with respiratory conditions and asthma — is becoming more widespread in Delhi and the rest of National Capital Region. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3C2lF1O

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that 1 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in Delhi so far. This includes 74 lakh first doses and almost 50% of the eligible population of Delhi have been vaccinated with at least one dose. Over 26 lakh people are fully vaccinated. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V8FLH2

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Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3idW5yN

Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fAcTyD

Districts that were severely impacted by the second Covid wave may not see an equally intense third wave, an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said. Experts from the top science body said states should conduct district-level heterogeneity assessments — that include variations in spread and population — to plan public health measures based on local data. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/37cU2Vu

As the deadlock over the Pegasus controversy continues in Parliament, the two Houses are heading towards a less productive zone in terms of business with more than 85% of working hours being wasted in the first two weeks of the session. Of the possible 107 hours in the past two weeks, Parliament has functioned merely for 18 hours, wasting 89 hours because of ongoing disruptions due to the deadlock over the opposition demand for a discussion and inquiry into the Pegasus affair. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WL6zhb

As the cumulative monsoon rainfall over the country touches almost ‘normal’ level with the deficit reduced to less than 1% on Saturday, the overall acreage of Kharif (summer-sown) crops in India crossed the ‘normal’ sown area threshold by over 8 lakh hectares. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3liQlpp

A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct. Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BXslOR

A delay of six months in hearing the bail plea of a 60-year-old man jailed under the stringent UAPA law has prompted the Delhi high court to fix a date for the special judge to hear it. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani took a dim view of the failure of the special NIA judge, Patiala House, to take up the bail plea filed in February this year, despite a direction by HC earlier to decide it expeditiously. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jc0Yru

Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on movement of people and gathering of crowds. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rKW6gO

Two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, including Lamboo, a Pakistani commander of the outfit and a key conspirator in the 2019 fidayeen attack in Pulwama’s Lethpora that left 40 CRPF troopers dead, were killed in an anti-terror operation in Pulwama’s Dachigam area on Saturday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3C1H5w0

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In a major boost for the vaccination programme, over 2.3 lakh pregnant women have received first dose of anti-Covid jabs in less than a month since vaccination against the infection was allowed for them, the government said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3laHztP

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Kerala reported a slight drop in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday but numbers rose for the second straight day in Tamil Nadu even as India’s daily case count dipped marginally but remained above 41,000 for the fourth day running. India reported 41,454 fresh cases of the virus on Friday, down from 44,681 on the previous day, breaking a three-day streak of rising infections in the country. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lciBdx

Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga has assured that there will be “no restrictions” and “no harm” to non-Mizos entering the state. However, the CM’s assurance on Friday coupled with his reiteration from his Twitter handle that “NorthEast India Will Always Be One” came even as his government refused to withdraw its armed policemen deployed at Vairengte town on the outskirts of Cachar (Assam) border. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BZMe7B

Israeli surveillance software company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its Pegasus spyware as the company investigates its possible misuse, Washington-based non-profit media outlet NPR reported. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xp9hFL

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In a major U-turn on the floor of the assembly, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane, who was the first to announce that many Covid-19 patients were dying in the state due to oxygen interruption at the state’s premier hospital Goa Medical College (GMC) during the second wave, on Friday denied any oxygen shortage-related deaths. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zKtgAa

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The Congress on Friday held the government responsible for disruption of proceedings in Parliament, saying this was happening as it is avoiding a discussion on the Pegasus snooping issue. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rIZ7hO

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Nine people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal where torrential rainfall for the last two days threw life out of gear, while heavy showers drenched many parts of north India. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BWmrNR

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Congress on Thursday blamed BJP for the logjam in Parliament and said the government was “avoiding” discussion on the use of Pegasus spyware since it has “much to hide”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/378HRsS

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Banerjee told reporters after the meeting, “I requested Gadkari-Ji that it will be good if we get a manufacturing unit in our state to make electric vehicles.” from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3f8FM4u

He said the government had already agreed to hold a debate on all issues and wondered why the opposition parties were running away. “Government representatives have reached out to the opposition on several occasions as it wants Parliament to function smoothly,” the BJP leader said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BRTnHb

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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday alleged in Lok Sabha that TMC member Mohua Moitra had used derogatory remarks against him during a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday. The MP from Godda raised the issue during Zero Hour, saying that the term used by the TMC MP was an insult inflicted on the entire Hindi-speaking people from UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/378U6G0

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The two generals also discussed “issues of mutual interests”, which is likely to have included the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan in wake of the rapid advances being made by the Taliban to grab territory there, said an official. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3f7vVMw

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With the 2023 assembly elections in focus, the new Karnataka chief minister, Basavaraj Bommai, is likely to opt for five deputy chief ministers and induct six to eight young new faces in his cabinet which can have a maximum of 34 members. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BREWTw

This emphasis on mother tongue as the medium of instruction will instil confidence in the students from poor, rural and tribal backgrounds. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3laWBQ4

Bunkers built by suspected Mizo trespassers just across the inter-state boundary in Barak Valley’s Karimganj district and an allegedly massive mobilisation of state forces by Assam to counter the move kept the border pot boiling for the fourth successive day since the violence in Cachar last Monday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3labvX1

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Over 9.3 lakh severely acute malnourished children between six months and six years have been identified in the country till November. Out of this number, Uttar Pradesh accounted for over 4 lakh such children. This data was shared by the women and child development ministry in response to a question in Rajya Sabha. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xclPA3

The ministry of women and child development informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday that out of these 391 complaints, about 150 were received since January 1, 2020. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3f9wC83

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