New Delhi, May 25As things move towards a possible realisation that there has been enough delay and now time to settle for a pragmatic solution and peace, a key Naga legislator Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu says by inking the 2015 Framework Agreement, the potent NS..

NEW DELHI, May 21In a step to bring down the fuel prices, the Centre on Saturday reduced the Central excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 6 per litre. “We are reducing the Central excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per litre a..

NEW DELHI, May 20 Underlining the urgent need for an intensive push to Covid vaccination across the country to accelerate the recent placid momentum, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday advised all States and Union Territories to plan for a tw..

New Delhi, May 16The maximum temperature recorded in the National capital on Sunday reached 49 degree Celsius, said the India Meteorological Department.While the National capital's Mungeshpur station recorded a temperature of 49.2 degrees, Najafgarh recor..

NEW DELHI, May 15 The Nagaland Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) collective leadership is none too pleased with the Central Government after two days of talks—on May 12 and 13.   The Centre’s Interlocutor did not yield any ..

NEW DELHI, May 13 The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union of India to file a status report with regard to investigation into the alleged extra judicial killings in Manipur.The investigation is being carried out by a Special Investigation Team consti..

New Delhi, May 11: Even though India’s overall decline of fertility rate has been encouraging, there are wide inter-regional variations with five States still not having achieved replacement-level of fertility of 2.1 — the rate at which a popu..

New Delhi, May 8 Amid all the speculations and names doing the rounds for its presidential nominee, the BJP may nominate a candidate either belonging to the Other Backward Class (OBC) or a woman to win their support in the run-up to the 2024 general elect..

Dantewada, May 7Responding to the Chhattis-garh Government’s propo- sal, the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoists) has shown willingness to hold peace talks with the Bhupesh Baghel-led dispensation, but also set several conditions, including t..

New Delhi, May 5A year after the deadly Delta wave of Covid devastated India, Adar Poonawala, the chief of the Serum Institute of India, has told NDTV that while things may be better, "we are not out of the woods yet" and boosters will be essential to tak..

NEW DELHI, May 2Just when we thought Covid was almost over and life could get back to normal after two years of pandemic, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates issued a new warning to the world. Gates has warned that there could still be a variant "even more tr..

New Delhi, Apr 30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while advocating use of local languages in Courts, said on Saturday that the Government is working towards simplifying laws passed in the Parliament for the common man to understand them.“Along with th..

NEW DELHI, Apr 29 India logged 3,377 new COVID-19 infections taking the country's total tally of cases to 4,30,72,176, while the active cases rose to 17,801, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.The death toll climbed to 5,23..

NEW DELHI, Apr 28India on Thursday reported another Covid-19 spike with 3,303 new infections in the last 24 hours and 39 fatalities, the Union Health Ministry reported. With this, the active caseload spiked to 16,980 while the total infections count reach..

NEW DELHI, Apr 26 India has reported 1,399 deaths and 2,483 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Tuesday morning.There has been a decline of 2.28 per cent in the new cases of COVID-19 re..

NEW DELHI, Apr 26  Covid-19 cases in India have seen an upward surge in the past two weeks. National capital Delhi registered above 1000 cases for two straight days. Maharashtra's capital Mumbai recorded 144 new cases on Sunday.In view of this rising..

PUNE, Apr 24A study of vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 variants has found that Covishield recipients with no history of Covid had the lowest levels of neutralizing activity against Omicron’s BA.1 sub-lineage, when compared to recovered pati..

New Delhi, Apr 23 Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Delhi, an analysis by IIT-Madras has revealed that every infected person is infecting two others in the National capital.According to the PTI news agency, Delhi's R-value or reproductive value, which ind..

New Delhi, Apr 20 The Centre has extended the ceasefire agreement with three different Naga groups for one more year. The groups are National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK (NSCN/NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland/Reformation (NSCN/R) and Natio..

New Delhi, Apr 18  India today recorded a massive jump in its daily Covid counts, raising fears of another spike in infections. As many as 2,183 new Covid cases have been recorded over the past 24 hours, an 89.8 per cent jump from yesterday's case co..

New Delhi, Apr 17 The Supreme Court has commented on the nature of the Indian Union in several judgments, and plays a significant role in establishing and evolving “Indian federalism”, say experts.The Central Government and the State Governmen..

NEW DELHI, Apr 16 With new Covid variants being detected, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials again asserted that it is extremely essential for all to get vaccinated against the virus and continue all the efforts to stop the virus from circulating. ..

Bengaluru, Apr 13 Predictive studies opine that the 4th wave of the Covid-19 will start in June-July and last till September, stated Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Tuesday. “Karnataka is prepared to face it,” he added.He said that the..

NEW DELHI, Apr 10Several North East-based organisations—including Assam’s apex literary body, the Asom Sahitya Sabha—have urged the Centre to roll back its decision to make Hindi compulsory till Class X in the region.In a statement on Sa..

NEW DELHI, Apr 9A day before Covid vaccine booster shots become available to all Indian adults, the prices of Covishield and Covaxin at private hospitals have been slashed by more than half.  Both the vaccine doses will now cost Rs 225. While Covishi..

NEW DELHI, Apr 8 The third wave of the virus had ebbed in the country in March and while the chances of avoiding another surge seem unavoidable, the only thing we can do to protect ourselves is to stay vigilant, remain prepared and understand the symptoms..

NEW DELHI, Mar 4India on Monday logged less than 1,000 new Covid cases for the first time since April 2020. The country reported 913 fresh cases in the last 24-hours, the Health Ministry data showed, in the lowest daily Covid tally in 715 days. The drop i..

NEW DELHI, Mar 29 Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Monday won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year award. Chanu created history last year when she became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Summer Olympics..

NEW DELHI, Mar 23 As COVID-19 cases show a steady decline in the country, the Centre asked States and Union Territories to end all Covid containment measures from March 31. The decision to end all the Covid-related curbs came two years after the Disaster ..

NEW DELHI, Mar 15Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur to put in their resignations, party leader Randeep Surjewala informed on Tuesday.The resignations have been asked in order..

New Delhi, Mar 14 India will start vaccinating children aged 12 to 14 years from March 16 as it expands its COVID-19 vaccination coverage, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Monday. The condition of co-morbidity for people aged 60 and ab..

New Delhi, Mar 14 The BJP will form Governments in the four States it won in the recently concluded elections after Holi (March 18), sources said today. Chief Ministers for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will reportedly be chosen after the fe..

New Delhi, Mar 12The Congress's top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee or CWC, will meet at 4 pm tomorrow, three days after a huge defeat in State polls, and is likely to advance internal elections scheduled in Sep-tember amid renewed qu..

NEW DELHI, Mar 11The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday announced that the term-II board exams for Class 10 and 12 will commence from April 26. Last year, the CBSE had announced that board examinations for 2022 will be conducted in two ..

New Delhi, Mar 9 India’s drug regulator has granted restricted emergency use authorisation to Serum Institute of India’s COVID-19 vaccine Covovax for the 12-17 years age group subject to certain conditions, official sources said on Wednesday.I..

New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): The exit polls in Manipur gave a clear edge to the ruling BJP in forming the next Government with many of them predicting that it may fall short of the halfway mark.Republic-P-MARQ survey predicted BJP and its allies getting 27-31 ..

NEW DELHI, Mar 5There was an 83% increase in rejection of Right to Informa-tion (RTI) applications on the grounds of “national secu-rity” by the Central Govern- ment ministries during 2020-21 even though the overall rejection rate went down by..

New Delhi, Feb 28The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may start around June 22 and peak from mid-to-late August, a modelling study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur suggests.The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, recentl..

LUCKNOW, Feb 20With a 57.58 percent voter turnout till 5 pm, polling for the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections concluded at 6 pm on Sunday, 20 February. This phase of polls covered 16 districts and 59 Constituencies spread across Bundelkhand, Awa..

New Delhi, Feb 20 The Election Commission on Sunday restored the number of star campaigners a party can field for campaigning in the ongoing Assembly polls in five States, citing the decline in COVID-19 cases. Now, recognised National and State parties ca..

New Delhi, Feb 14 Scientists have warned that the next Covid variant may be more dangerous than Omicron. These scientists have cautioned against letting the guard down. The warning has come even as countries around the world gradually seek to relax Covid ..

Noida, Feb 12Among the candidates con-testing in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections' second phase, 114 are educated up to Class 8 while 12 have declared themselves to be "illiterate", according to an analysis report.There are also 102 'post graduate' ca..

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 Describing the new COVID-19 variants as the "wild card", a top World Health Organisation official has warned that the Omicron will not be the last one and the possibility of other new variants is really high.The next variant of concern w..

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI)The Government has released a total of Rs 87.65 crore till date for the development of the National Sports University in Manipur, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Thakur provided the information in reply to..

NEW DELHI, Feb 2In its “India Press Freedom Report 2021” released today, Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) stated that at least six journalists were killed and 121 journalists/media houses including 108 journalists and 13 media houses/new..

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (PIB)Lt Gen RP Kalita, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of prestigious Eastern Command today. He assumed office after paying homage to the martyrs at Vijay Smarak followed by guard of honour at Garr..

PORT BLAIR, Jan 28 (PIB)In a boost to maritime security, the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III aircraft was formally inducted at INS Utkrosh by Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Lieutenant General Ajai Singh at Port ..

NEW DELHI, Jan 27 Since the Election Commission has banned physical campaigning due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country and the political parties are doing virtual rallies, the Commission is keeping a close tab on the money spent on these ..

New Delhi, Jan 22The Election Commission has extended its ban on physical poll rallies and road shows ahead of the five Assembly elections scheduled next month till January 31, 2022. This ban was imposed by the Election Commission earlier this month on ac..

NEW DELHI, Jan 20A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking postponement of Assembly elections in States of Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases [Kanwariya Sena Sangathan v. Union of In..