New Delhi, 20/12: Amid an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday reviewed the preparedness of health facilities and impressed upon the states to be alert and increase surveillance. Assuring the states of receiving all support from the Centre, he said, “We need to be on the alert…

Gaza, 20/12: Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought fierce gunbattles on the streets of Gaza’s second-biggest city on Wednesday. United Nations delayed a vote on a bid to boost aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave facing a humanitarian disaster. Israel’s campaign to eradicate Hamas militants behind an Oct. 7 massacre has left the coastal enclave…

New Delhi, 20/12: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday charged that the prime minister and the BJP want to establish a ‘single party rule’ in the country and the suspension of MPs from Parliament is for that. While 141 MPs have been suspended because they wanted a statement from the home minister on the grave…

Prayagraj, 19/12: Holding that the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title case is of “national importance”, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all pleas challenging the maintainability of a 1991 civil suit pending before a Varanasi court seeking restoration of a temple at the site where the mosque exists. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal held that the…

Dubai, 19/12: In a dramatic turn of events at the IPL Auctions 2024, the spotlight was on the intense bidding war that unfolded between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders for the coveted Australian pacer Mitchell Starc. The bidding war was nothing short of a spectacle, with both teams, Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders,…

New Delhi, 19/12: As many as 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings on Tuesday, a day after 78 opposition members were suspended from Parliament.   The MPs suspended on Tuesday include National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Karti Chidambaram and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple…

Chennai, 19/12: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to discuss relief initiatives even as 3 persons were killed in rain-related incidents and three more are feared dead amid incessant rainfall in the state over the past couple of days. People marooned in residential colonies…

Beijing, 19/13: At least 116 people were killed and nearly 400 others injured when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck a remote mountainous region in northwest China just before midnight, the local earthquake relief headquarters said on Tuesday. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the shallow quake jolted Gansu and Qinghai provinces at 11:59 pm…

New Delhi, 18/12: Top I.N.D.I.A leaders will meet here on Tuesday to reignite vigour into the Opposition bloc that has curiously remained inactive for the past three months with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking to set the stage by saying she is “open to an alliance with the Left parties in Bengal and…