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2 insider attackers kill 12 Afghan militiamen: Official
AP
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:31 PM IST
Herat police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada said the attackers fled with the slain militiamen's weapons and ammunition, adding that Afghan government forces had regained control of the area.

Everyone was eagerly waiting for this day: Gehlot on Covid-19 vaccine roll-out
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:30 PM IST
Two vaccines—Covidshield, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, and Covaxin, developed indigenously by Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech—are being administered in the inoculation programme.

TRP scam: former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta shifted to JJ Hospital
By Manish Pathak, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:25 PM IST
Kaushtubh Kurlekar, the jail superintendent, confirmed Dasgupta's hospitalisation.

Vaccination hits a hurdle in Bengal as Co-WIN app develops glitches on 1st day
By Joydeep Thakur | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:16 PM IST
- The app was not opening. We had to log in and log out several times. It was also too slow, said an official.

Health minister deflects Congress' criticism over Covid-19 vaccine with photos
Written by Meenakshi Ray, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:12 PM IST
Manish Tewari had also said that the vaccines were being allowed to be used without the mandatory Phase 3 trials after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive.

Bigg Boss 14: Vikas says Devoleena won't be his proxy, hints she may enter soon
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:08 PM IST
Bigg Boss 14: Clarifying that neither Rashami Desai, nor Devoleena Bhattacharjee were approached to play his proxy, Vikas Gupta wished Devoleena all the best, in case she enters the show.

China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in Covid-19 cases
AP
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:09 PM IST
The hospital is one of six with a total of 6,500 rooms being built in Nangong, south of Beijing in Hebei province, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

France closes 9 places of worship under campaign against Islamic extremism
ANI, Paris
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:06 PM IST
Three of the closed facilities is reported to be located in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis near Paris.

TRP scam: Ex-CEO of BARC hospitalised
PTI, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 03:04 PM IST
Dasgupta, a diabetic, was rushed to the hospital from the Taloja Central Prison in Navi Mumbai in the early hours of Saturday after his blood sugar levels went up on Friday midnight.

Massive violence erupts in PoJK over road being built by China
ANI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 02:59 PM IST
PoJK was already in chaos since the Imran Khan-led government made it the fifth province of Pakistan.