Breaking news highlights: India's cumulative vaccination count crosses 190.33 cr

The Union health ministry said on Sunday that India's cumulative vaccination count against Covid-19 crossed 190.33 crore with more than 11 lakh doses administered to eligible beneficiaries till 7pm. 

Eminent Odia litterateur Rajat Kumar Kar passes away in Bhubaneswar at 88, PM Modi pays tribute.

Delhi reports 1,422 new Covid-19 cases, 1,438 recoveries and 0 deaths. Total caseload at 1,894,254 as daily positivity rate recorded at 5.34%.

Will meet CM @BhagwantMann tomorrow at 5:15 PM in Chandigarh to discuss matters regarding the revival of Punjab’s economy . . . Punjab’s Resurrection is only possible with an honest collective effort: Navjot Singh Sidhu, former Punjab Congress president

AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will visit Gujarat on May 11. He will hold a rally on the same day in Rajkot: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Maharashtra reports 224 new Covid-19 cases, 196 recoveries and a single death. Total caseload at 7,879,278.

FIR has been registered against whoever tied Khalistan flags and wrote Khalistan outside the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Dharamshala today. Investigation process has been initiated: Jairam Thakur, Himachal Pradesh CM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to virtually launch the startup policy of Madhya Pradesh on May 13: P Narhari, secretary, MSME department, Madhya Pradesh

Though Champawat is my new constituency, I have grown up here. I will visit there tomorrow to seek support from people: Uttarakhand CM Dhami on May 31 bypolls

Devotees' footfall in Char Dham Yatra, which is resuming after two years, is more than expected. We're making all possible arrangements but people are more than capacity at all the four dhams. We request devotees to make lodging and other arrangements prior to their arrival: Pushkar Singh Dhami, chief minister, Uttarakhand

Union Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Guwahati on Sunday night for his three-day visit to the state and will inaugurate and launch several projects on the first anniversary of Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government here, ANI reported.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday underlined the need for "knowledge sharing" and said that it is our duty which leads to "greater growth of knowledge itself", ANI reported.

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday targeted the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, where elections are due later this year, after flags linked to separatist Khalistan movement were found at the state assembly. Read more

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz was admitted to a hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah to undergo medical tests, local media reported citing Saudi Press Agency, ANI reported.

The Serum Institute of India’s Adar Poonawalla on Sunday reached out to world’s richest person Elon Musk on Twitter as he made a suggestion to the Tesla boss “on the best investment you’ll ever make”. Read more

A day after the BJP’s Tajinder Bagga alleged that he was not allowed to wear a turban when the Punjab Police came to arrest him at his West Delhi home, National Commission for Minorities chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura on Saturday wrote to the state’s chief secretary, seeking a report “within seven days”. Read more

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates the new IIM campus in Nagpur. Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Dharmendra Pradhan and Maharashtra ministers Nitin Raut and Subhash Desai were present at the ceremony.

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur has strongly reacted after Khalistan flags were reportedly found tied on the main gate and boundary wall of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Dharamshala on Sunday morning. Read more

Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Bengal are bracing to bear the brunt as a cyclonic storm - which developed overnight over Bay of Bengal - is set to intensify in the next 24 hours. Heavy rain and strong winds have been predicted this week in the three states as Cyclonic Asani makes its way. Read more

Rainfall will commence on 10th May evening, yellow warning for rainfall issued for 3 districts -- Gajpati, Ganjam & Puri. On 11th May, heavy rainfall warning issued for 5 districts -- Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Cuttack & Ganjam: Umashankar Das, Senior Scientist, IMD, Bhubaneswar

he National Investigation Agency (NIA) has initiated a probe into a pseudonymous Facebook account, created by Pakistani spy agency ISI, to remotely inject a concealed malware in the computers, phones and other devices of defence personnel, staff working in defence establishments and linked departments to steal sensitive information related to national security, people familiar with the development said.Read more

India has reported 3,451 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, nearly 9% fewer than yesterday. Forty deaths were also reported in the same time span.

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Poll-strategist Prashant Kishor’s statement that “Bihar is today the poorest and (the) most backward state of the country” has drawn a sharp reaction from RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. Read more

An atmospheric depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Andaman Sea is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm on Sunday, packing a wind speed of up to 90kmph, the India Meteorological Department warned on Saturday. Read more

Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri made an appearance in a pre-recorded video to mark the 11th anniversary of the death of his predecessor Osama bin Laden. Read more