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Over 131,000 new Covid cases logged in India, active cases near 1 million again
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2021 07:22 AM IST
The number of cases recorded on Thursday was a sharp increase from the 126,260 new infections reported even a day earlier, and represents a surge that has been steadily growing for nearly two months now.
As Covid-19 cases rise in India, more states impose curbs
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2021 07:26 AM IST
Through the week, weekend lockdowns have been imposed in parts of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, while Delhi, Punjab, major cities in Gujarat and urban areas of Rajasthan have announced night curfews.
Amid rising Covid cases, IMF raises India outlook
By Asit Ranjan Mishra
PUBLISHED ON APR 07, 2021 08:57 AM IST
Briefing reporters while releasing the IMF’s biannual World Economic Outlook, chief economist Gita Gopinath said the one percentage point increase in India’s growth forecast for FY22 came in the background of encouraging signs from high-frequency indicators.
NSE halts trading after telecom disruption
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON FEB 24, 2021 01:55 PM IST
About an hour into trading on Wednesday, local traders flagged that levels for the cash segment on the NSE’s benchmark Nifty 50 Index as well as the Nifty Bank Index stopped updating.
Maharashtra: Thane records 260 fresh Covid-19 cases, two more fatalities
PTI |
PUBLISHED ON JAN 28, 2021 11:08 AM IST
The Covid-19 count in Thane district of Maharashtra reached 2,52,723 with 260 new cases, while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 6,140, an official said on Thursday.
Sensex tanks 1,066 points, Nifty slips below 11,680
Bengaluru | By Reuters | Posted by Niyati Singh
UPDATED ON OCT 15, 2020 04:06 PM IST
The NSE Nifty 50 index closed down 2.4% at 11,680.35, while the S&P BSE Sensex closed 2.6% lower at 39,728.41.
Covid-19 outbreak: NSA against lockdown violators
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Kalyan Das
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2020 06:31 AM IST
Deputy inspector general (Dehradun) Arun Mohan Joshi said the decision to invoke the NSA was taken after police received reports that “some people are deliberately not following the precautionary measures”
Iran flight brings swab samples of 110 Indians
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Anvit Srivastava and Rhythma Kaul
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2020 05:48 AM IST
The samples have been sent to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to check if the people are infected with the virus, an officer at the airport said on condition of anonymity.
CM condoles demise of senior journalist Rajesh Bhambi
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2020 10:14 PM IST
The CM termed Bhambi’s death a loss not just for the family, but also the media fraternity.
Under fire, JNU vice-chancellor says time to make a ‘fresh beginning’
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Fareeha Iftikhar & Kainat Sarfaraz
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2020 04:02 AM IST
Breaking his silence on the attack by masked assailants that injured 34 people on Sunday and triggered protests across 30 cities, Kumar said his heart went out to all injured students.
Sushma Swaraj’s politics was of grace and gumption
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Vinod Sharma
UPDATED ON AUG 08, 2019 12:14 AM IST
Sushma Swaraj battled the Congress tooth and nail in Parliament and on the streets. But her equation with its leaders was a study in conviviality.
Sushma Swaraj cremated, nation pays tributes
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Abhishek Dey
UPDATED ON AUG 08, 2019 12:04 AM IST
Known as one of the most accessible ministers in Narendra Modi’s first government, Swaraj died of a cardiac arrest late Tuesday night at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. She was 67.
Sushma Swaraj: A fiery leader and a mother figure
New Delhi | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON AUG 07, 2019 10:29 AM IST
Sushma Swaraj might not have been in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inner circle but she held her own, often winning praise from the Prime Minister for her role as External Affairs Minister.
Before oath ceremony at 7 pm, PM Modi to meet his new ministers at home
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 18, 2020 09:47 PM IST
Capping a landslide election victory, Modi will take oath along with his new council of ministers at 7 pm.
Ahead of PM’s grand swearing-in, a key 4-hour Modi-Shah meeting
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 29, 2019 11:32 AM IST
The potential ministers, who are likely to be sworn in along with Modi, will start receiving calls from Modi directly possibly from Wednesday evening, according to people aware of the developments.
India keeps faith in PM Narendra Modi
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Prashant Jha
UPDATED ON MAY 24, 2019 01:28 AM IST
On Thursday, the party did just that. It had won or was leading in 303 seats (of a total of 542 polled) at midnight.
Lok Sabha Election 2019: BJP leading with heavy margin in all five seats in Uttarakhand
By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 05:55 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2019: The party swept the 2014 general election winning all five seats. The overall vote percentage of BJP was 34.1 followed by Congress with 21, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at 2.9, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 1.0 while others bagged 41.
Xi Jinping, Benjamin Netanyahu among world leaders to congratulate PM Modi as BJP looks at massive victory
HT Correspondent, Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 03:25 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: The Bharatiya Janata Party was set to return to power as vote count showed that along with its allies it was leading more than 340 of the 542 Lok Sabha seats that went to polls in seven phases, pushing the Congress to 95 seats.
‘So the exit polls were correct’: Omar Abdullah Congratulates PM Modi
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 03:34 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: The counting leads projected that BJP was set to win 346 seats, UPA 91, BSP-SP 19 and Others 86 in the 543-member Lok Sabha. Elections were cancelled in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore.
Panaji Assembly bypoll: BJP loses late Manohar Parrikar’s seat to Congress
Indo Asian News Service | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 01:13 PM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Sidharth Kuncalienkar lost to Congress’ Atanasio Monserrate by 1,758 votes. Monserrate polled 8,748 votes against Kuncalienkar’s 6,990 votes.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: NC leading in 3 seats, BJP in 2 in J-K
PTI, Jammu | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 12:01 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and Union Minister Jitendra Singh are leading in their respective Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir.
Lok Sabha election results: 2019 is more like 1977 and 1980 than 2014 elections
Hindustan Times | By Roshan Kishore
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 06:18 PM IST
Lok Sabha election results: If the current trends hold , the 2019 verdict will have a close resemblance to the results of the 1977 and 1980 elections in terms of the dominance of one political party in India.
Lok Sabha election result 2019: BJP-Sena combine ahead in 41 seats in Maharashtra
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 10:57 AM IST
Lok Sabha election result 2019: Maharashtra, which has the second highest number of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the country after Uttar Pradesh’s 80, added to the sizeable chunk of the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA’s) 300-plus victory in the last general election.
Lok Sabha Election 2019: ‘With you all the way... Good luck’: Robert Vadra’s message for Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 11:16 AM IST
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Robert Vadra called them R and P in his posts on Twitter and Facebook as he wished them.
Lok Sabha elections results 2019: BJP set to sweep all seats, once again
Press Trust of India | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 11:42 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections results 2019: The incumbent BJP is leading in initial trends for counting of votes in three Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, followed by AAP in those constituencies, officials said.
Rupee rises 26 paise to 69.40/USD in early trade ahead of Lok Sabha elections outcome
Press Trust of India | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 09:56 AM IST
The rupee appreciated by 26 paise to 69.40 against the US dollar in opening trade Thursday, as counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections began across the country.
Lok Sabha election result 2019: BJP’s Anurag Thakur leads in Himachal’s Hamirpur by 9,500 votes
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 09:31 AM IST
Lok Sabha election result 2019: Anurag Thakur paid his obeisance in a temple in Awadevi close to his village Samirpur in Hamirpur district before visiting the counting centre.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: DMK chief Stalin pushes for Rahul Gandhi as PM
Chennai | By Asian News International
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 11:09 AM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Stalin was the first person in the UPA camp who proposed the name of Rahul as the prime ministerial candidate.
Lok Sabha election 2019: US says it is confident about fairness, integrity of Indian elections
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 08:30 AM IST
Lok Sabha election 2019: Unlike other countries, the US does not send its election observers to India because of the strong independent credentials of the Election Commission of India.
Lok Sabha election 2019: Never underestimate the power of Mayawati, say analysts
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Rajesh Kumar Singh
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2019 08:52 AM IST
Just when the chips were down for her, the Dalit leader decided to sew a strategic alliance with the Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Uttar Pradesh.
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