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6:13 PM

Medium and low level avalanche warnings sounded in Jammu and Kashmir

Medium level (Yellow alert) avalanche warning for upper reaches of Poonch & Kishtwar districts. Low level (yellow alert) avalanche warning for upper reaches of Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Anantnag, Kulgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora & Kargil districts: Disaster Management Dept, J&K

5:48 PM

AAP to contest all seats in upcoming local body polls in Gujarat, announces candidate list

AAP spokesperson Atishi says the party will contest all seats in the upcoming local body polls in Gujarat, announces the first list of 504 candidates

4:28 PM

Kerala CM expresses condolences over death of 5 Karnataka natives in tragic accident

3:51 PM

Covid vaccination a sensitive process, govt should commence after concrete arrangements: Akhilesh

The Covid-19 vaccination programme is a "sensitive process". The government should not to treat it as a "sajaawati-dikhaawati" (cosmetic) event and commence it only after concrete arrangements are made, says Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav

3:19 PM

Bombay High Court grants 6-day parole to 1993 Mumbai blasts convict

Bombay High Court on 31st December allowed 6 days parole to 1993 Mumbai Blasts convict Rubina Suleman Memon for her daughter's marriage in Mumbai on 8th Jan. Rubina was convicted by Special TADA court for life imprisonment in 2006 & had been in jail for 13 years.

3:12 PM

Sourav Ganguly stable after undergoing angioplasty: Elder brother of BCCI chief

He's fine now after undergoing angioplasty, and he's stable. Doctors will decide on further treatment: Snehasish Ganguly, elder brother of Sourav Ganguly on his health

1:03 PM

Rain to continue in NCR-Delhi, parts of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan

Delhi and its adjoining areas and parts of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan will continue to receive moderate to heavy rain along with thunderstorms for the next few hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.

"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain will continue to occur over most parts of Delhi, Gurugram, Farukhnagar, Sohna, Bhiwadi, Rewari, Bawal, Nuh, Tijara, Hodal, Palwal, Aurangabad, Hodal, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh (all in Haryana), Alwar, Viratnagar, Kotputli (all in Rajasthan), Khataoli, Dadri, Noida, Indirapuram, Chapraula, Pilakhua, Ghaziabad, Loni-Dehat, Bagpath, Khekra, Modinagar, Baraut, Meerut, Hapur, Kandhla, Gurmukhteshwar, Hindon-AF station, Muzaffarnagar, Jahangirabad, Bijnor, Siyana, Atrauli, Jalesar Amroha, Moradabad (all in UP) during the next two hours," the Met Department said.

12:58 PM

CAG writes to Finmin, seeks performance audits of PSU bank recapitalisation

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has written to the finance ministry seeking details about the ongoing performance audit of government's massive recapitalisation excercise of public sector banks (PSBs).

CAG is doing performance audit on recapitalisation ofPSBs after 2016-17 and it has written a letter to the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, seeking various information, including rationale for distribution of capital among different PSBs, sources said.

The Government of India made capital infusion to the tune of Rs 90,000 crore in 2017-18. This rose to Rs 1.06 lakh crore in the following year. During the last financial year, the capital infusion through bonds was Rs 70,000 crore.

12:33 PM

India approves two coronavirus vaccines for restrictive, emergency use

Eleven months after the first case of deadly coronavirus was detected in India, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) V.G. Somani on Sunday approved Serum Institute of India's 'Covishield' vaccine and Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin' for emergency use, paving the way for their roll-out and administration to millions.

 

This is a major relief for India which has the second highest number of infections in the world, after the US. The Central government plans to vaccinate nearly 30 crore people in the first phase of drive in the next six to eight months. Read on... 

12:32 PM

New supply of office space down 30-35 pc in 2020 amid pandemic: Reports

Fresh supply of office space fell 30-35 per cent year-on-year in 2020 across major cities mainly on lower demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to property consultants JLL and Savills.

While JLL India reported that new supply of office space across seven major cities declined 30 per cent to 36.34 million sq ft in 2020 from 51.62 million sq ft in the previous year, the UK-based Savills said fresh supply dropped to 30.6 million sq ft from 47.1 million sq ft across six big cities.

New office space supply was less impacted than the demand, which fell by around 45-50 per cent with corporates deferring their expansion plan and adopting work-from-home policy for employees.

12:14 PM

Chilla, Gazipur borders closed, Delhi Traffic Police urges commuters to take alternative routes

In view of the ongoing farmers' agitation at the gates of the national capital, the Delhi Traffic Police on Sunday appealed to citizens to take alternative routes as Chilla and Gazipur borders remained closed due to the protests.

"Traffic Alert The Chilla & Ghazipur Borders are closed for traffic coming from Noida & Ghaziabad to Delhi because of farmer protests. Please take alternate route for coming to Delhi via Anand Vihar, DND, Apsara, Bhopra & Loni Borders," Delhi Traffic Police wrote on Twitter.

12:12 PM

Cong leaders raise concern over grant of permission for restricted use of Covid-19 vaccine

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday raised concerns over India's drugs regulator granting permission for restricted use of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine and asked the government to explain why mandatory protocols and verification of data has been dispensed with.

India's drugs regulator DCGI on Sunday approved Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for restricted emergency use.

Sharma, who heads the Parliamentary panel on Home Affairs which dealt with the issue at length, said the issue of granting authorisation to the vaccine use needs to be taken carefully as no country has dispensed with the mandatory phase 3 trials and verification of data.

12:08 PM

Discoms' outstanding dues to power gencos rise 35% to Rs 1.41 trn in Nov

Power producers' total dues owed by the distribution firms rose over 35 per cent to Rs 1,41,621 crore in November 2020, reflecting stress in the sector.

 

The distribution companies (discoms) owed a total of Rs 1,04,426 crore to power generation firms in November 2019, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators).

11:14 AM

India's first Covid case, an air crash, gold smuggling case; Kerala had a roller coaster 2020

Kerala had an eventful 2020 when it reported the country's first Covid-19 case, witnessed a fatal air crash and saw a top bureaucrat being jailed in the sensational gold smuggling case, with the opposition charging the buck stopped at the CMO.

After 28 years and several twists and turns, curtains came down on Sister Abhaya's death, when a CBI court held she had been murdered by a priest and a nun to keep under wraps their illicit relationship and sentenced them to life terms.

The country's worst fears came true in January when a Kerala student tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus, upon her return from Wuhan, the sprawling capital of China's Hubei province from where the contagion first emerged.

Two other students from the Chinese city also subsequently tested positive but all three had later recovered.

Though Kerala's Covid management came in for initial global praise after it claimed to have flattened the curve, things took a different shape when infections started going up sharply later.

The COVID-19 caseload in the state has now touched 7.71 lakh and over 5,000 cases were reported on Saturday, while the total fatalities mounted to 3,116.

11:11 AM

Ganguly afebrile, conscious and doctors keeping 'constant vigil' on his health

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly is presently afebrile, conscious, and communicating verbally, according to the Woodlands Hospital's medical bulletin. It also said that the doctors are keeping "constant vigil on his health situation" and taking appropriate measures from time to time.

Former India captain was hospitalised at 1 pm on Saturday with "chest discomfort, the heaviness of head, vomiting and a spell of dizziness" while performing physical exercise in the home gymnasium at around 11 am. Following this, doctors had conducted angioplasty on him.

Ganguly was also tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which turned out to be negative. He had "light dinner" at night, the medical bulletin read, adding that his blood pressure and pulse is stable.