Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term in Bengal, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the BJP is leading in Assam and the LDF in Kerala in the counting of votes for state polls. Health warning - these are very early leads. | Read more|
As several states report a vaccine shortage, an RTI reply has revealed a huge waste of doses since India began inoculating people against Covid in mid-January. Tamil Nadu reported the highest waste - 12.10 per cent, followed by Haryana (9.74%), Punjab (8.12%), Manipur (7.8%) and Telangana (7.55%). | Read more|
800 to 900 samples from Maharashtra and Kerala - two of the five states that have seen a rise in coronavirus cases in the recent days - have been sent for genome sequencing in the last one month, top sources in the Union Health Ministry said. This comes amid fear of the mutant strains of the virus. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is participating in a daylong election strategy session in Delhi today. Elections in five states are due over the coming months. Among these the biggest prize the BJP is looking out for is Bengal, which Amit Shah has been targetting since the BJP came to power at the Centre in 2014. | Read more|
Coronavirus cases in Delhi have been decreasing since hitting all-time high of 8,593 cases on November 10, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said at a meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. | Read more|
Senior IAS officer M Sivasankar, sacked principal secretary of KeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was questioned by Customs officers for nearly nine hours, till early Wednesday morning in the gold smuggling case. | Read more|
The Ministry of Home Affairs in the letter to the Kerala government today said the decision to reopen restaurants and book shops is in clear violation of the lockdown measures issued by the home ministry and violation of its April 15 order issued under the Disaster Management Act 2005. | Read more|
In Kerela, 08 foreign nationals from Italy and United Kingdom, who were undergoing treatment have recovered fully from COVID-19, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. | Read more|
Since 18 August, a team from INS Venduruthy, a naval base located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, has been working round-the-clock at this makeshift community kitchen to prepare food for survivors of the floods. | Read more|
More than one million people remain sheltered in temporary relief camps, officials say, as flood waters begin to recede. | Read more|
Kerala rains and floods LIVE UPDATES: The unprecedented rains have brought the state to a standstill. Over 200 have been killed and thousands are still feared stranded. Follow this space to track the latest developments. | Read more|
More than 300,000 displaced since August 8 after record rains in southern Indian state cause flooding and landslides. | Read more|
Mob of advocates attack and injure journalists outside Kerala High Court | Read more|
Tiny islands in Kerala sinking due to sea erosion | Read more|
Kerala to take Colachel issue to PM | Read more|