EC asks political parties to stop poll victory celebrations

New Delhi (IANS) Considering inputs of victory celebrations at some locations during counting of votes for 822 Assembly seats in four states and one Union Territory, the Election Commission on Sunday directed heads of political parties to prohibit…

Change of guard in TN with DMK to form govt after 10 years

Chennai (IANS) Change of guard is all set to happen after 10 years in Tamil Nadu with the DMK-led alliance coasting towards an emphatic victory in the 2021 Assembly polls.

The DMK, led by its President M.K. Stalin, is leading in 121 of the…

Lotus fails to bloom in Kerala, Sreedharan misses train too

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won one seat in Kerala in the 2016 Assembly polls, would see its account getting closed this time, has come true with the Centre's…

Trinamool gains from stardom, glamour fails BJP

Kolkata (IANS) In a star-studded Assembly election battle in West Bengal, in which both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opponent BJP fielded more than a dozen actors and actresses as candidates, the trends seem to show that while the…

Over 4.5L postal votes in Kerala may delay poll results

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Even though counting of votes for the 140-member Kerala Assembly will begin at sharp 8 a.m on Sunday, the final results could well be delayed till early evening.

The reason for this is the huge number of postal ballots…

16 killed in fire at Bharuch Covid hospital, probe ordered

Gandhinagar (IANS) At least 16 Covid-19 patients died due a fire at a Covid designated hospital in Bharuch district on Saturday morning. Over 50-60 patients were admitted in the Patel Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in the ICU ward at midnight.…

PM condoles loss of lives in hospital fire at Bharuch

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed condolences over the loss of lives due to fire at a hospital in Bharuch in which at least sixteen Covid-19 patients and two nurses were killed.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister…

First consignment of Sputnik arrives in India

Hyderabad (IANS) First batch of Russian vaccine for Covid-19, Sputnik V, arrived in Hyderabad on Saturday.

A special cargo flight carrying the first consignment landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

It was immediately not clear…

7 Navy ships to bring oxygen, medical equipment from various nations

New Delh (IANS) Seven Indian Navy ships have been deployed for the shipment of liquid medical oxygen-filled cryogenic containers and associated medical equipment from various countries to strengthen Indias fight against the raging second wave of the…

Powerful Indians making aggressive calls for vaccines: Poonawalla

London (IANS) Admitting that he is facing immense pressure from "some of the most powerful people in India" demanding supplies of Covishield, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday that the company is also planning to…