India has registered another highest recoveries in a single day with 68,584 COVID-19 patients recovering and being discharged in the last 24 hours, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday. With this, India's Recovery Rate amongst the COVID-19 patients has crossed 77 per cent (77.09%). The number of recovered patients has outpaced the active cases (8,15,538) by more than 21.5 lakh.
Kashmir may soon get its first glass-roofed AC train into service after the trial run of vista-dome coach train was held on August 31 (Monday). The trial run of the luxury train was held between Baramulla in north Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu. The trial was conducted ahead of a documentary shooting to showcase the beauty of the Kashmir rail link on the 137-km long stretch in days to come.
A Khap panchayat, an unelected council of village elders, recently penalised a man and woman from the Sansi Community in Rajasthan's Sikar district by making them bathe publicly to wash their alleged 'sins'.
The Andhra Pradesh government decided to ban online games like rummy and poker "to protect the youth". The state cabinet that met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy took the decision to ban online gambling.
Ranchi-bound Rajdhani Express and several goods trains were stranded for seven hours on Thursday as over 250 Tana Bhagats put up an economic blockade at Tori junction in Jharkhand's Latehar district. The protesters are demanding land rights and amendment of the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act.
Making a new record, the Patna-New Delhi AC Special Rajdhani Express train ran at a top speed of 130 kilometres per hour between Patna, Bihar to Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction in Uttar Pradesh on September 1. This is the first time a train on this section of the railway has run at more than 110 km per hour.
The Rajasthan government has decided to deduct a part of the salary of the Chief Minister, state ministers, MLAs, All India State Service Officers and other state employees every month. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting held here on Wednesday.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
