The movement of rail traffic has been affected severely in Rajasthan due to the ongoing Gurjar agitation. Routes of as many as eight passenger trains in the Kota division were either diverted or changed due to the blockade, thus affecting traffic on the Delhi-Mumbai rail route. The movement of traffic was disrupted on the Bayana-Hindaun road.
In a bid to prevent crowding in local trains in Mumbai, railway authorities added 753 new special services from Monday, taking the total number of services on the suburban network to2,773, officials said. With this, the railway authorities have resumed 88 per cent of the total 3,141 suburban services which were being operated before the outbreak of COVID-19, they said.
Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, Raj Bhavan sources said Monday. Apart from the two, five more members of his family have been diagnosed with the infection, they said.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the security of former special judge S K Yadav who had pronounced the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case and acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti.
India has three potential coronavirus candidates in race with global contendors rushing to clear trials. A new global analysis of advance market commitments (AMCs) for experimental vaccines observed that India has an edge in the global vaccine race. The report, as quoted by the Hindustan Times, said that India has used its manufacturing capability to pre-order 600 million doses of the vaccine and is negotiating for another billion doses, which is enough to vaccinate at least half the population. India is only second to the US, which has pre-ordered 810 million and another 1.6 billion doses under negotiation. 
Schools in Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Uttarakhand have reopened from today after a 9-month hiatus in view of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision is in line with the government's recent guidelines allowing schools to reopen and leaving it upon the states and union territories to decide whether to start classes or not.
A student leader of the Aligarh Muslim University who had led a protest against French President Emmanuel Macron has been booked for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a "particular community", police said on Saturday.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...
