The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out a fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks and said that failure to do so will invite punitive action.
Trinamool Congress MLA Silbhadra Dutta has resigned from the party, news agency ANI reported. Dutta's resignation is the third major exit from the party in the last 24 hours.
Opposition Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday challenged the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government to conduct a referendum on the three capitals for the state plan and vowed to quit politics if people voted for it. He demanded that the Chief Minister apologise to the people and withdraw the move to relocate the state capital in deference to the wishes of six crore people of the state.
The upcoming airport in Jewar of Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar will be named Noida International Greenfield Airport. Located on the outskirts of Delhi, the airport will be built by Swiss developer Zurich Airport International. It is being built along the Yamuna Expressway which connects Greater Noida with Agra. 
At a time when people in the National Capital Region are shivering in winter, with a minimum temperature of 3.5 degree Celsius, and with cold, icy winds blowing across Delhi, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and UP are staying in the open as the dharna entered the 23rd day. They cook their food in the open, eat at ‘langars’ and sleep inside trucks and trolleys.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may flag off the country's first driverless metro train later this month in the national capital, official sources said on Thursday. The train will be flagged off on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West- Botanical Garden) of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), they said.
With 22,890 new coronavirus infections in a day, India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 99.79 lakh. While total recoveries crossed the 95 lakh-mark with 31,087 new discharges in the last 24 hours. Now, the total COVID-19 cases mounted to 99,79,447 and the total number of recovered patients stands at 95,20,827, as per the Union Health Ministry's updated data released on Friday. 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...
