Karnataka Education Minister S Suresh Kumar chased a bus belonging to the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) for refusing to pick up school students who were waiting at a roadside bus stop in Koratagere taluk of Tumakuru district.
Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo on Saturday said the use of COVID-19 vaccine `Covaxin' must not be allowed in the state as its third-phase trial data has not been published yet. He said he was not "confident" about asking people to take this vaccine.
As many as 26 teachers and two students have tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha's Gajapati district after the reopening of schools, prompting the administration to send a senior officer to the district on Saturday to take stock of the situation. Though the development has sparked fears across the state, the administration has urged everyone not to panic as their samples were tested before the reopening of schools on Friday.
A total of 17 Delhi residents have tested positive for the new coronavirus strain first detected in the UK to date and 10 of them have been discharged from hospital after recovery, sources said on Saturday. After the new strain was detected in the UK in December, the Delhi government had started a door-to-door medical check-up of people who had arrived from the UK previously and persons who came in their contact in the city. 
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday flagged off 25 buses exclusively for women and senior citizens to travel within the city of Guwahati. Flagging off the new pink buses under Bhraman Sarathi Scheme, Sonowal said that the free transport service would immensely help women and senior citizens.
A Chinese soldier was apprehended on the Indian side of the LAC, Ladakh, South of Pangong Tso lake, the Indian Army said on Saturday. According to the army, the PLA soldier had transgressed across the LAC and was taken into custody by Indian troops deployed in the area.
A total of 11 crows have been found dead in two consecutive days in three locations in Gurugram giving rise to bird flu fears in the district, officials 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...
