Opinion | Why Mamata is confident of scoring another victory in Bengal

The drumbeats for West Bengal assembly elections have begun with Mamata Banerjee releasing her list of all 291 Trinamool candidates on Friday. She left three seats in the Darjeeling region for both the factions of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, her new ally. The Trinamool supremo has taken up the BJP’s challenge thrown at her to contest from Nandigram only. A battle royale is going to take place between her and BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari. Mamata has decided not to contest from her home turf, Bhawanipur in South Kolkata, and decided to field her trusted aide Sovandeb Chattopadhyay.

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Dalai Lama gets 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine, urges people to get vaccinated

Spiritual leader The Dalai Lama, who on Saturday received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, has appealed to the public to get vaccinated for the "greater benefit".

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Antilia bomb scare case: Mansukh Hiren's autopsy kept 'reserved'

The autopsy on the body of businessman Mansukh Hiren -- whose body was fished out of the Thane Creek marshes -- was completed here early on Saturday, police officials said.

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India records 18,327 new COVID-19 infections, active cases rise again

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,11,92,088 with over 18,000 fresh cases being reported in a span of 24 hours in the country after 36 days, while active cases registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day and were recorded at 1,80,304, according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Saturday.

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438 buildings identified as high-risk category structures: NDMC report

Over 430 buildings in north Delhi have been identified as structures under the high-risk category in the last year, according to the area's civic body. North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash said on Friday that the NDMC in the last year has issued notices to owners of 650 buildings to submit their structural audit reports to ensure seismic stability of the buildings, which were constructed prior to 2001 or which are in a dilapidated condition.

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Rs 5. 6 cr Input Tax Credit fraud detected in Pune, one held

Commissionerate of Central Goods and Service Tax, Pune-II has detected fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs 5.6 crore and bogus invoices of Rs. 31.5 crore in particular cases, said the department in a release on Friday.

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Rajasthan mandates COVID-19 report for passengers arriving from 4 states

The Rajasthan government on Friday made it mandatory for people coming from Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat to furnish a COVID-19 negative report on arrival in the state. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting of the Rajasthan government to review the coronavirus situation in the state. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot chaired the meeting.

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