Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make COVID- 19 vaccines available in the open market for citizens willing to buy them. The move will help state governments streamline their focus on the vulnerable sections of the society, he wrote to the prime minister on Friday.
A Delhi court has granted bail to actor-activist Deep Sidhu, who was arrested in connection with the Red Fort violence on Republic Day. Special Judge Neelofer Abida Perveen granted the relief to the accused on Friday on a personal bond of Rs 30,000 and two sureties of a like amount.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said he has tested positive for coronavirus.
As many as 67 healthcare workers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Uttarakhand. According to the details, the cases are spread across Dehradun, Tehri, Haridwar, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts, Dr. SK Gupta, Director of State Medical and Health Department said. The development comes amid the ongoing Kumbh Mela in the state, which witnessed a sea of devotees taking a holy dip, many mostly without masks with no proper social distancing. 
Three labourers were killed and four others injured after a wall collapsed at a powerloom factory in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said. The mishap occurred around 4.30 pm on Friday at Tukaram Compound in Katai area, they said.
Life in the national capital has come to a halt as the city, grappling with soaring COVID-19 cases observed weekend curfew, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealing to people to adhere to the restrictions. The weekend curfew aimed at breaking the chain of spiralling coronavirus infections was clamped at 10 pm on Friday and will continue till 5 am on Monday.
India reported 2,34,692 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the highest single-day spike so far since the pandemic broke out, according to Health Ministry. Maharashtra alone accounts for 27.15 per cent of these cases. 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...
