India recorded 27,254 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 219 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Monday, the country saw a total of 37,687 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.51 per cent and total recoveries to 3,24,47,032.
Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Monday took a dig at BJP by criticizing the move to change leadership in Gujarat. A day after the first-time MLA, Bhupendra Patel was chosen as the new CM face of the BJP Legislative Party in Gujarat, Alvi lashed out at the party and said that the move was to "mislead" the people of the state adding that the party replaces chief ministers to "transfer blame for all their crimes". 
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has made it clear that the leader will not attend a function in Haryana later this month, where he could have ended up sharing the stage with a host of political bigwigs opposed to the NDA.
Swami Vivekananda firmly believed that the true essence of religion was the common good and tolerance and to fulfill the dream of making a resurgent India through these principles there is a need to instil his ideals in today's youth, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Sunday. 
Seeking various relief measures for farmers in Uttar Pradesh, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Sunday wrote to state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanding substantial rise in sugarcane prices, bonus on wheat and paddy, doubling the amount of PM KISAN scheme and subsidy on diesel. Gandhi, a three-term MP from UP, has been advocating for re-engaging with protesting farmers to reach a common ground.
Hours after the ruling BJP selected a new chief minister for Gujarat, Deputy CM Nitin Patel, who has once again missed the bus, said he has seen many ups and downs, and asserted that nobody can "throw him out" as he lives in people's heart. Patel, while addressing people during a function in Mehsana town on Sunday evening, also said in a lighter vein that he was not the only one who had missed the bus as there were "many others" like him. 
A day after the city faced extensive waterlogging following record rain, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal blamed the city's "idiosyncratic drainage system" for the flooded streets, which, he said, the AAP dispensation has inherited as a "gift" from the previous governments.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...
