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The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday announced a list of 22 winners each of the Yuva Puraskar and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2021. Megha Majumdar won the Yuva Puraskar for her debut novel "A Burning" and Himanshu Vajpai won it for his collection of short s...

The trustee of Dakshineswar temple said they are forced to take the decision as lakhs of devotees gather at the shrine on January 1.

The victim was allegedly in a relationship with the married sister of one of the accused, police said, adding that the woman's brother was not happy about it and had hatched a plan to kill him.

State's Home Secretary B P Gopalika wrote to the Union civil aviation ministry informing it about the state's decision due to the rising number of patients detected with the omicron strain.

The procurement is expected to signal a major upswing in India's strategic ties with the Philippines which has been focusing on ramping up its naval prowess.

The Directorate General of GST Intelligence said cash recovered from the perfume businessman had been kept as case property in safe custody of State Bank of India.

'Be prepared that this surge could be significant, that it may not be mild,' Dr. VK Paul said at the health briefing.

Every year, revellers gather at Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi, adjacent to the metro station, to ring in the New Year.

The victim was rushed to GTB Hospital in Delhi where he succumbed to his injuries.

The committee has also found that 91 per cent of the students who availed of the EWS quota in NEET 2020 had an annual family income below Rs 5 lakh.

La Paz, Dec 29 (AP) Bolivia's main cities canceled any public activities for New Year's Eve after the country reached a record 4,939 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number for one day in all the pandemic in the South American nation. The celebrations...

The left-affiliated All India Students' Association held a protest at the UGC headquarters against the alleged UGC-NET Hindi paper leak in Kurukshetra. AISA activists and students gathered at the headquarters raising slogans for an immediate repeal of...

The data of the staff should be updated for the administration of booster doses of Covid vaccines.

The decision was taken after BMC Commissioner IS Chahal chaired a virtual meeting with civic officials, deans and medical superintendents of hospitals.

The spike in the country's financial capital has got pronounced since December 20, when just 283 cases were reported.

Offices could be asked to function with just 50 per cent employee attendance, if necessary, she said.