Nilgiris wildfire scorches 5,000 acres as crews battle blaze on foot amid high windsA major wildfire has engulfed thousands of acres in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district for over ten days. Over 500 personnel are battling the f...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.50 PM IST
Border villages in WB's Murshidabad caught in whirlpool of infiltration politics, identity fearsIllegal immigration from Bangladesh dominates politics in Murshidabad's border areas. Parties debate infiltration, identity cards, and demo...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
Who is Nida Khan? HR manager at centre of TCS Nashik probe over harassment, POSH lapsesAn HR manager at a TCS BPO unit in Nashik, Nida Khan, is under scrutiny as a widening investigation into alleged sexual harassment and coer...
14 Apr, 2026, 05.50 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi calls for meeting with CMs on Covid responseHe directed officials to ensure adequate health infrastructure at the district level and to accelerate the vaccination drive for adolescent...
10 Jan, 2022, 06.37 AM IST
Karnataka to inoculate journalists on priority basis treating them as frontline workers"There is a health emergency situation in the state as well as the country. It is the responsibility of the media to point out flaws and sh...
04 May, 2021, 09.38 PM IST
Stop new health, frontline staff registrations: CentreThe health ministry has red-flagged a high number of new registrations of healthcare and frontline workers in certain districts and asked t...
05 Apr, 2021, 07.55 AM IST
UP: What’s slowing down vaccine shots? Many recipients, same phone numberAccording to the health departments of Noida and Ghaziabad, various authorities, especially municipal bodies, took a casual approach while ...
21 Feb, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
Bengal elections: COVID vaccination of polling officials to begin on Feb 22The COVID-19 inoculation process of polling officials who will be involved in the ensuing assembly elections in West Bengal will commence f...
17 Feb, 2021, 09.03 PM IST
Second dose of COVID-19 vaccination begins in Tamil NaduHealth Secretary J Radhakrishnan, who inspected the administering of the second dose to healthcare workers at the Government Rajiv Gandhi G...
13 Feb, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
As vaccine rollout date nears, states gear up for phase 1Uttar Pradesh will be conducting vaccination across 852 centres, health minister Jai Pratap Singh told ET, adding that the state has identi...
11 Jan, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
2-day dry run for COVID vaccination programme begins in AssamAssam is one of the four states in the country where the dry run is being carried out to check the preparedness of the authorities before l...
28 Dec, 2020, 06.47 PM IST
Telangana gears up to inoculate 80 lakh people in first phase once COVID-19 vaccine readyVaccination will be done at all government health facilities such as primary health centres, district hospitals and teaching facilities. Wh...
16 Dec, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
In Maharashtra, many netas want vaccine firstDistrict and civic officials told ET they are facing pressure from politicians to include their names as well as those of their family memb...
01 Dec, 2020, 01.25 PM IST
Healthcare and frontline workers, elderly will need 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccineThese numbers are being computed by the health authorities as they gear up for a massive immunisation programme to begin as soon as a coron...
25 Nov, 2020, 08.31 AM IST
Lockdown is a last resort: Assam Health MinisterThe Assam government has also initiated a tracking program - Assam Targeted Surveillance Programme (ATSP) - in hotspots; under this program...
17 Jun, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
Govt plans special payment for 'behind the Scenes' workersThe scheme aims at providing a “cover” to those workers who are hired on short-term contracts for services.
20 Apr, 2020, 12.11 AM IST
Centre to send officers to 103 districts to train state government's functionariesA detailed roaster has been drawn up by the Department of Personnel and Training to implement the 12-day programme in 103 districts.
25 Nov, 2015, 11.08 AM IST