The court expressed its satisfaction and said, “The Union government did not rise to the occasion. However, the state government has risen ...

State Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni that home vaccina...

"Why do you (Maharashtra government) need approval? Health is a state subject too. Is the state government doing everything after taking ap...

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said the Union government's new "near to home" vaccination progra...

This would allow state governments to hold camps or establish vaccination centres in community centres, panchayat ghars, old-age homes and ...

In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the BJP leader said at least 12 states in the country have recognised journalists and camer...

India racked up the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus infections with 168,912 new cases on Monday, overtaking Brazil as the second...

The Health Minister added that they are working on war footing to increase the number of beds in Pune, Mumbai, Nashik and other parts of th...

The Uddhav Thackeray government announced a partial lockdown, night curfew and shutdown of malls, multiplexes, restaurants and bars in Maha...

"The coronavirus infection generally spreads through our nose. One COVID-19 patients can infect at least 400 people. Hence, there is no alt...

Stating measures that need to be taken to curb the spread of the disease, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said isolation needs to be ...

Total deaths have now swelled to 159,967 and infections to 11.65 million, the highest in the world after the United States and Brazil.

“I would like to ask how long more it will take PM Modi, the Union home minister to end their silence and tell the people about the politic...

“We need to see who needs and who wants it,” said a senior health ministry official. “We have expanded since the introduction of the vaccin...

Speaking about preparations, state immunization officer Dr Dilip Patil said, "All workshops and training for the drive have been completed....

Specific teams were formed for various tasks by the district administrations and activities like uploading of dummy beneficiary data, sessi...

"I heard that Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has declared that the government would give COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to health worke...