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Noida-based National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), a top autonomous institute under the Union health ministry, shall function as an additional facility for testing of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a gazette notification issued on Tuesday.

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday called the Roshni land scheme the "biggest land scam of India", and questioned NC leader Farooq Abdullah and others as to what necessitated them to 'grab' government lands even after ruling Jammu and Kashmir for three generations.

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday launched an attack on the BJP, accusing it of misusing power because it was not being able to form government in Maharashtra.

Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay has threatened "surgical strike" on "intruders" in the Old City area of Hyderabad in what is turning out to be a hugely divisive campaign for the city's mayoral elections. "Intruders" was a reference to illegal Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Rohingyas who allegedly live in the city.

The IMA or Indian Medical Association on Tuesday demanded withdrawal of a Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) notification authorising post-graduate Ayurveda practitioners to be trained to perform general surgical procedures, saying the move was a "khichadification", or a confused mix, of medical education and practice.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Centre and state governments cannot have an "indefinite or overriding right" to continue occupying citizens' properties after acquiring them on any pretext and permitting such an act would be "no less than condoning lawlessness".

As Rajasthan reports over 3,000 new Covid cases per day, the same number of weddings will be held in Jaipur over the next few days, triggering fear of another wave of coronavirus infections

The Centre on Tuesday said it has invited farmer unions from Punjab for the second round of ministerial talks on December 3 to resolve differences over the new agriculture laws.

An estimated one crore frontline health workers will receive the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine whenever it becomes available, with around 92 per cent of government hospitals and 55 per cent of private hospitals across all states and Union Territories providing data identifying the workers, official sources said.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has invited his biggest rival and critics within the party, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu to his home for lunch tomorrow. The two are "expected to discuss state and national politics over the luncheon meeting," tweeted Mr Singh's media adviser while announcing the unprecedented invite, which has raised speculation about a possible patch-up between the two.

After the Home Ministry directed the Assam Rifles to launch operations against NSCN(IM), the insurgent group accused the centre of being "insincere" in its efforts to find a permanent solution to the seven-decade-old conflict

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Shiv Sena "softened" its stand on "love jihad" after it formed a government with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra last year.

Former minister MJ Akbar and journalist Priya Ramani on Tuesday refused any settlement between them in a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against her.

Callers will soon be required to add '0' prefix for making calls from landlines to mobile phones in the country, with the telecom department asking telcos to make necessary arrangements by January 1 to implement the new system.

BJP youth wing president Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday claimed the entire of south India will be "saffornised" with the BJP winning elections beginning with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls.