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President Droupadi Murmu presented 66 Padma awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Violinist N Rajam received Padma Vibhushan. Actor Dharmendra was honored posthumously with Padma Vibhushan. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee received Padma Shri. The ceremony recognized distinguished service in various fields. A total of 131 Padma awards were approved for 2026.

Early trends for the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections show a significant shift, with the Congress-led UDF projected for a commanding victory, leading in over 100 seats. The ruling LDF faces strong anti-incumbency, while the BJP remains a marginal player. This outcome suggests a return to Kerala's traditional pattern of alternating governments.

Influenza is a disease which has caused maximum deaths so far in the history of world.

Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's principal secretary I S N Prasad had to shuttle between the cabinet hall and his cabin more than five times, in search of suitable words to be incorporated in the three-page letter written to governor H R Bhardwaj.

An AIIMS doctor suspected to be suffering from H1N1 infection has been admitted to the intensive care unit at the hospital.

A pregnant woman succumbed to H1N1 infection in Hunsur taluk of the district on Thursday.

While over 3,000 cases of various subtypes of influenza, including H3N2, had been reported from across the country till March 9 and 955 cases of H1N1 till February, only one H3N2 and three H1N1 cases have so far been reported in Bihar.

PATNA: Justice Chandra M o h a n Prasad of P a t n a H i g h Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of Kumar Suman Singh alias Ranjit alias Indrajit Kumar, who is popularly known as Ranjit Don.

BANGALORE: High profile industrialist Vijay Mallya was the star attraction in Vidhana Soudha on Thursday. When he turned up at 1.20 pm after speculation whether he would jump into the election fray or not, even Congress workers couldn't help being impressed.

BANGALORE: The Janata Party on Sunday announced its first list of candidates for 30 assembly seats.

With a record number of 24 positive cases having been reported on Sankranti day alone, the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have now earned the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of swine flu cases in the country for January.

A woman admitted in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar has tested positive for H1N1, the first case of swine flu in Odisha in 2012.

The state government on Saturday confirmed Odisha's first swine flu case this year.The H1N1 virus had claimed 32 lives in the state in 2010, when the disease was first reported in Odisha.

Amid the rising coronavirus cases in the city, the Karnataka government on Saturday transferred the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner B H Anil Kumar and replaced him with Revenue Department Principal Secretary N Manjunatha Prasad. According to a Government Order, Prasad will be in concurrent charge of the post of Principal Secretary in the Revenue Department and Disaster Management.

Doctors across the city have appealed to people not to panic over the H1N1 flu, stating that the medical fraternity is not looking at it as very different from seasonal influenza.

Election Commission has directed the state police headquarters to send four police officials to the commission office so that they could be drafted for poll duty in five states as poll observers.