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New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 21,880 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,38,47,065, while the active cases rose to 1,49,482, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,930 with 60 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]

Fatehpur: A resident of Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh has tested positive for swine flu. The man, identified as Rambabu, was admitted to Kanpur’s Regency hospital on Thursday. He was suffering from fever, cold, cough and back pain for about 10 days. Kanpur Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Alok Ranjan sent a report to the Fatehpur administration […]

Srinagar: Over 2.29 lakh devotees have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra since it started on June 30. However, the authorities on Friday stopped another batch of pilgrims in Jammu due to blockade of Jammu-Srinagar highway. Officials said that due to incessant rain along the over 300 km long Jammu-Srinagar highway, shooting stones and landslides have occurred […]

New Delhi: NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu secured victory in the Presidential poll on Thursday after the third round of counting as out of the 3,219 valid votes counted so far, she bagged 2,161 while Opposition’s nominee Yashwant Sinha got 1,058. “I heartily congratulate Droupadi Murmu on her victory in the Presidential Election 2022. I hope […]

Hyderabad: The Central government on Thursday made it clear that the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project was not eligible for inclusion under the National Project (NP) status in the absence of investment clearance. This was stated by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Bishweswar Tudu in Lok Sabha while replying to a question raised by […]

Dakshina Kannada: The video of students of a reputed college kissing in the presence of other students at a private residence has gone viral on social media stirring a hornet’s nest in Mangaluru city in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka. N. Shashikumar, Mangaluru Commissioner of Police, stated on Thursday that the incident […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will wait for the district court’s decision on the maintainability of a suit in connection with the Gyanvapi mosque at Varanasi. A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Surya Kant and P.S. Narasimha deferred hearing on a plea by the Committee of Anjuman Intezamia […]

Hyderabad: Cybercrime, particularly those registered under the category of ‘fraud’, including credit/debit card, ATM, online banking fraud and OTP frauds, has seen a massive jump across the country from 2017 to 2020. This was revealed by union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra in a reply to a question in the Rajya […]

New Delhi: Twenty-one children and the driver had a narrow escape when their school bus caught fire in Delhi’s Rohini area on Thursday afternoon, officials said. A fire call about school bus(tempo traveller)was received@1414 Sector-7,Rohini.3 fire tenders were rushed to the https://t.co/xk9jXnFIgf was in a School bus of Bal Bharti Public School having 21 children and […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has again summoned Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on July 25 after questioning her for three hours in connection with the National Herald case on Thursday. After the first round of interrogation, the Congress interim president left for lunch break with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, when the ED sent […]

New Delhi: The first round of counting of the Presidential poll on Thursday showed that Draupadi Murmu is far ahead of her counterpart Yashwant Sinha. The number of votes in favour of Murmu was 540 and for Yashwant Sinha it was 208 out of a total 748 valid votes. Total value of valid votes stands […]

Firozabad: In an incident that can be termed as a miracle of sorts, an eight-month-old fetus burst out of her mother’s womb even as the woman was crushed to death by a truck. The incident took place near Bartara village, under the Narkhi police circle on Wednesday. According to station house officer (SHO) Fateh Bahadur […]

Chennai: The fall in rupee against the US dollar will be pinching the Indian parents and their wards studying and aspiring to study in that country, said experts and parents. They also said students can look at other countries to pursue their education as the currencies that rupee is appreciating. The rupee has been depreciating against […]

Hyderabad: The TRS MPs staged a walkout in Lok Sabha in protest against the Central government’s stubborn stand on the issue pertaining to hike in prices and GST taxes. TRS leader Nama Nageswara Rao insisted on a debate on the issue in Lok Sabha when the four-day parliamentary session began on Thursday. When the Speaker […]

Thiruvananthapuram:  The Kerala Police, probing the NEET innerwear row in the state, on Thursday arrested two more accused taking the total arrests in the case to seven. The arrest was recorded by the police probe team and it included the vice-principal of the Mar Thoma Institute of IT and Center Superintendent of NEET examination – […]

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has been admitted to a hospital in Delhi. The CM was admitted for treatment in Delhi’s Apollo Hospital on Wednesday after a complaint of stomach pain. As per the information, Mann was diagnosed with an infection. A source told IANS that he was being treated under a team […]

New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join the investigation in connection with the National Herald case, is likely to reach ED Headquarters by 11 a.m. She will be questioned by a team of joint director level official including a woman. ED sources have suggested […]

Lucknow: The sale of pork meat and related products has been banned in Lucknow following the spread of African swine fever among pigs. District Magistrate Suryapal Gangwar imposed the ban following confirmation of over 100 pig deaths due to African swine fever by the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Anand Nagar (ICAR-NIHSAD) Bhopal. […]

Mumbai: A fire broke out on-board the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya while it was sailing off Karwar in Karnataka, officials said here on Wednesday. The incident occurred during a planned sortie for conducting sea trials of the aircraft carrier. Upon noticing the blaze, the ship crew immediately launched fire fighting operation using the ship’s fire-fighting […]

Hyderabad: Apollo Hospitals Chennai performed India’s first Fourth Generation (G4) Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System allows for edge-to-edge mitral valve repair. It allows doctors to choose clip size based on a patient’s mitral valve anatomy and a new leaflet grasping technology that allows doctors to grasp leaflets simultaneously or independently, according […]

New Delhi: There were around 9.79 lakh vacant posts in central government departments against the sanctioned strength of 40.35 lakh, as on March 1, 2021, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. According to the annual report of pay research unit of department of expenditure, there were 40,35,203 sanctioned posts under various ministries/departments of the […]

Colombo: India on Wednesday categorically denied media reports that New Delhi is making efforts at the political level to influence leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in the Parliament for the post of the Sri Lankan President. “We have seen baseless and purely speculative media reports about efforts at the political level from India to […]

Chandigarh: Two gangsters involved in the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala were eliminated in an encounter by the Punjab Police in Amritsar on Wednesday, an officer said. Gangsters Jagroop Singh Roopa and Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kusa were killed in the encounter that last for more than four hours, Additional Director General of Police Pramod […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against him concerning his alleged derogatory tweets. The apex court also ordered that he will be released on bail if any other FIR is lodged against him for the same cause of action. […]