India

Chandigarh: Taking swift cognizance of an explosion that occurred at the headquarters of Punjab Police Intelligence wing in Mohali, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to immediately probe the entire incident thoroughly so as to get to the bottom of the case. Chairing a high-level meeting of senior […]

New Delhi: India on Tuesday registered 2,288 fresh Covid cases, a considerable decline against previous day’s 3,207, as per the Union Health Ministry data. In the same period, 10 Covid fatalities were recorded taking the nationwide death toll to 5,24,103. Currently, the active caseload stands at 19,637 cases, accounting for 0.05 per cent of the […]

Mysuru: A white Tigress in Mysuru’s Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens has given birth to three cubs. Animal activists and wildlife lovers are celebrating the moment as the pictures of the tigress with her cubs went viral on social media. According to the official communication by the zoo authorities, the cubs are born to the tigress […]

New Delhi: The Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani over westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 5 kmph through the night bringing heavy rainfall at places along the Andhra Pradesh coast. On Tuesday, at 5:30 a.m., it lay centred over west central Bay of Bengal about 300 kms southeast of […]

New Delhi: As thousands of commuters find themselves at the mercy of Uber and Ola drivers via ride cancellations, cancellation charges, random surge pricing and long waiting times, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) was set to grill cab aggregators over their algorithms on Tuesday. The regulator, under its Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare, was set […]

New Delhi: After Rupee plummeted to an all-time low against the US Dollar, the Congress on Monday attacked the government, saying that it is now time for the rupee to march towards the 100-mark. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “Rupee has fallen to an all-time low to 77.4 to a Dollar. The Prime Minister has […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday denied the allegations made by Xiaomi India stating that the statements of its officials were taken under coercion as “untrue” and “baseless”. “ED denies allegations made by Xiaomi India that statements of its officials were taken under coercion as untrue and baseless,” the probe agency said in […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the further proceedings pending before the High Courts across the country on petitions challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) and the Cable TV Networks (Amendment) Rules 2021. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Abhay S Oka […]

Bhopal: A squabble over a groom wearing ‘sherwani’ instead of the traditional attire, took a violent turn with the families of the bride and groom clashing and pelting stones at each other in a Madhya Pradesh village, police officials said on Monday. As per locals, the incident in a village of Dhar district took place on […]

Shopian: An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces in the Shirmal area of Zainapora village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir. Further details are awaited. Earlier on Sunday, a Pakistani terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a local terrorist were killed in the Kulgam district. According to the Jammu and Kashmir […]

Chennai: Eighty-five-year-old K. Kamalthal of Coimbatore is a sensation on internet, thanks to the Re one idli she serves people and is fondly called ‘Idli Patti’ or ‘Idli Grandmother’. No wonder, chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra found it fit to donate a new home to her. Mahindra group has handed over a 300 square […]

Dubai: Adani Sportsline, a part of the Adani Group, on Monday made a foray into franchise cricket by acquiring the rights to own and operate a franchise in UAE T20 League. Licensed by the Emirates Cricket Board, the UAE T20 League will be an annual event that will feature six teams competing in a 34-match event. […]

New Delhi: A day after it came to light that IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in “a state of panic”, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday that no human being should have to go through this and he himself is investigating the incident. […]

New Delhi: India and France agreed to work in close proximity in line with the Make in India initiatives to address challenges related to space issues, besides having deeper ties in climate change and defence-related matters. Building on a great tradition of over 60 years of technical and scientific space cooperation, and in order to […]

New Delhi: Protests are underway against the anti-encroachment drive in the Shaheen Bagh area of the national capital. A local sat in front the bulldozer and shouted the slogan, “Modi Sarkar Murdabad.” #ShaheenBagh Video @MohdAbuzarCh pic.twitter.com/1MWhXLUP4Z — Alishan Jafri (@alishan_jafri) May 9, 2022 Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan reached the spot and was […]

Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted raids at over a dozen locations in Mumbai against associates of Pakistan-based gangster Dawood Ibrahim and a few hawala operators. The raids are being conducted in Nagpada, Goregaon, Borivali, Santacruz, Mumbra, Bhendi Bazar, and other places. The probe agency said that it had registered a case […]

Mumbai: The rupee extended its losses and touched an all-time low of 77.42 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday weighed down by the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and unabated foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.17 against the American dollar, then […]

Mumbai: The Indian stock market’s benchmark Sensex fell 823.08 points on Monday dragged by heavy selling pressure in the metal and power stocks. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex was trading 823.08 points or 1.50 per cent down at 54,012.50 points at 9:35 am. The broader Nifty 50 of the National Stock Exchange was trading […]

New Delhi: Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but expected to weaken gradually over the next two days, the weather office said. The […]

New Delhi: India logged 3,207 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,05,401, while the active cases dipped to 20,403, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,093 with 29 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the death of nine people who were killed in a road accident in Kamareddy district of Telangana and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased. PM Modi also announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 for those injured […]

Bengaluru: As many as 29 people were injured after a Karnataka State Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus with 45 passengers on board met with an accident in Bengaluru. Four people sustained severe injuries, police said. The accident took place early this morning at 1:30 am under the Kengeri Police Station limits in Bengaluru. West Bengaluru Deputy […]

Lucknow: A Salman Khan doppelganger, Azam Ansari, was taken into custody by the Lucknow police on charges of disturbing peace.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Azam Ansari (@azam00ansari) Ansari was making a reel (short video) at the historic Clock Tower on Sunday night and a huge crowd gathered on the […]

Hyderabad: The rise of Covid infections, causing the fifth wave in South Africa due to two new lineages of Omicron-BA 4 and BA 5, has triggered fears among geneticists and scientists here on the potential of new variants to create a similar surge of infections in Telangana and elsewhere in the country. The swift rise […]