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New Delhi: India logged 8,582 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,22,017, while the active cases increased to 44,513, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,761 with four fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprises 0.10 […]

Kanpur: In a bizarre incident, a groom in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district ran away from the marriage venue as he did not get the required dowry, police said. The incident took place at a mass marriage event in Sharifapur village of the district in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Minister Dharam Pal Singh. The groom […]

Palakkad: Gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh made an emotional appeal before the media here on Saturday in the wake of her lawyer R Krishnaraj’s potential arrest saying ‘don’t hurt people who are around me’. According to her, it’s a deliberate attempt to isolate her. “Why are they attacking me like this. I stick […]

Mumbai: Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma has been summoned by Mumbai police to appear at Mumbai’s Pydhonie police station on June 25, informed the officials on Saturday. Mumbai police’s summon was regarding the enquiry and recording of Sharma’s statement. Police earlier filed a case against her on a complaint filed by Raza […]

Varanasi: The Kashi Dharam Parishad and seers related to it have demanded “a complete lockdown of the mosques from where stones are being pelted and imposition of NSA on the jihadis who threatened Nupur Sharma”. The seers have condemned the violence that broke out after the Friday prayers across the country. Mahant Balak Das of Patalpuri […]

Lucknow: In a shocking revelation, it has been found that minors have been at the forefront of the recent violence in Uttar Pradesh against the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad. According to a senior police official , majority of the protesters in Kanpur, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Moradabad are minors. ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar admitted […]

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated development works of more than Rs 80 crore and the Khukri museum at Diu in Gujarat. He added that “Achhe din abhi aur bhi achhe hone wale hain”. He addressed a public meeting in presence of State Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, Union Territory (Daman and Diu) administrator Praful Patel […]

Srinagar: Three terrorists have been killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces at Drabgam area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Sunday. “Two more terrorists killed (Total 3). Identification and affiliation being ascertained. Incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition recovered. Search going on,” police added. There have been a series of anti-terror […]

New Delhi: Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER G Kishan Reddy will be in Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday to review the preparations for the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju. The National Implementation Committee (NIC) under the leadership of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the commemoration […]

New Delhi: The Mumbai Police has sent a notice to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma in connection with her alleged remarks on Prophet Muhammad. Sharma will have to appear before the Mumbai Police to record the statement on June 25. “The notice has been issued by Mumbai Police. She has been asked […]

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested Kashmir-based Youtuber Faisal Wani, who had digitally enacted the act of beheading former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. “We have registered an FIR against the Youtuber under sections 505 and 506 IPC at Safa Kadal Police Station in the Srinagar, after his gory video went viral,” police said. […]

Mumbai: The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government got a rude jolt as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday secured the win of its additional candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra. Elections were held for six vacancies, with seven candidates were in fray, including three from BJP, two from Shiv Sena, and […]

Kolkata: With an eye on the forthcoming Presidential polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of the leaders of all opposition parties and chief ministers of the opposition ruled states, in New Delhi on June 15. The meeting will be held at the Constitutional Club. She has forwarded a letter to […]

Ranchi: Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi has been blanketed by heavy police cover as two persons succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained during Friday’s protest against controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by suspended BJP spokespersons as Hindutva outfits called for a bandh on Saturday against the violence. Around 2,500 police personnel, including one IG rank and DIG rank […]

Bengaluru: When the hijab crisis is settling down in Karnataka, it is now the skull cap versus saffron shawls in the state. A section of Hindu employees of the state-owned Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) objecting to the Muslim drivers, conductors and others wearing skull caps, are now attending duty donning saffron shawls. Following the […]

Ahmedabad: Three prominent figures of Gujarat joined Aam Aadmi Party here on Saturday in presence of state party president Gopal Italia. Those who joined included Yuvraj Bhagirath Singh Vaghela of Utelia, Lata Ben Bhatia and educationist Himanshu Thakkar. Welcoming them into the party, Gopal Italia said, “I am happy to say that when the country […]

United Nations: Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill was on Friday appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology, with the UN describing him as a “thought leader on digital technology” who has a solid understanding of how to leverage the digital transformation responsibly and inclusively for progress on the Sustainable […]

Gurugram: The country has shown exemplary resilience in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Anantha Nageswaran said on Saturday. Nageswaran was addressing an event on “Indian Economy: Prospects, Challenges and Action Points” at Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) here. “India has shown an exemplary resilience in recovering from a crisis […]

Kolkata: Fresh violence has erupted in certain pockets of Howrah district on Saturday morning as agitators staged demonstrations over the recent controversial remarks over Prophet Muhammad. Tension broke out at minority-dominated Panchal area in Howrah district on Saturday morning after protesters attacked and ransacked a local club there. When the police tried to disperse them, […]

Mangaluru: A new member of the police squad in the city has been named after the fiercely loyal canine star in the Kannada movie ‘777 Charlie,’ the directorial debut of Kiran Raj. Police has named the new entrant as Charlie, who is also a Labrador like the dog in the movie, which portrays strong human-animal […]

Pune/Mumbai: In the wake of the BJP winning all three Rajya Sabha seats it contested in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said saffron party leader Devendra Fadnavis succeeded in working the “miracle” of weaning away independent MLAs from rival camps using “different means”. He also said that there was nothing shocking in the […]

New Delhi: A 64-year-old patient died at a hospital in Delhi’s Rohini area in the early hours of Saturday after his oxygen support was disrupted due to a fire at the facility, officials said. The fire, apparently caused due to a short circuit, broke out on the third floor of Brahm Shakti Hospital, Pooth Khurd, […]

Hyderabad: After failing to make any progress on his idea of a national front, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao appears to have made up his mind to float a national party. A final decision in this regard is expected to be taken on June 19 at the extended meeting of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) […]

Purnea: At least eight people were killed and two others injured when the SUV they were travelling in lost control and fell into a roadside ditch in Bihar’s Purnia district on Saturday, officials said. The local administration is trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased. “The accident took place around 3 AM on Saturday […]