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Udhampur: Over the ongoing debate on the anti-conversion bills being introduced in states, senior Congress leader and former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said that if anyone is converting people, he is not using a sword adding that it is the good work and character […]
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Moradabad: A seven-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped and murdered in a village in Moradabad, police said. The girl, belonging to a minority community, had gone missing while she was playing outside her house on December 22. Her body was found later in a sugarcane field, nearly two kilometres away from her house on Friday night. […]
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Firozabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is suffering from the fever of renaming places. Addressing a public rally here on Saturday, Owaisi said, “Media reports say 45-200 children died of viral fever in Firozabad in August-September. If you would question Baba (CM), he would […]
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Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech on Saturday said it received DCGI approval for emergency use of Covaxin for children aged 12-18 years. The vaccine has established a proven record for safety and efficacy in adults for the original variant and subsequent variants. “We have documented excellent safety and immunogenicity data readouts in children. We look forward for […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 15-18 years will start from January 3. This comes after Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use for kids aged between 12-18 years, said official sources. In […]
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Hyderabad: Reliance Jio is having the best of its time in India as a dominant player in the telecom segment. Every once in a while the company comes up with exciting offers/ surprises for its users. As the new year is around the corner. The telecom service provider has introduced a new prepaid plan for […]
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Jeddah: In a major relief to thousands of NRIs and Umrah pilgrims, the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia late on Friday announced the commencement of special direct flights between both India and Saudi Arabia. The agreement will increase direct flight frequencies between Saudi Arabia and India and will bring down the sky-rocketing airfares to some […]
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Bengaluru: Karnataka police arrested three persons and seized over 4 kg ambergris (whale vomit) worth Rs 4 crore, here on Saturday. According to South East Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Srinath Mahadev Joshi, based on a tip-off, the police arrested the accused near Bengaluru’s Mico Layout. “The accused had brought Ambergris from Tamil Nadu to […]
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Hyderabad: India can see a surge in Covid-19 cases by the end of January 2022, a Hyderabad-based doctor warned. “We expect a surge in Covid-19 numbers by end of January because we are no different from the world. We will face what the world is facing,” Dr Sambit, Director (Medical) of Krishna Institute of Medical […]
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Muzaffarnagar: Two people were arrested here for allegedly drugging a Class 10 student and gang-raping her, police said on Saturday. The minor girl had gone for tuition classes on Thursday from where two people allegedly drugged her and took her to a forest area near Sadpur village, according to a complaint lodged by her family. […]
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Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely to visit India in early January, sources familiar with the development confirmed to ANI. As per the sources at Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi already has extended an invitation for the visit to his Nepali counterpart inviting him for visit […]
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New Delhi: On the occasion of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday paid floral tribute at ‘Sadaiv Atal’ Samadhi in the national capital. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and others also […]
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New Delhi: Extending his greetings to the citizens on the occasion of Christmas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday recalled the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, adding that they placed topmost emphasis on service, kindness and humility. “Christmas greetings to everyone! We recall the life and noble teachings of Jesus Christ, which placed topmost […]
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Hyderabad: To promote diversity in Indian cinema, the National Film Development Corporation Limited (NFDC) announced a call for applications for funding of feature films. Under the scheme ‘Production of films in various Indian languages’, by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the NFDC encourages filmmakers by undertaking 100 per cent production of their debut film. […]
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Hyderabad: A day after stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui announced that he would be performing in Hyderabad next month, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dharmapuri Arvind on Friday threatened that his party will not let him perform here. He also warned the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao for welcoming comedians whose […]
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Visakhapatnam: INS Khukri, the first of the indigenously built missile corvettes, was decommissioned “after 32 years of glorious service” on Thursday. The ship solemn ceremony was held at Visakhapatnam during which the national flag, naval ensign, and the decommissioning pennant were lowered at sunset in the presence of Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, […]
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New Delhi: A parliamentary committee will next month invite officials of the State Election Commissions in Telangana and Bihar to showcase the use of technology, including biometric systems to authenticate genuine voters, in conducting local body polls. Sushil Modi, Chairperson of the Department-related Standing Committee on Law and Personnel, said the panel would invite the […]
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The coronavirus night curfew will be applicable from 11 pm to 5 am, a senior official said here.
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Hyderabad: The American Telugu Association (ATA) has facilitated a $20 million investment in Indian startups by organising business seminars since 2014. According to the association, which is working to promote Telugu community in the US, they have been conducting business seminars in Hyderabad once every two years. These business seminars encouraged multiple companies to move […]
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The Omicron infection tally has climbed to 358 across the nation. However, out of total Omicron positive, 114 have been discharged. So far 17 states have reported Omicron infection, said the Union health ministry.
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The 30-scrip BSE Sensex was down by 266.73 points or 0.47 per cent at 57048.55 at 9.45 am.
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Lucknow: A special court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 after declaring him guilty of sexually assaulting an autistic woman. The incident took place three years ago when the man was 37 years old, and the woman was around 24 years old. Ashutosh Pandey, Additional Director General […]
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In a tweet, the Handlooms Minister said "Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, on the National Handloom Day you had talked of strengthening #Vocal for handmade.
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Kanpur: Researchers at IIT Kanpur (IIT-K) have predicted that a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, which may be triggered by the new Omicron variant, may peak in India by February 3, 2022. A report, published in the online preprint health server MedRxiv, said: “Following the trends around the world, this project report forecasts India’s […]
