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Srinagar: An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday, police said. The forces launched a cordon-and-search operation at Mumanhal village of the Arwani area in the district after inputs were received about the presence of militants there, a police official said. The search operation […]

New Delhi: Eleven parliamentarians – six from the Lok Sabha and five from the Rajya Sabha – were awarded the annual Parliamentarians’ Group for Children Awards, in a virtual ceremony on Thursday. The Parliamentarians’ Group of Children (PGC) is a platform that convenes, informs and engages MPs on issues of children’s rights, and the award […]

Hyderabad: The National Farmer’s day or the Kisan Diwas is Celebrated on December 23 every year, in honour of the fifth prime minister of the country Choudhary Charan Singh on his birth anniversary.  States such as Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, which are actively engaged in farm activities, celebrate the Farmer’s day more. […]

New Delhi: The DDMA order permitting bars and restaurants to operate with up to 50 per cent of seating capacity does not specify whether they can host Christmas and New Year parties, owners of several establishments said, seeking more clarity. Last week, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) extended till December 31 midnight its COVID-19-related […]

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched the CM Dashboard monitoring system that will enable Chief Minister M K Stalin to get real-time information on important matters including rainfall patterns, water storage levels in reservoirs and health-related among others. Stalin launched the dashboard here, an official release said. “Understanding the need for real-time information, […]

New Delhi: AirAsia India on Thursday unveiled its new in-flight menu consisting of 21 regional and international dishes. “Guests can pre-book their ‘Gourmair’ meals on airasia.co.in, the AirAsia India mobile apps or with preferred travel partners, up to 12 hours before their flight,” the airline said in a statement. Gourmair is the name of the […]

Visakhapatnam: Some local fishermen rescued a shark entangled in the shore fishing net on Tantadi beach in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, said District Forest Officer (DFO), Anant Shankar. The shark was later guided back to the sea by the forest department officials, fishermen, and wildlife conservationists added the DFO. “It is a whale shark, the world’s […]

Thane: Police have arrested a newly-married man along with five others at Manpada in Thane district for allegedly stealing motorcycles so that he could fund the expenses for taking his wife for outings, and recovered some of the stolen vehicles collectively worth over Rs five lakh, an official said on Thursday. The accused had stolen […]

Hyderabad: Dattatraya Lohar a local maharashtrian built the vehicle to fulfill his son’s desire. Inspired by the creation of this man Anand Mahindra offered him a Bolero in exchange and said, “This clearly doesn’t meet with any of the regulations but I will never cease to admire the ingenuity,” And their passion for mobility-not to […]

However, there is no official confirmation about the casualties in the blast that occurred in a toilet on the third floor in the old building around 12.25 p.m.

New Delhi: Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that over 60 per cent of the eligible population in India has been fully vaccinated against coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, the Ministry said, “Accomplishing more new feats! Congratulations India. Aided by public participation & dedicated efforts of our health workers, over 60 per cent of the eligible […]

Bijapur: Naxals set ablaze two vehicles and a machine parked at a stone crushing plant in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a police official said on Thursday. They also threatened employees at the unit to stop the work during the incident on Wednesday, he said. The plant is located in Murdonda village under Awapalli police station limits, […]

Mangaluru: Animal lover Rajni Shetty and her husband has devoted their life to stray animals, mostly feeding, giving shelter and treating them in their Mangaluru house. “We feed 800 stray dogs every day and look after dozens of dogs, cats, rabbits, birds in our house. We are also providing treatment to the injured animals”, said […]

New Delhi: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh which is celebrated as National Farmers’ Day (Kisan Diwas), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday extended his greetings to the farmers of the country. Rajnath Singh called the former Prime Minister “top leader of farmers” who contributed to the […]

With the addition of fresh fatalities, the death toll has mounted to 4,78,759.

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested 11 more persons, including businessmen and Pearls Group employees in connection with Rs 60,000 crore Pearls Ponzi Scheme case. “Chander Bhushan Dhillon, Prem Seth, Manmohan Kamal Mahajan, Mohanlal Sehajpal, Kanwaljit Singh Toor are the employees of the Pearls Group who have been placed under arrest. […]

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has come to the aid of a lawyer couple, one of them in the UK, by permitting the online solemnisation of their marriage as the groom was unable to come here due to the Omicron related travel restrictions. When 25-year old lawyer Rintu Thomas and her fiance — Anantha Krishnan […]

Srinagar: After nearly one month the minimum temperature on Thursday rose above the freezing point in Srinagar and many places in Kashmir. Sonam Lotus, director of the MeT department said, “As expected, there is a significant rise in minimum temperature by 4-5 degree Celsius in J&K and Ladakh. “Light Snow also reported at isolated places […]

Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh has demanded that the income of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav income be investigated. State MSME Minister and government spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh questioned Yadav’s support to certain members of his party who were raided by the income tax department recently. He accused Akhilesh Yadav of […]

Deoghar: A 14-year-old boy was killed over a tiff allegedly by his friends who slit his throat, chopped off his hands and legs, stuffed the body in sacks and dumped it in a jungle in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district, police said on Thursday. The victim’s family filed a complaint on Wednesday, alleging that he went missing […]

Chennai: The students of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), one of the oldest IITs in the country, had got 310 higher placement offers in 2021 as compared to 2020, said a senior official. The number of campus placement offers from corporates to students for the academic year 2021-22 stands at 1,327 as compared to […]

New Delhi: Congress is planning to launch agitation against the Centre in January over rising unemployment and privatisation. The agitation committee of the party held a meeting, earlier on Wednesday, at 15 GRG in the presence of Digvijay Singh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Udit Raj, Neeta D’Souza, BV Srinivas, Ragini Nayak. Congress party is building strategies […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 22 development projects worth Rs 870 crores in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Thursday. As per a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of ‘Banas Dairy Sankul’ at UP State Industrial […]

Goyal said that infinite possibilities in technology should aid the Centre's initiatives and not just further complicate the system. He also stressed the need for indigenous solutions to problems facing the country.