India

Hyderabad: South Central Railway General Manager Gajanan Mallya advised officers and employees to be proficient in Hindi and do most of their work in the official language, during the Zonal Official Language Implementation Committee meeting, held virtually on December 14. Several senior officials of SCR also attended the meeting which was organised by Rajbhasha Department. […]

Jaunpur: Taking a swipe at Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the Uttar Pradesh chief minister cleverly avoided taking a dip in the Ganga, unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi, knowing well that the waters of none of the rivers were clean. He also refused to tender an apology for his taunt […]

Mumbai: The Mumbai civic body on Tuesday prepared a list of guests present at a party attended by actor Kareena Kapoor Khan, who has contracted Covid-19, and their immediate contacts for testing all of them, an official said. “The personalities have been also asked to remain isolated at home and avoid any exposure to other […]

Varanasi: The newly-inaugurated Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi is being largely hailed as a symbol of resurrection of spiritual consciousness of India but a section of people here claim that the mega project is being showcased so that the ruling party gets a “political edge” in the upcoming state elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on […]

New Delhi: A demand was raised in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday to declare cow as the national animal and enact an effective central law to stop cow slaughter in the country. Making a special mention in the House, BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena said cow is an integral part of Indian culture, and that even […]

Chennai: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao called on his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin at the latter’s residence here on Tuesday. This is KCR’s maiden meeting with the DMK president after he became Chief Minister in May this year. Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi was present at the meeting which was described as a courtesy […]

Ever since the ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has called it quits from the game, he has continued to stay close to his fans through his social media handles. This time, Sachin shares a video of an umpire using unique skills while declaring results, leaving many cricket fans in splits.  Taking to his Twitter account, Sachin […]

Kochi: Stringent action should be taken against any forced conversion of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression of persons of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) community, the Kerala High Court said and directed the State to frame guidelines for such procedures. The High Court said if medical conversion therapy was […]

Hyderabad: The Great Living Chola Temples is a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation for a group of Chola dynasty-era Hindu temples deep in the southern State of Tamil Nadu. Completed between the early 11th and the 12th century CE, the monuments include Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur, Brihadisvara Temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram, and Airavatesvara Temple at […]

Hyderabad: The American dream job still seems to hold good for many Indians. With technology jobs becoming the most sought-after, about 40 per cent of Indians searched for jobs in the United States (US) between 2019 and 2021. As per an analysis by Indeed, the search activity from India for jobs in other countries was […]

Amaravati: Passengers, including some legislators, of the flight of a private carrier that was supposed to land in Tirupati on Tuesday morning had a harrowing experience as the aircraft allegedly developed a technical problem before finally making a detour and landing in Bengaluru. The airlines allegedly demanded each passenger to pay Rs 5,000 to let […]

Mumbai: The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) will launch Covavax — its vaccine for children aged above 3 years — in the next six months, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla said here on Tuesday. Covavax is currently under trial and has shown excellent results down to the age of 3 years, Poonawalla said while addressing […]

Hyderabad: Bharti Airtel and Capgemini will collaborate on bringing 5G-based enterprise grade solutions to the India market. They will bring together their experience in connectivity and 5G solutioning, and System Integration (SI) capabilities, to co-innovate a range of India-focused use cases. As part of this collaboration, Capgemini’s 5G Lab, situated within its Mumbai campus, and […]

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) plans to launch a COVID vaccine for children in the next six months, the company’s CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday. Participating in an industry conference, Poonawalla said the vaccine ‘Covovax’ is under trial and would offer protection to children all the way down till three years. Currently, […]

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said four more cases of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, have been detected in the national capital and all have travel history to foreign countries. The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has not spread in the community so far and the situation is under control, he […]

Bhopal: A former Sarpanch was shot dead when a group of men opened fire at a wedding function in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district. The victim was a follower of jailed self-styled godman Rampal and had organised a marriage function. The incident was reported on Monday afternoon when the men allegedly shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, barged into […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) on Tuesday morning has issued an advisory of ‘No Tsunami Threat’ to India, following an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale, detected at Flores Sea in Indonesia. “Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, the threat of Tsunami does not exist for […]

Hyderabad: In their endeavor to reach out to a global audience, aha studio and India’s leading content studio Applause Entertainment, a venture of the Aditya Birla Group announced a partnership today to produce four premium bi-lingual Pan-Indian series. Their first offering is an adaptation of the book ‘Half Lion’ based on the life of PV […]

Jammu: A gunfight broke out between the terrorists and security forces in the Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Sources said the gunfight was underway at Dori Dhook village in Surankote and two to three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists have been trapped. The gunfight took place after a joint […]

Shamli: A teacher accused in the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET-2021) examination paper leak, has surrendered at a court in Shamli district. Nirdosh Chaudhary’s name had come up when an accused from Aligarh, Gaurav Malaan, 28, was arrested on November 30. He had revealed that Chaudhary, a Kasganj-based primary school teacher, had provided his […]

New Delhi: Content streaming platform Netflix on Tuesday said it is slashing its monthly subscription rates by up to 60 per cent in India, as it looks to woo viewers amid growing competition in the OTT space in the country. Under the new rates that roll out from Tuesday, Netflix’s Mobile will now be available […]

Varanasi: Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to the Varanasi railway station. Taking to Twitter early Tuesday morning, the Prime Minister said: “Next stop…Banaras station. We are working to enhance rail connectivity as well as ensure clean, modern and passenger-friendly railway stations Inspecting key development […]

Lakhimpur Kheri: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, has filed an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) to include new sections against the 13 accused to make their offence punishable under attempt to murder charges. Vidhyaram Diwakar, the SIT investigating officer, filed the application last week in the […]

Balasore (Odisha): India on Monday successfully launched Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo System (SMAT) from Abdul Kalam island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said. During the mission, the full range capability of the missile was successfully demonstrated. The system has been designed to enhance anti-submarine […]