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New Delhi: Singapore Immigration Department has raised concerns with the Indian Airlines that they are violating the protocol made for COVID-19 and sending its crew members for international flights without completing 14 days of mandatory home isolation. “Recently the Immigration Authority of Singapore raised concerns to India that Indian airlines have violated the COVID-19 isolation […]

Shakya, his brother Devesh Shakya and their mother Draupadi Shakya came to Maurya's residence on Thursday and handed over his resignation letter.

Foreign brokerage Macquarie said on Monday there are no signs of headwinds abating at Paytm as it slashed the target price to Rs 900.

Hyderabad: BioGenex Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. has developed a RT-PCR kit for Covid-19 diagnosis, which detects COVID 19 caused by SARS COV 2 variants including “OMICRON” plus other variants. The NIB, Noida, an ICMR designated lab, examined the performance of this kit and found that it performed with 100% accuracy which means no false negatives […]

Today the Congress party has released a list of 125 candidates who will be contesting for the upcoming Assembly election. Of these, 50 are women.

Lucknow: The series of resignations from the BJP in Uttar Pradesh continued for a third day on Thursday after Mukesh Varma, the legislator from Shikohabad in Firozabad, also quit. In his letter addressed to the state BJP president, Varma alleged that the Yogi Adityanath government, in the past five years, has failed to address the […]

Jaipur: Many organs of the minor deaf and mute girl gangraped in Rajasthan’s Alwar have been damaged as a sharp-edged object was inserted in her body, officials confirmed. A team of five doctors performed a surgery for 2.5 hours, Dr Arvind Shukla said. Her rectum was injured and she was bleeding when brought to the […]

New Delhi: India logged 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927 which includes 5,488 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the […]

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday informed that the EV-maker is facing a “lot of challenges” for its car launch in India. “Still working through a lot of challenges with the government,” Musk tweeted. Musk was replying to a Twitter user, who asked: “Yo @elonmusk any further update as to when Tesla’s will […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to close schools from Class 1 to 9 in Bengaluru till the end of January following the recent surge in the Covid cases in the city. Minister for Education B.C. Nagesh confirmed this on Wednesday. He said that since the number of infections have crossed the 10,000 mark in […]

New Delhi: Union Minister for AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal, said on Wednesday that the ministry is hopeful to see more than one crore people perform in Surya Namaskar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti January 14. The Ministry of AYUSH is all prepared for the global Surya Namaskar programme on Makar Sankranti on 14 January under […]

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday demanded that his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi be arrested for his alleged “conspiracy” in the breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modis security on January 5. The Assam Chief Minister also alleged that the Congress high command and the party’s other central leaders were part of […]

New Delhi: Eminent rocket scientist S Somanath has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as well as the Space Secretary, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Wednesday said. Somanath, who is at present Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), will succeed K Sivan who completes his extended tenure […]

New Delhi: With 407 fresh Omicron infections detected in the past 24 hours, the national tally of this highly transmissible Covid variant has mounted to 4868, union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Wednesday morning. Of the total, 1805 people have recovered from the new strain nationwide so far, it added. The Omicron […]

New Delhi: As many as 300 districts in India are reporting weekly Covid case positivity of more than 5 per cent, the union government said on Wednesday as it urged people not to treat infection due to Omicron variant as common cold and get vaccinated. It said Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar […]

Sultanpur: The Sultanpur MP-MLA court has issued an arrest warrant against former BJP minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who resigned from the UP cabinet on Tuesday. He had been accused of stoking communal feelings when he was in the BSP, seven years ago. Maurya has been asked to appear in court on January 24. When asked, […]

Lucknow: Five years ago, the BJP had welcomed turncoats from other parties and flaunted it as an achievement. The same turncoats are now living up to their reputation and changing loyalties when elections are round the corner. Whether it is Swami Prasad Maurya, Dara Singh Chauhan, Bhagwati Sharan Sagar or Avatar Singh Bhadana, all these […]

Lucknow: Another Uttar Pradesh minister, Dara Singh Chauhan, quit the Yogi Adityanath cabinet on Wednesday, giving a jolt to the BJP in the poll-bound state. Chauhan is the second minister to resign from the state cabinet, after Swami Prasad Maurya tendered his resignation on Tuesday. At least three other MLAs have already announced that they […]

Hyderabad: A tweet on the harmful impact of Ayurveda medicines, made by Dr Abby Philips (TheLiverDoc @drabbyphilips) on social media platform Twitter is attracting a lot of attention towards the efficacy of Ayurvedic medicines in the country. The liver transplant specialist from Kerala on Twitter said that a clinically stable person became disoriented, pre-comatose, undergoing […]

Hyderabad: India’s passport power has improved this quarter compared to 2021. It now ranks at 83rd position in the Henley Passport Index, climbing seven places from 90th rank last year. With this, Indian passport holders can now visit 60 destinations worldwide including Oman and Armenia (latest additions) without obtaining a visa. India has added 35 more […]

The incident happened on Tuesday night and the condition of the girl is critical.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a Technology Centre of the MSME Ministry and Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Manimandapam – an auditorium with open-air theatre in Puducherry, through video conference. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Technology Centre of the MSME Ministry is established at Puducherry with an […]

Extending the rally for the fourth consecutive session the Sensex opened on a firm note at 61,014.37 points and surged to a high of 61,130.86 points.

New Delhi: Rakesh Tajpuriya, a close-aide of dreaded gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, was arrested after a brief encounter here in the national capital, an official said on Wednesday. Rakesh Tajpuriya was involved in supplying arms and ammunition to the assailants in the Rohini Court shootout case. The shootout which seemed ripped from a Bollywood potboiler, occurred […]