India

Mumbai: Bollywood actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood, who is seen as a host on the show MTV ‘Roadies Journey to South Africa’, is known for going out of the way to help others. Recently, he has given support to the team of MTV ‘Roadies’ in donating 1000 raincoats to the Mumbai Police on the anvil […]

New Delhi: India’s inflation is expected to ease gradually in the second half of the current financial year 2022-23, “precluding the chances of a hard landing” monetary policy actions, said the Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shaktikanta Das. The central bank Governor made the remarks at the ongoing Kautilya Economic Conclave, organized by the Institute […]

Srinagar: “Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has established decisive supremacy on terror in Kashmir. He has taken development to the people of Kashmir without any discrimination,” Shah said in his speech. After the abrogation of “so-called” special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, and its […]

New Delhi: A 23-year-old miscreant involved in several criminal cases died after he was shot during an encounter with the Delhi Police in the northeast area of the national capital, an official said on Saturday. The deceased, identified as Aakash alias Thalau alias Illu, was a bad character of the New Usmanpur police station area. […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has set up two helpline numbers at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi for extending help to those who stuck in Amarnath yatra. Devotees, who are stuck in the pilgrimage can call on the helpline numbers 011- 23380556 or 011-23380558. Meanwhile, four passengers,including a woman from Jangaon got stuck in the Amarnath […]

Giridih: A Maoist wanted in the 2013 killing of the then Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjeet Balihar has been nabbed in Giridih district of Jharkhand, a police statement said. The arrested Maoist, identified as Nandlal Soren alias Hitesh alias Pavitra da alias Vijay da, was a member of the Special Area Committee of the banned […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 18,840 in a day to reach 4,36,04,394 while the number of active cases increased to 1,25,028, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,386 with 43 more people succumbing to the viral disease, the data updated at 8 am […]

New Delhi: The national tricolour at Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament House flew at half-mast on Saturday to observe the day-long state mourning announced in the country as a mark of respect for former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe who was assassinated on July 8. Abe was shot in Nara city in western Japan on […]

Hyderabad: BJP MLA T Raja Singh and 11 of his family members had a miraculous escape from the flood during Amarnath yatra in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Raja Singh and his family left the city and reached New Delhi on Wednesday. They could not utilize helicopter service from New Delhi due to inclement weather. […]

Srinagar: Rescue operation was resumed at the Amarnath cave shrine on Saturday where 15 people were killed and over 40 injured in a cloudburst Friday evening. Authorities have temporarily suspended the Yatra from both Baltal and Pahalgam base camps. Teams of NDRF, SDRF, BSF, CRPF, Army, police and ITBP resumed rescue operation with the first light […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of life in the cloudburst near the Amarnath holy cave shrine in Jammu & Kashmir on Friday. “Anguished by the cloud burst near Shree Amarnath cave. Condolences to the bereaved families. Spoke to Manoj Sinha ji and took stock of the situation. Rescue and relief operations […]

Srinagar: At least 13 yatris were killed, five others injured and around three dozen missing after a cloudburst near the Amarnath cave shrine on Friday evening caused flash floods, officials said. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said 13 pilgrims were killed in the cloudburst that hit the area around 5.30 p.m. At least three langars (community […]

Srinagar: A cloudburst hit the area near the Amarnath cave shrine on Friday and five casualties have been reported so far, officials said. “Cloudburst occurred in area near the Amarnath cave shrine around 5.30 p.m. Rescue operation has been launched at the site. Rescue teams were rushed to the spot using helicopter services,” an official […]

Hyderabad: The State Bank of India has frozen several accounts due to non-compliance with KYC (Know Your Customer) regulations. Several twitter users took to twitter to complain about the same by tagging the bank’s official ID. An SBI customer Gaurav Agarwal, tagged the official handle of the bank and said that his account services have […]

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Alt News journalist Mohammed Zubair, who was arrested by Delhi Police over an “objectionable” tweet shared in 2018. The interim bail has been granted for five days on the condition that he stays within the jurisdiction of the court and does not tweet in the […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and a G-23 member Anand Sharma has denied meeting BJP chief J.P. Nadda. The meeting was said to have taken place on Thursday. Sources said that Sharma spoke to Nadda over the phone on some programme related issue where both of them are the invitees. After the news spread, Sharma tried […]

Hyderabad:  All eyes are on law enforcement agencies on whether they will maintain a uniform approach to hate speech on social media after Twitter’s trends on Friday and Thursday were led by the #ArrestArunYadav hashtag. The demand has been trending with nearly two lakh tweets after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Haryana unit reportedly removed its […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 12 paise to 79.25 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday tracking the strength of the American currency and persistent foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.20 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 79.25, registering a fall of 12 […]

New Delhi: Four people, including minors, drowned while swimming in the Yamuna river here, an official said on Friday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi said they received a call around 1.20 a.m. about the incident stating that four people have gone missing.”It was found that around noon on Thursday, four persons aged […]

New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 18,815 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,85,554, while the active cases increased to 1,22,335, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,343 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]

San Francisco: Indian-origin Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, the former business partner and ‘boyfriend in secret’ of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of healthcare company Therano, has been found guilty of defrauding Theranos investors and patients in the US. Balwani faced 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. After a three-month […]

Srinagar: Two persons were killed and 38 others were injured after a bus fell into a deep gorge in Keya Morh area of Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, said Udhampur Chief Medical Officer Dr Vijay Basnotra. Ten injured have been referred to district hospital Udhampur, added the Udhampur CMO. “Upon receiving the information, […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has directed the authorities concerned to ensure that cows are not slaughtered in the state on Bakrid which falls on Saturday. No cow, calf, ox, buffalo and camel can be killed during the festival, it said. To ensure its implementation, helplines and task forces have been set up to monitor and to […]

Nainital: Nine tourists from Punjab drowned on Friday morning as a car fell into the Dhela river in Uttarakhand’s Ramnagar and was washed away by its strong current, police said. उत्तराखंड के ढेलवा नदी में कार गिरने से 9 लोगों की मौत हो गई है। केवल एक लड़की जिंदा बची। #Uttarakhand #RamnagarAccident #BreakingNews #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/NxcVaSlh8R […]