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New Delhi: Fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair on Monday sought an urgent hearing of his plea seeking to quash all six FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh and also challenged the constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT). Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Zubair, mentioned the matter for urgent listing of the […]

New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance Vice Presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar filed his nomination on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of various different parties supporting his bid. “I will always strive to enhance democratic values of country,” Dhankhar said after filing his nomination. “Never even in my dreams did I […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences after a Maharashtra Roadways bus travelling from Indore to Pune fell off the Khalghat Sanjay Setu in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. “The bus tragedy in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh is saddening. My thoughts are with those who have lost their loved ones. Rescue work […]

New Delhi: The recommendations on Goods and Services Tax rates that were made during the 47th GST Council meeting held in June come into effect today. Following is a list of items that will get costlier: 1. GST on paper knives, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers increased from 12 per cent to 18 per cent. […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday posted for hearing the petition filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp challenging the initiation of disqualification proceedings against them by the Speaker, along with the other petitions related to Maharashtra’s political crisis on July 20. Senior advocate Devdutt Kamat mentioned the matter for hearing before a bench headed […]

Dhar: As many as 12 people were killed after a Maharashtra Roadways bus they were travelling in fell off the Khalghat Sanjay Setu in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. “Twelve people died and 15 people have been rescued, MP Minister Narottam Mishra said adding that the Maharashtra Roadways bus was enroute from […]

Vadodara: A goods train derailed near Mangal Mahudi railway station in Gujarat’s Dahod district on Monday, causing disruption in the rail traffic movement Around 27 trains, including Rajdhani and August Kranti were being diverted, said railway officer. Sixteen coaches of the train derailed between Mangal Mahudi – Limkheda stations because of which the power supply […]

New Delhi: Polling began on Monday in the Parliament and respective State Legislative Assemblies to elect a new President of India. Draupadi Murmu is the NDA candidate, who is contesting against Yashwant Sinha, supported by the Opposition parties. A polling booth has been set up inside the Parliament premises where Members of Parliament will cast […]

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 79.76 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday as a positive trend in domestic equities supported the local unit. However, a strong American currency overseas and forex outflows restricted the rupee’s gain, dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.76 against the […]

New Delhi: India logged a single day rise of 16,935 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,37,67,534, while the daily positivity rate was recorded above six per cent after 161 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The active cases have increased to 1,44,264, while the […]

Mendhar: Two army officers were killed in an accidental grenade blast along the Line of Control in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, Defence Public Relations Office informed on Monday. During the treatment, one army officer and one Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) succumbed to their injuries. “Last night, an accidental grenade blast occurred […]

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called upon the governors to act as a “guide” to states and see to it that the programmes funded by Central Government are properly implemented by the states. According to a release from Vice President’s secretariat, Naidu said that the Office of a Governor is “neither […]

Vijayawada: The first suspected monkeypox case in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada created a scare but the health authorities clarified on Sunday that the child has tested negative for the disease. Andhra Pradesh’s Commissioner for Medical, Health and Family Welfare J. Nivas said that the two-year-old girl has routine skin rashes. There is no need to panic, […]

Hyderabad: The All India Coal Pensioners’ Association has urged the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to constitute a high-power committee on the issue of review and revision under CMPS-1998 while including its representatives. The association in a letter to the Prime Minister sought to reiterate that pension can be increased without any budgetary support from the […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Margaret Alva is the opposition’s joint candidate for the August 6 vice presidential election. “Opposition’s candidate for the post of Vice President of India is to be Margaret Alva,” said NCP chief Sharad Pawar. The announcement came a day after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) […]

Bhubaneswar:  A lookout circular has been issued against three Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in a mobile loan app scam, Odisha Police said on Sunday. The action was taken by the Bureau of Immigration on the request of the state police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW). The three, identified as Shen Zhenhua, alias Tony of […]

San Francisco: India, with 14.7 per cent of all downloads, and the US, with 10.2 per cent, had the most Subway Surfers downloads in June of this year, says a new report. According to Sensor Tower, Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game worldwide for June 2022, with more than 26 million installs, representing […]

New Delhi: Giving a sprinkle of humour to a serious message, Delhi Police took help of Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor Khan’s iconic character from the film ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’. A tweet from Delhi Police’s official account shared a post highlighting those who drive fast and skip red lights, which can cause harm to others on […]

Bulandshahr: Five minor boys watched a popular TV crime serial and went on to kidnap a seven-year-old boy for ransom and then murdered him. The accused boys are aged between 15 and 16 years and study in Class 10. Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shlok Kumar said. “The boy was picked up by the teenagers […]

New Delhi: India established a new milestone on Sunday when it administered over 2 billion COVID vaccine doses, months after the launch of the nationwide vaccination drive on January 16, 2021. Earlier last year, the country had administered 1 billion doses within nine months (October) of the start of the vaccination drive. Addressing on the […]

New Delhi: IndiGo’s Sharjah-Hyderabad flight was diverted to Karachi as a precaution on Sunday after pilots observed defect in one of the engines, officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Sunday. On July 14, IndiGo’s Delhi-Vadodara flight was diverted to Jaipur out of precaution as vibrations were observed in the engines of the aircraft for […]

New Delhi: India is attempting several big reforms in the technology sector to allow local businesses thrive amid anti-market practices from Big Tech and according to Shireesh Joshi, Chief Business Officer (CBO) and President, Network Expansion for the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), the goal is to create population-scale inclusion of e-commerce in the country. […]

Rampur: Five people were killed and 22 others injured when a truck collided with a double-decker private bus in Rampur district in the wee hours of Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred near Rampur bypass when a Delhi-bound bus was carrying over 50 passengers, most of whom were asleep at the time of the […]

Srinagar: Amarnath Yatra remained suspended due to inclement weather as another batch of 5284 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on Sunday for the Valley. Officials said no Yatri was allowed to move either from Baltal or from Pahalgam base camp towards the cave shrine on Saturday due to inclement weather. “Only helicopter services […]