India

Jeddah: Thousands of Haj pilgrims are bracing to take their lifetime dream of Haj wrapped in white robes and tied with Indian tri color bracelets on wrist moving between grand mosque known as Haram and Aziziah in a place they were accommodated. They will start their pilgrimage on Thursday in Makkah before heading to Mina […]

Hyderabad: The Indian job market continues to show positive hiring sentiments as the Naukri JobSpeak Index stood at 2878, which was only second to the peak in February 2022 when it crossed 3000. Since the start of this year, the country’s hiring activity has shown an upward growth trajectory, with the latest Naukri JobSpeak Index […]

Mumbai: The rupee fell by 41 paise to close at a fresh lifetime low of 79.36 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday amid a strong greenback overseas and unrelenting foreign fund outflows. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.04 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 79.02 and […]

New Delhi: Crude oil futures on Tuesday declined by 0.46 per cent to Rs 8,682 per barrel as participants trimmed their positions on low demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for July delivery fell by Rs 40 or 0.46 per cent to Rs 8,682 per barrel with a business volume of 6,186 lots. […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP over its alleged links with apprehended LeT terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and killers of Kanhaiya Lal whose pictures with BJP leaders. Addressing a press conference here, Congress Communication In charge, Pawan Khera sought answers from the BJP. He said: “Two incidents in […]

Mumbai: Days after the formation of the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that the party is “still hopeful” of the rebel MLAs’ returning to former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s side. The leader said that they were “always in talks” with the rebels and exuded confidence that they […]

New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday reached television channel news anchor’s residence in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, after an FIR was registered against him following the broadcast of a misleading video on Rahul Gandhi for which the channel had issued an apology. The anchor Rohit Ranjan, however, was taken in custody by Noida Police after he […]

Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court without making a direct reference has observed that the society at large should be sensitive about people with different sexual orientation. “Certain things might appear different in the current social structure and if that difference is evident in any individual the society should be sensitive and […]

Mansa: Several attempts were made to attack Sidhu Moose Wala during the Punjab assembly elections in April and the Aam Aadmi Party-led state “government too left no stone unturned” to curtail his security and “publicized” the withdrawal of his security, said Balkaur Singh, father of the Punjabi singer-politician. “Sixty to eighty people were after him […]

New Delhi: A Dubai-bound SpiceJet aircraft from Delhi was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi due to technical malfunctioning, a senior airline official told IANS. In the last two weeks, two SpiceJet flights faced different technical problems. Further details are awaited.

New Delhi: A group consisting of 15 retired judges of various high courts, 77 retired bureaucrats and 25 retired armed forces officers have issued an open statement saying that ‘unfortunate and unprecedented comments’ were made by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Surya Kant and Justice J.B. Pardiwala, while hearing a petition […]

Assam: An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale occurred in Assam, informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS) on Tuesday. The depth of the earthquake was 35 km which occurred at 11:03 am early in the morning. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 05-07-2022, 11:03:48 IST, Lat: 24.61 & Long: 93.02, Depth: 35 Km […]

New Delhi: Micro-blogging website Twitter has complied with the IT Ministry’s last notice within the final July 4 deadline, after receiving a warning to either comply with new IT Rules, 2021 or face stricter action. Reliable sources told IANS on Tuesday that the company finally complied with the June 27 notice sent by the Ministry […]

Ghaziabad/Raipur: A police team from Chhattisgarh reached Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad town on Tuesday to arrest a TV news anchor from his home for playing a doctored clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi out of context but he was taken into custody by Noida police instead, officials said. Both the teams, one from BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh […]

New Delhi: India reported 13,086 Covid cases in past 24 hours against previous day’s 16,135 count, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In the same period, 19 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,242. Meanwhile, the active caseload has also risen to 1,14,475 cases, accounting for 0.26 per cent total positive cases. The recovery […]

New Delhi: In what seemed as a real inspiration taken from the Bollywood potboiler ‘Special 26’, over a dozen people, impersonating as Anti-Corruption and Income Tax officials, conducted a raid in the national capital, an official said on Monday. The police have so far managed to nab four of the accused, including one woman, who […]

Colombo: Sri Lankan Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has issued a stark warning over the country’s fuel stocks as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years. On Sunday, Wijesekera told reporters that the country had 12,774 tonnes of diesel and 4,061 tonnes of petrol left in its reserves, reports the BBC. “The […]

New Delhi: Within days of the Navy opening registrations for the Agnipath recruitment scheme, around 10,000 females have registered themselves for the programme. For the first time ever, the Indian Navy is allowing women to be recruited as sailors in the force who would also be deployed on warships as per operational requirements. “Around 10,000 […]

Jaipur: In a daring daylight robbery, around six armed robbers looted cash and gold worth around Rs one crore from a branch of Axis bank in Rajasthan’s Alwar on Monday. Officials said that the miscreants came with weapons, carried the robbery within 30 minutes and escaped from there on bikes. “The Axis Bank branch located […]

Bhimavaram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a call to the youth to draw inspiration from revolutionary leader Alluri Sitarama Raju for taking the nation in the path of progress. Addressing a public meeting here on Monday after unveiling a 30-foot bronze statue of Alluri Sitrama Raju during the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of the […]

Chennai: DMK leader A Raja has implored Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to provide ‘state autonomy’, and not push them to seek an independent country. Addressing a party meet of representatives of urban local bodies, Raja said though the icon of the Dravidian movement, Thanthai Periyar stood for an independent […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said the use of cellular signal jammer, GPS blocker or other signal jamming device is illegal, except specifically permitted by the government, warning e-commerce platforms against illegally selling such wireless mobile jammers online. Alarmed at its open online sale, the department warned all e-commerce companies from selling or facilitating […]

New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday warned e-commerce platforms against illegally selling wireless jammers, along with directing the general public on the proper use of wireless jammers and booster/repeaters. The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) said that the use of cellular signal jammers, GPS blocker or other signal jamming devices is generally illegal, except specifically permitted […]

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested the third shooter, who was involved in the brutal killing of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala and another most wanted gangster of the Lawrence Bishnoi – Goldy Brar gang alliance, an official said on Monday. The shooter, identified as Ankit, […]