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New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued an advisory to print, electronic and digital media to refrain from advertising online betting platforms. The advisory comes in light of instances of a number of advertisements of online betting websites and platforms appearing in print, electronic, social and online media. “Betting and gambling, […]

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that Covid is not over yet and there are reports of rising cases in some states. “It is important at this time to be alert and not forget Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) such as wearing masks and maintaining physical distance to prevent spread of the […]

New Delhi: A man from Bihar was apprehended by CISF personnel at a Delhi Metro station in neighbouring Faridabad on Monday for carrying a country-made pistol and bullet in his luggage, officials said. The passenger was intercepted during security checks around 7 AM at the Escort Mujesar station, they said. The passenger has been handed […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) started the second round of questioning of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday in the alleged money laundering case linked to the National Herald. The investigators in the federal agency questioned the 51-year-old leader for over three hours in the first round which started at its headquarters at 11 […]

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department – Hyderabad has said that the monsoons arrived in Telangana on Monday and have extended to the Mahabubnagar district. A three-day monsoon forecast has been given for the State indicating heavy rainfalls in a few districts. An Yellow alert or ‘be alert’ warning have been issued to districts including Adilabad, […]

Hyderabad: It’s a running joke in India about how difficult it is to work at State Bank of India (SBI) branches during lunchtime. It turns out that the same phenomenon occurs abroad as well, as a man finds the bank closed during its lunch hour in London. A twitter user Abhay who is studying at […]

Veraval: A married youth who is the father of two children allegedly abducted an eight-year-old girl and raped and murdered her in his house. He then put the girl’s body in a sack and dumped it on the outskirts of Jantrakhadi village in Gir Somnath district. The police arrested the accused late on Sunday evening. […]

Kolkata: The Kolkata police has issued summons to suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma over her controversial comments about Prophet Muhammad which led to violence in certain pockets of West Bengal. The summons have been issued by Narkeldanga Police Station, under Eastern Suburban Division of Kolkata police under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, […]

New Delhi: About 44 per cent of developers based in India are considering leaving their job this year compared to 42 per cent globally, according to a report. The report by DigitalOcean Holdings, the cloud for developers, startups and SMBs, surveyed over 2,500 respondents from 94 countries including India, US, Germany, Canada and the UK. It […]

Mumbai: The Indian rupee slumped below 78 against the US dollar on Monday dragged by foreign fund outflows amid selloffs in the stock markets. The rupee breached the 78 mark against the US dollar for the first time. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the partially convertible rupee started the day at 78.14 per dollar […]

New Delhi: Promoting Atmanirbhar Bharat in the disability sector, bringing out a dynamic database to provide information on a real-time basis and better engagement of Ayush research and care to address this sector are among the salient features of the draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities […]

New Delhi: India-Russia defence Joint Venture BrahMos Aerospace is capable of making hypersonic missiles and will be able to have its first such missile in five to six years, BrahMos Aerospace informed on Monday. “BrahMos Aerospace is capable of making hypersonic missiles. In five to six years, we will be able to have our first […]

Lucknow: Several Congress leaders were taken into custody here on Monday when they attempted to march to the ED office in support of Rahul Gandhi, who is being questioned by ED officials in Delhi regarding the National Herald case. Senior party leaders Aradhana Mishra Mona and Naseemuddin Siddiqui were placed under house arrest early on […]

Bengaluru: While Elon Musk has announced not to bring Tesla cars to India unless his demands are met, the rich and the famous are not deterred from importing a Tesla vehicle to the country. A privately imported long-range model of Tesla Model Y on the street of Bengaluru has now surfaced online. In the posts […]

New Delhi: AAP leader and Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been sent to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case by Rouse Avenue court. Jain was arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate last month. He was arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate last month. The […]

New Delhi: Amidst heavy security deployment, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in the national capital on Monday after he was summoned in connection with the National Herald case. There was heavy police deployment in and around the ED office located at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road. As he left the […]

New Delhi: With 8,084 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,32,30,101, while the daily positivity rate was over three per cent after nearly four months, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,771 with 10 fatalities, the data […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered completion of 150 hi-tech nurseries in 75 districts of the state within next six months. The nurseries are being set up in the Krishi Vigyan Kendras of the state, campus of agricultural universities, research centre of the Horticulture Department for easy training of farmers in mordern […]

Lucknow: Cyber thugs have duped the manager of a nationalised bank and an adviser of a private dental college in the state capital. A woman bank manager Snehlata Singh has informed the Hazratganj police that some unidentified miscreants withdrew Rs 50,000 from her account between June 1 and 6. “I got to know about the illegal […]

New Delhi: Marking the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Russian-Indian diplomatic relations, Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said that S-400 Triumf air defence missile system is proceeding well and in accordance with the schedule. “The best-of-a-kind S-400 systems delivery is proceeding well according to the schedule”, Alipov said. Notably, India had inked […]

Hyderabad: The ongoing surge of Covid-19 infections — widely believed to be driven by the BA4 and BA5 variants of Omicron — in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana, could peak sometime in July, a preliminary assessment by the SUTRA mathematical model for forecasting pandemics has revealed. For the past one week, the South […]

New Delhi: New Delhi is in the grip of hectic political activity ahead of the Presidential election. The ruling BJP is reportedly making moves to rope in at least 15 MPs from Congress to vote for the BJP Presidential candidate. To ensure a good margin, the party is also planning to woo Congress MLAs from […]

New Delhi: Sharad Pawar and Yashwant Sinha are likely to be fielded in the Presidential election by the Congress and the Trinamool Congress parties respectively. There has been no clarity on the BJP candidate. While Sonia Gandhi is backing Pawar, following her hospitalisation, it is unclear as to when an announcement in this regard will […]

New Delhi: The continuing erosion in the support base of the BJP in national politics is turning into a major cause of concern for the central leadership of the saffron party, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and this has prompted them to look elsewhere, particularly the newer groups, to fill the yawning gap. In an […]