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New Delhi: India logged 2,710 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,47,530, while the active cases rose to 15,814, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,539 with 14 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
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New Delhi: Domestic equity benchmark indices extended their gains from the previous session and traded in the green during trade on Friday amid firm global cues. Indian markets opened higher in line with Asian markets and sharply positive overnight US markets. At 9.58 a.m., Sensex was at 54,615.81 points, up 363.28 or 0.67 per cent, […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 2 paise to 77.59 against the US dollar in the opening trade on Friday, supported by heavy buying in domestic equities and a weak greenback in the overseas markets. However, rising global crude prices and persistent foreign fund outflows capped the rupee’s gain, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has slapped Rs 25 lakh fine on a website for infringing the trademark of the iconic Hindi film “Sholay”, after restraining it from using the logo, designs, and selling of the DVD of the film on the internet. A bench of Justice Prathiba M.Singh was dealing with a suit filed […]
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Srinagar: Four Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including two who were involved in killing a female TV artist, were killed in two separate encounters in Pulwama and Srinagar districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Friday. An encounter broke out at Aganhanzipora locality in Awantipora area of Pulwama district late on Thursday night, a police spokesman said. […]
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Kolkata: A new round of confrontation between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and the Mamata Banerejee government seem to be looming after the state cabinet on Thursday decided to have Chief Minister as the Chancellor of all state universities instead of the Governor. This is for the first time that the state government has taken […]
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New Delhi: Hours after reports about misuse of facilities at Delhi’s Thyagraj Stadium by senior IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife and fellow IAS officer Rinku Dugga, both were on Thursday transferred out of the national capital to different locations from Delhi on Thursday. The Ministry of Home Affairs has transferred Khirwar to Ladakh […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday reiterated that there will be a sensation in the national politics within next two-three months and none can stop it. He said in the efforts being made for the ‘Ujjwal Bharat’, people should rise above the politics, leaders and ‘isms’ to work for the nation’s progress. Rao […]
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Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, while highlighting that the country is emerging as a major centre of growth today, said that the world is realising “India means business”. The Prime Minister also pointed out the rising Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country stating that it was witnessed to be the “highest ever” […]
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Dakshina Kannada: The Karnataka Police department has said that they will not allow any disturbance in the law and order situation over the Malali Masjid row in Dakshina Kannada region. Additional DGP (Law and Order) Alok Kumar stated on Thursday that no room for disturbance would be given in the region in the backdrop of […]
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Varanasi: The Varanasi district court, hearing the civil suit on the Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Viswanath temple complex issue, will hear on Thursday an application by the Muslim side seeking rejection of the civil suit’s claims on Gyanvapi Mosque. “The court has made it clear that it will hear the case on Order 7 Rule 11 on […]
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New Delhi: Karti Chidambaram, who on Thursday appeared before the CBI here in connection with the Chinese visa scam case, denied all the allegations and said that he “did not felicitate a single Chinese national” and the case was bogus. He said that the earlier cases lodged against him were also “bogus and this one […]
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New Delhi: A man from Telangana was found dead in a hotel room in Southwest Delhi’s Mahipalpur on Thursday morning, police said. The deceased, Subramanian Rajesh, aged around 40-45 years, is from Shivampalli in Telangana, they said. He had checked into the hotel on May 19, the police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Manoj […]
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Paradeep: A man was tied in front of a truck and garlanded with shoes as punishment for allegedly stealing a mobile phone, the police said. The incident came to light after a video pertaining to the incident went viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen tied to a truck garlanded […]
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Hyderabad: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the city on Thursday to attend the 20th-anniversary celebrations and the graduation ceremony of the Indian School of Business Post Graduate Programme Class of 2022, youngsters are protesting across the city with banners that ask about equality for Telangana. The youngsters prepared 17 banners […]
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Budgam: Kashmiri TV actress Amreen Bhat was killed by unidentified terrorists in Budgam’s Chadoora area in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, while her 10-year-old nephew was injured. Jammu and Kashmir Police said that the 10-year-old nephew of the TV actress had a bullet injury on his arm. The nephew is receiving treatment at a hospital […]
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Lucknow: Devotees of Lord Ram can now travel across the Ramayana circuit that includes Ayodhya, Janakpur (Nepal), Sitamarhi, Varanasi, Nashik and Rameshwaram on the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ tourist train, being run by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). According to an official release, the journey would take 18 days on an 8,000 km long circuit […]
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Chennai: Some bad news for the vehicle owners already affected by the accelerating fuel price increase. From June 1, 2022 onwards, the motor third party liability insurance premium has been jacked up by the central government despite the portfolio being hugely profitable for the insurers. The central government has also withdrawn the 15 per cent […]
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New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 2,628 new coronavirus infections, taking the infection tally to 4,31,44,820, while the active cases have increased to 15,414, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 5,24,525 with 18 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
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Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 3 paise to 77.52 against the US dollar in the opening trade on Thursday as a positive trend in domestic equities and weak American currency overseas supported the local unit. However, rising crude oil prices in the international markets and continued foreign fund outflows kept the pressure on the domestic currency, […]
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Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said on Thursday. In a tweet citing Inspector General Police Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar, the J&K Police said: “All three terrorists killed, affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT. Identification being ascertained. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition […]
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Patna: After going viral on the internet, the video of a girl wearing school uniform walking one kilometer on one leg to reach her school in Jamui district of Bihar, got noticed by actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood. The girl’s leg had to be amputated after an unfortunate accident, reported a local media outlet, yet […]
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Hyderabad: Thanks to IPL, the cricket fever is on a high and fans are cheering and screaming for their favourite teams. And now is a chance to not waste the loud cheering and gain a discount on food. KFC has introduced a first-of-its-kind voice activated offer on its app. One just needs to download the […]
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Hyderabad: Several high-end restaurants and hotels levy the service charge from customers for their services. At times, we are forced to pay though we are not happy with the service. But, the government’s guidelines say it is voluntary to pay the service charge and not mandatory. Department of Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh in […]
