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Chennai: The DMK government in Tamil Nadu revoked its order to ban the ‘Pattina Pravesam’ ritual of the Dharumapuram Adheenam on Sunday. ‘Pattina Pravesam’, a tradition of devotees carrying the seer of the Dharmapuram Adheenam in a palanquin, will take place on May 22. The order was released by the Mayiladuthurai district Revenue Divisional Officer […]

Dharamshala: Khalistan flags were found tied on the main gate and slogans scrawled on the walls of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly complex, police said on Sunday. The flags were put up on the outer side of the main gate number one of the assembly complex. They were removed by the administration. The winter session […]

Firozabad: An elderly woman died after being assaulted by a police team at her home here, her family members alleged on Sunday. They alleged that 60-year-old Radha Devi was “violently shaken” following which she collapsed and died. The woman’s husband, Fauran Singh, was also admitted to the hospital apparently due to trauma of his wife’s […]

Tikamgarh: A 21-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man she was in a relationship with committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train at the Tikamgarh railway station in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday. The duo took the extreme step as the woman’s family had fixed her marriage to another man, police said. […]

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday wooed Elon Musk to invest in India to manufacture Tesla electric cars, saying it will be the best investment he would have ever made. Musk, who has made a successful USD 44 billion acquisition bid for Twitter, had in the past asked India […]

New Delhi: Over 79,000 calls, including those related to pension, Covid support and abuse, have been received by the national helpline for the elderly since October last year, according to official data. However, out of the total 5,07,493 calls received by the helpline since October 1 last year, 4,28,442 have been ‘non serviceable calls’, constituting […]

Bahraich: An eight-year-old boy was killed in a crocodile attack while bathing in a pond here, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon and the remains of the body were recovered by divers during the early hours of Sunday, they said. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Akashdeep Badhawan said, “Virendra of Gud village […]

New Delhi: A day after the price of Liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 50, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday compared LPG prices between the UPA tenure and the present BJP government at the Centre. The hike in the LPG prices has attracted criticism across the Opposition parties with the Trinamool Congress […]

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Sunday hit out at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi and demanded his arrest under a sedition case. The remarks came after Owaisi on Saturday said the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are trying to rekindle the era of hatred as the one in […]

New Delhi: The storm in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclone on Sunday, packing wind speed of more than 75 kmph, and is expected to get stronger, the weather office said. However, it is expected to fizzle out next week without making a landfall. Under the influence of the cyclone, northern Andhra Pradesh […]

Bhubaneswar: Every year, as a cyclone looms over a region, its name becomes a cause of intrigue for many, who wonder why and how is the storm christened. With Cyclone Asani — a name given by Sri Lanka that means ‘wrath’ in Sinhalese — formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning and hurtling […]

New Delhi: Haryana’s Rakhigarhi is famous across the world for the Harrapan civilisation. And now, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is conducting new excavations in and around the 7,000-year-old planned Harappan city in Rakhigarhi which will be completed by the end of May. The excavation and study at Rakhigarhi has so far revealed that […]

Bhopal/Raipur: As the tenure of the country’s 14th President Ram Nath Kovind is ending in July, many names for presidential candidates are doing the rounds. One such name is Anusiya Uike, who is the Chhattisgarh Governor and a tribal leader. Born in Rohana Kala village in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, Anusuiya has seen many ups […]

New Delhi: While Union Ministers keep on making a beeline to Tesla CEO Elon Musk to come and manufacture electric cars in India, he is more interested in his $44 billion Twitter acquisition rather than paying attention to what the Indian government has been reiterating now for months. His utter disinterest in responding to several […]

Indore: Police have arrested a jilted lover, who had allegedly ignited a fire in a three-storey residential building that left seven dead and nine injured here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. Upon seeing the police, the accused, Shubham aka Sanjay Dixit (27), tried to flee and in the process fell on the […]

New Delhi: Bitcoin on Sunday witnessed another round of free fall, slipping below $35,000 per coin, as the global crypto market went through a massive slump of over 4.5 per cent in the past 24 hours to $1.66 trillion. All cryptocurrencies were weighed down as central banks globally tried to control inflation by raising interest rates. […]

New Delhi: India logged 3,451 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,02,194, while the active cases rose to 20,635, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,064 with 40 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]

New Delhi: Despite spending big on helicopters to facilitate injured Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel during operations in Naxal areas, a struggle persists for air evacuations. According to the annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for 2020-21, the Centre has allocated Rs 150 crore for providing helicopter facilities to the security […]

Balasore: A middle-aged married woman was allegedly raped repeatedly by a ‘tantrik’ for 79 days in front of her two-and-half-year-old son in Odisha’s Balasore district, police said on Saturday. Police rescued the woman and her child from a locked room on Friday but the accused  managed to escape and a manhunt has been launched to […]

New Delhi:  The Union Health Ministry on Saturday clarified that the National Eligibility Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2022 has not been postponed, adding that a letter being circulated in this regard is fake. The Ministry said that the fake letter is being circulated in the name of National Board of Examinations (NBEMS). “The […]

Banda: An 18-year-old woman hanged herself to death after being allegedly raped by her father at a village under the Marka police station area in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda, police said on Saturday. Additional Superintendent of Police Laxmi Niwas Mishra said the accused had allegedly raped her daughter on Thursday night. She hanged herself on Friday, […]

Panaji: Three Income Tax inspectors attached to office in Goa’s Panaji have been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a female subordinate staff, police said on Saturday. Police Inspector Nikhil Palyekar told IANS that Income Tax Inspectors Manindar Attri from Delhi, Aditya Verma from Rajasthan and Deepak Kumar from Bangaluru were booked in this […]

Barabanki: A preacher seeking alms in Mallahanpurva village got into a quarrel with a woman following which he was allegedly axed to death by a youth, police said on Saturday. The accused, Alok Nishad, has been arrested, they said. Superintendent of Police Purnendu Singh said the victim has been identified as Ramchandra Mallah (60), a […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday travelled in a state-run Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus and interacted with the passengers and later made a series of public welfare announcements in the state Assembly to mark the completion of his government’s first anniversary. Travelling in bus number 29 C on Radhakrishnan Salai, […]