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Thiruvananthapuram: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, 88-year-old elephant ‘Tara’, who has been with the Guruvayoor Devasom for the past 64 years and taken care of like a baby owing to the advanced age, is the cynosure of all eyes. August 12 is celebrated as World Elephant Day to honour these gentle giants, to […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rs four lakh each to the families of Banda boat tragedy victims. He has directed two ministers — Rakesh Sachan and Ramkesh Nishad — to reach the spot and supervise the rescue operations which are underway. District magistrate Anurag Patel said so far, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed with Noida authority submissions seeking an additional bandwidth of August 29-September 4 for demolition of Supertech twin towers in case of any circumstances delaying the demolition on August 28. A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud agreed with submissions of the Noida authority, which was represented by […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the efforts of ‘Elephant’ conservationists on the occasion of ‘World Elephant Day’. The Prime Minister also expressed happiness upon the rise in the number of elephant reserves in the last eight years. In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Modi said, “On #WorldElephantDay, reiterating our commitment to […]

Lucknow: Comedian Raju Srivastava continues to be critical even two days after he suffered a heart attack. According to family sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, telephoned Raju Srivastava’s wife Shikha to enquire about his health and offered support. The comedian is still on a ventilator and his condition has not yet improved. He is […]

New Delhi: India added 16,561 new coronavirus cases taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,42,23,557, while the active cases dipped to 1,23,535, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,26,928 with 49 fatalities which include 10 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 9 paise to 79.71 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday, tracking the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and rising crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.67 against the US dollar and lost further ground to 79.71, registering a […]

Kanpur: A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur was brutally attacked by a man using a cleaver due to which she had to get 200 stitches. According to the police, the woman, Nidhi Pandey, a property dealer, met the accused, Arvind Singh Rathore, in Bashahi Naka area of Kanpur, to seek return of the money she had […]

Lucknow: Thirty people were seriously injured when a roadways bus collided with a DCM vehicle on Friday morning on the Lucknow-Bahraich highway. An hour after the accident, another mishap took place when a bike rider rammed his two-wheeler into the bus from behind. He died on the spot. According to reports, the bus was on its […]

Srinagar: A non-local labourer was killed by militants on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police sources. According to the sources, at around 1 a.m., “militants fired at Muhammad Amrej, 19, a non-local labourer in Sadnara village of Bandipora’s Hajin area”. “He was referred by doctors to medical college hospital Bemina in Srinagar where he […]

Laal Singh Chaddha perhaps is symbolically a seagull – Jonathan Livingston’s Seagull. In flight. A flight engineered by not even self-desire but by a compelling physics and an insatiable urge. Yes, Forrest Gump and Tom Hanks is also about an inexplicable man with a unique persona of passion and nativity. Built selflessly and with amazing […]

Hyderabad: Telangana had registered a growth rate of 15.3 per cent in its State revenues during the current fiscal, despite the Central government reducing allocations by 12.9 per cent this year under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and other schemes compared to last fiscal. In terms of State own tax revenues, Telangana has topped the national […]

Hyderabad: Hitting back at BJP State president Bandi Sanjay’s criticism over River Musi rejuvenation, the ruling TRS party has sent a bottle of Gangajal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had promised conservation and cleansing of River Ganga under the ‘Namami Ganga’ programme. Sharing a video, Telangana State Mineral Development Corporation M Krishank on Friday […]

Jeddah: All Indians wishing to work in Saudi Arabia will be required to produce a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC). Saudi Arabian Consulate in Mumbai has instructed travel agents to furnish Police Clearance Certificates for any employment visa endorsement, according to sources. The new rule will come into effect from 22nd August, they said. The mandatory […]

Hyderabad: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its latest report, raised a red flag over the union government’s increased debts and revenue deficit during the pre-Covid period. The Centre has been advised to immediately draw a specific plan for reduction of its debt to minimise expenditure on debt servicing and consequently, make more of […]

Hyderabad: Love knows no borders, but this Indo-Pak love story is now stuck on the Indo-Nepal border. It all started on social media, where Ahmed, a man hailing from Kishanbagh here in Hyderabad but working in a hotel in Saudi Arabia, met Kalija Noor of Faisalabad in Pakistan. They fell in love and decided to […]

Hyderabad: The Central Water Commission (CWC) on Thursday said the water levels in seven out of 13 major irrigation projects in Krishna basin including Priyadarshini Jurala Project (PJP) in Mahbubnagar in Telangana along with other projects in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh were rising due to incessant rains in catchment areas. The Krishna River flows […]

Hyderabad: To mark the 75 years of independence (Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav), an indigenous howitzer developed by DRDO will be used to render the 21-gun salute during the Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort. To date, only British guns (Ordnance QF 25-pounder) were used during the annual celebrations of nationhood. But this year, the Advanced […]

Hyderabad: Hero MotoCorp and Harley-Davidson have announced the commencement of retail sales of the highly anticipated Nightster motorcycle in India. Hero MotoCorp is the exclusive distributor for Harley-Davidson motorcycles, parts and accessories in India. Available as a Completely Built-up Units (CBU), Nightster can be booked at all Harley-Davidson dealerships in India from today onwards at […]

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has seized cash and valuables worth Rs 390 crore following a raid on the premises of Maharashtra’s Jalna businessman, who deals in garments, real estate and in steel. I-T department’s 260 officials divided into five teams carried out a week-long raid. The agency used 120 vehicles to carry out […]

New Delhi: Union Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has ordered a probe into the incident of a person who, in violation of rules, smoked a cigarette inside an aircraft. New rule for Bobby kataria ? @JM_Scindia @DGCAIndia @CISFHQrs pic.twitter.com/OQn5WturKb — Nitish Bhardwaj (@Nitish_nicks) August 11, 2022 “Investigating it. There will be no tolerance towards such […]

New Delhi: A day after comedian Raju Srivastava suffered a heart attack, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Thursday, took a stock of his health from AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria. The Defence Minister dialled the hospital’s director to take an update about the health of the stand-up comedian who is on ventilator support in the intensive […]

New Delhi: Truecaller, the global communications platform, will celebrate the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav along with the Ministry of Culture & Government of India across the app, website and social media communications. Celebrating the 75 years of Independence, Truecaller will promote the tricolour independence logo in key user frames of the app and other communication. […]

Bengaluru: The Idgah Maidan row appeared to be escalating as the ruling BJP was all set to celebrate festivals at the controversial site located in Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday stated that festivals and national events will be lawfully held on the ground. Congress MLA and former Minister Zameer Ahmad Khan had […]