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Meanwhile, taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind extended their greetings on Army day.

Samajwadi Party has made inroads into the bastions of the ruling party changing the electoral dynamics.

Hyderabad: Mobile phone usage in the country has seen a gradual increase in the last three years and in 2021, an average user spent about 4.7 hours on mobile in India. According to mobile app analytics platform App Annie’s recent report, the average hours spent on mobile per day per user in India stood at […]

Acting on a tip-off, we searched a biogas plant located on the premises of Kadam Hospital at Arvi tehsil on Wednesday.

According to Superintendent of Police C.B. Rishyanth, who reached the accident spot, the car driver was drunk and had dozed off while driving near the Kananakatte Toll Gate on National Highway 13.

New Delhi: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found concealed in an unattended bag at the eastern part of the national capital on Friday morning triggering panic among the people. “An IED has been recovered from the suspicious bag and a controlled explosion was carried out,” a senior police official confirmed to IANS. Earlier, a […]

Patna: An area manager at a private firm here in Danapur locality has approached the Patna Police cyber cell with a complaint alleging that he was honey-trapped by a girl on Facebook. The girl, who initially offered to establish friendship with the victim, turned nude during a video chat and recorded the conversation. Later she […]

A Fire Department Official told IANS that a call was received around 10.20 a.m. regarding an unattended bag in the Ghazipur flower market after which one fire engine was rushed to the spot.

Ayodhya: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has released a five-minute 3D movie on the ongoing construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Trust also launched its YouTube channel on the occasion of Lohri on Thursday. In the short movie, the Trust has shared all details related with construction work starting with Larsen and […]

Kottayam: A court in Kerala on Friday acquitted Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the charges of raping a nun in a convent in the southern state. As the prosecution failed to produce evidence against the accused, the Additional District and Sessions Court II acquitted the Bishop. Mulakkal, 57, was accused of raping the nun […]

The fresh infections in the country are 6.7 per cent higher as compared to yesterday's figures as India reported 2,47,417 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

New Delhi: Aurobindo Pharma on Friday said it has received a warning letter from the US health regulator for its Hyderabad-based Unit I, an API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) manufacturing facility. The action follows the recent inspection of the facility by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) in August 2021, the drugmaker said in a […]

The incident took place last week at a rented accommodation of the 45-year-old accused person in Beereshwaranagar near Chunchaghatta Main Road in Bengaluru.

New Delhi: India saw a single day jump of 2,64,202 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 239 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,65,82,129 which includes 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. There has been a 4.83 per cent increase in Omicron […]

Amid loud whistles, applause and cheers at Avaniyapuram village in Madurai district, as many as 300 bulls were let out into the arena of bull tamers.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted people on the occasion of various festivals associated with the harvest and sun’s northward journey, being celebrated in different parts of the country. People are marking different festivals across India which signify the country’s vibrant cultural diversity, he said, extending his greetings. “Pongal is synonymous with […]

Lucknow: Two more legislators, belonging to the Apna Dal, an ally of the BJP, have resigned just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled to take place next month. Following his resignation, Chaudhary Amar Singh said: “This government is a liar and no development has been done. I met Akhilesh Yadav and will join […]

Death toll in Bikaner-Guwahati Express mishap has risen to nine. The rescue operation has been completed. 36 injured were admitted to different hospitals.

The Guwahati-Bikaner Express (train no. 15633UP) derailed near Domohani in the state.

New Delhi: Male mosquitoes beat their wings faster when swarming at sunset to better detect females and increase their chance of reproducing, finds a novel study led by UCL scientists. Published in Science Advances, the findings provide a vital new insight into how mosquitoes, driven by their internal circadian clock, combine changes in wing beats […]

As the states of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand prepare for the Assembly elections 2022, Twitter said it is committed to enabling people to make informed decisions when exercising their rights.

One of the users put a question in a humourous way -- "Can we play cricket with social distancing and mask on?

Asserting that the Congress party was not halting its padayatra fearing cases being booked against its leaders or because of the BJP government's orders prohibiting it

This announcement holds importance ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.