India

British Columbia: Police in Canada have issued a public warning identifying 11 men, of whom nine are of Indian origin, linked to extreme levels of gang violence. The public have been warned to avoid being near them. A public safety warning has been issuing in partnership with @VancouverPD @BCRCMP identifying 11 individuals who pose a […]

New Delhi: The government will move ‘The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022’ in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday for consideration and passing. Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will move the Bill to amend the ‘Family Courts Act, 1984’, as passed by the Lok Sabha. Union minister Narayan Rane to move the motion to elect, in the […]

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brother Prahlad Modi, sat on a protest on Tuesday at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar along with other members of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealers Federation, Prahlad holds the vice president post of the federation. The protesters raised slogans and held packards asking the Central government to fulfill their demands. […]

Hyderabad: Trolling by supporters of BJP appears to have prompted the Central Water Commission (CWC) to remove a tweet endorsing a statement made by union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad in Parliament on Monday, saying loans for Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) were given as per the norms laid down by the Reserve […]

New Delhi: Uber on Wednesday announced the launch and expansion of the WhatsApp to Ride (WA2R) product feature for users in Delhi-NCR. Through this integration, riders across Delhi NCR will be able to book an Uber ride via its official WhatsApp chatbot in Hindi, the company said in a statement. Following a successful pilot in […]

Lucknow: The Lucknow police have busted a gang that booked a room at a VVIP guest house here and used it to dupe a businessman of Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Wednesday. The fraudsters called the businessman to the VVIP guest house and took money in the name of helping him get government contracts. […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday changed the profile photo of its Twitter handle to mark the 75th year of India’s Independence. The Congress put a picture of former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Congress tweeted, “The tricolour is in our hearts, it is in our veins as blood. On December 31, Nehru with the tricolour.1929, […]

Shahjahanpur: She was gang-raped at the age of 12 and it has taken her 28 years to get justice. The girl had become pregnant after the incident and gave birth to a boy. The boy, now grown up, demanded to know the identity of his father. The son went to court that ordered a DNA […]

Dakshina Kannada: Investigations have revealed that the murder of 23-year-old Mohammad Fazil in Dakshina Kannada district was carried out as an act of revenge for the killing of BJP Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Kumar Nettare, police sources said on Wednesday. The police have arrested six persons, including three rowdy-sheeters in connection with Fazil’s murder, which […]

New Delhi: At least 30 Afghan Sikhs, including men, women, and children, are scheduled to arrive in Delhi from Kabul on Wednesday as evacuation of Afghan minorities to India continues in the wake of rising religious persecution in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. These Afghan nationals left from Kabul on board Kam Air Flight number 4401. Indian World […]

New Delhi: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department on Wednesday accused Delhi Police of stopping the execution of a court ordered search operation in the national capital. “In course of investigation of Panchla police station Case No 276/22 a team of CID which had gone to Delhi to execute search warrant issued by Ld Court has […]

New Delhi: In the wake of the rising cases of Monkeypox in the country, Union Health Ministry on Wednesday released guidelines to prevent the spread of Monkeypox disease. The Ministry, in its official communication, informed that there was no reported case of the Monkeypox virus in India till May 31, 2022. However, India needs to […]

New Delhi: With 17,135 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 4,40,67,144, while the active cases have declined to 1,37,057, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 5,26,477 with 47 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 27 paise to 78.80 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, tracking a muted trend in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 78.70 against the US dollar, then fell to 78.80 against the greenback, registering a decline of 27 paise over the last close. […]

New Delhi: Low cost carrier SpiceJet is said to be in active discussion with a Middle Eastern carrier for a possible stake sale. SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh holds a stake of around 60 per cent in the budget carrier. Sources said a big Middle Eastern airline has expressed interest to pick a 24 per cent stake […]

Kolkata: As one reaches Uyari village of Khandaghosh community block under West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, he is bound to be gripped by the essence of India’s freedom movement associated with this remote village. The point of attraction is not any well-maintained museum, nor any flashy memorial. Rather the nostalgia is associated with a dilapidated […]

Lucknow: The Lucknow administration has completely banned vending carts selling ice creams and fast food outside schools. This has been done to prevent traffic jams and the order is being enforced from Wednesday itself. Following a discussion between the nodal officers of various schools and city traffic police and district administration issued guidelines to avoid […]

New Delhi: The Government is scheduled to introduce The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. While Power Minister R.K. Singh will move the bill on energy conservation, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will table a Bill to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009 . Amid the growing energy needs and changing global […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Police have arrested a gang of three miscreants on charges of robbing a software professional posing themselves as gays in Bengaluru, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the accused persons used a gay dating app to trap the victim techie. The arrested robbers have been identified as Sameer Pasha, Mohammad Ismail and Salman […]

Visakhapatnam: About 100 women workers of an apparels firm fell ill after a gas leakage from an adjacent chemical company in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalle district on Tuesday, officials said. The gas leak affected staff of Seeds Apparel India in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Atchutapuram area. The women complained of vomiting, nausea, and breathlessness. […]

Hyderabad: The Central government’s discrimination against Telangana is a glaring issue even in permitting additional days of work for drought and natural calamity-affected States under MGNREGS in the last five years. Telangana recorded extremely heavy rainfall in 2020 and 2021, and many mandals are vulnerable to heat waves. In 2019, the Panchayatraj and Rural Development […]

Hyderabad: In its efforts to improve the regulation of medical education, especially prevent the practice of some medical colleges producing fake faculty and patients during inspections, the National Medical Commission (NMC) on Tuesday has directed all private and government medical colleges to mandatorily implement biometric attendance systems, install CCTV cameras in class rooms and other […]

New Delhi: Soon after the arrest of Sanjay Raut, former Maharashtra chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray quoted dialogue of ‘Pushpa’ movie – “jhukega nahi”,Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment of India Ramdas Athawale gave befitting reply saying that Sanjay Raut is now being probed by ED in Patra Chawl scam case and he will have […]

Panaji: Better late than never. Finally BJP has adopted Tiranga over ‘Bhagva’, Amit Patkar, Congress Chief in Goa on Tuesday said reacting to BJP’s call to ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’. “It is a great feeling to see that BJP has finally realised the importance of Tiranga over Bhagva. Better late than never,” Patkar said. “I want […]