India

New Delhi: Observing that mushrooming of illegal colonies across the country is a menace to urban development, the Supreme Court Monday said there is a need for a comprehensive action plan by state governments to prevent these illegal colonies from coming up. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai appointed senior […]

Hyderabad: The vibe is casual chic at fashion designer Anushree Reddy’s new Pret store on Road No. 12 in Banjara Hills. Aptly named Ar at 12, the store is Anushree’s foray into resort wear for women and is a fabulous collection of flirtatious and fun silhouettes. Her new store, done up in pink, is located […]

Bengaluru: Making non-Christian students read Bible compulsorily in Clarence High School here has created a controversy with Hindu organisations demanding cancellation of its license. Sri Ram Sena founder Pramod Muthalik on Monday asked the school management to keep the Bible at their homes and churches. “Why is Bible being preached to Hindu students who comprise […]

New Delhi: Days after the CBSE removed several chapters from the history and political science syllabus of classes 10 and 12, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the national level board of education ‘Central Board of Suppressing Education’. He further targeted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the modification of the syllabus and […]

New Delhi: A Special Court of Delhi has taken cognizance of a chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against former Trinamool Congress youth wing leader Vinay Mishra, his brother Vikas Mishra and Mohammad Enamul Haque, the alleged kingpin of a cattle smuggling racket across India-Bangladesh border. The Court noted that the prosecution complaint (Chargesheet) […]

Pune: Senior IAS officer and former Union Home Secretary Dr. Madhav Godbole passed away following a cardiac failure at his home here on Monday, a family member said. He was 85 and breathed his last surrounded by his family members. Dr. Godbole is survived by his wife Sujata, son Rahul and daughter-in-law Dakshina, daughter Meera […]

Dakshina Kannada: In a horrifying incident, a 35-year-old tribal woman was assaulted and stripped in public by a group of people in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Monday. The Karnataka Police have lodged an FIR against eight persons in connection with the incident which happened on April 19 in Alake village. A land […]

Hyderabad: Two days after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) corporator Nazir Ahmed Honyal was arrested in connection with the stone-pelting incident in Karnataka’s Hubballi, party chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday advised his party workers to not get themselves involved in civil disputes and further advised them to let the law take its own course. Addressing […]

Mumbai: The rupee declined 23 paise to 76.65 against the US dollar in the opening trade on Monday tracking the strength of the dollar in the overseas market. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a muted note at 76.58 against the American dollar, then fell and touched an early low of 76.65 […]

New Delhi: With 2,541 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,60,086, while the active cases increased to 16,522, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,22,223 with 30 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices opened in the red on Monday with Sensex down by 516.55 points and Nifty by 168.40 points. At 9:35 am, the BSE Sensex was down by 516.55 points or 0.90 per cent at 56,680.60. BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange, is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, and […]

Hyderabad: Technology solutions company Cyient on Monday announced to acquire Finland-based Citec, a global plant and product engineering services company, for an undisclosed sum. According to Cyient, this is the largest outbound acquisition by an Indian engineering services company and its largest acquisition to date. The acquisition will strengthen its presence in the energy industry […]

Lucknow: A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow allegedly developed feelings for his sister-in-law and ended up killing his brother to ‘clear his way’, said police on Monday. The police have arrested the accused Bhupendra Sahu and booked him for fratricide. The deceased was identified as Mohit Sahu, who stayed with his brother and wife, at […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on his reelection, and said he looked forward to continue working together with him to deepen the India-France strategic partnership. Macron comfortably won a second term on Sunday. The second five-year term for the 44-year-old centrist spared France and Europe the seismic […]

New Delhi: A ‘tiranga yatra’ was taken out by the people of Hindu and Muslim communities in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Sunday, a week after clashes were broken between the two groups during a Hanuman Jayanti procession. People from both the communities appealed for peace and harmony in the region as they waved the national […]

New Delhi: Members from both the Hindu and Muslim community will take out a Tiranga Yatra on Sunday at the communal violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital. The area is still under heavy security cover, however, the permission to take out the proposed Yatra at 6 p.m. has been granted by the Delhi Police. […]

Vijayawada: Governor of Andhra Pradesh Biswabhushan Harichandan and Lady Governor Suprava Harichandan on Sunday visited the National War Memorial (NWM) in Delhi to pay their obeisance to the martyrs. The Governor laid a wreath as a mark of respect for the brave war heroes who lost their lives while serving the nation. Governor Harichandan during […]

New Delhi: Following Beijing’s reluctance to allow the return of Indians stuck at home since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, India has also suspended tourist visas for nationals of China. The government’s move came after thousands of Indians including more than 23,000 students, have been stuck in India for over two years as Beijing […]

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the idea of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ is to bridge distances between different parts of the country. Addressing a mammoth rally at Palli Gram Panchayat in Samba district, Modi said, “The day is not far away when the Devi of Kanyakumari will meet Vaishno Devi with […]

Krishnagiri: Bhavish Aggarwal will not invite Elon Musk to his state-of-the-art, electric two-wheeler manufacturing facility here as the Ola Founder and CEO feels that when India becomes a global hub for electrification, Tesla CEO will have no choice but to come to the country. Aggarwal said that not one company has the right or the […]

New Delhi: Ola Electric on Sunday said that it is voluntarily recalling 1,441 e-scooters as a pre-emptive measure to conduct a detailed health check of the concerned batch. The company said that its internal investigation into the March 26 incident when an Ola S1 Pro e-scooter caught fire in Pune has revealed that the “thermal […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that over 20,000 crore digital transactions are taking place on a daily basis wherein small online payments are helping to build a big digital economy. Addressing the nation in his 88th monthly programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, he said digital transactions worth over Rs 20,000 crore are […]

New Delhi: Over 17 lakh people contracted HIV in the country in the last 10 years due to unprotected intercourse, according to the data provided by National AIDS Control Organization in response to an RTI query. However, the number of people contracting HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in the last 10 years has come down significantly. […]

Mumbai: In its chargesheet filed before a local Mumbai court, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said that former Yes Bank Chairman Rana Kapoor paid Rs 2 crore for an M.F. Husain painting and the money was later utilised for the treatment of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi in New York. Kapoor was was forced […]