India

New Delhi:  Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Monday assured that the communal violence that took place in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area will be thoroughly investigated from all possible angles. “The case will be probed from all angles and we will ensure that anyone who participated in the violence, whether directly or indirectly, is brought […]

Mumbai : An elderly man was injured in a mobile phone snatching incident at Mumbai’s Malad-Marve Road, succumbed to his injuries. The incident took place on Friday after which the 61-year-old was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. A case has been registered under sections 304,394 and 34 IPC. According to […]

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu forest department officials have arrested a banana plantation farm owner in a case related to the electrocution of a wild elephant two months ago at his farm. A male elephant aged between 12 and 15 was found dead on the farm on the morning of February 12 and its trunk was […]

Hubballi: More than 100 persons have been detained in connection with the large-scale violence following a controversial social media post in the city. The accused would be produced before the court on Monday. Meanwhile, the situation continues to be tense and tight security arrangements have been made throughout the city. Prohibitory orders are clamped in […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that public participation has provided a new energy in the development of the country and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is an example of this. Prime Minister Modi said that be it construction of toilets or disposal of waste, preservation of heritage or competition for cleanliness, the country is […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia musician and Padma Shri awardee Prafulla Kar passed away here on Sunday night. He was 83. According to family sources, Kar breathed his last at his residence at Satya Nagar in Bhubaneswar city. He was suffering from old-age related health issues. His last rites will be performed on Monday at Puri Swargadwar […]

Bengaluru: Restaurant management platform UrbanPiper on Monday announced it has raised $24 million led by existing investors Sequoia Capital India and Tiger Global, and new investors Swiggy and Zomato. The platform aims to use the funds to scale its product and engineering teams and looks to expand to more than 200,000 restaurant locations globally in […]

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) For Vipluv, 24, a job offer from the leading edtech company BYJU’s was like a dream come true. He, along with four-five of his friends, joined the company as Business Development Trainee-Sales in February this year for a monthly stipend of about Rs 15,000. After a six-week training, he was […]

Guwahati: Vishwa Deenadayalan, a Table Tennis player from Tamil Nadu, died and his three teammates were injured in a road mishap in Meghalaya, police said. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday when Vishwa, 18, and three other Tamil Nadu Tennis players were on their way in a tourist taxi from Guwahati airport to Shillong to take […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have filed an FIR against a man for allegedly circulating obscene pictures of his wife in Bengaluru, police said on Monday. According to police, the accused had clicked the photographs when his wife fell unconscious after drinking juice laced with sedatives. The 30-year-old woman, a resident of Kanakapura road in Bengaluru, […]

New Delhi: India’s benchmark equity indices declined sharply in early trade on Monday as surge in inflation dented investors’ sentiment. Consumer Price Index or retail inflation rose steeply in March to 6.95 per cent, which was above Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance band of 6 per cent for three consecutive months. At 9.36 a.m., […]

New Delhi: India logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,44,280, while the active cases declined to 11,542, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,965 with 214 fresh fatalities, including 213 from Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]

Bijapur: Four security personnel were injured after naxals opened fire on a police camp in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a senior official said on Monday. A group of naxals opened fire on the Jaigur police camp situated under the Kutru police station limits late Sunday night, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI. […]

Bengaluru: Striking a note of harmony, amidst the recent flare-up of communal issues in Karnataka, the historic Chennakeshava temple at Belur in Hassan district kick-started the annual rathotsava (chariot festival) celebrations this year, after verses of Quran were recited in keeping with the syncretic tradition followed there for years. Following the traditions, which according to […]

Hazaribag: A 16-year-old differently-abled boy appearing in the Class 10 state board examination died of suspected heat-related complications when he came out of an examination centre in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district, police said on Sunday. The state has been reeling under heatwave conditions for the last few days with the maximum temperature shooting past the 40 […]

New Delhi: At least 19 per cent of residents of Delhi-NCR say they have 1 or more individuals in their close social network who has had Covid in the last 15 days, claimed a survey on Sunday. The Covid network prevalence has risen to 19 per cent marking an over 500 per cent increase in […]

Washington:  Indians cornered nearly three-fourths of H-1B visas issued by the US to speciality foreign workers in 2021, continuing their stranglehold on this highly sought after professional ticket to work, live and, finally, settle down in America. The US approved 407,071 H-1B petitions in 2021 and 301,616 of them — 74.1 per cent — were […]

Hyderabad: SP Shankar, a Class 6 student from Hyderabad, is a versatile kid with multiple talents and skills at the tender age of 11 years. He is a passionate cuber and a robotics enthusiast. He can play musical instruments like violin and piano and he enjoys playing some classical pieces on them. Not just that, […]

New Delhi: Language experts and academicians are divided on how far Hindi can take the young people in life. Academicians are of the view that when the significance of Hindi language is increasing in the western countries, then India should also not hesitate to make it the official (working) language. However, some say that there […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the Centre was hiding data after reports emerged that India is stalling data on Covid deaths. Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said, “Neither Modiji speak truth nor he allows anyone they have been saying falsely that no one died due to oxygen shortage,I have already […]

Nagpur: Country’s first-ever radio channel for the visually impaired, named ‘Radio Aksh’ has been launched in Nagpur, with the Blind Relief Association Nagpur and Samdrushti Kshamata Vikas Avam Anusandhan Mandal (Saksham) serving as the pioneers of the concept that will help the visually-impaired gain seamless access to education resources and audiobooks. This concept was created […]

New Delhi: The Oil Ministry has stopped making fresh allocation of natural gas from domestic fields to the city gas sector, threatening the viability of Rs 2 lakh crore investment planned in the sector besides leading to a hike in CNG and piped cooking gas prices to record levels, sources said. Despite a decision of […]

Kurseong (West Bengal): A 31-year old man was arrested on Sunday morning for allegedly sexually assaulting an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker in the Kurseong subdivision of West Bengal’s Darjeeling. The accused, identified as Ayush Thapa is close kin to the victim who is an ASHA worker in the Kurseong subdivision. According to the […]

Panaji: Goa’s beaches are under increasing threat of erosion and the phenomenon may impact its tourism economy in the years to come. Experts have called for urgent intervention and the need to create short term and long term plans to safeguard the state’s coastline. Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh told […]