India

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met the members of the district panchayat from Gujarat and discussed issues related to rural development. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said discussions were held at length about issues related to rural development and leveraging Jan Shakti for societal progress. “Yesterday, had an excellent meeting with District […]

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected poet-activist Varavara Rao’s plea seeking permanent medical bail in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench of Justices S B Shukre and G A Sanap, however, extended the time for the 83-year-old activist to surrender before the Taloja prison authorities by three months, to enable him to […]

Hyderabad:  All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for demolishing the houses of the accused involved in the violence during Ram Navami procession in Khargone, and said that it shows the “biased attitude” of the Chief Minister “towards the Muslim minority”. Addressing a press […]

New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 1,088 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,38,016, while the active cases dipped to 10,870, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,736 with 26 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]

Mumbai: NYSE-listed electric vehicle company Fisker Inc has set up its India headquarters in Hyderabad and it will focus on software and virtual vehicle development support functions. The California-based EV maker said it has already started recruitment of local talent and expects to create 200 potential jobs in India. The development comes after Industries and […]

Bengaluru: Predictive studies opine that the 4th wave of the Covid-19 will start in June-July and last till September, stated Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday. “Karnataka is prepared to face it,” he added. He said that there is no need to worry as of now. The new XE variant of Covid-19 is prominent […]

New Delhi: The government should run a bulldozer over problems of the people such as inflation and unemployment but the BJP’s bulldozer is carrying “hatred and terror”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday. His attack on the BJP came after the Khargone district administration in Madhya Pradesh started demolition of at least 50 “illegal” […]

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has condemned the violence reported in different parts of the country during the recent Sri Ram Navami processions and termed these ‘planned attacks’ on minorities. Accusing the governments in violence-hit States of failing to protect the people, he said it was the constitutional responsibility of any […]

Bengaluru: Amid all the din and commotion in the state following ban calls on Muslim traders by Hindutva groups, the ruling BJP government is all set to clear temple premises in Karnataka of Muslim vendors, according to sources. Already, the state government has declared on the floor of the House that there is no provision […]

Hyderabad: Nutraceutical startup Laurik, which is based in Hyderabad, on Tuesday, announced that it has raised Rs 3.7 crore while just in its ideation stage. The health elevator brand that uses coconut derivative and provides the right nutrients in a shot is also one of the 100 brands in the world and second Nutraceutical brand […]

San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is likely to roll out a new drawing tool features for its users. According to WABetaInfo, the company is releasing new drawing tools to some people on WhatsApp beta for iOS. “WhatsApp is rolling out this feature to some beta testers. More activations are planned at a later date […]

Vijaynagar: Lauding the central government over the recent hike in fuel price, Karnataka Tourism Minister Anand Singh on Monday said that “If Narendra Modi was not the Prime Minister of India at the moment, the price of petrol would be Rs 200 to Rs 250 per litre.” After driving the Demu train on Monday, he […]

Jammu: A woman was arrested on Tuesday for beating her toddler mercilessly in J&K’s Samba district. Police sources said that a video went viral on social media in which a mother was seen beating her child mercilessly. Police investigation identified the woman as Preeti Sharma, resident of Upper Kamila Purmandal in Samba district. “An FIR […]

New Delhi: To congratulate a beneficiary of PM Awas Yojana on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to congratulate him for the ownership, to add up to his contentment. According to an official statement, Modi sent a letter to Sudhir Kumar Jain of Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh for adding up to his […]

Chennai: A Chennai-based IT firm on Monday gifted as many as 100 cars to its employees for their constant support and unparalleled contributions to the company’s success and growth. Ideas2IT, an It firm has gifted Maruti Suzuki cars to 100 employees. “We are gifting 100 cars to 100 of our employees who have been a […]

New Delhi: India recorded 796 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,36,928, while the active cases dipped to 10,889, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,710 with 19 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]

New Delhi: Indian equity indices extended their losses from the previous session and traded lower in early trade on Tuesday. At 9.46. a.m., Sensex was 0.5 per cent or 295 points down at 58,670 points, whereas Nifty was 0.6 per cent or 112 points down at 17,563 points. IT stocks are likely to do well […]

New Delhi: Seven in 10 working women in India have resigned or are considering quitting their jobs this year as pay cuts, bias and exclusion become their penalties for working flexibly amid the pandemic, a LinkedIn report revealed on Tuesday. The research by Microsoft-owned professional networking platform found that poor employer sentiment towards flexible working […]

New York: The diplomatic and defence leaders of India and the US have discussed expanding their cooperation into new defence areas like space and cyberspace to enable their militaries to jointly meet the challenges of this century, according to a readout of their 2+2 meeting that stressed “common strategic interests”. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, […]

Deoghar/Ranchi: The death toll in Jharkhand’s Deoghar cable car accident climbed to three after a person fell down from helicopter while being airlifted on Monday evening. The accident took place on Sunday evening after two cable cars in a ropeway collided with each other at Trikut hills in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district even as the Indian […]

Chandigarh: As the wheat arrivals surge across agrarian state Punjab, the total purchase of wheat has created a record in five years, officials said on Monday. Government agencies have procured 4.3 lakh metric tons of wheat till April 10, against the earlier highest peak of 38,019 metric tons in 2018. An official told IANS this […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday appealed to people to complete their vaccination doses amid the outbreak of new XE variant of COVID-19 in some foreign countries. “Please ensure that all your vaccination doses are completed at the earliest,” Sudhakar said after a meeting with the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). Sudhakar […]

Mumbai: On a lazy, warm weekend when billionaire industrialist Anand G. Mahindra happened to tweet a short family video, plus his comments, he may never have anticipated the kind of response it triggered. The heart-warming clip pertains to an east Asian clan with five healthy, living generations captured at what appears to be a family […]

Bhopal: Yet another tiger was found dead in Madhya Pradesh pushing the total number of big cats to have died in different wildlife habitats of the state so far this year to 15. A tiger was found dead at Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) located in Seoni district of the state on Sunday. The officials are […]