India

New Delhi: Young women with comorbidities like chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, hypertension had a higher risk of death due to Covid than males during the first phase of pandemic in India, according to a retrospective study. A team of researchers of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi conducted the study on 2,586 Covid-19 hospitalised patients who […]

Agartala: The ruling BJP won two seats including that of Chief Minister Manik Saha who has been elected to the state assembly for the first time from Town Bordowali while the opposition Congress won one seat in Tripura, where the bypolls were held on June 23 in the four politically-crucial Assembly constituencies. The BJP is ahead […]

New Delhi: India logged 11,739 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,33,89,973, while the active cases rose to 92,576, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,999 with 25 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]

Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)has been in power in Punjab for a little over three months and in an unprecedented action Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann himself announced the sacking of his Cabinet colleague from the council of ministers and his subsequent arrest for alleged corruption. The action to get him arrested came after Mann, a […]

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out on the Centre after the rupee slid against dollar. In a tweet, he said, “PM’s mastery in ‘Entire Distraction Science’ can’t hide these disasters — Rs at 78/$, $17 bn LIC value lost, WPI Inflation at 30yr high Unemployment at all-time high Largest ever bank fraud by […]

Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary and Telangana state in charge Tarun Chugh on Sunday said that a countdown has begun for the misrule of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government as Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will not be able to make a comeback in the next assembly elections. He added […]

Dehradun: The research wing of the Uttarakhand Forest department discovered a rare carnivorous plant species Utricularia Furcellata, which has been published in ‘the Journal of Japanese botany’. The journal of Japanese botany is a 106-year-old journal on plant taxonomy and botany and is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field. It (Utricularia […]

New Delhi: By fielding Draupadi Murmu, a tribal woman in the Presidential polls, the BJP is trying to make inroads into the community ahead of the next parliamentary election. The party is also hoping to win their support in this year’s Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls. On June 21, The BJP announced the name […]

New Delhi: After three decades of hard work, the scientists at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have discovered a new “reliable and cost-effective” way to identify asymptomatic Kala Azar (leishmaniasis) patients. Visceral leishmaniasis is fatal and can cause death. It can also cause severe bleeding, infection, and facial disfigurement. People living in India, Ethiopia, Brazil, Sudan, and […]

Lucknow: A police constable has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife based on a statement made by the couple’s four-year-old son which was confirmed by the post-mortem examination report. Dubagga station house officer (SHO) Anil Prakash Singh, said the accused, Rinku Gautam, called the police and told them that his wife, Brijesh Kumari, died by […]

New Delhi: Emaar Group CEO Amit Jain, who was detained by immigration authorities at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and handed over to Punjab Police, was later released after brief questioning at the airport. “He was detained on Friday on the basis of a Look Out Circular in an FIR registered with Punjab Police […]

Puducherry: Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan raised concern over non-inclusion of ‘Tamizh Thai Vazhthu’ during the inauguration of JIPMER International School of Public Health here on Saturday. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya declared open the building constructed at a cost of Rs 66 crore to house the school. As soon as the function began, ‘Dhanvantri […]

New Delhi: Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the National Herald case, will be asked the same set of questions which were asked to Rahul Gandhi during his five-day questioning, ED sources said. Sonia Gandhi has been asked to join the probe in mid […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of having accepted donations of crores of rupees from the promoters and associated companies of the fraud-hit DHFL and asked whether there was any quid pro quo. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said at a press conference that India’s largest banking fraud happened right under the nose […]

Mumbai: The Gujarat anti-terrorist squad team on Saturday arrived at activist Teesta Setalvad’s residence here and took her to the Santacruz police station. The action came after Union Minister Amit Shah in an interview with ANI said that Teesta Setalvad-run NGO gave baseless information about the 2002 Gujarat riots to the police. “I have read […]

The Centre on Saturday issued a notification settings regulations for Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP). So, what exactly is this programme wherein automobiles in India will be accorded ‘Star Ratings’ based on their performance in crash tests? 1. The Programme tests new cars and gives them a safety rating from one to five […]

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday ruled out the possibility of President’s Rule in the state currently in the grip of a major political crisis that has shaken the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government. “There is no reason presently to impose President’s Rule in the state. The MVA experiment is going to be a success,” […]

Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Police have arrested 19 people during a raid at an illegally run hookah bar in this Uttar Pradesh district, an official said on Saturday. According to the official, the said hookah bar was found being operated at Urban Terrace restaurant in Indirapuram. Hookahs and other material were also seized in large numbers, he […]

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena rebel MLAs of Eknath Shinde faction on Saturday named their group as ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’. Former Minister of State for Home and rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar told ANI that Eknath Shinde-led MLAs formed a new group ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’. The decision comes at a time when Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was […]

Bhopal: One person was reported killed after wall of a polling booth collapsed in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district as the voting for the first phase of three-tire panchayat elections began on Saturday. Deceased has been identified as Raja Kushwaha. He was sitting at polling booth in Tikha village in Satna district when a wall collapsed. […]

New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday condemned the attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s office in Wayanad and said that the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has ordered the state police to take action against those involved in this irresponsible act. Speaking to ANI, Yechury said, “Whatever happened […]

Hyderabad: A video of a kid, who was apparently scanning the FASTag with his smart watch, while cleaning the windscreen of the car is doing rounds on the social media. As explained by the driver, the kid scanned the FASTag sticker on the windscreen with his watch to wipe out money from the Paytm wallet. […]

Guwahati/Agartala: The BJP, which is now ruling four of the eight northeastern states while its allies are governing the remaining four, has been tactically successful in spreading the Hindutva agenda in the region, inhabited by people belonging to diverse religions, according to experts and politicians. The region comprises eight states and is home to 45.58 million […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said on Saturday it has issued a notification that sets regulations for Bharat New Car Assessment Programme. As per the notification dated 24th June 2022, Bharat New Car Assessment Programme rating will provide consumers with an indication of the level of protection offered to occupants by […]