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Midnapore: A total of two people were killed and one was critically injured after being hit by a local train while clicking selfies near a railway bridge over the Cossye river in Midnapore in West Bengal on Saturday. The injured person was rescued by the Railway Police and was rushed to the hospital. Railway Senior […]

The woman, who arrived here from Harare, had concealed the drugs in her trolley and executive bags and two file folders, a senior customs official said.

Etah: The Etah police have arrested two men for kidnapping, rape and murder of the six-year-old daughter of a garment businessman in Uttar Pradesh. The two were arrested on Saturday. The girl was raped allegedly by one of the accused. Her body was found in a vacant plot behind a private hospital in the Awagarh […]

New Delhi: The Centre has decided to continue the umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) of states and the union territories for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a total central financial outlay of Rs 26,275 crore in the Union Budget 2022-23. This scheme comprises all relevant sub-schemes that contribute to modernisation and […]

New Delhi: Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has dedicated six varieties of fruits and vegetables to the nation. The six varieties of fruits and vegetables include two varieties of mango ‘Pusa Lalima’ and ‘Pusa Shresth’, brinjal variety ‘Pusa Vaibhav’, palak (spinach) variety ‘Pusavilayati palak’, cucumber variety ‘Pusa Gynoecious Cucumber Hybrid-18’ […]

Dehradun: The political fate of several BJP heavyweights, including Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and state unit president Madan Kaushik will be decided in the Uttarakhand Assembly polls on Monday. Luck of other ministers in the Dhami cabinet will also be decided on Monday. Polling will be held on 70 seats of the Uttarakhand Assembly […]

Meanwhile, the active covid caseload has reduced to 5,37,045, which constitute 1.26 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

The father and Ahmad Alai have been caretakers of Gopi Tirith Temple, a small Shiva temple in Zabarwan hills in Srinagar.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which has succeeded in sustaining the Telangana sentiment ever since forming the first government in the state in 2014, was quick to seize the opportunity.

Piggybacking on EOS-04 in the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) are two small satellites - INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD.

Pune: Renowned industrialist Rahul Bajaj – the doyen of the Bajaj Group – passed away in Pune following a prolonged illness. He was 83. Born in Kolkata in 1938, he was ailing from cancer for a long time and the end came around 2.30 p.m. on saturday. Bajaj had taken charge of the Bajaj Group […]

Mumbai: Central Railway and SugarBox Networks have now launched a new initiative called the ‘Content on Demand’ service for local trains passengers who can now enjoy watching movies, TV shows, and news for free while traveling, the Indian railways official said. According to an official, passengers’ journeys will now be full of entertainment. Lakhs of […]

Pune: A crate of mangoes has been sold for a whopping cost of Rs 31,000 during its auction at a market in Pune and the trader claimed that it was the “most expensive” buy in 50 years. As the mangoes started arriving in the market, the crate of the fruit was joyously welcomed with a […]

As per an order issued by City Police Commissioner Chandragupta, Prohibitory orders will be in force from February 12 (6 AM) to February 13 (10 PM). In the meantime, no protests or rallies will be allowed in the district.

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the President’s Fleet Review of the Indian Navy on 21 February in Visakhapatnam to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence. The President’s Fleet review will witness the participation of more than 60 ships, submarines and more than 50 aircraft. As part of this ceremonial event, all participating […]

Agenda of the meeting would be shared in due course, according to MHA Director Renu Sarin.

With this, the country's active caseload currently stands at 6,10,443 which accounts for 1.43 per cent of total cases.

New Delhi: Various journalists’ bodies on Friday wrote to Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Anurag Thakur raising objections to the new guidelines issued recently for the accreditation of media persons by his ministry’s arm Press Information Bureau (PIB). In their letter to the minister, the journalists’ bodies said the new accreditation guidelines were discussed at […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held that an insurance company cannot reject a claim on the basis that there was a delay in communicating the theft of a vehicle to it. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi said: “When the complainant had lodged the FIR immediately after the theft […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka college girl Muskaan Khan who confronted a crowd by raising slogans of “Allah hu Akbar” during protests that broke out on hijab row, continues to be in news. Congress MLA from Mumbai’s Bandra Zeeshan Siddique came all the way from Maharashtra on Friday and paid visit to Muskan’s residence in Mandya city. The […]

Hyderabad: Stalking your partner may not be termed as socially accepted behavior but in the age of social media where all of our lives is like an open book for everyone to read about, most of us are guilty of this behavior at least once in our lives. Majority of us are checking in on […]

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday hit out at the Central government saying that it formulates economic policies to benefit its ‘industrialist friends’. Priyanka said, “Both the friends of the Prime Minister have become the top two richest industrialists of Asia. The government is doing everything to help its friends. All […]

Taking to Instagram, Sonam shared a picture of a man in a turban and a woman in a hijab, and it questions why can a turban be a choice but a hijab can't.

The court also made it clear the order was confined to such of the institutions wherein the College Development Committees have prescribed the student dress code or uniform.