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Hyderabad: To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, the British High Commission is offering women from across India a unique opportunity to experience a day in the life of the UK’s top diplomat in the country. The competition is open to women aged 18 years and 23 years and the deadline to apply […]

When it comes to following the formal code of conduct at parades of the armed forces, even a celebrity will not get a free pass. And this was reminded to everyone when a clip of actor Karthik Aaryan at a Navy event went viral. On August 14, NDTV shared a clip of the Bhool Bhulaiya […]

Hyderabad: Gurjot Singh Kaler, Superintendent of Police, Punjab, has successfully scaled Mount Kilimanjaro to unfurl the national flag. He achieved the feat on Independence Day. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, “My first world summit. 15th August 2022. With God’s grace and parent’s blessings, I have successfully unfurled the National Flag of India atop the world’s […]

Hyderabad: As India celebrated 75 years of Independence Monday, the BBC Archive posted an old interview of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Twitter. In the press conference, Nehru shared his perspectives on India’s stance in a post-independent world, democracy and his thoughts about the development of the country. The show’s anchor William […]

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh handed over multiple indigenous weapons to the Indian Army, said the officials on Tuesday. Defence Minister handed over the F-INSAS system to the Indian Army in presence of Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande and Lt Gen Harpal Singh. Indian Army’s Futuristic Infantry Soldier as a System (F-INSAS) soldier gave […]

New Delhi: A Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court on Tuesday sent Mohsin Ahmad, an alleged active member of ISIS to Judicial Custody. He was produced before the court on Tuesday by NIA at the end of his remand. He was arrested on August 6, 2022, from Batla House Delhi ahead of Independence Day. The […]

Patna: After the cabinet expansion of the newly-formed Bihar government, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that the portfolios of different ministers will be announced late evening. Kumar has called for the first Cabinet meeting at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday where the new Ministers will receive their portfolios. “The distribution of the various state […]

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley and said that the Central government failed to provide security to the community. “BJP appointed LG in Jammu and Kashmir and Centre run government there have proved to be unsuccessful. Removal of Art 370 hasn’t […]

Srinagar: A Kashmiri Pandit died and his brother was injured after they were shot by militants in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A police official identified the deceased as Sunil Kumar and the injured as Pintu Kumar. “Terrorists fired upon civilians in an apple orchard in Chotipora area of Shopian. […]

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has kept the crucial Home Department portfolio with himself and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has taken charge of the Health Department’s portfolio in the first Cabinet expansion of the newly formed Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar. JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary got the Finance Department and RJD leader Tej Pratap […]

Kolkata: After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s expression of solidarity, Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal has gone on a total non-cooperation mode in the multi- crore cattle smuggling scam, which is being probed by the CBI. Mondal was arrested by the CBI on August 12. The chief minister at a programme on Sunday gave a clear […]

New Delhi: Mother Dairy has raised the prices of milk by Rs 2 per litre with effect from Wednesday. “Mother Dairy is compelled to raise its liquid milk prices by Rs. 2/litre with effect from August 17, 2022. The new prices will be applicable for all milk variants,” it said in a statement on Tuesday. […]

Anand (Gujarat): Faced with a rise in input costs, Amul has decided to increase the prices of milk by Rs 2 per litre with effect from Wednesday. Post the revision, the price of Amul Gold in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra markets will be Rs 31 per 500 ml, Amul Taaza will be Rs 25 per 500 […]

New Delhi: Online Game chat helped the Delhi Police in reuniting a 16-year-old missing girl with her family in New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri. A woman lodged a complaint in Chanakyapuri Police Station that her daughter went missing at around 5.30 p.m. on August 14, a senior Delhi Police official said. After receiving the complaint, police formed […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has filed an FIR against Bobby Kataria for violating safety and security measures by smoking a cigarette inside an aircraft. Kataria himself had uploaded a video on his social media account where he was seen with a lighter and smoking a cigarette on-board a SpiceJet flight. According to information, on […]

Hyderabad: Complimenting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his grand goals for 2047, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao sought to know about the past promises made by the Prime Minister for August 15, 2022. The Minister shared images of news reports about Prime Minister’s promises to double the farmers income by 2022, bullet trains operations by […]

Srinagar: Six ITBP personnel and a policeman died while 32 others — who were returning from Amarnath Yatra duty — sustained injuries on Tuesday when a bus fell in deep gorge in Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. A police bus carrying 37 Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel and two policemen […]

Hyderabad: On the occasion of India’s 75th Independence day, the State Bank of India (SBI), introduced a unique term deposit programme called ‘Utsav Deposit’. This fixed deposit scheme has higher interest rates and is only available for a limited time. SBI took to twitter to announce the news. It wrote “Let your finances do the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Wednesday the issue related to FIFA suspending the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned the matter before the top court, updating it about the recent developments and asking to hear the issue tomorrow. A bench headed by Justice […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally increased by 8,813 in a day to reach 4,42,77,194, while active infections have declined to 1,11,252, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,098 with 29 more fatalities, including one death reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]

Shivamogga (Karnataka): Karnataka police clamped prohibitory orders in Shivamogga city following two incidents of stabbing of youth reported on Monday in the violence that broke out after removal of the Veer Savarkar’s flex from a circle by group of people. The group also attempted to install flex of Tipu Sultan in its place. Police sources […]

Colombo: A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday, days after Colombo asked Beijing to defer the port call amidst India’s concern over the vessel’s presence in its neighbourhood. Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ arrived in the southern port of Hambantota at 8.20 […]

Hyderabad: India’s GDP has to grow at nine per cent for the next five years till 2028-29 to be a five trillion dollar economy (about Rs 400 lakh crore), said Dr D Subbarao, Former RBI Governor. Speaking at India @75- Marching Towards $5 Trillion Economy on the occasion of 75 years of Indian Independence celebrations […]

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech completed clinical development for Phase III trials and booster doses for India’s first intranasal Covid vaccine – BBV154. Two separate and simultaneous clinical trials were conducted to evaluate BBV154 as a primary dose (2-dose) schedule; and a heterologous booster dose for subjects who have previously received two doses of the two commonly […]