India

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 8 paise to a record low of 77.82 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday, tracking the strength of the greenback in the overseas market. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 77.81 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at […]

New Delhi: The polling to elect the members of the Upper House of the Parliament on 16 Rajya Sabha seats spread across four states will take place today amid speculations of horse-trading and fears of cross-voting. Polling is set to begin at 9 am and conclude at 4 pm. Notably, all 41 candidates from Uttar […]

New Delhi: Stating that the proposed draft E-waste Management Rules of 2022 totally disregards the role and responsibilities of dismantlers or Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs), the Indian Federation of Reverse Logistics (IFRL) has demanded the government to recognise their position in the Extended Producer Responsibility value chain and not rid them of their livelihoods. Considering the […]

Meerut: An Army Major has been accused of cutting his wife’s finger demanding dowry from her in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. The Major’s wife, who is in her early 30s, approached police with the finger injury and alleged that her husband has been harassing her “mentally and physically” for dowry since 2014 when they got married. […]

Ahmedabad: After creating a nationwide buzz with her announcement that she would be marrying herself, Vadodara resident Kshama Bindu “preponed” the event and tied the knot with herself three days before the scheduled date, she said on Thursday. Bindu, 24, said she performed the ‘sologamy’ (self-marriage), the ‘first in the country’, at her house in […]

Sangareddy: For the second consecutive year, the Indian Institute of Technology- Hyderabad (IITH) has maintained its position within the Top 10 ranks among the technical institutes in the country in QS rankings. QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global higher education analyst, released the nineteenth edition of the world’s most-consulted international university rankings on Thursday. The IITH […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A 15-year old girl has died of scrub typhus, known as ‘chellu pani’ in local parlance, in Kerala’s Varkala. The deceased was identified as Ashwathy, who was awaiting results for her 10th standard examination, panchayat authorities said on Thursday. A native of Cherunniyoor, a hamlet located over 40 kms away from here, the girl […]

Hyderabad: Alleging that Delhi Police is suffering from “both sideism” and “balance-waad”, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said he will consult his advocates and address the issue after an FIR was lodged against him by the police while stating that he will “not be intimidated” by such acts. Delhi Police has registered FIRs against […]

Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh): A Muslim village head and two others have been booked for putting up tiles with pictures of Lord Shiva in a toilet. Two of the accused have been arrested, while the village head Reshma is absconding. According to reports, the incident took place in Barra Berora village. The tiles in the toilets […]

Hyderabad: Even as the union government termed India’s ranking last out of 180 countries on Environmental Performance Index as “unscientific” and “refused to accept it”, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao called for a serious introspection. He suggested that all the State governments and the Centre should come up with an action plan on the lines […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday orally observed that there should be a limit for every exercise and admissions made after 1.5 years might compromise medical education and health of the people, while reserving order on pleas seeking a special stray round of counselling for NEET-PG 2021, to fill vacant seats. The top court […]

New Delhi: Election for the President of India will be held on July 18, the Election Commission announced on Thursday, with 4,809 members of the electoral college comprising MPs and MLAs set to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar noted that Kovind’s term ends on July 24 and […]

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India will soon come out with regulatory architecture for digital lending platforms, many of which are unauthorised and illegal, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. There have been increasing cases of alleged suicides of borrowers due to harassment by a few of the operators of digital lending apps. “I think […]

New Delhi: Emphasising the country’s rising stature in the global ecosystem of biotech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India’s bio-economy has grown eight times in the last eight years. Prime Minister inaugurated the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan, here on Thursday. Prime Miniter also launched the Biotech products e portal. […]

Hyderabad: Planning a trip overseas can often be a tiring task. From picking a destination to long waiting times stretching into weeks, there are a whole host of things that need to be taken care of. However, luckily, many countries let you in without a visa. Here are the countries Indian passport-holders can travel to […]

Pune: Pune Police on Wednesday arrested a wanted accused identified as Siddhesh Kamble alias Sourav Mahakal in connection with a murder case. According to police, Mahakal is an accomplice of shooter Santosh Jadhav and a suspect in Singer Sidhu Moose Wala murder case. Mahakal was arrested in MCOCA act registered at Manchar Police station of […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted the custody of a five-year-old boy who lost both his parents to COVID-19 last year, to his paternal grandparents, saying that paternal grandparents would better take care of the child than his maternal aunt, as they are “more emotionally attached” to him. A bench of Justices MR […]

Ranchi: Two youths accused of raping a girl have been beaten up and set on fire by villagers in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, leaving one dead and the other seriously injured, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in a village in Sadar Police Station area on Wednesday night. The injured is undergoing treatment at […]

New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi was named in the FIR registered by Delhi police over alleged inflammatory remarks on Wednesday. Swami Yati Narasimhananda is also among those booked for spreading hateful messages yesterday. On Wednesday, the IFSO unit of the Delhi police had registered a case against several persons including […]

Hanoi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday handed over 12 high-speed guard boats for Vietnam Border Guard at Hong Ha Shipyard made under USD 100 million lines of credit by the Indian government. Five out of 12 boats were manufactured at the L&T Shipyard in India while seven were made at the Hong Ha Shipyard. […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on Thursday. Union Ministers Jitendra Singh, Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan were also present at the event. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 is a two-day event being held on June […]

Panaji: The Goa Police are investigating the death of a Ukrainian national, Dmytro Gurov, 49, whose body was found in his rented villa at Benaulim in South Goa. The body was found late on Wednesday, police said. Dmytro Gurov came to Goa in December 2021. Since then he had been staying in a rented villa near […]

Patna: In a shocking incident, a poor couple in Bihar’s Samastipur was forced to beg to collect Rs 50,000 as bribe for the mortuary staff of a government hospital to get the body of their dead son. समस्तीपुर- जवान बेटे का पोस्टमार्टम के लिए माता पिता कर रहा है भिक्षाटन,पोस्टमार्टम कर्मी ने कहा 50 हज़ार लाओ […]

Mumbai: A man died and 19 people were injured after a multi-storey building collapsed at Shastri Nagar in Maharashtra’s Bandra West on Wednesday, informed the police. Following the incident, the civic body along with police and fire brigade reached the spot to begin the rescue operations and shifted the injured persons to a nearby hospital. […]