India

Chennai: Citing the recent killings in Chennai, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition K. Palaniswami, has said that the state capital is “turning into a murder city with 18 murders in 20 days”. However, Greater Chennai City police commissioner, Shankar Jiwal refuted the claim, saying that only 10 murders took place in the […]

New Delhi: Continuing to raise the issue of unemployment, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday said over 60 lakh sanctioned central and state government posts are vacant in various sectors when joblessness is at its highest level in three decades. The MP from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh Saturday tweeted a chart mentioning government jobs sector-wise. […]

Srinagar: Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces at Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Saturday. “Two terrorists killed. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition recovered. Search going on,” police said. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team […]

Hyderabad: Growing up in a desi household, have you ever felt that you could be appreciated a little better for your achievements? Well, you are wrong if you think you are the only one feeling this way. A similar thing has happened to this Twitter user named Harish Uthayakumar. Harish, co-founder of Bluelearn and YouTuber, […]

Kalol: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the World’s first Nano Urea Liquid plant by IFFCO at Kalol, Gujarat in an effort to provide farmers the means to boost productivity and help increase their income. The Prime Minister dedicated the Ultramodern Nano Urea Liquid Fertilizer plant to the Nation at a ceremony held at […]

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that over 88 per cent of India’s adult population have been fully vaccinated against Covid. “Over 88 per cent of the adult population is now fully vaccinated against #COVID19. Congratulations India! Keep following COVID appropriate behaviour even after getting vaccinated”, said Mandaviya in a tweet. […]

New Delhi: A Pan India drug syndicate was busted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in which they arrested eight foreign women and one handler and recovered 69 kg high quality heroin worth Rs 500 crore. A senior NCB official said that the officers of Bengaluru wing seized 7 kg heroin from a female passenger […]

New Delhi: The Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved a significant milestone of 50 per cent rural households having access to tap water connections, an official of the Ministry of Jal Shakti said here on Saturday. Goa, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu, Puducherry and Haryana have already achieved 100 per […]

New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday said it has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on IndiGo airline for denying boarding to a specially abled child at Ranchi airport on May 7. IndiGo had on May 9 said the boy was denied permission to board the Ranchi-Hyderabad flight as he was “visibly in […]

Mumbai: Snapping 10 consecutive weeks of decline, India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by USD 4.23 billion to USD 597.509 billion for the week ended May 20, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. This is the first increase in India’s forex reserves in the past 11 weeks. The forex reserves had declined by […]

Rajkot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, keeping the election year in mind, smartly played Mahatma Gandhi’s Swadeshi card, reminding how the Sardar Sarovar project was completed against all odds. He was in Rajkot on Saturday to inaugurate a hospital. Modi said that before 2001, Gujarat had not seen development and growth, but it was due to […]

Warangal: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan hailing from Marrilpalli village of Duggondi mandal in the district ‘committed suicide’ by shooting with his service weapon at the cantonment at Fazilka city of Punjab State on Friday. He was Kannenoina Ramulu Yadava (30), son of K Rajaiah alias Rajalu, and Komuramma. Ramulu was posted in the […]

Chandigarh: In a major decision, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government withdrew the security cover provided to 424 people in the state. Those whose security cover has been withdrawn included many retired police officers, religious leaders and political figures. Earlier in April, the Punjab government had ordered the withdrawal of security cover of 184 persons […]

Udhampur: As many as 25 passengers were injured after a bus coming from Jammu en route to Doda district overturned in the Battal Ballian area in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, said police on Saturday. All the injured have been shifted to a district hospital in Udhampur while six were referred to a […]

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department (ITD) is conducting search operations on the premises of the Shree Anandhaas group of hotels in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, in connection with an alleged tax evasion case, sources said on Saturday. The searches are being conducted at more than 40 placed including Vasavalli, Lakshmi Mill and Gandhipuram. The teams […]

New Delhi: Another plea challenging the Constitutional validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday stating that the said Act violates the principles of secularism. The plea, filed by a religious guru based in Mathura, Devkinandan Thakur, has challenged the constitutional validity […]

Koppal: While commenting on the resurfacing of the hijab issue in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh on Saturday categorically stated that only uniforms are allowed in school and college campuses across the state. He further said that the order of the Karnataka High Court must be followed regarding the issue. The Minister’s […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Ranipet district has created a world record with 20,000 volunteers collecting 186.914 metric tonnes of plastic waste in just three hours. With his, the district has surpassed Switzerland which collected 128 metric tonnes in the same time span. In a statement on Saturday, the Ranipet district administration said that 20,000 volunteers drawn […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar on his birth anniversary. Savarkar was born in 1883 in Maharashtra. “Respectful tributes to Veer Savarkar, the hardworking son of Maa Bharti, on his birth anniversary,” Modi said in a tweet in Hindi. Modi also shared a photo montage […]

New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded 2,685 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its infection tally to 4,31,50,215, while the number of active cases increased to 16,308, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,24,572 with 33 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent […]

New Delhi: Breaking his silence on India plans, Elon Musk has said that Tesla will not manufacture cars in India unless it is allowed to sell and provide service to its electric vehicles. On Starlink, he said that SpaceX is still waiting for the Indian government’s approval. “Tesla will not put a manufacturing plant in […]

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said that it is proposing to adopt a graded approach to the introduction of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in conformity with the objectives of monetary policy, financial stability and efficient operations of currency and payment systems. “The Reserve Bank proposes to adopt a graded […]

Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday, while recalling the attacks against Christians in the country, said that last year 486 anti-christian attacks happened in India. He said this while mentioning the alleged hate speech of former MLA PC George and the BJP’s support for him. Last year, 486 anti-Christian attacks took place in […]

Hyderabad: Representatives of different farmers’ unions met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday and invited him to attend the farmers’ public meeting, which is being conducted to demand the implementation of Telangana’s farmers’ friendly welfare programmes. The South India Farmers Unions Federation Chairman K Narasimham Naidu along with Tamil Nadu farmers’ unions’ leaders […]