India

New Delhi: Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar was on Thursday appointed as the next chief election commissioner. He will assume charge on May 15 after incumbent Sushil Chandra demits office on May 14, a notification issued by the Law Ministry said. Putting the notification in public domain, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju extended his best wishes to […]

New Delhi:As the electric e-scooter maker Ola Electric faces government scrutiny and consumer complaints, a couple of its top-notch executives have quit, the latest being its chief marketing officer Varun Dubey. The company confirmed to IANS that Dubey is leaving the company due to “personal reasons”. Earlier, Dinesh Radhakrishnan who was the chief technology officer […]

New Delhi: Indian equity benchmarks extended their losses from the previous session and tanked sharply due to weak global cues amidst high volatility. Asian stocks fell as the US inflation for April stood persistently high, which dented investors’ confidence. The US April inflation print came at 8.3 per cent from a year ago, slower than […]

Mumbai: The rupee slumped 30 paise to 77.55 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday as a lacklustre trend in the domestic equity markets and a firm American currency weighed on investor sentiment. Besides, persistent foreign fund outflows and elevated crude oil prices impacted the domestic unit, forex traders said. At the interbank […]

New Delhi: With 2,827 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,13,413, while the active cases dipped to 19,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,181 with 24 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Five days after a team of forensic experts led by the local police exhumed the body of Malayali vlogger Rifa Mehnu from a cemetery in a mosque near Kozhikode to conduct an autopsy, her husband has been served a notice to appear before the police probe team. The vlogger was found dead on March 1 […]

Hyderabad: On stage lit with bright lights and a pride flag, he dances gracefully wearing a white anarkali showing off the rainbow-coloured lining every time he spins. Smitin Bhosale, 29, looks empowered and confident. That is, in stark contrast to the 7-year-old Smitin who helplessly watched his parents fight, or the 22-year-old Smitin who attempted […]

Kohima: The opposition Congress in Nagaland on Wednesday demanded ballot paper voting system in the Assembly polls, slated for early next year, replacing the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), as, according to it, these had been proven several times to be tampered. Nagaland Congress President K.Therie said that the EVMs can be “reset”. “EVMs […]

Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir): One terrorist was killed in an encounter that broke out on Wednesday between security forces and terrorists in the Salinder forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. As many as three magazines and one AK rifle was recovered in the encounter, the police said. The killed terrorist was a part […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold the colonial-era penal provision of sedition and asked the Centre and state governments to refrain from registering any FIRs under the sedition provision, Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, till review of the law by Centre is complete. On Tuesday, the top court had […]

Aurraiya: Male students in a Navodaya school in Uttar Pradesh’s Aurraiya district have written a letter to their principal complaining about girls in their class bullying them. In the letter, the boys studying in class 7 wrote that they would like the girls to apologise to them for calling them names. They girl students use […]

Vyara: In a shocking incident, a man set his wife on fire in the Valod Taluka Development office in Gujarat’s Tapi district and then committed self-immolation, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened on Tuesday evening. Both were charred to death within minutes. A police complaint said that the man, identified as Amit Patel, suspected […]

Belagavi: Tense situation prevailed after some miscreants hoisted a saffron flag on a mosque in a village in Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Wednesday. According to police, the miscreants climbed to the mosque tower and hoisted the flag in the wee hours. The incident came to light in the morning, causing tension in the region. The incident […]

New Delhi: Demolition drive against illegal encroachment is currently underway at several parts of the national capital on Wednesday. JCB bulldozers have been employed to demolish all illegally constructed temporary structures. The places where the demolition will be carried out are Tilak Nagar, Dwarka, Lodhi Road, Seelampur, Najafgarh, Aya Nagar, among several other areas. Wherever the […]

New Delhi: Top cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase quit India operations owing to “informal pressure” from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), its CEO Brian Armstrong has revealed for the first time. The US-based and Nasdaq-listed exchange had halted payments via unified payments interface (UPI) mode on its app in India last month. In the company’s earnings call […]

New Delhi: The Vice-President and Prime Minister on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the country’s brilliant scientists and their efforts that led to the successful Pokhran tests in 1998. In a series of tweets, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu said, “Greetings on National Technology Day! As we mark the anniversary of the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests, I […]

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 17 paise to 77.17 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday as the American currency retreated from its elevated levels. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.24 against the American dollar, then gained further ground to quote at 77.17, registering a rise of 17 paise from […]

Mumbai: The Indian stock market’s benchmark Sensex was trading 222.03 points down on Wednesday dragged by heavy selling pressure in the index heavyweight Asian Paints. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex was trading 222.03 points or 0.41 per cent down at 54,142.82 points at 10:05 am. The broader Nifty 50 of the National Stock Exchange […]

New Delhi: With 2,897 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of cases rose to 4,31,10,586, even as active cases have decreased to 19,494, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,24,157 with 54 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Pandit Sukh Ram passed away on Wednesday. He was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he suffered a brain stroke. “He was admitted to AIIMS and was undergoing treatment for the brain stroke,” his son Anil Sharma told ANI. His grandson Aashray […]

Hyderabad: With major drug seizures becoming frequent across the country, the price of cocaine, one of the highly addictive drugs, has shot up, touching a staggering Rs 10 crore a kilogram in the international drug market. A couple of years ago, cocaine, originating mainly from South American provinces, was sold for Rs 7 crore a […]

Ujjain: Two of three sisters ended up being with the wrong grooms as power failure shrouded the auspicious muhurat in darkness in an Ujjain village in Madhya Pradesh. Ghoonghat and darkness conspired in the mix-up, but family members quickly realised the blunder. The priests re-chanted some mantras and got the brides and grooms to re-take […]

Hyderabad: Passengers of a Delhi-Visakhapatnam Air India flight on Monday had a harrowing experience, with many of them continuing to suffer even 24 hours later. The trauma for them began when the flight, AI451, which took off at 3 pm from Delhi, had to be diverted without landing at Visakhapatnam due to inclement weather. They […]

Panaji: Citing an example that during the recent visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, when he asked for Himalaya mineral water and the bottle cost Rs 850, Goa Civil Supply Minister Ravi Naik said that in future water will be as expensive as gold and diamonds. Naik, who also holds the agriculture portfolio, was […]