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New Delhi: In another significant single-day spike amid the ongoing resurgence, India logged 37,479 new Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, taking the overall active infection tally to 1,71,830, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on Tuesday. The active caseload now accounts for 0.49 per cent of the country’s total positive […]
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Agra: Ticket windows for a visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra have been closed in view of rising number of Covid cases. Visitors can now book tickets online for a visit to the monument. The Archaeological Survey of India has given the facility of online booking. However, inside the Taj Mahal, the counter on […]
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New Delhi: Union Minister G.Kishan Reddy claimed that Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao is taking inspiration from West Bengal and said such tactics won’t work in the state. Reddy made the comment over the arrest of Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar. In a series of tweets last night, Reddy said, “KCR (K Chandrasekhar Rao) […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri: While the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that filed a 5,000-page charge sheet in the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) has omitted the name of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni — earlier named as conspirator — it has included the name of Virendra Shukla, who is the brother-in-law […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19, adding that he has “mild symptoms” and was isolating at home. Taking to Twitter, he said: “I have tested positive for Covid. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home. Those who came in touch wid me in last few […]
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New Delhi: Terming Asaduddin Owaisi as the ‘B team’ of Samajwadi Party (SP), Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma alleged on Monday that the AIMIM chief is acting like an election agent for the SP and BSP. Talking to the media after a review meeting on the functioning of BJP-ruled states at the party […]
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Hyderabad: A candidate from Telangana and eight others from different States have secured 100 percentiles in the results of Common Admission Test (CAT)-2021 entrance test, for admissions into various IIMs, which were released on Monday. As per the press release issued by the IIM-Ahmedabad, which conducted the CAT -2021, all candidates who secured 100 percentiles […]
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Panaji: As many as 66 of the over 2,000 people on board the Cordelia cruise ship, which came to the coastal state from Mumbai, have tested Covid positive, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday. The cruise liner, where the NCB busted a high-profile rave party in October last year, was carrying hordes of […]
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Hyderabad: The stock market in recent times has exhibited wide movements either ways. In days it rose, BSE was up about 800 to 1,000 points, aiding in wealth creation. On days it dived, it fell around 700 or more points, giving an opportunity for the existing investors to buy stocks at a lower price. The […]
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Shimla: Like other park rangers, Roshan Chaudhary normally leaves for patrolling in the morning and returns at sunset. And when there is a tip-off on the movement of poachers for several nights at a stretch he has to camp for the conservation of Western Himalayan biodiversity. His job as a Deputy Ranger was to protect […]
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Hyderabad: The depiction of landscapes has been in existence long before it established itself as an exclusive genre of art in its own right. Capturing mountains, valleys, bodies of water, fields, forests, and coasts from different nooks and corners of the world, landscape art familiarised a place to multitudes of people before the invention of […]
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Lauding her commitment to fighting colonialism, PM Modi also called the queen a personification of women empowerment.
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As announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25, 2021, the vaccination for the age-group 15-18 years is scheduled to begin from January 3, 2022.
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New Delhi: Housing sales across top seven cities rose 71 per cent year-on-year in 2021 to 2,36,530 units, but demand fell short of pre-Covid levels by 10 per cent, according to Anarock. Housing sales stood at 1,38,350 units in 2020 and 2,61,358 units in the 2019 calendar year. Mumbai-based Anarock attributed the rise in housing […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court appointed committee probing the Pegasus spyware snooping matter has issued a public notice seeking details from people who may have felt their mobile devices may have been infected by Pegasus malware. The panel has asked the Pegasus victims to send the information before noon of January 7, 2022. On October […]
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New Delhi: Months after the derogatory “Sulli Deals” app, another app called “Bulli Bai” has appeared that targets women of a particular religion on code hosting platform – GitHub. Reacting to the development, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday sought action against those who demean women. She said, “I had raised the issue of […]
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not call himself a ‘fakir’ now with the addition of a “Rs 12 crore” car in his cavalcade. In his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut also praised former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for always using an Indian-made […]
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A tribal man from the district was arrested for poaching a tiger through an electric snare he sep up neighbouring Maharashtra on December 25. A claw and tiger whiskers were recovered from him. Three more accused are absconding. District Forest Officer S Shantharam said the accused, Portheti Kantharam, a resident of Digide […]
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New Delhi: Oil marketing companies (OMC) have kept the prices of diesel and petrol unchanged across major Indian cities since November 3, 2021, when the Centre and some states reduced duties on them. Accordingly, diesel and petrol prices in Delhi stood at Rs 86.67 per litre and Rs 95.41 per litre on Sunday, respectively. In […]
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New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India registered 27,553 new Covid-19 cases, a substantial spike amid the ongoing resurgence, with 284 additional deaths, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on Sunday. With the addition of the new fatalities, the total death toll has climbed at 4,81,770. The active caseload has also […]
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Sukma: As many as 44 Naxals including nine women cadres surrendered before police at a village in the Chintalnar area of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, said police. The Naxals surrendered themselves before Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma at the police camp in Karigundam. SP Sharma said that one of them was carrying […]
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Nadia: In order to enhance patrolling on the India-Bangladesh border, female constables have been deployed to frisk women who cross over the border and are suspected to be involved in smuggling illegal substances into India, informed Border Security Force official. “This is the starting point of the India-Bangladesh border. There is a village on that […]
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New Delhi: In the last month, Delhi LNJP hospital has treated 138 Omicron cases, said Dr Suresh Kumar, MD of LNJP hospital. According to the doctor, the cases are increasing at an alarming rate. “Since December 2, we have seen 372 positive cases, out of which there were 138 Omicron cases”, said Dr Kumar. “95 […]
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Prisons Department has decided to ban visitors to meet inmates in view of the increasing number Covid-19 cases in the state. The Department had allowed visitors to meet jail inmates on August 16 after suspending visits on March 24, 2020, due to Covid-19. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi has instructed […]
