India

Bengaluru Rural: Tense situation prevailed at a university campus in Karnataka after a foreign student fell to her death, police said on Thursday, adding that security has been tightened to avoid any untoward acts of violence. The incident took place at 11 p.m. on Wednesday night at the Gitam University located in the Bengaluru Rural […]

Chennai: Actor Kiccha Sudeep on Wednesday clarified to actor Ajay Devgn that the statement he made with regard to Hindi was in a totally different context to the one that Ajay Devgn had understood. It all started with actor Ajay Devgn tweeting to Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep, asking him why he was releasing movies in […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, who is gearing up for the release of his film ‘Runway 34’, publicly replied to Kannada superstar Kiccha Sudeep’s opinion on Hindi not being the national language of India, on Wednesday. The, ‘Singham’ actor took to his Twitter and tagged Sudeep as he tweeted, “Brother, if Hindi is not our […]

Hyderabad: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs.6.17 crore of persons behind instant loan app companies in different accounts and merchant IDs held in various fintech companies and maintained with various banks and payment gateways. The ED had earlier initiated investigation into two FIRs booked in the Marathahalli and Mahalakshmipuram police […]

New Delhi: Flagging higher fuel prices in many opposition-ruled states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged them to reduce VAT in “national interest” to benefit the common man and work in the spirit of cooperative federalism in this time of global crisis. Modi raised the issue of many states not adhering to the Centre’s […]

Hyderabad: From March 24, an outer time limit of 60 days has been fixed to file claims for compensation in case of death due to Covid-19 prior to March 20, 2022, The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday. In future, a timeframe of 90 days would be provided from the date of death […]

New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has set its price band for the Initial Public Offer (IPO) at Rs 902 to Rs 949 per equity share. The public offer starts on May 4 and will remain open for bidders till May 9, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said […]

Chennai: At a time when some electric two-wheelers are catching fire spontaneously, a Tamil Nadu physiotherapist, fed up with his Ola scooter’s poor performance and service, set the vehicle on fire. “I had set my Ola scooter on fire as it did not give the mileage as promised by the manufacturer, and the poor service,” […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday hinted at floating a national party to implement an alternative national agenda. Addressing the plenary of TRS here, KCR, as the Chief Minister is popularly known, said that suggestions have come to turn Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) into Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS). In his inaugural address […]

Lucknow: Days after the Uttar Pradesh Home Department said that illegal loudspeakers and those flouting the noise limit standards will be removed from religious places across the state, the police said that the information is being given to temples, mosques, gurudwaras, churches and marriage halls and a direction has been issued to them to follow […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Centre over reports of exit of automobile companies from India and alleged that government is driving out business. “The ease of driving business out of India. 7 Global Brands, 9 Factories, 649 Dealerships, 84,000 Jobs Modi ji, Hate-in-India and Make-in-India can’t coexist! Time to focus […]

Manila: Saudi Arabia has embarked on an ambitious programme to boost inbound tourism and considers India a key market, said Saudi Tourism Board CEO Fahd Hamidaddin.Hamidaddin, who has been the chief of investment, strategy and tourism marketing for the Saudi Ministry of Tourism, spoke to PTI on the sidelines of the World Travel and Tourism […]

Haridwar: Haridwar district administration on Tuesday imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 within a 5 km radius of Dada Jalalpur village after a Mahapanchayat by Hindu religious leaders was announced. “Section 144 has been imposed in Dada Jalalpur and nearby 5 km area. All programs have been restricted. No permission was taken for this programme […]

Chennai: A fire broke out in a part of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here on Wednesday morning following which patients were evacuated to safety, said officials. According to hospital officials, 33 patients were shifted from the fire-affected wards. Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian, who reached the hospital, told reporters: “The patients have been […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 16 paise to 76.72 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, weighed down by the strength of the greenback and unabated foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 76.69 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at 76.72, registering a fall of […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a mishap in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Prime Minister has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakhs to the next kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those injured in the accident from Prime Minister’s National Relief […]

Lucknow:  In a freak accident, a new-born baby boy died after he slipped off the hands of a staff nurse and hit the floor at a private hospital in Malhaur locality of Chinhat in Lucknow. The post-mortem report has confirmed head injury as the cause of death. Police have registered a case against the nurse […]

Chennai: Eleven persons were electrocuted and 15 others injured when the top of a car belonging to Appar Madam/Mutt touched the overhead power cable in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning. According to police, the accident took place in Kalimedu village when the car touched the overhead power cable killing 11 and injuring […]

New Delhi: As many as 108 former bureaucrats have written an open letter to Narendra Modi, urging the Prime Minister to end the politics of hate in the country. In the letter, the signatories said the country is witnessing a frenzy of hate-filled destructions where at the sacrificial altar are not just Muslims and members […]

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech International announced that its Covaxin has received emergency use approval in children aged between 6 and 12 years. It had conducted phase II/III, open-label, and multicenter studies to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity Covaxin in healthy children and adolescents in the 2-18 age group. The clinical trials conducted in the paediatric […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday officially announced that election strategist Prashant Kishor will not be working for the party as he declined to be part of the empowered action group for the 2024 general elections. The declaration came a day after Sonia Gandhi had announced the constitution of the group. Congress General Secretary Randeep […]

Hyderabad: The summer holidays are finally announced and it’s time for a family trip. Be it a city break, adventure, camping, just a pool, weekend getaway, or a solo trip, you will have the best spots to visit in our country. To make your trip planning easy, we’ve listed out packages that Telangana Tourism is […]

Washington: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended a roundtable with business leaders and investors co-hosted by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in the Silicon Valley, and invited the leading investors to become a part of India’s growth story. Senior executives, business leaders of private sectors, venture capitalists, the institutional […]

New Delhi: India reported 2,483 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline against previous day’s 2,541 infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the active caseload of the country has reported a decline at 15,636 cases, accounting for 0.04 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. In the same […]