India

Srinagar: The Indian Army on Thursday evacuated at least 17 trekkers who were on a seven-lake trek in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the army press release, these trekkers were stranded on the trek due to bad weather and severe snowfall near Vishansar lake. “Indian Army’s Displaced Equipment Team (det) located at Sonamarg successfully evacuated […]

New Delhi: India reported a single-day rise of more than 17,000 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday after a gap of over four months (124 days), recording a 30 per cent jump in daily cases, according to the Union Health Ministry. A total 17,336 coronavirus cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, taking the […]

Mumbai: Recovering from its record low, the rupee opened 12 paise up at 78.20 against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a pullback in crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 78.20 against the American dollar. In initial trade, the local currency witnessed a high of 78.19 and a low […]

New Delhi: The BJP is waiting for the final outcome out of the political fight between the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and dissident Sena MLAs led by rebel party leader Eknath Shinde, which has fast snowballed into a political fight over who will now lead the party. Of the 55 MLAs of […]

New Delhi: The presidential candidate nominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA, Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to file her nomination papers on Friday. The sources also informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be proposing her name for the nomination on June 24, which will be seconded by the party’s national president JP Nadda. The […]

Lucknow: A group of Muslim intellectuals in Lucknow are coming together to dispel misinformation about the Agnipath scheme that has triggered protests across various states in the country. The group has appealed to clerics to appeal to youths coming for Friday prayers to utilise the opportunity and serve the country by joining the armed forces. […]

Hyderabad: The ongoing surge of Covid infections in multiple States, including Telangana, which is being attributed to BA4 and BA5 variants of Omicron, is merely a ripple and not a wave, the developers of the SUTRA mathematical model for forecasting pandemics on Thursday said. The mathematicians and researchers from IIT-Kanpur and IIT Hyderabad, who developed […]

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena is open to consider quitting Maharashtra’s ruling MVA alliance if the rebel MLAs camping in Assam return to Mumbai within 24 hours and discuss their grievances with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, party MP Sanjay Raut said on Thursday, indicating a big shift in stand that surprised ally Congress, while the NCP […]

Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the fate of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra will be decided on the floor of the Legislative Assembly, and the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress coalition will prove its majority in a trust vote. Addressing a press conference amid the turmoil caused by the rebellion by Sena minister […]

Jeddah: The sun beats down mercilessly and most days the wind picks up and for the rest of the day sand hits so harsh that it gets deposited in the mouth, ears, eyes or any other body part exposed. Seeing a fellow human being or hearing their voice is something that doesn’t happen in weeks […]

Hyderabad: Netizens took to the social media to express their ire against the Modi government for being busy with toppling the governments in the Opposition-ruled States rather than focusing on fulfilling its promises. The hashtag ‘#ByeByeModi’ kept trending for more than three hours with over 35,000 tweets and mentions, stating that it’s time for Prime […]

Chennai: When the authorities of the Shiva temple at Lalapet routinely opened the hundi on Tuesday evening, there was a surprise awaiting them. While counting the collection, they found twenty notes of Rs 500 denomination neatly tied with a note which explained with an apology from the person who said that he had stolen money […]

Coimbatore: In a recent adorable video, a group of elephants can be seen walking through the road, escorting a baby jumbo, running as fast as he can with his tiny feet. The viral video was shared by an IFS Officer Susanta Nanda, who captioned the video, “No body on earth can provide better security than […]

Mumbai: TAC Security chief Trishneet Arora announces job offers to Agniveers, making it the first cyber security company across the country to do so. Under the Agneepath Scheme, candidates who enrol in it or Agniveers will be given 4 years of training in the armed forces of their choice. The scheme was launched by the […]

Mumbai/New Delhi: In a first such case involving an electric car in India, a Tata Nexon EV caught fire in Mumbai and the company was investigating the incident. Nexon EV caught fire in Vasai.#tatanexon #evonfire #futureisdangerous #serious pic.twitter.com/PP7Eo3C92x — navjot singh sohal (@naevie007) June 23, 2022 The EV car fire incident was reported from Vasai West […]

Bengaluru: NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched GSAT-24 in its first “demand-driven” communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play. Built by Indian Space Research Organisation for NSIL, the satellite was successfully placed into geostationary orbit by the Ariane 5 rocket, operated by French […]

Bengaluru: An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale shook parts of Hassan district and neighbouring regions in Karnataka in the wee hours of Thursday, a disaster management official said. The earthquake was also felt in many villages near Somwarpet in Kodagu district. People ran out of their houses following the tremor. According to Karnataka […]

Mumbai: Recovering from its record low, the rupee inched higher by 9 paise to 78.23 against the US dollar in early morning trade on Thursday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 78.26 against the American dollar, then inched higher to quote at 78.23, registering a rise of 9 paise from the previous […]

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 7.2 crore to mitigate man-animal conflict in the seven forest ranges under the Coimbatore forest division. Artificial Intelligence-based e-surveillance cameras would be installed on a pilot basis in the Madukkarai forest range under the Coimbatore forest division. This area is vulnerable to man-animal conflict with wild elephants […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the loss of lives in floods in Assam and urged party workers to continue extending assistance in rescue and rehabilitation operations. The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Wednesday as 12 more people were killed and 55 lakh people affected across 32 districts with the […]

New Delhi: India logged 13,313 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,33,44,958, while the active cases rose to 83,990, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,941 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]

Pilibhit: Ten persons were killed when a pick-up van rammed into a tree on Puranpur highway under the Gajraula police circle here on Thursday morning. Seven others were seriously injured in the accident and have been admitted to a hospital. According to reports, the van was moving at a high speed when the driver apparently dozed […]

Lakhimpur Kheri:  Motion sensor cameras, baits and a cage have been placed near the temple where a tigress reportedly mauled a priest to death last week. Forest officials are combing the area with two elephants to spot the tigress that is said to have devoured 18 humans in the past two years in the Dudhwa […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the new premises of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Vanijya Bhawan on Thursday at 10:30 am. Constructed near the India Gate, the Vanijya Bhawan is designed as a smart building which incorporates the principles of sustainable architecture with a special focus on energy saving. […]