India

New Delhi: Former cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gautam Gambhir has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, alleging that he and his family have received death threats from ISIS-Kashmir. “We have received an Email from ISIS-Kashmir on the official ID of MP Gautam Gambhir on November 23 at 9.32 p.m.,” read the complaint […]

Prayagraj: Observing that ‘oral sex’ with a minor does not come under the ‘aggravated sexual assault’ category in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Allahabad High Court has reduced the jail term of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy from 10 years to seven years. In 2016, an […]

Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a foreign national who is a victim of domestic violence can file a complaint against her abusive husband if the violence is perpetrated during her stay in India. Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur dismissed the plea of Robarto Nieddu, the husband of Catherine Nieddu, seeking rejection of her […]

The study published in Tuesday night is indicating reduced effectiveness of two doses of Covaxin against SARS-CoV-2 infections that are attributed to the delta variant

Sitapur: The principal of a private school was arrested on charges of sexual harassment of a minor girl student in Sitapur. The student’s family along with local residents reached the private school on Tuesday and thrashed the principal for alleged sexual exploitation of the girl. Later, they handed over the accused to the police. Station […]

Uttar Pradesh: Local people went on a rampage in the Khanpur village of Sarai Lakhansi area in Mau district when they noticed a statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar had been desecrated. Mau Superintendent of Police (SP) Sushil Ghule said that the officials of district administration and police reached the spot and ensured replacement of the […]

New Delhi: The government is likely to bring a bill in the ensuing winter session of Parliament to bar all but a few private cryptocurrencies and create a framework to regulate digital currency issued by the RBI. The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, is listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha […]

New Delhi: India will release 5 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency stockpile in tandem with the US, China, Japan, and other major economies to cool international oil prices, the government announced on Tuesday. This is the first time ever that India, which stores 5.33 million tonne or about 38 million barrels of […]

New Delhi: Efforts to unravel the mystery around the highly debilitating disease of Alzheimer’s have got a shot in the arm with a recent study getting newer insight into the biomolecular mechanism for the formation of protein clusters/aggregates that are often seen in the disease. Proteins are essential for virtually every process within the cell. […]

New Delhi: India recorded an exceptional performance at the 14th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics (IOAA) 2021, organised by Colombia, and held in online mode from 14 to 21 November 2021. India was placed in the top position, jointly with Thailand andRussia in the country-wise medals tally, after it bagged the second prize in […]

Hyderabad: While many have heard the story of the Taj Mahal being a symbol of love, built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz, a man from Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur has given life to that love story once again by gifting an exact replica of the Taj Mahal to his wife.  Anand […]

New Delhi: Delhi Police has reshuffled 21 Inspectors and given them new responsibilities with immediate effect while it cancelled its earlier transfer order for ten policemen. According to an official order accessed by IANS on Tuesday, 13 areas — CR Park, Pandav Nagar, Ranjit Nagar, Rithala Metro Station, Khyala, Raja Garden Metro Station, Nangloi Metro […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the change in land use of a plot where the new official residence of the vice president will come up as part of the ambitious Central Vista project in Lutyens’ Delhi. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said that sufficient explanation has […]

New York: Actor-comedian Vir Das expressed his honour to represent India at the International Emmy Awards 2021 held at the Casa Cipriani in New York City on Monday night. Vir’s standup ‘Vir Das: For India’ got nominated in the Best Comedy category alongside the likes of ‘Call My Agent Season 4’, ‘Motherland Christmas Special’ and […]

Also in the same period, 236 people succumbed to the virus, which increased the overall nationwide death toll to 4,66,147.

New Delhi: After remaining under the ‘severe’ category for more than week, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital improved to ‘poor’ on Tuesday. In its forecast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted that the pollution level in the national capital could improve due to strong winds, while the sky will also remain […]

Kochi: Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, L Murugan has said that Kisan Credit Card Scheme will be extended to fishermen to provide them loans at low interest rates. Addressing ‘Fishermen Convention’ organised by Kerala Pradesh Fishermen Group (BMS) at Munambam in Kochi on Monday, the minister said that the commitment […]

Pilibhit: A maths teacher has been booked after a college student accused him of running a sex racket, exploiting college girls and forcing them to sleep with him. The lecturer is absconding and police have launched a manhunt to arrest him. The student, 20, who was allegedly sexually assaulted for months after she went to his […]

Bareilly: The police have seized assets valued at Rs 50 crore belonging to Shaheed Khan a.k.a. Chhote, a village head, identified as the leader of a gang operating from Bareilly district for the past several years. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Rajkumar Agarwal termed this as ‘the biggest action against any drug mafia in the state […]

Lucknow: In a significant move, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), during its recent two-day general body meeting in Kanpur, has allotted membership to 30 Muslim women from various social fields and appointed three women as executive committee members. This is seen as an attempt to empower the Muslim women in India’s top […]

Uttar Pradesh: A businessman shot himself dead after opening fire at his daughter Mohini and his sister in-law Vandana over a trivial family dispute with his wife in Sitapur district. Police said Raj Kamal Gupta died on spot while Mohini and Vandana are undergoing treatment at King George’s Medical University’s (KGMU) Trauma centre in Lucknow […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based NCC Limited is seeing an uptick in project activity in the infrastructure sector, which is evident with robust orders the company is bagging across the country month after month. The company is hoping for 25 per cent top line growth this fiscal on the back of this momentum. NCC last week won three […]

The AstaGuru’s Modern Indian Art: Collectors Choice Auction concluded with an impressive result. The auction generated a total sales value of Rs 28,99,87,021 ($ 4,027,510). With an extensive collection of 160 artworks by celebrated artists spanning the gamut of Indian modernism, a substantial number of lots witnessed enthused bidding. Sneha Gautam, VP – client relations, […]

Guwahati: The Centre’s decision to repeal three controversial farm laws following an over-a-year-long agitation by agriculturists has given a fresh impetus to several outfits in Assam to revive the anti-CAA stir. From All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) to Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), outfits that were at the forefront of the movement in 2019, to […]