India

Mumbai: All 285 MLAs who were eligible for voting exercised their franchise for Rajya Sabha election for six seats in Maharashtra by 3.30 pm on Friday. The crucial, neck-to-neck contest was necessitated as the BJP fielded three candidates while Shiv Sena put up two and Congress and NCP one each. Thus, there were seven candidates […]

Lucknow: Protests broke out at several places in the state after the Friday prayers over now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s controversial remark on Prophet Mohammad recently. A senior official at the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters in Lucknow said sloganeering took place in Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur and Lucknow. People raised slogans and pelted stones in the […]

Ranchi: Some policemen were injured here on Friday while trying to control an irate mob near Hanuman Temple, situated on Ranchi’s Main Road, after protests erupted with hundreds of people demanding the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, police said. Police fired in air besides resorted to lathi-charge […]

There’s a major difference between successful and unsuccessful people. Successful people sacrifice short term happiness for long term goals while the unsuccessful stay busy collecting short term happiness while avoiding the hard work required for success. Sahil Dahiya, an e-commerce entrepreneur had a strong focus on his target and hence he always knew the path […]

Kolkata: In a shocking incident, a policeman fired indiscriminately from his service rifle in broad daylight near the Park Circus crossing in Kolkata, killing one woman pillion rider before shooting himself dead. The policeman was posted at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission and the place of firing was hardly 50 metres away from the office. […]

New Delhi: Seeking to regulate misleading advertisements targeting children, the government on Friday came out with a detailed guidelines that prohibit companies from making false claims on health and nutritional benefits, persuading kids to buy goods and services with promotional gifts, and developing negative body image in children. Under the ‘Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and […]

Antananarivo: India’s Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, Abhay Kumar, called on the Prime Minister of Madagascar Christian Ntsay and announced the donation of 5,000 tonnes of rice to the island nation as humanitarian aid. The rice shipment from India to Madagascar is likely to reach the Malagasy port of Tomasina in July 2022. Abhay Kumar […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to conduct a Special Stray Round of counselling to allow the candidates to contest for the vacant seats which are available after the conduct of the stray vacancy round of All India Quota (AIQ). The vacation bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose […]

Botad: In a shocking incident a man raped and robbed a 75-year-old woman here on the pretext of helping her to get widow pension, said police on Friday. The police said that the man, identified as Hasmukh Devipujak, took the senior citizen to a deserted place where he raped her and then fled away with […]

New Delhi: Protest erupted outside Jama Masjid here after the Friday prayers demanding the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammed, police said. Scores of people, carrying placards, shouted slogans against Sharma. A senior police officer said that while some of the demonstrators left the site after some […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police have nabbed a gang of three HIV-infected chain snatchers, who had entered into physical relation with the several sex workers in Bengaluru, police said on Friday. The investigations have revealed that the accused persons in the age group of 20-30 years, despite being infected with HIV, established physical relations with sex […]

New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested 30 AIMIM party workers under various charges, including rioting, during a protest against suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leaders who had allegedly made controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed, an official said on Friday. The protests were held in the national capital on Thursday. An FIR was lodged against the protesters […]

Rajkot: BJP state vice-president on Friday “announced” that the model code of conduct for Gujarat Assembly election will come into effect from October 15, triggering a political debate over his authority to do so. While addressing the district BJP working committee meeting, party vice-president Bharat Boghra said: “Assembly election’s model code of conduct will be effective […]

Aurangabad: With an aim to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has extended support to Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and will vote for Congress candidate Imran Pratapgarhi in the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra. However, the political differences of AIMIM will continue with Shiv Sena which is an ally […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 7,584 in a day to reach 4,32,05,106 while the number of active cases has increased to 36,267, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 5,24,747 with 24 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. Active case tally […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 8 paise to a record low of 77.82 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday, tracking the strength of the greenback in the overseas market. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 77.81 against the American dollar, then lost ground to quote at […]

New Delhi: The polling to elect the members of the Upper House of the Parliament on 16 Rajya Sabha seats spread across four states will take place today amid speculations of horse-trading and fears of cross-voting. Polling is set to begin at 9 am and conclude at 4 pm. Notably, all 41 candidates from Uttar […]

New Delhi: Stating that the proposed draft E-waste Management Rules of 2022 totally disregards the role and responsibilities of dismantlers or Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs), the Indian Federation of Reverse Logistics (IFRL) has demanded the government to recognise their position in the Extended Producer Responsibility value chain and not rid them of their livelihoods. Considering the […]

Meerut: An Army Major has been accused of cutting his wife’s finger demanding dowry from her in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. The Major’s wife, who is in her early 30s, approached police with the finger injury and alleged that her husband has been harassing her “mentally and physically” for dowry since 2014 when they got married. […]

Ahmedabad: After creating a nationwide buzz with her announcement that she would be marrying herself, Vadodara resident Kshama Bindu “preponed” the event and tied the knot with herself three days before the scheduled date, she said on Thursday. Bindu, 24, said she performed the ‘sologamy’ (self-marriage), the ‘first in the country’, at her house in […]

Sangareddy: For the second consecutive year, the Indian Institute of Technology- Hyderabad (IITH) has maintained its position within the Top 10 ranks among the technical institutes in the country in QS rankings. QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global higher education analyst, released the nineteenth edition of the world’s most-consulted international university rankings on Thursday. The IITH […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A 15-year old girl has died of scrub typhus, known as ‘chellu pani’ in local parlance, in Kerala’s Varkala. The deceased was identified as Ashwathy, who was awaiting results for her 10th standard examination, panchayat authorities said on Thursday. A native of Cherunniyoor, a hamlet located over 40 kms away from here, the girl […]

Hyderabad: Alleging that Delhi Police is suffering from “both sideism” and “balance-waad”, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said he will consult his advocates and address the issue after an FIR was lodged against him by the police while stating that he will “not be intimidated” by such acts. Delhi Police has registered FIRs against […]

Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh): A Muslim village head and two others have been booked for putting up tiles with pictures of Lord Shiva in a toilet. Two of the accused have been arrested, while the village head Reshma is absconding. According to reports, the incident took place in Barra Berora village. The tiles in the toilets […]