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Lucknow: A Salman Khan doppelganger, Azam Ansari, was taken into custody by the Lucknow police on charges of disturbing peace. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Azam Ansari (@azam00ansari) Ansari was making a reel (short video) at the historic Clock Tower on Sunday night and a huge crowd gathered on the […]
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Hyderabad: The rise of Covid infections, causing the fifth wave in South Africa due to two new lineages of Omicron-BA 4 and BA 5, has triggered fears among geneticists and scientists here on the potential of new variants to create a similar surge of infections in Telangana and elsewhere in the country. The swift rise […]
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Hyderabad: Continuing with its disinvestment frenzy, the BJP government at the Centre has now turned its attention to the Shipping Corporation of India, with financial bids for the company expected to be invited by September after the process of demerger of so-called non-core assets is completed. The union Government, as part of its wholesale stakes […]
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New Delhi: A Zero FIR of rape has been lodged with the Delhi Police against the son of a Rajasthan Minister for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman of a different religion. According to the information, the FIR was lodged against one Rohit, whose father Mahesh Joshi is a politician and a minister in the Rajasthan […]
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New Delhi: With over 10,000-15,000 children are born in India with thalassemia every year, experts say that the key in battling this genetic disorder is identifying it at early stages. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to have less haemoglobin than normal. According to World Health Organisation, four million Indians are […]
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Nagpur: Emphasizing on innovation, entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday called for having a mindset of becoming job-creators, instead of being job-seekers. President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday inaugurated the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur. Speaking on the occasion, the President said, “Educational institutes are not just […]
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Hyderabad: Lashing out at the BJP over disinvestment, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President K. T Rama Rao on Sunday said that the party’s name stands for “Becho Janata ki Property”. He slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre for selling public sector undertakings (PSUs). KTR, as Rama Rao is popularly known, spoke about politics, […]
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Chennai: The DMK government in Tamil Nadu revoked its order to ban the ‘Pattina Pravesam’ ritual of the Dharumapuram Adheenam on Sunday. ‘Pattina Pravesam’, a tradition of devotees carrying the seer of the Dharmapuram Adheenam in a palanquin, will take place on May 22. The order was released by the Mayiladuthurai district Revenue Divisional Officer […]
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Dharamshala: Khalistan flags were found tied on the main gate and slogans scrawled on the walls of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly complex, police said on Sunday. The flags were put up on the outer side of the main gate number one of the assembly complex. They were removed by the administration. The winter session […]
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Firozabad: An elderly woman died after being assaulted by a police team at her home here, her family members alleged on Sunday. They alleged that 60-year-old Radha Devi was “violently shaken” following which she collapsed and died. The woman’s husband, Fauran Singh, was also admitted to the hospital apparently due to trauma of his wife’s […]
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Tikamgarh: A 21-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man she was in a relationship with committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train at the Tikamgarh railway station in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday. The duo took the extreme step as the woman’s family had fixed her marriage to another man, police said. […]
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New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday wooed Elon Musk to invest in India to manufacture Tesla electric cars, saying it will be the best investment he would have ever made. Musk, who has made a successful USD 44 billion acquisition bid for Twitter, had in the past asked India […]
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New Delhi: Over 79,000 calls, including those related to pension, Covid support and abuse, have been received by the national helpline for the elderly since October last year, according to official data. However, out of the total 5,07,493 calls received by the helpline since October 1 last year, 4,28,442 have been ‘non serviceable calls’, constituting […]
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Bahraich: An eight-year-old boy was killed in a crocodile attack while bathing in a pond here, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon and the remains of the body were recovered by divers during the early hours of Sunday, they said. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Akashdeep Badhawan said, “Virendra of Gud village […]
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New Delhi: A day after the price of Liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 50, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday compared LPG prices between the UPA tenure and the present BJP government at the Centre. The hike in the LPG prices has attracted criticism across the Opposition parties with the Trinamool Congress […]
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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Sunday hit out at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi and demanded his arrest under a sedition case. The remarks came after Owaisi on Saturday said the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are trying to rekindle the era of hatred as the one in […]
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New Delhi: The storm in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclone on Sunday, packing wind speed of more than 75 kmph, and is expected to get stronger, the weather office said. However, it is expected to fizzle out next week without making a landfall. Under the influence of the cyclone, northern Andhra Pradesh […]
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Bhubaneswar: Every year, as a cyclone looms over a region, its name becomes a cause of intrigue for many, who wonder why and how is the storm christened. With Cyclone Asani — a name given by Sri Lanka that means ‘wrath’ in Sinhalese — formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning and hurtling […]
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New Delhi: Haryana’s Rakhigarhi is famous across the world for the Harrapan civilisation. And now, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is conducting new excavations in and around the 7,000-year-old planned Harappan city in Rakhigarhi which will be completed by the end of May. The excavation and study at Rakhigarhi has so far revealed that […]
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Bhopal/Raipur: As the tenure of the country’s 14th President Ram Nath Kovind is ending in July, many names for presidential candidates are doing the rounds. One such name is Anusiya Uike, who is the Chhattisgarh Governor and a tribal leader. Born in Rohana Kala village in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, Anusuiya has seen many ups […]
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New Delhi: While Union Ministers keep on making a beeline to Tesla CEO Elon Musk to come and manufacture electric cars in India, he is more interested in his $44 billion Twitter acquisition rather than paying attention to what the Indian government has been reiterating now for months. His utter disinterest in responding to several […]
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Indore: Police have arrested a jilted lover, who had allegedly ignited a fire in a three-storey residential building that left seven dead and nine injured here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. Upon seeing the police, the accused, Shubham aka Sanjay Dixit (27), tried to flee and in the process fell on the […]
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New Delhi: Bitcoin on Sunday witnessed another round of free fall, slipping below $35,000 per coin, as the global crypto market went through a massive slump of over 4.5 per cent in the past 24 hours to $1.66 trillion. All cryptocurrencies were weighed down as central banks globally tried to control inflation by raising interest rates. […]
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New Delhi: India logged 3,451 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,02,194, while the active cases rose to 20,635, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,064 with 40 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]
