India

Bhubaneswar: Wearing masks was made mandatory for devotees coming to see the annual Ratha yatra festival in Puri on July 1 amid rising COVID-19 cases in Odisha, a senior official said on Monday. Around 10 lakh people are expected to gather for the festival in the temple town from across the country, and some foreign […]

Mumbai: A group of activists and civil society members have moved the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Shiv Sena rebel group of Ministers and MLAs to “return to the state (Maharashtra) and assume their duties”, here on Monday. The petition has been filed by crusader-lawyer Asim Sarode on behalf of the activists group, […]

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday refused to stay an FIR registered by the Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) against former Minister and AIADMK leader, S.P. Velumani. The FIR was filed for alleged irregularities in awarding contracts for construction work. The Tamil Nadu DVAC had conducted raids at the premises of former […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea moved by a Muslim woman challenging the constitutional validity of Talaq-e-Hasan, under which a man can divorce his wife by pronouncing “talaq” once a month for three months. As per the petitioner Raziya Naaz, the plea has been filed to declare the notice […]

New Delhi: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday reached the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) headquarters here for questioning in connection with her alleged links with conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Jacqueline and another Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi have already recorded their statement as witness in the case. In December last year, the ED filed the first charge sheet […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate summoned Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case for questioning on Tuesday, official sources said on Monday. Raut has been asked to appear before the ED investigators at its regional office in Mumbai at 11 am, said an official privy to the development. The summon has been […]

New Delhi: Google on Monday said it has trained 8.5 million micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to date across the Asia-Pacific region through its ‘Grow with Google’ programmes and partnerships. The company said that over the next year and beyond, it will be deepening existing programmes to support small businesses and launching new ones. “We’ll […]

Mumbai: Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance has lost the majority in the house as 38 of the members of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party have withdrawn their support thus bringing it below the majority in the house, said Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde in his petition filed in Supreme court. Amid the political crisis in Maharashtra […]

Kochi: The Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) on Sunday said that any action against actor-producer Vijay Babu will be taken “as per the judgment of the court”. Earlier, the Kerala High Court had granted anticipatory bail to him in the case. Vijay Babu is accused in a rape case. He has also been accused […]

New Delhi: Joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha on Monday filed nomination for next month’s Presidential election. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders were present at the filing of Sinha’s nomination. Sinha also paid tributes to […]

Bhavnagar: The principal of a college here was shown the door after she asked students to become members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The trustees of the Smt. N.C. Gandhi & B.V. Gandhi Arts and Commerce College asked the in-charge principal to resign after the students complained against the circular. On June 24, college […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on the opening day of the session on Monday witnessed tumultuous scenes with the Congress-led opposition staging a walk-out amid sloganeering. Accusing the treasury benches of indulging in sloganeering, Leader of Opposition V.D.Satheesan told the media outside the Assembly: “We have decided not to cooperate on the floor of the Assembly […]

New Delhi: The Central government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Tripura High Court order entertaining a PIL against the security cover given to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family. The high court had asked for a home ministry official to be present before it. Solicitor General mentioned the plea before a […]

Lakhimpur Kheri: A female tiger that has turned man-eater, mauled a 14-year-old boy to death in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Monday. The victim, Suraj Singh, had gone out to graze his cattle on Sunday evening and his half-eaten body was later found in the forest area on Sunday night. Suraj […]

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 78.27 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday as heavy buying in domestic equities and weakness in the greenback strengthened investor sentiment. However, elevated crude prices and persistent foreign fund outflows restricted the rupee’s gain, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened […]

New Delhi: India logged 17,073 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 4,34,07,046, while the daily positivity crossed 5 per cent after over four months, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,020 with 21 fresh fatalities, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated. The active cases increased […]

New Delhi: Journalist Rana Ayyub has posted a notice from Twitter which informed her that the microblogging site has withheld her account in India under Information Technology Act, 2000. Ayyub on Sunday took to her Twitter account to post the notice and said: “Hello @Twitter, what exactly is this?” The notice from Twitter that Ayyub […]

Mumbai: As the political turmoil in Maharashtra continues to unfold, rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shide spoke to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray about the recent political situation in the state, confirmed MNS leader on Monday. The MNS leader further said that Shinde spoke to Raj Thackeray over the phone twice and also […]

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at two locations in Golabgunj and Sultangunj in West Bengal in a case linked to seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Kolkata. In 2020, high quality FICN having face value of Rs 3,46,000 were seized from the possession of two accused who were […]

Hyderabad: Clear signs have emerged from the ongoing surge of Covid-19 infections in Telangana and across other States that the BA4 and BA5 variants of Omicron are managing to escape immunity gained either by prior infection or through vaccines, health officials here believe. A large number of reinfections in Telangana, especially in the the urban […]

Hyderabad: The TRS delegation will accompany the Opposition parties candidate Yashwant Sinha who will file the nomination for the Presidential elections in New Delhi on Monday. The delegation will be led by the party working president and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao who left for Delhi on Sunday. TRS Lok Sabha floor leader Nama Nageshwara […]

Mumbai: Amid the political crisis in Maharashtra triggered by a rebellion by a large section of Shiv Sena MLAs, who are currently camping in Assam, Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Sunday informed that the party has initiated legal action and served notices to concerned MLAs. Addressing the reporters today, Sawant said, “Political turbulence is […]

New Delhi/Lucknow/Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha was among the victorious BJP candidates in the by-poll results announced on Sunday as the party bagged three out of four assembly seats in the eastern state and wrested the Samajwadi Party strongholds of Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the AAP lost Punjab’s […]

New Delhi: Sidhu Moose Wala’s lastest song released after his assassination, SYL, the title referring to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal, has now been taken off the video streaming platform YouTube. The song on Punjab’s water issue, talks about the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal, which has been an apple of discord between Punjab and Haryana for quite […]