India

Hyderabad: With major drug seizures becoming frequent across the country, the price of cocaine, one of the highly addictive drugs, has shot up, touching a staggering Rs 10 crore a kilogram in the international drug market. A couple of years ago, cocaine, originating mainly from South American provinces, was sold for Rs 7 crore a […]

Ujjain: Two of three sisters ended up being with the wrong grooms as power failure shrouded the auspicious muhurat in darkness in an Ujjain village in Madhya Pradesh. Ghoonghat and darkness conspired in the mix-up, but family members quickly realised the blunder. The priests re-chanted some mantras and got the brides and grooms to re-take […]

Hyderabad: Passengers of a Delhi-Visakhapatnam Air India flight on Monday had a harrowing experience, with many of them continuing to suffer even 24 hours later. The trauma for them began when the flight, AI451, which took off at 3 pm from Delhi, had to be diverted without landing at Visakhapatnam due to inclement weather. They […]

Panaji: Citing an example that during the recent visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, when he asked for Himalaya mineral water and the bottle cost Rs 850, Goa Civil Supply Minister Ravi Naik said that in future water will be as expensive as gold and diamonds. Naik, who also holds the agriculture portfolio, was […]

Hyderabad: Swiggy has temporarily shut its pick-up and drop-off service Genie, as the company reportedly struggles to hire a delivery workforce and keep up with the demand. According to media reports, the Genie service has been unavailable for the past few days, mainly in major metro cities of Hyderabad, Benguluru and Mumbai. “Due to operational […]

Hyderabad: iHUB DivyaSampark at IIT Roorkee and Imarticus Learning have joined hands to launch a certificate programme in Data Science and Machine Learning. Designed to make aspirants and professionals industry-ready, the course enables them to leverage Data Science and ML for effective decision-making. The course would be delivered through live, instructor-led sessions by an accomplished faculty […]

New Delhi: The Indian Railways introduced a separate ‘Baby Berth’ (seats for newly-born children) in trains on Mothers’s Day on February 8 where the infants will now be able to sleep alongside their mother. The lower berths already reserved for women have been placed next to baby berths so that young children can travel with […]

Mumbai: Santoor virtuoso Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, who took the stringed instrument to the global stage and successfully straddled the worlds of classical and film music, died here on Tuesday following a heart attack. He was 84. Sharma, one of India’s most well known classical musicians, died between 8 and 8.30 am at his Pali […]

Hyderabad: Singapore on Monday banned ‘The Kashmir Files’, saying that the film’s one sided portrayal of a particular community could disrupt religious harmony in the country. “The film will be refused classification for its provocative and one-sided portrayal of Muslims and the depictions of Hindus being persecuted in the ongoing conflict in Kashmir,” said a […]

Srinagar: Sanna Irshad Mattoo, a local freelance photojournalist has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize award in feature photography category for 2022. Sanna has shared the award with the Reuters team, including late Danish Siddiqui, Amit Dave and Adnan Abidi for the coverage of Covid-19 crisis in India. “Congratulations to @adnanabidi, @mattoosanna, @AmitDav46549614, the family and […]

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said a three-member team under the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will conduct a fact-finding enquiry and collect the evidence within a week from today into the IndiGo barring a specially-abled child from boarding a flight incident. The Civil Aviation Minister said that the team […]

Chandigarh: Taking swift cognizance of an explosion that occurred at the headquarters of Punjab Police Intelligence wing in Mohali, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to immediately probe the entire incident thoroughly so as to get to the bottom of the case. Chairing a high-level meeting of senior […]

New Delhi: India on Tuesday registered 2,288 fresh Covid cases, a considerable decline against previous day’s 3,207, as per the Union Health Ministry data. In the same period, 10 Covid fatalities were recorded taking the nationwide death toll to 5,24,103. Currently, the active caseload stands at 19,637 cases, accounting for 0.05 per cent of the […]

Mysuru: A white Tigress in Mysuru’s Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens has given birth to three cubs. Animal activists and wildlife lovers are celebrating the moment as the pictures of the tigress with her cubs went viral on social media. According to the official communication by the zoo authorities, the cubs are born to the tigress […]

New Delhi: The Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani over westcentral and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 5 kmph through the night bringing heavy rainfall at places along the Andhra Pradesh coast. On Tuesday, at 5:30 a.m., it lay centred over west central Bay of Bengal about 300 kms southeast of […]

New Delhi: As thousands of commuters find themselves at the mercy of Uber and Ola drivers via ride cancellations, cancellation charges, random surge pricing and long waiting times, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) was set to grill cab aggregators over their algorithms on Tuesday. The regulator, under its Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare, was set […]

New Delhi: After Rupee plummeted to an all-time low against the US Dollar, the Congress on Monday attacked the government, saying that it is now time for the rupee to march towards the 100-mark. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “Rupee has fallen to an all-time low to 77.4 to a Dollar. The Prime Minister has […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday denied the allegations made by Xiaomi India stating that the statements of its officials were taken under coercion as “untrue” and “baseless”. “ED denies allegations made by Xiaomi India that statements of its officials were taken under coercion as untrue and baseless,” the probe agency said in […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the further proceedings pending before the High Courts across the country on petitions challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) and the Cable TV Networks (Amendment) Rules 2021. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Abhay S Oka […]

Bhopal: A squabble over a groom wearing ‘sherwani’ instead of the traditional attire, took a violent turn with the families of the bride and groom clashing and pelting stones at each other in a Madhya Pradesh village, police officials said on Monday. As per locals, the incident in a village of Dhar district took place on […]

Shopian: An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces in the Shirmal area of Zainapora village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir. Further details are awaited. Earlier on Sunday, a Pakistani terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a local terrorist were killed in the Kulgam district. According to the Jammu and Kashmir […]

Chennai: Eighty-five-year-old K. Kamalthal of Coimbatore is a sensation on internet, thanks to the Re one idli she serves people and is fondly called ‘Idli Patti’ or ‘Idli Grandmother’. No wonder, chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra found it fit to donate a new home to her. Mahindra group has handed over a 300 square […]

Dubai: Adani Sportsline, a part of the Adani Group, on Monday made a foray into franchise cricket by acquiring the rights to own and operate a franchise in UAE T20 League. Licensed by the Emirates Cricket Board, the UAE T20 League will be an annual event that will feature six teams competing in a 34-match event. […]

New Delhi: A day after it came to light that IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in “a state of panic”, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday that no human being should have to go through this and he himself is investigating the incident. […]