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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will get married at a private ceremony here on Thursday. Mann (48), will be tying the knot with Dr Gurpreet Kaur, who belongs to Pehowa in Haryana’s Kurukshetra. It will be Mann’s second marriage. He had separated from his first wife in 2015 and has two children — daughter […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 12 paise to 79.06 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday as the hawkish stance of the US Federal Reserve increased the possibility of another rate hike this month. However, the steps announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday limited the depreciation bias in the rupee, […]

New Delhi: India logged 18,930 new coronavirus infections taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,35,66,739, while the active cases increased to 1,19,457, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,305 with 35 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent […]

Geneva: A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Ghebreyesus said that the world body was following the development. “On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out […]

Meerut: A headless and highly decomposed body of a woman was found in a drain in Meerut’s cantonment area. The body was found the locals when it was being pulled by stray dogs after which the police was immediately informed. The victim’s body also had no clothes on. Additional SP, Chandrakant Meena, said on Thursday: “Prima […]

New Delhi: Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, the Congress has appointed segment-wise observers in all the 26 parliamentary constituencies. A total of 37 leaders, including MLAs from various states, have been drafted to the party work. The leaders are mostly from Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The Congress has held meetings in Delhi to […]

Hyderabad: If you have been active on social media platforms the past few days, you couldn’t have missed the video of a man crossing the busy street on a horse wearing a Swiggy bag. The video has left everyone chuckling and wondering, including the management of the food delivery app. The video was shot by […]

Nashik: In a shocking crime, a refugee Sufi cleric from Afghanistan was sprayed with bullets in the Yeola town of Maharashtra’s Nashik district, police said here on Wednesday. According to the Investigation Officer, the incident occurred around 7.15 p.m. on Tuesday in an open deserted plot near the MIDC industrial zone in the town. Preliminary […]

Dharamshala: Tibetans in exile on Wednesday celebrated the 87th birthday of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, in the north Indian hill town of Dharamshala. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of the Tibetan government-in-exile organized the Dalai Lama’s 87th birthday in Dharamshala. The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama turned 87 on Wednesday. Hundreds […]

New Delhi: Indian Air Force has witnessed the highest number of applications for recruitment into the Force surpassing the previous best recruitment cycle numbers, after the completion of the registration process under the new Agnipath scheme on Tuesday. The IAF had started the registration process on June 24, 10 days after the Agnipath scheme was […]

Kolkata: National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu is likely to visit Kolkata on Saturday to seek support for her candidature. During her day-long visit, she will have a close-door meeting with 69 elected party legislators in the state. The state BJP leadership has deliberately kept the party MLA from Bhatpara Assembly constituency in […]

Agra: In a shocking incident, three members of a family, including a minor girl, were found hanging in their house on Wednesday morning. All the three had allegedly died by suicide. The deceased have been identified as Sonu, his wife Geeta and eight-year-old daughter Shrishti. The ten-year-old son of the family Shyam is the sole […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear journalist Rohit Ranjan’s plea on Thursday in connection with a ‘misleading show’ for which he later apologized. Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra mentioned news anchor Rohit Ranjan’s plea before the Supreme Court and apprised the court that he was arrested on Tuesday by Noida Police and […]

Kullu: Several people have been feared washed away in flash floods caused by a cloud burst that wreaked havoc at Choj nullah in Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district this morning. The incident has caused considerable damage to the properties and also destroyed the only bridge that leads to the village. Orange alert sounded […]

Bengaluru: An India-born parliamentarian from Canada, Chandra Arya said on Wednesday that anti-Hindu and anti-India forces have joined hands in Canada. The Canadian parliamentarian, who originally hails from Karnataka, made these remarks in connection with an offensive poster by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on Hindu goddess Kaali that has created outrage and condemnation throughout the country. […]

Kochi: Freedom fighter P. Gopinathan Nair passed away at the age of 100. Nair was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments. P Gopinathan Nair was known for following Gandhian ideology in his life and was honoured with the Padma award. He had participated in the freedom struggle. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor Arif Muhammad Khan, opposition […]

Amritsar: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has been sent to police remand till July 11 in connection with the Rana Kandowalia murder case. Bishnoi was produced in the Amritsar court on Wednesday. “Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has been sent to a five-day police remand till July 11 in the Rana Kandowalia murder case,” said PS Bhandal, DCP Amritsar […]

New Delhi: India logged 16,159 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,47,809, while the active cases increased to 1,15,212, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,270 with 28 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]

Mumbai: Recovering from its record low level, the rupee appreciated 9 paise to 79.24 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.29 against the American dollar. In initial trade, the local currency witnessed a high of 79.24 and a low of 79.31 against the […]

New Delhi: The Union Environment Ministry has now mandated the use of Aadhaar for compensation under the Project Elephant in cases such as human-elephant conflicts, among others. The Centrally sponsored scheme of ‘Project Elephant’ is implemented by the state governments with the main objective to provide financial and technical support to the Elephant Range states […]

Jaipur: A cleric of the Ajmer dargah, who on camera allegedly offered his house to anyone who beheads now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. “जो नूपुर शर्मा का सिर काटकर लाएगा उसे मैं अपना घर दूंगा” : सलमान चिश्ती, अजमेर दरगाह के […]

Delhi: Cost of domestic liquid petroleum gas cylinders weighing 14.2 kilogram will get dearer from Wednesday as their prices have been raised by Rs 50 per unit. In the national capital Delhi, it will now cost Rs 1,053 per unit. Besides, in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai, it will be priced at Rs 1,079, Rs 1,052.5, […]

Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) issued a notice to Mohammed Munawar Hussain Asrafi (36), who was detained in Santosh Nagar here on Tuesday for questioning in connection with the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal at Udaipur. A native of Machipur in Bagalpur district of Bihar, Asrafi was stating at Khalandar Nagar in Santosh Nagar […]

Muzaffarnagar: A man has been booked on the complaint of his wife who alleged that he forced her at attend wife-swapping parties. The woman has alleged that her husband used to forcibly take her to wife-swapping parties in Delhi and force her to establish physical relationship with his own brother. On the directions of the court, […]