India

Kolkata: Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma on Monday sought four week’s time to appear before the Kolkata Police in connection with her recent controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad. Sharma, who was supposed to be present at Narkeldanga Police station in Kolkata on Monday, emailed the request. The city police are yet to decide over their […]

Kathua/Jammu: Burglars broke into a private bank in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and decamped with over Rs 1 crore cash, police said on Monday. The incident took place at a branch of HDFC Bank in the Hatli Morh area on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The burglars entered the bank from the […]

Kanpur: A novel water testing kit that is highly sensitive and can detect the presence of E.coli in drinking water has been developed by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the institute said on Monday. Escherichia coli or E.coli is a bacteria that normally lives in the intestines of healthy people and […]

New Delhi: Amid the row over the Centre’s newly-launched Agnipath scheme, senior Congress leader and former union minister Salman Khurshid on Monday questioned the “character” of the Armed Forces, doubting their intention behind bringing the scheme. “We would not have any problem if those for whom the scheme is made were satisfied. But, the irony […]

Patna: The safe emergency landing of SpiceJet flight (SG-723) at the Patna airport was possible due to the cool and calm efforts of its woman pilot Monika Khanna and co-pilot Bajeet Singh Bhatia. Both the pilots have emerged as heroes and the director of the airline lauded their efforts. The Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight carrying 185 passengers, […]

Mathura: Miffed over not accepting his friend request on social media, a youth here allegedly killed a 16-year-old girl and injured her mother, police said on Monday. Accused Ravi is a resident of Muzaffanagar, Superintendent of Police (city) Martand Prakash Singh said. A case has been registered based on a complaint by the girl’s father […]

Bhopal: Three Naxals, collectively carrying a reward of over Rs 30 lakh on their heads, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Monday morning, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said. The killed rebels included a woman. The encounter took place in Bahela police station area in Balaghat district, […]

Patna: Keeping in view the call for Bharat Bandh against the Agnipath scheme on Monday, Bihar government temporarily suspended the Internet services in 20 districts. The suspension has been already in place in 12 districts since June 17 and the state government decided to add eight more. “The suspension of the Internet services has given positive […]

 New Delhi: Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Salman Khurshid, K Suresh, V Narayanasamy and others, are holding a ‘Satyagraha’ at Jantar Mantar to protest against the Enforcement Directorate summons to Rahul Gandhi and Agnipath scheme. The Congress party held the Centre responsible for the ‘deteriorating’ condition of the youth in the country. As the protests […]

Kupwara: Two more terrorists were neutralised in an encounter that broke out in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, informed the police on Monday. So far, four terrorists have been killed in the Kupwara encounter including two on Sunday. The neutralised terrorist was linked with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Police also recovered […]

New Delhi: As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for the fourth round of questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald case, his party will hold a peaceful protest across the country against the central government’s “vendetta politics”. The Wayanad MP was […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan for maintaining the full reservoir level at the Siruvani dam. In the letter on Sunday, Stalin called on Vijayan to provide a positive response as the water shortage in Coimbatore and its surrounding areas were turning into a major cause […]

New Delhi: India on Monday logged 12,781 fresh COVID-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 4,33,09,473, while the daily positivity went past 4 per cent after 130 days, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,24,873 with 18 new fatalities. The number of active cases increased to 76,700, the data […]

Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 12 paise to 77.93 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday as easing crude oil prices supported the local unit. However, unabated foreign fund outflows, a lacklustre trend in domestic equities and strong American dollar overseas restricted the gain, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the […]

Dakshina Kannada: Five Muslim girl students from the Hampanakatta University College here have asked for transfer certificates from the college administration after being denied permission to attend classes wearing hijab. Principal Anusuya Rai has confirmed that the five students have applied for transfer certificates to join other colleges. However, they are being asked to submit another […]

Hyderabad: A young Sub-inspector of police, who wrestled a suspect armed with a machete and overpowered him, has become a hero with the internet flooded with videos of his brave act. The SI, 37-year-old VR Arun Kumar, who is the Station House Officer of the Nooranad police station in Alappuzha district of Kerala, was on […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police are on high alert mode as the intelligence agencies have warned that protests on the Agnipath scheme might break out during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rallies in Karnataka. Modi is visiting the state for a 2-day tour after one-and-a-half years. He will arrive at the Bengaluru Yelahanka Indian Air Force […]

New Delhi: Security has been beefed up in several states on Monday amid protests against the Centre’s new Agnipath recruitment scheme. After the policy, which allows Indian youths to serve in the regular cadre of the Armed Forces for a period of four years, was announced on June 14, protests erupted in various states including […]

Kanpur: In a bizarre incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district locked up his son and daughter-in-law after an altercation and then fired indiscriminately when the police came to rescue them. Three police officers, including a sub-Inspector and a home guard, were injured in the incident, police officials said on Monday. The accused Ram Kumar […]

Hyderabad: Premier management institute Indian School of Business (ISB), which has its campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali, is working to create a global corridor for startups. This will allow Indian startups to pursue business opportunities in other countries and vice versa. It also is looking to draft its alumni members as mentors to nurture startup […]

New Delhi: Urging the youth to recognise “fake nationalists”, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Agnipath scheme would be destructive for the youth and the Army, as she assured her party’s full support to those protesting peacefully against the new recruitment model. She made the remarks as Congress MPs and leaders sat […]

Nagarjunasagar: Meditation sessions were organised at Buddhavanam, Nagarjunasagar on Sunday in association with the local Dhamma Nagarjuna International Vipassana Centre and there was a huge response from the aspirants, according to Mallepalli Laxmaiah, Special Officer, Buddhavanam Project. The first session with a group of 70 participants from different parts of Telangana was launched by K. […]

Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh): When the ‘Baraat’ arrived in Laxmanpur- Shankarpur village, almost the entire village ran to the venue to take a selfie — not with the groom, but with the decorated bulldozer on which he came. On Saturday, the whole village had a festive look after the groom arrived on a bulldozer and cries […]

New Delhi: The Army, Navy and the Air Force on Sunday came out with a broad schedule for recruitment of soldiers under the Agnipath scheme while asserting that it is being implemented to bring down the age profile of the armed forces. Lt Gen A Puri, the additional secretary in the Department of Military Affairs, […]