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New Delhi: India logged 4,518 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,81,335, while the active cases increased to 25,782, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,701 with nine fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.06 […]
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Bengaluru: Intelligence agencies have alerted the Karnataka government after they tracked satellite phone calls made to foreign locations from state’s coastal and Malnad regions, sources said on Monday. Three calls were detected from the thick forests in these regions between May 23-29, according to the sources. Two calls were tracked in places near Mangaluru in Dakshina […]
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Uttarkashi: At least 24 people were killed after a bus carrying pilgrims fell into a gorge near Damta on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Sunday, police said. The bus had around 30 pilgrims from Panna district of Madhya Pradesh and a driver. The accident took place between Damta and Barnigad, which […]
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New Delhi: Hours after it denounced insult of any religious personalities, the BJP on Sunday suspended party spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal for their comments on Prophet Muhammad. Sharma is party national spokesperson and Jindal is spokesperson and head of media department of BJP Delhi unit. In a letter to Sharma, member secretary, BJP […]
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Chandigarh: In a bid to reduce carbon emissions, the Punjab government on Sunday announced to impose ban on single-used plastic from the next month. During a virtual state-level function to mark World Environment Day 2022, Science, Technology and Environment Secretary Rahul Tewari announced the decision for protecting the environment. He said the ban on the […]
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday criticised the ruling BJP at the Centre, claiming the party was busy promoting some movies amid the “targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Muslim security personnel” in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters here, Raut claimed the BJP was neglecting the Kashmir Valley’s security. “Did the atrocities […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the national portal for credit-linked government schemes – Jan Samarth Portal on Monday. The portal will be launched during the ‘Iconic Week Celebrations’ of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Monday at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. This week is being celebrated as […]
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Hyderabad: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is reportedly considering using images of Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam, alongside Mahatma Gandhi, on the new series of currency notes. According to a report by the New Indian Express, the Central Bank and the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL) have sent two sample […]
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Chennai: Fast food chain KFC India has unveiled ‘KFConscious’ which it claimed to be the most sustainable restaurant in the city, as the outlet aims to tap energy efficiency and use of environment-friendly materials, the company said on Sunday. KFC India has chalked out plans to open 20 more such outlets across the country this […]
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Bijapur: A woman Naxalite, carrying a reward of Rs five lakh on her head and wanted in several cases of attack on police, has surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district to reunite with her daughter back home, an official said on Sunday. The rebel, identified as Somli Sodi alias Vanita (32), was working with the banned […]
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Hapur: The death toll in the blast incident at a factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur has risen to 13 on Sunday. The police have booked two persons for culpable homicide in the incident. The Uttar Pradesh Police have registered an FIR under sections 286 (Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance), 287 (Negligent conduct with […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday that India has achieved the target of 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol five months before deadline. Making the announcement at a programme on the ‘Save Soil Movement’, which coincided with the World Environment Day, Modi cited a number of measures taken by his government […]
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New Delhi: Tata Motors is gearing up to strengthen its R&D with fresh hiring as well as upskilling of the current employees this fiscal year in order to scale up capabilities across various business verticals, including the electric vehicle segment, as per a top company official. In the EV space, the company is looking to […]
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Chitrakoot: A 13-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly gang-raped here a few days ago, died to strangulation, her post-mortem report has confirmed. Police on Sunday said that they received the autopsy report late on Saturday and it also confirmed that the girl had been raped. The girl, resident of a village in Pahadi police station […]
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Srinagar: The first Hajj 2022 flight carrying pilgrims to Saudi Arabia left the Srinagar International Airport on Sunday. The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia re-starts this year after remaining suspended for two years due to the Covid pandemic. The Hajj flight is carrying 145 J&K pilgrims to Madina. The flights will carry a total […]
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New Delhi: The COVID-19 cases in India have crossed the 4,000-mark for the second time in the past four days on Sunday, as the country logged 4,270 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. On Friday, after nearly three months, the daily tally of COVID-19 cases in India had […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on his 50th birthday and lauded him, saying the state has scaled new heights of progress under his “able” leadership. A five-time MP from Gorakhpur, the monk politician has made rapid strides in politics after being picked by the BJP […]
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Jaipur: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly killed after her throat was slit with a sharp-edged weapon in the Amer area of Rajasthan’s Jaipur district on Saturday, informed the police. Police said the girl went missing on Saturday afternoon and later, her naked body was found at an abandoned place near her own residence. “A 7-8 […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has taken suo-moto cognizance of a misogynistic advertisement of a perfume brand being played repeatedly in mass media, stated the notice from DCW chairman Swati Maliwal. “The said advertisement shows a boy and a girl, apparently a couple sitting on a bed when four more boys enter […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vaccine company Biological E Limited (BE) on Saturday announced that its Corbevax Covid-19 vaccine has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) as a heterologous booster dose to individuals aged 18 years and above. This can be used after six months of administration of primary vaccination (two doses) of Covaxin […]
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Bengaluru: Police in Karnataka on Saturday arrested a 26-year-man on charges of killing his mother for not buying him a mobile phone. The arrested person has been identified as Deepak, a resident of Lucas Layout in Mylasandra. According to the police, Deepak had allegedly strangled his mother Fathima Mary (50) to death on June 1. […]
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Hyderabad: A scheduled talk by US-based Dalit activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan was cancelled by Google due to the pressure from employees. Tanuja Gupta, a senior manager at Google News who invited Thenmozhi to speak, resigned over the incident. The talk was scheduled in April as part of the Dalit History Month. The presentation was supposed to […]
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New Delhi: The apex child rights body NCPCR has sought an explanation from the Hyderabad police over the delay in the registration of an FIR in connection with the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in the city. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also sought the registration of an FIR against […]
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New Delhi: The murder of acclaimed Punjabi singer Shubhdep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, has shocked probe agencies as the weapon used was an AN-94 Russian Assault rifle. This is the first time that the AN-94 has been used in a gang war as criminals would earlier carry out killings and encounters with […]
