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Kochi: The newly-built cruise terminal in Cochin Port here on Wednesday received the first batch of tourists as the luxury liner MV Empress from Mumbai called at the port city, marking a promising start to the revival of domestic tourism in Kerala, said a press release. The Lakshadweep-bound luxury cruise, carrying 1,200 travellers, had a […]

New Delhi: A five-year-old boy died after a tree fell on the auto-rickshaw in which he was seated near the IP Extension area of the national capital on Wednesday. The victim was admitted to Shanti Mukand Hospital of the Karkardooma area in Delhi. As per the information shared by the hospital, the boy suffered a […]

Patna: In a first, the Bihar Police have recruited a transgender person as constable. Accordingly, Rachit Raj has become the first transgender constable to be deployed in the confidential branch of the SP office in Kaimur district. Rachit Raj (23), who was earlier known as Rachana, said that despite being born as a girl, he […]

The authority recommends an amount of Rs 50,000 per deceased person including those involved in relief operations or associated in preparedness activities, subject to cause of death being certified as Covid-19

etropolitan Magistrate Amardeep Kaur sent the accused - Lalit - to police custody till tomorrow and other four arrested members - Sachin, Shivam and two persons.

New Delhi: The Co-founder and Joint Managing Director of Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, Suchitra Ella has said that vaccines should not be a barrier to enter into any nation. Amid the ongoing row over new UK travel restrictions that consider fully Indian vaccinated as unvaccinated and prescribes 10-day quarantine, she said, “Vaccines must not be entry […]

New York: During his visit to Washington starting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Quad summit convened by President Joe Biden and hold a series of bilateral meetings with leaders. The Quad summit on Friday with Prime Ministers, Yoshihide Suga of Japan and Scott Morrison of Australia, will be the first in-person […]

Prayagraj: From a Yoga guru to a saint to an accused — Anand Giri’s life has been a roller-coaster ride. Now in police custody for allegedly abetting the suicide of his mentor Mahant Narendra Giri, not many are surprised with what has happened to Anand Giri — once termed as a successor to his guru. […]

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech completed the Phase 2/3 trials of Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin for use in children under 18 years of age and is expected to submit the data by next week to the DCGI, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech International Ltd, Krishna Ella said on Tuesday here. Speaking to reporters, he said Covaxin […]

Hyderabad: Due to waterlogging at Tikiapara station in West Bengal, the South Central Railways (SCR) has decided to short terminate/originate some of its trains. To ensure the safety of the passengers, four trains scheduled on September 20 – Secunderabad to Howrah (02704), Yesvantpur to Howrah (02246 and 02874) and Chennai to Howrah (02822) – were […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police arrested five members of the Hindu Sena on Tuesday for allegedly vandalising the official residence of AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi at Ashoka Road here. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said five people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident.Police said they received […]

Actor Deepika Padukone has never left an opportunity to express her love for badminton. Being born to the once World No. 1 badminton player Prakash Padukone, the sport has indefinitely been a major part of her life. Well now, the actor seems to be exercising her skills with none other than the Olympic champion from […]

Lucknow: A conference on ‘dental sleep medicine’ has found that about 40 lakh people, particularly, the elderly and obese, suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in India. Experts at the conference that was held here on Monday, said that if a person wakes up multiple times at night due to breathlessness and experiences dry mouth […]

Guwahati: Assam BJP leader Rajib Boro was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants near the Rani Reserve Forest on the outskirts of Guwahati city, officials said on Monday. Forest and police officials said that Boro, 35, the BJP’s Shaktikendra Convener in Rani Mandal was killed when some wild elephants attacked his house […]

Hyderabad: Leading chocolate company Cadbury has now recreated its iconic 1990s cricket advertisement but with a much-needed twist – swapping gender roles. In the previous advertisement, a woman ate a bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk while watching a man, presumably her boyfriend, bat during a cricket match. As the man hits a six after a […]

Bengaluru: A suspected spy from Rajasthan who was allegedly sharing photographs and details of vital installations in Bengaluru with his handlers in Pakistani intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has been arrested, police said. Jitender Singh was was taken into custody from Jolly Mohalla in Cottonpet in the city on Sunday in a joint operation by […]

New Delhi: After the surprise announcement of the name of Charanjit Singh Channi, a Dalit leader, for the Chief Minister’s post in Punjab, the Congress looks at the larger aim of Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh which are also going to polls early next year. Rahul Gandhi, after the announcement of the new Chief Minister’s name, […]

Bengaluru: Former Union Minister and Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda filed a police complaint on Sunday on an allegedly “concocted and fabricated” lewd video clipping of him being circulated on social media. In the complaint to the Cyber Crime Offences and Narcotics police station, North Division in Bengaluru, his counsel said: “I have reliably […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that the four-and-half years of his government in state was a “memorable” tenure that was devoted to good governance. Addressing a press conference here on the occasion, Adityanath said that his government had struck at the root of the mafia and paved the way for […]

Lucknow: In view of the shortage of medical staff in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to increase the retirement age of doctors from 65 years to 70 years. Uttar Pradesh medical education minister, Suresh Khanna, said that the cabinet will soon be passing a proposal in this regard as the government believes […]

New Delhi: Amid a decline in Covid cases in the country, India may soon reopen its doors for foreign tourists for the first time in one-and-a-half years, officials said. First five lakh foreign tourists will be issued visas free of cost, in an attempt to revive the tourism, hospitality and aviation sectors, badly hit by […]

Bhubaneswar: The highest number of victims who were trafficked for forced labour last year were from Odisha, which also saw cyber crimes shoot up by a whopping 30 per cent amid the coronavirus lockdown, according to NCRB report. The state registered one of the highest rates of murders and attempts to murder in the country, […]

Hyderabad: Amarinder Singh resigns as Punjab CM, submits his resignation along with that of his council of ministers: CM office.

"But due to all your efforts, yesterday was a special day for me. Birthdays will come and go, but I will never forget yesterday. I cannot thank you all enough," Modi said.