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Hyderabad: Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan took charge as the new Director of Indian Institute of Technology Madras on Monday. He took charge as Director from his predecessor, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, who has completed two terms as the Director of the Institute. Dr. Kamakoti took charge in the presence of Deans, Dr. Jane Prasad, Registrar, and other […]

New Delhi: 2022 is predicted to be an amazing year for cocktail culture and creativity behind the bar along with new trends. Kunal Patel, founder and director for Monika Enterprises shares his prediction for what’s going ahead in the Alco-Bev industry and the trends in India which have transformed several existing mindsets and accelerated the […]

Chennai: Two Sub Inspectors of police and a constable were suspended in connection with an alleged custodial death of a physically disabled person in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. Prabhakaran (45) and his wife Hamsala (32) of Karappur were arrested along with four others by the Senthamangalam police in connection with a theft case on […]

The victim, identified as Darshan Malviya from Madhya Pradesh was said to be battling depression for long and was under treatment.

Several political parties had approached the EC to postpone the polls in the state in view of Ravidas Jayanti on February 16.

New Delhi: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday expressed displeasure over lawyers attending virtual hearings through their mobile phones as the devices make it difficult for judges to hear or see advocates during the hearings. CJI Ramana asked advocates to use laptops and desktops while appearing in matters through video conferencing before the […]

The Centre, in an affidavit, said: "Vaccination for Covid-19 is of larger public interest in view of the ongoing pandemic situation... However, no person can be forced to be vaccinated against their wishes."

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the capital city is expected to report a substantial decline of around 4,000-5,000 Covid-19 cases on Monday. Jain said that this is the fourth consecutive day when the city is going to report declining trends in fresh Covid infection. Around 14 to 15 thousands cases may […]

Guwahati: Two earthquakes of magnitude 3.5 and 3.8 hit parts of the North East region in a span of 30 minutes on Monday, National Center for Seismology said. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to property, officials said. The first earthquake of magnitude 3.5 took place at 2.11 AM […]

Kochi: In a further setback to actor Dileep, an accused on bail in the actress abduction case, the Kerala High Court on Monday allowed to re-examine three and summon 5 new witnesses in the ongoing trial. The plea to this effect was filed by the state against the trial court’s order rejecting its request to […]

Bengaluru: As India grapples with the Omicron Covid-19 variant surge and an understaffed healthcare industry, demand for medical professionals spiked in December 2021 with a 6 per cent month-on-month growth, new data showed on Monday. Healthcare led with the highest intent to hire on account of staff shortage amidst rising Covid numbers, according to Monster […]

Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj, who had been diagnosed with kidney disease a few days ago and put on dialysis, died at his home here late on Sunday.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country moved up to 3,73,80,253 including 16,56,341 active cases. Active cases account for 4.43 per cent of the total infections.

BJP sources said that Rawat was asking for tickets for three of his family members including his wife in the assembly polls, but had been told that the party had made it a rule that only one member of a family would be fielded.

A 10-year-old girl went to the toilet in the evening yesterday where a person named Ramesh molested her and threw her into the well.

Hyderabad: Having a credit card gives one the financial freedom to make purchases as and when required. While it does make our purchases easier, it also has the double whammy of pushing a person into a debt trap if the payment is not made on time. And in case the payment gets delayed then the […]

Washington: An international team of researchers recently studied the sensitivity of Omicron to antibodies compared with the currently dominant Delta variant. The study about this variant has been published in the ‘Nature Journal’. The new COVID-19 Omicron variant is more transmissible than the Delta variant. However, its biological characteristics are still relatively unknown. In South […]

Mumbai: The health condition of India’s singing icon Lata Mangeshkar, who was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital after she tested positive for Covid-19, has worsened. The 92-year-old Bharat Ratna awardee has developed pneumonia in addition to Covid and has been admitted to the ICU, where a team of doctors is taking care of her. […]

This comes after Telangana Industry and Commerce Minister K.T. Rama Rao invited Musk to set up shop in his state.

Panaji: If the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fails to secure a majority in the upcoming Goa polls, the party would think of forming a post-poll coalition with a non-BJP party, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference in Panaji, Kejriwal also ruled out a pre-poll coalition with […]

Both the leaders and their supporters had quit the BJP after Swami Prasad Maurya resigned.

The seats on which AIMIM has fielded candidates are Loni (Ghaziabad), Garh Mukteshwar and Dhaulana (Hapur), Siwal Khan, Sardhana and Kithore (all Meerut), Behat in Saharanpur, Bareilly and Saharanpur rural.

The fresh infections are 2,369 more than yesterday. On Saturday, India logged 2,68,833 fresh COVID-19 cases.

New Delhi: Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Election Commission on Saturday extended its ban on physical rallies and roadshows until January 22 in the five poll-bound states. The poll panel, however, granted a relaxation for the political parties to the extent that indoor meetings of maximum 300 persons or 50 per cent of […]