India

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the incident and has directed district officials to undertake relief and rescue measures.

Thrissur: Even as the incessant rains and resultant flooding disrupted lives across central Kerala, ham radio enthusiasts have quietly swung into action in Thrissur district, setting up their unique work stations to ensure a steady stream of communication in case nature’s fury wreaked havoc on conventional systems of contact. The district administration here has sought […]

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police’s crime branch on Wednesday said they have busted a ‘sex tourism’ racket with the arrest of two of its women operators at the city airport.The police also rescued two women, who were scheduled to go to Goa with dummy customers, after the racket was busted on Monday evening, a senior official […]

The startups from diverse industries including financial services, healthcare, education, agriculture, space, manufacturing and logistics, retail, and e-commerce can participate in the 10-week programme called ‘AI Innovate'.

Moradabad: In a shocking incident, a former Indian Air Force officer and also an RSS functionary, died after his cousins and brother-in-law allegedly injected poison into his shoulder while he was on his way home after attending an event in Moradabad. Rakesh Kumar Singh, 40, died during the treatment at a private hospital, said the […]

Kochi: Places falling on the banks of the Periyar river have been put on high alert by the Ernakulam district administration as the water released from the Idukki dam has reached flood-prone areas of Aluva in Kochi on Wednesday morning. As a precautionary measure in view of the torrential rains in Kerala, three shutters of […]

Of these new infections, 7,643 cases were reported in Kerala on Tuesday.

Chennai: An upright sanitation worker of the Greater Chennai Corporation is in news for her deed of restoring a gold coin that she found in collected waste to its rightful owners, through the police. Mary was sorting out the garbage collected from various domestic households at Thiruvattiyur street when she heard a tinkle. She thought […]

The festival is likely to generate income for the locals

New Delhi: One of India’s leading private museums, the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) Bengaluru, has released new primary research conducted by the ReReeti Foundation, on audience behaviour in India’s cultural sector. While more than half of the respondents thought the arts and culture are essential, they rarely manage to make time for it. […]

Jaipur: It may sound unbelievable, but there is a railway station in Rajasthan where only half of a standing train is in the State. This station is Bhawani Mandi where the train’s engine stands in one State and the guard coach stands in another State.This unique railway station in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district is situated on […]

Hyderabad: India has 22 official languages, but the use of just one of them has made brands like Fabindia and Taj Mahal tea face the ire of rightwing outfits on social media. The rightwing groups first began crying foul after garment and furnishings retailer Fabindia released an advertisement ahead of Diwali, publicizing a collection of […]

Ayodhya: Indra Pratap Tiwari, popularly known as Khabbu Tiwari, BJP MLA from Gosaiganj in Ayodhya, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a special court in a 28-year-old case of using a fake mark sheet to get admission in college. Special judge Puja Singh delivered the verdict on Monday and Tiwari, who was present […]

Shahjahanpur: In a frightening replay of the Delhi court incident, a lawyer was shot dead inside the Shahjahanpur civil court on Monday. The incident took place on the third floor of the court and the lawyer, Bhupendra Pratap Singh, was shot dead by a country-made firearm. The Sadar police that reached the spot soon after […]

United Nations: The WHO’s technical advisory group will meet on October 26 to consider the emergency use listing of India’s Covaxin which is being used in the country’s nationwide anti-COVID-19 vaccination programme, according to the global health agency’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which has developed Covaxin, had submitted EOI (Expression of Interest) […]

Alappuzha: Amidst tragic news pouring in of people going missing in landslides and bodies being found after the heavy rains which lashed the state in the last three days, there was a pleasant development of a couple — both health workers — braving flooded roads here and reaching their wedding hall in a large aluminium […]

Chandigarh: Acting on the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) for a six-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest, all railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana were blocked on Monday by farmers, thus affecting the rail services. The farmers are protesting in support of their demand to remove Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay […]

Lucknow: A Bangladesh criminal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000, was killed in an encounter with the police in Lucknow on Monday. Nilabja Choudhary, Lucknow joint commissioner of police, crime, said: “Hamza was the mastermind of three dacoities which took place in Lucknow and Varanasi in a span of last two years. Hamza also […]

Hisar: The Haryana Police on Sunday said cricketer Yuvraj Singh was arrested and released on bail in an alleged casteist remarks case in compliance with a high court order.Singh was accused of making casteist remarks against another cricketer during an Instagram chat last year. Superintendent of Police (Hansi) Nitika Gahlaut said over the phone, “We […]

Missamari (Assam): The Indian Army has enhanced deployment of air assets, including unmanned aircraft, near the borders with China in Arunachal Pradesh region. The deployments have increased gradually as the Indian Army revamped air fire power at its aviation wings. The force has recently come up with an aviation brigade in the region after getting […]

New Delhi: Heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Monday which led to a decline in temperature and further deteriorated the air quality. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorms with moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain over isolated places would continue to occur over and adjoining areas of the […]

Dubai: India is revising its existing policies and is also in the process of bringing in new ones to increase industry participation in the space sector, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K. Sivan said on Sunday. Sivan, who is Secretary, Department of Space, said this, via a video message during the inaugural session […]

Kottayam/Idukki: The toll from disastrous flooding caused by heavy rains and landslides in hilly areas of two central Kerala districts rose to 21 as rescue workers recovered more bodies from the rubbles on Sunday. State Revenue Minister K Rajan said the rescue workers had recovered 15 bodies from the debris and slush of the landslides […]

As the cops began probe, it was found that the minor girl was in regular contact with a local boy named Neeraj Sonkar.