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Hyderabad: With the growing popularity of online dating and people looking to make connections, dating apps have upped their safety net. In line with this, Tinder has introduced five features that one needs to know to have a ‘zen’ experience. UnMatch and report anytime Tinder members have the ability to unmatch and report a person […]
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Medininagar: RJD chief Lalu Prasad had a narrow escape on Tuesday morning as a fire that broke out in a room of the circuit house in Jharkhand’s Palamu district where he was staying could be doused in time, officials said. Prasad, 73, was having breakfast in his room around 8 am when the wall-mounted fan […]
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Mangaluru: The Uppinangady Government First Grade College management has suspended 23 girl students, who staged a protest demanding permission to wear Hijab inside classrooms last week. The Puttur BJP MLA and the College Development Committee (CDC) chairman Sanjeeva Matandoor told PTI on Tuesday, “The students staged a demonstration. So they were suspended on Monday.” According […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet as many as 47 BJP corporators of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), along with office bearers of the Hyderabad unit and other senior leaders today in New Delhi. This is the first time that during his tenure as a Prime Minister, he has called for such […]
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New Delhi: Gold prices on Tuesday fell by Rs 56 to Rs 50,814 per 10 grams in futures trade as speculators reduced their positions amid low demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold contracts for August delivery traded lower by Rs 56 or 0.11 per cent at Rs 50,814 per 10 grams in a business […]
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Chandigarh: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reached Punjab’s Mansa district on Tuesday and met the parents of singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was gunned down by assailants on May 29, and expressed grief. Several Congress leaders, including state party chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, were among others, […]
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Bengaluru: The authorities are on high alert after the detection and arrest of a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist here, who had been living in disguise for the past two years. Since the state is passing through a sensitive phase and unrest-like situation, especially after the hijab row and the mosque-temple issue, the police are not taking […]
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Dakshina Kannada: Twenty-four students studying in a college in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district were on Tuesday banned for a period of seven days from attending classes for wearing hijab. The decision was taken by authorities of the Uppinangadi Degree College in Puttur taluk after the students refused to attend classes without taking off their hijab. […]
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New Delhi: India recorded 3,714 fresh Covid cases in last 24 hrs, a marginal decline against 4,518 infections reported on previous day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning. In the same period, the country registered seven Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,24,708. Meanwhile, the active caseload has risen to 26,976 […]
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Jammu: Three magnetic Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) packed in a tiffin box and mounted on a drone were brought down by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Kanachak area of Jammu near the International Border, officials said on Tuesday. The three IEDs were set to three different timings. The Border Security Force (BSF) first […]
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Kochi: In a key development, Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala Gold smuggling case on Monday said that she will reveal more regarding the case. She will reveal more about the case after recording her statement under Section 164 in the Ernakulam district court. Swapna also recorded her statement under Section 164 in […]
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Chandigarh: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will visit Punjab’s Mansa district on Tuesday to meet the parents of singer-actor-turned-politician Shubhadeep Singh, alias Sidhu Moosewala, who was gunned down by assailants on May 29. Singer-turned-actor-politician Sidhu Moosewala, whose mother Charan Kaur is sarpanch of his native Moosa village, made his electoral debut as a Congress candidate […]
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Mumbai: After a threat letter was issued to actor Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan, the Bandra Police registered a case against an unidentified person on Monday. Mumbai police have recorded actor Salman Khan’s statement and his father Salim Khan’s statements in the case. More than 200 CCTV footages have been seized by the […]
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New Delhi: India on Monday successfully carried out a “training launch” of the Agni-4 intermediate-range ballistic missile from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, marking a significant boost to the country’s military capabilities. In a brief statement, the defence ministry said the test was carried out at around 7:30 pm. It said the successful […]
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New Delhi: The central bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cleared the air by saying that it has no proposal to bring about changes to the existing currency and bank notes by replacing the face of Mahatma Gandhi with that of others. “There are reports in certain sections of the media that the Reserve Bank […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi forest department granted permission to cut or transplant at least 77,000 trees, or three trees every hour, for developmental works in the city in the last three years, according to government data submitted to the high court recently. It also said only one-third of the trees transplanted during the period have […]
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Bengaluru: The researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed an alternative mechanism to render viruses like SARS-CoV-2 inactive, the official statement by IISc stated on Monday. In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, the researchers report the design of a new class of artificial peptides or mini proteins that can not […]
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New Delhi: In a significant move, the defence ministry on Monday approved the procurement of military equipment and platforms worth Rs 76,390 crore from domestic industries. The procurement proposals were approved by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the ministry said. For the Indian Navy, the DAC accorded approval for […]
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Colombo: A 45-year-old Indian businessman has been arrested from a Sri Lankan international airport for attempting to smuggle foreign currency worth over Rs 40 million out of the country. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested on Sunday by the security officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Daily Mirror Lanka reported on […]
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New Delhi: The government is planning to establish old-age homes in every district of the country and has identified 250 districts where it will be tying up with local NGOs of the area, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar […]
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Kolkata: In a shocking case of jealousy or sheer inferiority complex, a man in West Bengal on Monday chopped off his wife’s hand from the wrist to prevent her from joining a state government nursing job. The husband in question is Sher Mohammod, a resident of Ketugram in East Burdwan district and the victim is […]
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Hyderabad: Asserting that economic development should take precedence over political gains, Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao urged the union Government to support progressive States like Telangana. He accused the Centre of not extending any support to the States that were politically not aligned to it. Releasing the performance report of the Industries department […]
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday issued guidelines for the management of type 1 diabetes in India. This is the first time that the research body has released guidelines for type 1 diabetes. Earlier, guidelines were released for type 2 diabetes. Balram Bhargava, Department of Health Research Secretary and ICMR […]
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Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday admitted a PIL, demanding a CBI probe into the death of playback singer KK. Advocate Rabishankar Chattopadhyay had appealed to the Calcutta High Court, demanding CBI probe in KK’s death. On Monday afternoon, the division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava […]