23:04
The Indian Navy on Wednesday said it will commission INS Vela, its fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine under Project 75, on Thursday, an induction that will boost its combat capability. Project 75 includes construction of six submarines of Scorpene design.Three of these submarines...
22:23
As part of Constitution Day celebrations this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in programmes being organised in Parliament and Vigyan Bhawan on November 26, his office said on Wednesday. The day is celebrated to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution by the...
22:05
Around 54 per cent people covered in a pan-India survey did not favour legalising cryptocurrencies in the country and instead pitched for treating them as digital assets held overseas, digital community platform LocalCircles said in a report. LocalCircles said the study...
21:16
Furious over the Biden administration's invitation to Taiwan to take part in the Summit for Democracy, China on Wednesday warned the United States that it will get hurt by giving Taipei the world stage as Beijing slammed the summit itself saying the event was aimed at pursuing Washington's...
20:32
Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday said only a handful of the 6,000-odd cryptocurrencies in existence today might survive going forward. Comparing the craze in cryptocurrency with that of the tulip mania in the Netherlands in the 17th century,...
20:28
A Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party leader on Wednesday filed a private complaint against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut before a magistrate court here, seeking to prosecute her for sedition for her remark describing India's independence in 1947 as 'bheek' or alms. Yusuf Parmar,...
19:47
In a bid to end the near-month-long strike of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation employees, Maharashtra transport minister Anil Parab on Wednesday announced a salary hike. The average Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,000 hike in basic salaries would be the 'highest in the history' of the...
19:25
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh, who has been declared a proclaimed offender by a court in Mumbai, on Wednesday said he was in Chandigarh and would visit Mumbai soon. The IPS officer who is facing several extortion cases in Maharashtra told news channels that he was in...
19:23
The Central Reserve Police Force has enhanced the ex gratia payment provided to the families of troops who are killed in action or who die on duty due to other causes, officials said on Wednesday. As per the new rules, families of troops killed in combat will be provided an ex gratia payment...
19:21
The ongoing anti-farm laws protest will not end yet and its future course of action will be decided on November 27, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Wednesday. The BKU national...
18:27
Unidentified armed men opened fire at four religious scholars near Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing two and injuring two others, media reports citing source reported. According to Russian news agency Sputnik, the four men were assaulted on their way from an Islamic...
17:52
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in Delhi. I met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today over a number of state-related issues. We also spoke on the BSF's jurisdiction extension issue and demanded that this decision be withdrawn. She said she also asked...
17:45
Days after being inducted as a minister in Rajasthan, Rajendra Singh Gudha, shot his mouth off comparing roads to the cheeks of actors Hema Malini and Katrina Kaif. The remark was allegedly made by the Minister of State for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development on Tuesday at a...
17:25
Maruti Suzuki, Infosys and ITC were the top three losers in the stock markets today.
17:19
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday alleged that the BJP-led central government would not have taken a decision to repeal the three contentious farm laws if there were no elections in Uttar Pradesh and other states in the near future. Speaking to reporters at Mahabaleshwar in Satara...
16:57
Nine more fully-vaccinated Army officers, participating in a course at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here in Madhya Pradesh, tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of the infected officers pursuing this course to 11 in the last four days, a health official said on...
16:29
Every February 28th, Zakia Jafri relives the agony of witnessing the brutal massacre of her husband, former Congress MP Ahsan Jafri, along with scores of other women and children.Despite deteriorating health, her hope that those responsible will be brought to justice, remains strong, notes Najid...
16:18
Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today.Following the meeting, Swamy laid speculations about him joining the Trinamool Congress to rest. I was already with her (Mamata). There is no need for me to join the party, he told reporters.The meeting took...
16:09
Market benchmark Sensex tumbled over 323 points after an intense last-hour sell-off on Wednesday, triggered by losses mainly in index heavyweights Infosys, Reliance and HDFC. After trading in the green for most part of the session, the BSE gauge settled 323.34 points or 0.55 per cent...
16:05
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday called on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai, sparking off speculation in political circle about a possible tie-up between the two parties.The crucial Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections are early next...
15:52
Official data print on the GDP will show a 7.8 per cent expansion on a year-on-year basis for the September 2021 quarter, according to a report. Real GDP will grow 9.4 per cent in FY22 and decelerate to 7.5 per cent for FY23 as the base effects result in the higher growth in the...
15:33
The Union Cabinet has decided to extend the additional free 5-kg food grains scheme by four months till March 2022, Union Minister Anurag Thakur announced today. The PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was initially provided for a period of three months (April-June 2020) to ameliorate the...
15:17
Photograph Courtesy: http://sunburn.in/
The Goa government on Wednesday said it will not grant permission to organise the 15th edition of the Sunburn EDM festival, slated to be held in December. The state government has refused the permission to host the Sunburn festival in Goa. I have already signed the file refusing the...
14:50
An 'air bubble' flight
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that international flight operations are expected to return to normal soon.All international flights (except repatriation missions and carrying essential goods, like medicines and food) were grounded in March last year, as the country went into a Covid...
14:24
Reacting to the leaked viral video of Congress Karnataka president DK Shivakumar and former Chief Minister Siddharamiah, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said that it exposed the hypocrisy of Congress where worshipping dynasties is far more important than giving respect to...
13:47
Launching a tirade against his own party's central leadership, BJP leader and former MLA Ram Iqbal Singh said the death of over 700 farmers could have been prevented had the Union government withdrawn the three contentious agriculture laws within 30 days of the farmers' agitation. Singh, an...
13:24
A hard-fought victory for farmers
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to repeal the three farm laws, which triggered protests at Delhi borders by thousands of farmers, according to official sources. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 was approved days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement to repeal the...
13:22
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded that the government provide credible data on Covid deaths in the country and pay a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to families of those who lost their lives due to the coronavirus. Gandhi shared a video in which families, who...
13:02
BJP's Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, appeared before a special NIA court in Mumbai on Wednesday. She appeared before special judge P R Sitre, hearing cases related to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Thakur's lawyer said...
12:42
The Delhi government has included Vailankanni Church in Tamil Nadu to the list of pilgrimage sites under its free pilgrimage scheme for senior citizens, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Wednesday. The Delhi government will resume the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana on December 3...
12:20
As China warmed up to the Taliban regime by stepping up humanitarian aid and diplomatic support for its global recognition, Chinese firms are busy exploring contracts to exploit resource-rich Afghanistan's mineral deposits, official media here reported on Wednesday. Representatives of...
12:01
Security has been beefed up outside the residence of BJP MP Gautam Gambhir here after he received an alleged death threat from ISIS Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A complaint addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) stated that a death threat from ISIS Kashmir...
11:40
The Supreme Court today, during a hearing on a public interest litigation on the worrying situation in Delhi due to air pollution, said the weather department has informed that the air quality will become worse again. We can't go with wind direction. What steps should be taken? it asked the...
11:26
Vegetable prices have seen a surge in the Delhi-NCR region due to heavy rainfall and crop failure.Vendors in the Okhla fruit and vegetable market say that the customers are now buying less due to an increase in prices.While speaking to ANI, Sonu Pehlwan, a vegetable vendor, said, With high fuel...
11:06
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on Wednesday will appear before the Special NIA Court in Mumbai in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, informed her lawyer JP Mishra.Apart from Thakur, Lt Col Purohit, Chaturvedi and Kulkarni, Ajay Rahirkar, retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay and Sudhakar...
11:02
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet PM Narendra Modi at 5 pm today. It is expected that issues pertaining to the Border Security Force (BSF) and the development of the state will come up during discussions with the PM. Banerjee, who will leave Delhi tomorrow,...
10:51
Shepherds in the snow: Pic: Umar Ganie
The night temperature rose across Kashmir valley as Srinagar saw the minimum settle above freezing point for the first time in more than a week on Wednesday, officials said. The valley had been experiencing sub-zero nights for the past week, setting in chilly winter conditions earlier...
10:33
Over 11 lakh samples were tested for COVID-19 across the country in the last 24 hours, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed on Wednesday.The total samples tested for COVID-19 in the country so far stands at 63,47,74,225. As many as 11,57,697 samples were tested...
10:30
Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI is trying to destabilize Bangladesh by strengthening the roots of Islamic terrorism in Dhaka, which was formed in 1971 as a secular country.Stressing on the role of the ISI besides the LeT, Bangladeshi minister Hasan Ul-Inu had said Pakistan's ISI is trying to...
10:07
India added 9,283 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,35,763 while the active cases declined to 1,11,481, the lowest in 537 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.The death toll climbed to 4,66,584 with 437 fresh...
09:44
The air quality significantly improved from the 'very poor' to the 'poor' category on Wednesday for the first time in the last 10 days, as per the System of Air Quality & Weather Forecasting & Research (SAFAR).The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 280 today.Several areas in the...
09:14
United States President Joe Biden has invited 110 countries to a virtual summit on democracy on December 9-10, excluding China, Turkey, and Russia, according to a list posted on the State Department website on Tuesday.The list includes Taiwan which is likely to increase tension between US and...
08:34
Six people were injured as crude bombs were hurled in a clash between two factions of the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday, local sources said.The incident happened at Gara-Paduma village in Dubrajpur police station area when a team from the Block Development...
08:13
The Union cabinet is likely to approve the proposal to withdraw the three farm laws in the meeting on Wednesday, sources said.The Union cabinet is likely to take up on Wednesday, November 24 the withdrawal of the three farm laws for approval. The bills for withdrawal of the laws shall then be...
00:44
India and Russia are likely to seal the long-pending AK 203 Kalashnikov rifles deal under the Make in India initiative during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit here next month for summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, people familiar with the development said on Tuesday. A...
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