21:57
Apparently upset over the alleged delay in getting visa for Canada, a 23-year-old man in Kurukshetra ended his life by jumping into the Narwana branch canal.However, his visa reached his home a day after he took the extreme step. His body was found floating from the canal on Friday...
20:15
An inquiry has been started after a woman gave birth outside a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, allegedly in the absence of medical staff, and the baby died soon after.The incident took place at Vidul village in Umarkhed tehsil on Friday. The woman's father,...
19:19
Amid concerns over a visit by Chinese ship 'Yuan Wang 5' to his country, Sri Lanka's tourism minister Harin Fernando said in Ahmedabad on Saturday that he hoped it would not cause a major diplomatic row as India understands its situation.In Ahmedabad to promote tourism in the island nation,...
18:25
The Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday acquitted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Deputy Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav (former Aam Aadmi Party leader) in a criminal defamation case filed by lawyer Surender Sharma, who claimed that his candidature from AAP was cancelled in 2013 assembly...
17:26
A farmers' agitation seeking the removal of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and a law guaranteeing MSP among other demands, was called off Saturday after top district officials met the protesters, Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Rakesh Tikait said.Addressing the farmers, Tikait said the the future...
17:12
The Indian Air Force on Saturday rescued an Israeli national suffering from acute mountain sickness and having difficulty in breathing in the high altitude area of Ladakh, a defence spokesperson said.Srinagar-based Defence spokesperson Col Emron Musavi said at 10.40 am, 114 Helicopter Unit...
16:28
Reports of over 25 lakh additional voters in Jammu and Kashmir is a 'misrepresentation of facts by vested interests', the Union Territory administration said on Saturday.It said that the revision of electoral rolls will cover existing residents of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.In an...
15:28
The second phase of border talks between Meghalaya and Assam aimed at resolving differences relating to six disputed areas will be held at Guwahati on Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said on Saturday.The two northeastern states had signed a memorandum of understanding for ending...
15:10
Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Friday sought a feedback from Twitterati on the latest term in office of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with whom he has had a long collaboration.Kishor launched an online poll on his official Twitter handle, asking users to vote yes or...
14:20
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan could be arrested by the country's top investigating agency for failing to appear before it and snubbing its notices in the prohibited funding case, according to a media report on Saturday.The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) issued a second notice to...
14:01
The Bengaluru police has once again denied permission to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui's show 'Dongri to nowhere' in Bengaluru, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday.The event was cancelled as the organisers had not taken permission to organise it in the city, police said.A fringe...
13:08
A cloudburst hit the Raipur-Kumalda area in Dehradun in the early hours of Saturday, causing rivers to breach their banks and wash away bridges, officials said.Water also entered the caves of Tapkeshwar, a famous Shiva temple on the banks of the Tons river, they said.The cloudburst occurred...
13:01
The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has expelled Pritam Lodhi, an Other Backward Class (OBC) leader from Shivpuri district and a relative of former chief minister Uma Bharti, from the party for his 'anti-Brahmin and anti-women' remarks.The BJP took the action against Lodhi on...
11:59
Mumbai Police is investigating a WhatsApp message warning of a '26/11-like' terror attack in the city received on the WhatsApp number of the Mumbai Police Traffic Control from a Pakistan-based number police sources said on Saturday.The message said that six people will execute the attack in...
11:16
Married women prisoners will soon be able to wear a mangalsutra and observe festivals like Karva Chauth and Teej in Uttar Pradesh jails, according to provisions of the new jail manual, which will replace the colonial-era rules in the state. The state Cabinet approved the Uttar...
11:05
One person was killed and 13 others were feared dead in a landslide and a flash flood triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, officials said on Saturday. Three people were also killed after their house collapsed following a landslide triggered by rains in the...
10:52
India on Saturday logged 13,272 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 4,43,27,890, while the number of active cases came down to 1,01,166, according to Union health ministry data. The toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,27,289 with 36 fatalities, including six deaths...
10:47
An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude hit Lucknow and several adjoining districts in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. There were no reports of loss of life, they said. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake struck at 1.12 am. Its epicentre was in Nepal's...
10:21
Mumbai Traffic Police's control room has received several text messages on the WhatsApp number of its helpline, threatening a 26/11-type attack, an official said on Saturday. Prima facie, the number from which the messages have been sent is from...
09:50
Taiwan has tracked 21 warplanes and five naval ships from China around the country with eight jets that crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said it had tracked 17 aircraft and five ships from China's military around the country by 5 pm on Friday, reported...
09:23
In a bureaucratic reshuffle, a dozen IAS officers were shifted between departments on Friday, hours after a Central Bureau of Investigation raid at Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's residence in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy. According to a transfer posting order issued...
08:18
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, whose house was raided on Friday by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22, said the agency seized his computer and mobile phone after several hours of search and also took away some files.He...
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