Geneva, Jan 17 (IANS) A senior UN official announced that the Libyan delegations reached an agreement on a recommended selection mechanism for a new temporary executive authority. Stephanie Williams, Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), told a press conference here on Saturday that the […]

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Dense fog-induced low visibility conditions led to delay of over 40 flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here on Saturday. According to airport sources, poor visibility conditions and non-compliant CAT III B trained pilots led to the delays. Heavy fog had started to envelop the airport around 1.30 […]

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) India is ready to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training and capacity building to Nepal as both countries make attempts to improve strained bilateral relations. The decision on providing assistance and training was taken during Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali’s meeting with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in […]

By Aakanksha KhajuriaNew Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) As India begins world’s largest immunization drive amid concerns over rushed approval to the vaccines by the drug regulator, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday assured people that there is no need to be afraid and urged them to have faith in the experts who gave their […]

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Saturday filed a petition in the Supreme Court with the prayer to direct WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy which is encroaching upon various fundamental rights of the citizens granted by the Constitution of India. CAIT has also prayed that the […]

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Christians in Pakistan continue to face extreme persecution in every area of their lives, an annual report on the global persecution of Christians has revealed. Ranking Pakistan fifth in the list of 50 countries worldwide where Christians are persecuted for their faith, The World Watch List said that […]

By N. B. HombalDavangere/Dharwad, Jan 16 (IANS) In a major road mishap, at least 13 people, including 11 women, were killed and six others were critically injured when a tempo traveller collided with a truck near Itigatti village in Karnataka’s Dharwad district on Friday morning. Call it fate or a stroke of bad luck, eleven […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The four Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, who have been booked for corruption, had allegedly received bribes to extend favours to at least two private companies being probed for bank fraud, the agency said in its FIR. The CBI has named its officials as Deputy Superintendents of Police R.K. […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of party leaders from Kerala next week to discuss the upcoming Assembly polls in wake of the setback the party received in the recent local body polls, sources said. The leaders called include former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, state President M. […]

Hyderabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Hyderabad police on Friday recovered a rare bonsai plant stolen from residence of former Andhra Pradesh police chief V. Appa Rao and arrested a person. A 21-year-old construction worker was held for the theft of the 15-year-old Casuarina Bonsai tree stolen on January 10 from residence of former Director General of […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In the ongoing campaign against fake and bogus invoices and the resultant availment of inadmissible ITC, officers of the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi (East) have detected a case of issue of fake bills of about Rs 79.5 crore. The syndicate was being operated by Nitin Jain, […]

New Jan 15 (IANS) The Congress in West Bengal is engaged in seat-sharing talks with the Left Parties for the upcoming polls, while the TMC has appealed to Left and the Congress to join hands with them but the Congress and Left have ignored the call while Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury advised Mamata Banerji […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The investigation by SEBI into the alleged manipulative trading by former CNBC Awaaz anchor Hemant Ghai found that the “repeated pattern carried out on 90 occasions aggregating gross traded value of over Rs 100 crore rules out that it can be due to coincidence.” The Securities and Exchange Board of […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday responded to a user’s unique challenge on social media platform Twitter and also described the exact source of the picture with the city’s name. Prime Minister Modi’s tweet regarding the challenge went viral. One of the most popular world leaders on Twitter, with more […]

Gurugram, Jan 15 (IANS) Sleuths of the Gurugram police have arrested a live-in partner for the murder of a woman whose body was found in her rented accommodation in Basai Enclave on January 10. The duo had been staying together for the last two months. The 25-year-old victim, a resident of Gurugram, was a mother […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind has given the first donation for the construction of the grand Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. He donated Rs 5,00,100 to a joint delegation of office bearers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Ram Mandir Trust at […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The ninth round of talks between the government and the agitating farmers ended inconclusively on Friday. The next round of meeting has been scheduled for January 19. The meeting of the farmer leaders with the government, which started at 12 noon on Friday and went on for around five hours, […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Monday the pleas challenging the three farm laws and also the pleas seeking the removal of farmers camping at various Delhi borders. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Vincent Saran will take up […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The ninth round of talks between protesting farmer organisations and Union ministers to end the deadlock on agriculture laws are underway at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi. Meanwhile, when it was time for lunch, a ‘langar’ was sent by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee for the farmer leaders. Mixed vegetables, […]

Dharwad (Karnataka), Jan 15 (IANS) In a major road mishap, at least 13 people, including 11 women, were killed and six others were critically injured when a tempo traveller collided with a truck near Itigatti village in Karnataka’s Dharwad district on Friday morning. The deceased have been identified as Asha Jagadish, Praveena, Poorninma, Manasi, Pramjyothi, […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined a protest march here to show solidarity with the protesting farmers, and walked towards Raj Niwas which houses the residence and office of Delhi’s Lt. Governor. Later, both went to Jantar Mantar and joined the ongoing […]

Jan 15 (IANS) Around 300 to 400 Pakistan-based terrorists are waiting in launchpads across the Line of Control to infiltrate into the Indian side, said Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Friday, adding that forces at forward locations are keeping an eye on their activities. The Army Chief also said that the forces […]

Agartala/Guwahati, Jan 14 (IANS) Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the northeastern states on Thursday celebrate Bihu and Makar Sankranti, both harvest festivals, with traditional fervour and enthusiasm. Lakhs of cheerful men, women and children in traditional attires took part in the Bihu and Makar Sankranti celebrations, mostly in five of the eight northeastern states — Assam, […]

Kudalasangama (Karnataka), Jan 14 (IANS) Continuing his tirade against Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, rebel BJP leader and former Union minister Basanagouda Patil Yatnal claimed on Thursday that Yediyurappa’s grandchildren were ‘recording CDs’ to blackmail him and get their illegal works done through him. Yatnal is leading an agitation along with Panchamasali Lingayat Matha seer […]

Bengaluru, Jan 14 (IANS) The annual spectacle of ‘Surya Majjana’ or ‘Suryabhisheka’ (Sun Ablution) that was to occur in Bengaluru’s famous centuries-old Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple did not occur this time as cloudy weather set in just 20 minutes before the scheduled timing between 5:20 pm to 5:27 p.m. on Thursday. Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple’s chief priest, […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) map showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate from India has sparked a controversy with the Indian government taking offence at the “inaccurate depiction” Indian has raised the matter with the organisation. Reports said the issue was raised by Indian envoy to United Nations […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The ninth round of talks between the government and protesting farmer unions will take place on Friday as scheduled. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Centre is looking forward to positive discussions with the farmers. Tomar said the government is ready to hold discussions with farmer unions leaders with […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) In much embarrassment for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the agency on Thursday morning carried out searches at 14 locations across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including the premises of its own officers of the rank of Deputy Superintendent and Inspector, over allegations of compromising the investigation of certain cases […]

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 14 (IANS) Less than 24 hours ago, when Donald John Trump became the first President in the 244-year history of the United States to have been impeached twice, it was a historic rebuke. On January 13, 2021, Trump was charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly siege of the […]

New Delhi/Madurai, Jan 14 (IANS) Keeping up his attack on the Modi government over the farm laws, Congress’ former President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that it will be forced to take them back. Addressing media after witnessing Jallikattu (bull-taming) in Madurai, he said: “Mark my words… the government will be forced to take the […]

Thiruvananathapuram, Jan 14 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday demanded the resignation of Kerala State Chalachithra Academy Chairman Kamal and demanded a detailed investigation into his actions as head of the organisation. The Congress leader also said that a government employee getting salary from the state exchequer must behave and act above political […]

Jerusalem, Jan 14 (IANS) The large green fields of Udi Nachshon’s farm are dotted with thousands of red strawberries. Workers pick them one by one, carefully lay them in boxes and pack them for sell. It is the peak season in Israel and the markets are full of the red, bright and inviting small fruit. […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 3.0) will be launched on Friday in 600 districts across India. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), this phase will focus on new-age and Covid-related skills. Skill India Mission PMKVY 3.0 envisages training of eight lakh […]

Dehradun/Visakhapatnam, Jan 14 (IANS) Swatmanandendra Saraswati, a seer of Sri Sarada Peetham, met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and offered to set up an eye hospital in Dehradun. “Sarada Peetham will set up an eye facility in Dehradun, if the institution is allotted land for free treatment of sages and common people,” Saraswati said. […]

By Sandeep PouranikBhopal, Jan 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally constituted the state executive committee in Madhya Pradesh. The committee has a regional balance in the portfolios of the office bearers but the so called ‘Scindia faction’ has found little space in it. Former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Farmer leader Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four members on the committee appointed by the Supreme Court to talk with farmers on the three new central farm laws, has stepped down, the BKU said on Thursday. The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) tweeted a letter by Mann and said: “Bhupinder […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) As the farmers’ agitation against the newly passed agricultural laws by the Centre entered its 50th day on Thursday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait wondered if a government can hold office for five years, why can’t the farmers’ protest go on for the same period of time. He […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the vaccination drive against coronavirus will be carried out at 81 centres across the national capital from January 16, on four days in a week. Arrangements are in place to vaccinate 100 person daily at each of these 81 centres, ensuring […]

Shimla, Jan 14 (IANS) Braving extreme chill and pandemic, thousands of people across Himachal Pradesh on Thursday took holy dips in rivers to mark Makar Sankranti, a Hindu festival dedicated to the deity Surya. Since early morning, the devotees were seen congregating at Tattapani, 55 km from the state capital, and Manikaran, home to a […]

Prayagraj, Jan 14 (IANS) Despite overcast skies and dipping temperatures, lakhs of pilgrims thronged the Sangam in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Thursday for a holy dip in the sacred rivers on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Faith overrode fear and despite Covid restrictions, devotees reached the Sangam — confluence point of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical […]

By Sukant DeepakChandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) Against the backdrop of a sulking gray sky tormented by cold winds in the heart of Chandigarh — Sector 17, Lohri was about songs of resistance, hand made posters, speeches on the newly introduced farm laws, street theatre groups exhorting people to ‘wake up’, little children dressed up in […]

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 14 (IANS) Bangladesh Armed Forces, which fought and bled together with their Indian counterparts 50 years ago, will participate in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on January 26, at Rajpath, a statement said. A contingent of 122 proud personnel of the Bangladesh Armed Forces has departed for India in […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Delhi police has beefed up security measures ahead of the Republic Day. Safety drills are also being carried out at major strategic point in the national Capital in the supervision of senior police officers along with regular safety checks at areas of heavy footfall and other prominent places here. Anti-terrorist […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court said that the consent of a minor would be no defence to a charge of kidnapping as it upheld the conviction of a man for kidnapping a minor girl in 1998. A bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Surya Kant […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A Jaipur-based builder has been arrested by Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing for cheating investors by taking money from them for plots in the Rajasthan capital, police said on Wednesday. Anil Kumar Sharma was arrested from Jaipur on Tuesday. During the course of investigation, it was revealed that Sharma started […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A low-intensity earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale hit the national capital region late evening on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’s National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake, with a depth of five kilometres, hit Ghaziabad area in Uttar Pradesh at 19:03 pm. No casualties or damage […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said that it has registered a case against Bengaluru-based Steel Hypermart India Pvt, its directors and several others for defrauding a consortium of banks led by Indian Bank to the tune of Rs 200.38 crore. The agency also carried out searches at […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the highest decision-making body for security issues headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the purchase of 83 Tejas fighter jets for the Indian Air Force at a cost of Rs 48,000 crore, including infrastructure. The CCS approved the largest indigenous defence […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) As the tenure of the current Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Rishi Kumar Shukla comes to an end on February 2, the race for the premium post has gathered momentum with several top officers in the race. According to sources, several officers of the 1984, 1985 and 1986 batch […]

Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) backed by gold witnessed a record annual inflow of 877 tonnes in 2020, showed a World Gold Council (WGC) report. The previous record inflow was reported in 2009 when the inflow stood at 646 tonnes of assets. “Globally, gold ETFs had record annual net inflows of $47.9bn, […]

New Delhi/Jaipur, Jan 13 (IANS) The Congress has not yet achieved the target of balancing its unit in Rajasthan, which witnessed turmoil last year after the rebellion by the Sachin Pilot-led faction. The party still seems to be divided between two camps led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former Deputy Chief Minister Pilot. K.C. […]

By Sharon ThambalaSeesali (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 13 (IANS) Hundreds of people gathered at Seesali village in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district on Wednesday afternoon to engage in cockfights and place bets worth crores of rupees as part of Sankranti celebrations. Sankranti just started with Bhogi festivities on Wednesday, wherein people pile up old wood and […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the highest decision-making body for security issues headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the purchase of 83 Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets at a cost of Rs 48,000 crore, including infrastructure. The CCS approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth […]

By Vishal GulatiShimla, Jan 13 (IANS) If the chill in the plains of northern India runs down your spine these days, travel to the hills in Himachal Pradesh where the sun is shining brightly. The reason is less humidity in the hills compared to the plains where the sun is largely fogged out. Manmohan Singh, […]

By Hamza AmeerNankana Sahib (Pakistan), Jan 13 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday sentenced three out of the eight accused to at least two years imprisonment along with fine in the case of forced kidnapping, conversion and marriage of a Sikh girl in Pakistan’s Nankana Sahib in 2019. As per the court’s judgment, […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the FIR against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose allegedly registered due to his personal and political rivalry with Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerji. The plea, filed by Bose, contended that the criminal proceedings should be quashed, as it has been maliciously instituted […]

By Hamza AmeerNankana Sahib (Pakistan), Jan 13 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday sentenced three out of the eight accused to at least two years imprisonment along with fine in the case of forced kidnapping, conversion and marriage of a Sikh girl in Pakistan’s Nankana Sahib in 2019. As per the court’s judgment, […]

Dubai, Jan 13 (IANS) Several Indians were among 27 workers injured in a collision between a bus and a trailer in the Jebel Ali Industrial area here on Wednesday, police said. However, no casualties were reported. Police said that the accident took place at around 8.30 a.m., when the bus was transporting the workers of […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday sent former Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker K.D. Singh to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till January 16. In a major action, the ED arrested Singh in connection with a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) earlier on Wednesday. […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a 28-year-old man to participate in counselling for admission in Bachelors of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry degree course, whose upper age limit is 25 years. A division bench of Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh asked the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal […]

By Aarti Tikoo SinghNew Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Kazakhstan is India’s biggest economic partner in Central Asia and a crucial strategic partner. In an interview with IANS, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to India, Yerlan Alimbayev, explains the significance of the recently-held parliamentary elections and political reforms in his country and how it will strengthen the bilateral relationship […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Leading edtech company BYJU’S is reportedly acquiring Delhi-based offline test preparatory services provider Aakash Educational Services for $ one billion (nearly Rs 7,300 crore), the media reported. The deal may close in the next two-three months, reports Bloomberg. An email sent to BYJU’S on Wednesday did not elicit any response. […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Both India and the United Arab Emirates will soon start exchanging experience and research focused on climatic information services and tropical cyclone forecasting to avoid damage to public infrastructure due to tsunami activity in the Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) As the government gears up for the Covid vaccination drive targeting health care and frontline workers, the Congress has cautioned the government that since the ‘Covaxin’ vaccine has not completed phase-3 trials, it should not be rolled out as Indians are not “guinea pigs”. Congress leader Manish Tewari said, “The […]

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 13 (IANS) The body of a 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped and then killed, has been recovered from near railway tracks in the Gandhi park area here. According to police, the minor girl had gone missing from her house in a village under the Harduaganj police station area on Sunday […]

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The lockdown might have proven to be a bizarre time for her considering she has not been home or in any one place for this long since she was 14-year-old. However, the suffocation did not stop Mallika Sarabhai – dancer, actor and social activist (“they are all part […]

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 13 (IANS) Alarmed by a sluggish coronavirus vaccine rollout, US health agencies announced a string of changes to expand supply, loosen eligibility guidelines and open more locations for people to get shots in arms as the pandemic continues to rage. As of January 11, the US government had distributed about […]

Guwahati, Jan 13 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday put an interim stay on the notification of Assam Assembly Secretary withdrawing recognition to Congress leader Debabrata Saikia as the Leader of the Opposition, court officials said. Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, hearing a petition filed by Saikia, issued notice returnable within two weeks to […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Tuesday launched the i-Skill Junior programme to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand, which is also celebrated as “Youth Day”. Designed by iNurture Education Solutions, Bengaluru, the programme will help the Indian youth to keep up with the future trends. Nishank said, […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the issue of the ongoing farmers’ protest, in the wake of the Supreme Court order staying the implementation of the three farm laws and setting up an expert committee […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the three controversial farm laws and formed a four-member committee to take over negotiations with the farmers on the impact of these laws. On Monday, the top court had indicated that it may appoint a retired Chief Justice on the committee […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) A gangster, active in eastern UP and wanted in two separate heinous murder cases of Varanasi and Lucknow, was apprehended in the Shahbad Dairy area and a pistol and a live cartridge seized from him, police said on Tuesday. Girdhari alias Kanhaiya Vishwakarma was arrested on Monday after a secret […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) With the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the flagship crop insurance scheme of the Narendra Modi-led government, completing five years of operation, the Central government has urged the farmers of the country to take advantage of the scheme by associating themselves with it to become self-sufficient in times of […]

Ottawa, Jan 12 (IANS) Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Industry Minister and senior-most among the four ministers of Indian origin in the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, suddenly resigned on Tuesday, citing family grounds for his decision. Bains, 43, who is very close to the Prime Minister and was instrumental in winning many seats for his […]

Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Family members of VIIth Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan have urged the government of India to resolve the Nizam Jewellery Trust income and wealth tax issue pending for last 26 years. Nizam’s grandson Najaf Ali Khan told IANS on Tuesday that he has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to […]

Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Family members of VIIth Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan have urged the government of India to resolve the Nizam Jewellery Trust income and wealth tax issue pending for last 26 years. Nizam’s grandson Najaf Ali Khan told IANS on Tuesday that he has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to […]

Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Family members of VIIth Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan have urged the government of India to resolve the Nizam Jewellery Trust income and wealth tax issue pending for last 26 years. Nizam’s grandson Najaf Ali Khan told IANS on Tuesday that he has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to […]

Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Family members of VIIth Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan have urged the government of India to resolve the Nizam Jewellery Trust income and wealth tax issue pending for last 26 years. Nizam’s grandson Najaf Ali Khan told IANS on Tuesday that he has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to […]

By Rohit VaidNew Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The country’s civil aviation sector swung into action on Tuesday for providing expeditious logistical support to the roll-out of India’s mega anti-Covid vaccination drive. Accordingly, the operation conducted seamlessly all across the country commenced from Pune, the base of Serum Institute of India, manufacturers of the Covishield vaccine. […]

Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) Political fissures appear to have developed in the Goa cabinet over the construction of a much-delayed IIT-Goa campus in North Goa’s Valpoi assembly constituency, even as tremors of an old rivalry between Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane appear to be felt again in Goa’s political scape. Sawant […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against a Bengaluru-based doctor identified as Abdur Rahman aka Dr Brave in connection with a probe into the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) module case. The Central agency has alleged that the doctor got radicalised and travelled to Syria in 2013. […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Women will be inducted as pilots in the Army Aviation Corps from next year, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday. Till now, women are only part of ground duties in the Army Aviation Corps. Women pilots would be flying helicopters to forward locations and be part […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The committee constituted to make the Television Rating Points (TRPs) of TV channels more transparent, submitted its report to the Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday. Javadekar said his ministry would take further action only after studying the detailed report, adding that such an arrangement would […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Centre and states on a plea by All India Shiromani Singh Sabha, a Sikh organisation, seeking a uniform and non-arbitrary implementation of policy for declaring Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary as a public holiday. Senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing the […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday questioned the impartiality of the members of a Supreme Court-appointed panel and reiterated that the three new central farm laws be instead withdrawn and direct talks by the Prime Minister with protesters. The Chief Justice had mentioned the names of agricultural experts Ashok Gulati, Dr Pramod […]

Dharmavaram (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 12 (IANS) A 20-year-old woman was arrested in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district on charge of fatally stabbing her boyfriend while riding pillion on his motorcycle, police said on Tuesday. The crime occurred around 7 pm on Monday at Dharmavaram village, around 75 km north-east of Bhimavaram, while the two were […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) There has been no withdrawal of Chinese troops from the Ladakh frontier and the ground situation remains the same, said Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday, stating that reports of Chinese soldiers’ movement from depth areas has no relation to the deployment on the Line of Actual […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) As many as 2.64 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine, which landed in Delhi earlier on Tuesday, later reached the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH), Delhi’s only vaccine storage facility, officials told IANS. The hospital has received the first consignment of ‘Covishield’ vaccine which arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday that Pakistan continues to embrace terrorism as an instrument of state policy. “Pakistan continues to embrace terrorism. We have zero-tolerance for terror. We reserve our right to respond at a time and place of our own choosing and with precision. […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Three members of a family, the mother, daughter and son, have been arrested by Delhi Poice for targeting an elderly jeweller and fleeing with a jewellery box by diverting his attention. The incident was captured in CCTV camera and the footage helped the police nab the offenders. The incident took […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Once dominated by former matinee idols like late MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalitha or DMK’s writer-politician M Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu politics is likely to miss the star power in the 2021 Assembly elections. The reason: The death of Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi since the last Assembly elections in May 2016. ‘Dithering’ […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Tuesday staged a protest outside the residence of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar against the three farm laws. Hundreds of activists led by the youth wing chief, Srinivas B.V., raised slogans against the government and demanded the repeal of the three farm laws. […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Even as the revamp of Old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk is in full swing, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed BSES, MTNL, North MCD and other authorities to either comply with the order of removing hanging wires and cables in the area, or face contempt action which would be initiated […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Indian Army is ready for a long haul along the Line of Actual Control but hopes for an amicable solution in the nine-month-long standoff with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday. “We are prepared to hold our ground where we […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Khalistan supporters have infiltrated the farmers protest against the three farm laws. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian told the AG that if there is infiltration […]

Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 12 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has developed an anti-land mafia software called ‘Dhara’. The software will help in the prevention of duplication of revenue records, which will prevent manipulation of records by officers. Based on GIS, the software will include all the land of gram samaj, ponds, grasslands, green-belt, including […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Farmer leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to suspend the three farm laws but said they will not leave the protest site till the three laws were repealed. Speaking to media after the Supreme Court order, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said, “Our protest will continue. […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Amazon has filed an appeal before Delhi High Court against the order dated December 21 passed by Justice Mukta Gupta in the case pertaining to Future Retail. “The learned Single Judge made certain prima facie observations on the merits of the Appellants case in the arbitration proceedings which are inconsistent […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Centre, through the Delhi Police, have filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, seeking an order of injunction restraining anyone to conducting any protest march either in the form of tractor/trolley/vehicle march or any other mode in the national capital on the Republic Day. The Centre said it has […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday and asked him to ensure the best medical treatment for Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, who was seriously injured after his car hit a tree in Ankola in Karnataka on Monday night. Naik’s wife and […]

Dehradun/Visakhapatnam, Jan 11 (IANS) Swamy Swatmanandendra Saraswati, a monk at the Visakha Sri Saradapeetham (SSP), met Uttarakhand chief secretary Om Prakash on Monday to offer the Visakhapatnam-based spiritual centre’s services for the forthcoming Kumbh Mela on Monday. “SSP made elaborate arrangements for the pilgrims going to Haridwar for the Kumbh Mela,” said a statement from […]

Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) The Democrats on Monday asked Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove outgoing US President Donald Trump from office, otherwise they will go ahead with the unprecedented second impeachment of Trump in the last few days of his term. Even as the Democrats unveiled a single article […]

By Jeemol UnniKamal Hasan’s political party in Tamil Nadu promised salaries to housewives as part of its electoral campaign. And the idea was welcomed by Congress politician Shashi Tharoor. Today, the media is also celebrating the longest flight and the first from San Francisco to Bengaluru manned by an all women crew of pilots and […]

By Sanjay KumarWith the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the countrys economy hard, preparation of the Union budget for the next fiscal is a big challenge for the government this time. To set a course for economic recovery, the government needs funds to invest in the infrastructure and social sectors. Due to a slow-down in the economy, […]

By Atul AnejaNew Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Amid escalating attacks on Chinese projects in Pakistan, the brutal killing of 11 Hazara coal mine workers by the Islamic State (IS) terror group may have focused on Bostan, the site chosen for a Special Economic Zone under the second phase of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). […]

Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) Globally-renowned astrophysicist and mathematician Shashikumar M. Chitre – who was a contemporary of the legendary Stephen Hawking – passed away at a private hospital here on Monday after a brief illness. He was 84. A resident of Andheri, he is survived by his wife Suvarna, sons Yatin and Yohan and grandchildren. […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court directing a probe into the allegations of a telephonic conversation between one of its former judges and a suspended trial court magistrate. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Amid the border dispute with China, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria on Monday reviewed operational preparedness and the status of deployed forces at the Indian Air Force bases in the forward areas of Ladakh. His visit came at a time when Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat is on […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has shifted an arrested Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department Junior Engineer arrested in a case of sexual exploitation of children to Delhi for certain medical tests at AIIMS, sources said on Monday. The CBI had arrested Ram Bhawan in November 2020 on charge of sexually […]

Silchar (Assam), Jan 11 (IANS) BJP’s national President J.P. Nadda said on Monday that the saffron party has been winning all the elections in the country from Jammu and Kashmir to Telangana, and it would return to power in Assam once again with 100 plus seats in the upcoming state Assembly polls due in April-May. […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday will pronounce its order on a bunch of petitions opposing the three farm laws and also the petitions seeking removal of the protesters from various Delhi borders. A bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde and comprising Justices A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 11 (IANS) Kerala-based jeweller Bobby Chemmaur, who had brought football legend late Diego Maradona to Kerala for inaugurating his jewellery showroom, is again in the news for participating in a bid to buy a Rolls-Royce Phantom car used by outgoing US President Donald Trump. Speaking to IANS, Chemmanur said, “Yes, we are participating […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Monday vehemently opposed the Supreme Court’s insistence to put the implementation of the farm laws on hold. The A-G said more than 2,000 farmers have entered into contract under the laws and a stay will lead to heavy losses for them. A bench headed by […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Indian Navy will hold a two-day biennial pan-India coastal defence exercise ‘Sea Vigil-21’ from Tuesday to review its coastal security preparedness. The exercise, which was first conducted in January 2019, will be undertaken along the entire 7,516-km Indian coastline and its Exclusive Economic Zone and involve 13 coastal states […]

Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 11 (IANS) The police in Andhra Pradesh’s east Godavari district ‘bound over’ 912 persons, registered 296 FIRs and seized 638 cock knives as part of their efforts to crackdown on illegal activities during the festival of ‘Makar Sankranti’. “So far 296 FIRs were registered in which 912 persons were ‘bound over’ […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Congress on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s observations on the three farm laws while hearing a bunch of petitions, and demanded that the government should repeal the contentious laws. Speaking to IANS over phone, Congress Lok Sabha MP and former Union minister Manish Tewari said, “The Supreme Court should […]

Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh), Jan 11 (IANS) In a shocking incident, an iron rod was inserted in a widow’s private part by three men in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, leaving her seriously injured, police said on Monday. The three accused have since been arrested. The woman is admitted in a Rewa hospital in a serious […]

Kohima/Imphal, Jan 11 (IANS) The two-week long wildfire in Dzukou Valley on Nagaland-Manipur borders has been doused, and no fresh fire or smoke was visible on Monday, officials said. Kohima District Deputy Commissioner Mohammed Ali Shihad A said that a coordination cum de-briefing meeting was held in connection with the Dzukou Valley wildfire and the […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Congress demanded that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resign in wake of the police using force against farmers who were protesting against the farm laws in the state’s Karnal on Sunday. Addressing a press conference here, Congress’ state chief Kumari Selja said: “The Chief Minister should resign as […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Amid the border dispute with China, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat is on a two-day visit to eastern Ladakh to assess and review ground requirements of the force deployed at forward locations in freezing temperatures. He will be briefed by 14 Corps commander and other commanders on the […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Amid the raging debate over the upcoming WhatsApp data policy and the surge in migration of its users on rival messaging apps, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Monday said there is no comparison with Signal as the company offers a feature-rich social media platform with super encryption. WhatsApp users in […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 11 (IANS) Commander Abhilash Tomy — who created history by becoming the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe and only second Asian to do so — has taken voluntary retirement from the Indian Navy and is now eying participation in the Golden Globe Race 2022. “I had sought voluntary retirement from the Indian […]

Nur-Sultan, Jan 11 (IANS) An exit poll revealed on Monday that Kazakhstan’s ruling Nur Otan Party has secured 71.97 per cent of the vote cast during Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The Ak Zhol Democratic Party grabbed 10.18 per cent of the vote, followed by the People’s Party of Kazakhstan with 9.03 per cent, according to the […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Domestic steel prices defied predictions and ascended through the December quarter as three tailwinds converged — high global prices, tight domestic supply on account of iron ore shortage, and healthy demand growth, Crisil research report said on Monday. Accordingly, steel makers have raised the prices of benchmark hot-rolled coils (HRC; […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Congress on Monday said that the Supreme Court should stay the operations of the three farm laws and hear the Constitutionality of these laws as it has an impact on 65 per cent of the country’s population. Speaking to IANS over phone, Congress Lok Sabha member and former Union […]

Dubai, Jan 11 (IANS) Many Indian expats who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to airport closures while they were on their way to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have finally returned to the designated destinations with some taking buses to Riyadh, a media report said. Around 600 Indian expats from Saudi and […]

Brisbane, Jan 11 (IANS) A three-day lockdown imposed in Australia’s third largest city of Brisbane will be lifted after no new locally acquired Covid-19 cases were recorded over the weekend, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk revealed on Monday. The lockdown was introduced in response to a hotel quarantine worker testing positive for a new and more […]

Rae Bareli (UP), Jan 11 (IANS) Ink was thrown on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti here on Monday while he was going to inspect some government schools. Bharti was involved in a heated argument with police officials over his visit when an alleged right-wing activist threw ink on him. The AAP leader had […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The farmer agitation on the borders of the national capital entered the 47th day on Monday as the farmers have taken to the streets protesting against the three central farm laws. But now all eyes are glued on the Supreme Court which would conduct a hearing on various pleas related […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Hearing petitions challenging the new farm laws as well as the ones related to the ongoing agitation at Delhi borders, the Supreme Court on Monday said ‘it will stay the implementation of the farm laws if the government did not do it’. Chief Justice said, “We will stay implementation if […]

Prayagraj, Jan 11 (IANS) Saints and seers, setting up their camps in five sectors of the Magh Mela, have restricted the numbers of their devotees staying inside camps. This step has been taken to ensure social distancing and help the district administration in following the safety protocols for Covid. Swami Vinayak Baba said: “I have […]

Jaipur, Jan 11 (IANS) Rajasthan police have arrested one a man on charges of working as an agent of Pakistani intelligence, officials said here on Monday. Satyanarayan Paliwal, resident of Jaisalmer village Lathi, has been arrested by the Special Branch of CID in Rajasthan on espionage charges, confirmed Additional Director General of Intelligence Umesh Mishra. […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Indian authorities on Monday released a soldier of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), who was apprehended for crossing the disputed border in Eastern Ladakh. “The PLA soldier who had been apprehended on January 8, was handed back to China at Chushul – Moldo at 10.10 a.m. today,” said a senior […]

Lucknow, Jan 11 (IANS) The Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) in Lucknow has formed a team of scientists to visit Prayagraj, Kaushambhi and other areas that are a part of the guava producing belt, to find out the reasons that have led to the failure of the winter crop of the fruit. Prayagraj, Kaushambhi, […]

Lucknow, Jan 11 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to establish IT and Software Technology parks in all divisions across Uttar Pradesh. According to Additional Chief Secretary of IT and Electronics, Alok Kumar, under the state’s IT and Start-up policy of 2017, the state government will set up IT parks in all divisions of […]

Baghpat (UP), Jan 11 (IANS) The carcass of leopard has been found near railway tracks in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district. Officials suspect that the leopard was hit by a train. This is the third leopard death in the region in a month’s time. Kalyan Singh, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Baghpat, said: “The leopard was […]

Gorakhpur, Jan 11 (IANS) A special Khadi fashion show will be the centre of attraction at the Gorakhpur Mahotsav, scheduled to be held on January 12 and 13. Clothes designed by renowned designers like Asma Hussain, Runa Banerjee and Rupika Rastogi Gupta will be showcased by model Dimple Patel at the show which will be […]

Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 11 (IANS) A Class 12 student allegedly shot herself with an unlicensed revolver after she was scolded by her mother for not studying. The girl was rushed to a private hospital where she succumbed during the treatment. The incident took place in the Bajpur Maan village under Mundha Pandey police station […]

Nur-Sultan, Jan 11 (IANS) Kazakh voters headed to parliamentary polls, with five political parties vying for seats in the Majilis, or the lower chamber of the parliament. According to the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan, a total of 10,060 polling stations have been set up at home and abroad. Polls open from 7 a.m. to […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Delhi Police Special Cell arrested a notorious criminal Attaur Rehman (29) near Chattarpur Pahari here at around 9.40 p.m. on Sunday after a shootout. He was shot in leg by the police team in retaliatory fire. One semi-automatic pistol of .32 and five live cartridges have been recovered from Rahman, […]

Ulhasnagar (Maharashtra), Jan 10 (IANS) At least three shop staff, including the owner, were injured when a gang of four opened fire in a daring daylight heist at a jewellery shop in Ambernath town in Thane district on Sunday afternoon, police said. The four persons, who came on two motorcycles, looted the prominent jewellery shop, […]

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 10 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday recalled killings, rape and genocide by the Pakistan Army and their auxiliaries in the 1971 Liberation War period and expressed gratitude to “friend in deed” India as she laid out the path ahead for the country in the “spirit of Bangabandhu Sheikh […]

New Delhi/Bengaluru, Jan 10 (IANS) The much-awaited cabinet expansion would take place soon, hinted Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa after meeting the ruling BJP’s national leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Sunday. “There was a detailed discussion on cabinet expansion. You will get good news soon,” Yediyurappa told reporters after […]

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 10 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has cancelled freedom fighter certificates of 52 persons, including Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s fugitive killer Risaldar (suspended) Moslehuddin Khan, Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq said on Sunday. A gazette notification was issued on January 5 cancelling their certificates, Huq told IANS, adding that […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Minimum temperature is very likely to fall gradually by three-four degree Celsius during next three-four days, causing isolated cold wave conditions over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and north Rajasthan on January 12 and 13, the IMD said on Sunday. Prevalence of dry north or northwesterly winds over most parts of […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) With their next round of talks with the Centre fixed for January 15, leaders of different farmer organisations on Sunday discussed their strategy to intensify their protest further and other related issues. The protest by farmers on Singhu, Tikri and Gazipur entry points on Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Adopting the principle of ‘Safety first, exams later’ during the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to conduct the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) examination on January 31, and allot candidates examination centres located near their houses. The candidates across the country appearing for […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Budget airline GoAir has sacked a pilot for posting derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. The spokesperson of the airline also said that it does not associate itself with personal views expressed by any individual or an employee. “GoAir has zero tolerance policy and it is mandatory […]

Karnal (Haryana), Jan 10 (IANS) Hundreds of protesting farmers indulged in vandalism and violence at a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ event near here on Sunday, just ahead of the arrival of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, forcing authorities to cancel the event. As the farmers barged into the event venue, they broke through the barricades put […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the valedictory function of the second National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) on Tuesday, an event to hear the voice of youth between 18 and 25 years of age, who are allowed to vote and will join various careers in the coming years, including public […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Expressing deep grief over the loss of over 60 lives in a plane crash in Indonesia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India stands with Indonesia in this moment of grief. “Deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate plane crash in […]

Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) After the annual review of state VVIP security, Maharashtra’s Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Sunday enhanced protection cover to a few, and reduced or withdrew it for many, even as senior leader Sharad Pawar sought reduction of his security. From the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the security cover of several […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Bitcoin represents a legitimate alternative to gold for risk averse capital looking for a store of value, according to Christopher Wood of Jefferies. In his note to investors which runs under the title, Greed and Fear, Wood said Bitcoin was up 305 per cent for the whole of 2020. It […]

Bengaluru, Jan 10 (IANS) About 1,100 farmers in Karnataka signed an agreement to sell their paddy directly to Reliance Retail, arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), above the minimum support price (MSP) through an agro-based company at Sindhanur in the state’s northern region, an official said on Sunday. “On behalf of 1,100 farmers, who are […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The opposition seems divided while taking on the government on the issue of farmers as it has not been able to corner the government despite farmers protesting at the Delhi borders for the past 45 days. While when Anna Hazare sat against the then UPA government the BJP cornered the […]

Amaravati, Jan 10 (IANS) Amid another stand-off between the Andhra Pradesh government and the State Election Commission (SEC) on the holding of panchayat elections, opposition TDP on Sunday urged Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan to intervene in the matter. Former Minister and senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Y Ramakrishnudu said that the SEC has the right […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Congress has accused the BJP of displaying “stubborn and arrogant attitude” on the three new central farm laws and asked it to shun such behaviour and repeal these laws, as demanded by the farmers. Rahul Gandhi tweeted an old video clip of him speaking on the agrarian issues in […]

Lucknow, Jan 10 (IANS) In order to safeguard the rights of both the landlord and the tenant, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to bring out a legislation which will prevent a dispute between the two parties in the future. The draft ordinance titled ‘Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Ordinance, 2021’ has been […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Prominent office bearers of the BJP have launched a frontal assault against the big tech companies and social media platforms calling for their regulation after US President Donald Trump was deboarded from Twitter and Facebook. BJP Yuva Morcha President and Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya said in a tweet, “If […]

Karnal (Haryana), Jan 10 (IANS) Hundreds of protesting farmers indulged in vandalism at a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ event near here on Sunday, just ahead of the arrival of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, forcing authorities to cancel the event. As the farmers barged into the event venue, they broke through the bamboo barricades put up […]

By Arun KejriwalMarkets were struggling after four days of trading last week, but Friday turned the tables and saw a very sharp rally. They ended the week with gains of around two per cent. BSESENSEX gained 913.52 points or 1.91 per cent to close at 48,782.51 points while NIFTY gained 328.75 points or 2.35 per […]

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 10 (IANS) A student of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been shot dead, police said on Sunday. The deceased Atif, a second-year BA student, was returning home on a two-wheeler with his friend late on Saturday night in the Quarsi police circle area, when the assailants opened fire. Atif fell […]

BY VISHAL GULATIPong Dam (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 10 (IANS) Nestled in the sylvan surroundings of the Kangra valley in Himachal Pradesh, the Pong Dam wetlands in the foothills of the Himalayas are normally agog with flapping of feathered guests each winter. Its silvery green waters, verdant forests, shrubbery islands, grassy swamps and aquatic life make […]

Karnal (Haryana), Jan 10 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s home constituency Karnal on Sunday with the police firing teargas shells and using water cannons to disperse farmers, who had gathered there to oppose the holding of ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ aimed at highlighting the benefits of the three Central farm laws. Heavy […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly objected the new WhatsApp privacy policy through which all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information of a person who is using WhatsApp will be acquired by it and can be used for any purpose by […]

Dabur India – BuyRecommendation by Edelweiss Financial Services In CY21 too, Dabur would remain a strong volume growth story considering: i) addition of new consumers to Health portfolio in the wake of the pandemic; ii) worst is behind for Fruit Juices and other segments impacted by the lockdown; and iii) an impressive innovation funnel (PET […]

Nur-Sultan, Jan 10 (IANS) Kazakh voters headed to parliamentary polls on Sunday, with five political parties vying for seats in the Majilis, or the lower chamber of Parliament. According to the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan, a total of 10,060 polling stations have been set up at home and abroad, Xinhua news agency reported. Polls […]

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 10 (IANS) Call it a love for his mother tongue ‘Hindi’ or his passion to invent something new that a school drop out, a carpenter by profession, turned into a Wikipedia editor and wrote 1,800 articles for its pages using his humble old vanilla plain mobile’s keypad. Knowing no fullstops, he […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The CBI has arrested two persons in an ongoing investigation of a case related to the alleged sale and purchase of child sexual abuse material over Instagram and other social media platforms. The accused, identified as Neeraj Kumar Yadav, Kuljeet Singh Makan, were arrested on Friday and were remanded to […]

By Rahul KumarWith Bitcoin reaching a record high of US $40,000, there is fresh media attention on the whole crypto subject. Once called the riskiest asset is now the hottest and is regarded as the heir to the gold. The new enthusiasm from the younger investors is driving the rally. The asset has gained nearly […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Former Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University and a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Zafar Sareshwala believes that participation in the stock market is important for the growth of the country, however, educated youth and women in India are still hesitant. Keeping this in mind, the Gujarat-based […]

By N.B. HombalBengaluru, Jan 10 (IANS) Lakya Suryanarayana Tejasvi, better known as Tejasvi Surya, who is presently heading the ruling BJPs youth wing Bharatiya Yuva Morcha, is no novice in politics as from a very young age he had developed a taste for electioneering. Surya won his maiden Lok Sabha election from the Bengaluru South […]

Lucknow, Jan 10 (IANS) The basic education department in Uttar Pradesh has initiated an Open Education Resource (OER) platform that will take technology enabled learning to the next level and will assist teachers, parents and students with the simplified and localized content. Developed with the help of HCL Foundation, the platform ‘Vikalp’ caters to the […]

Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 10 (IANS) A man allegedly shot dead his newly married daughter over alleged infidelity in Fatehpur district. Police said the accused, Chandra Mohan Singh, was upset as the in-laws of his daughter Swati, 20, had accused her of continuing her illicit relationship with her alleged lover and had left her at […]

By Zafar AbbasNew Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Mahtab sinks into a chair with his 2-year-old child as the TV news channels play the news of the Covid vaccination dry run. He watches the news closely but soon gets uneasy and switches the channel. Sitting in his small accommodation in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar’s Okhla Vihar, he […]

Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 10 (IANS) A 55-year-old man was allegedly set on fire by his daughter and other family members after he objected to her affair with another man, said police. The victim, identified as Mohammad Aamir has succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the hospital on Friday night and his last rites […]

BY D.C. PATHAKIn a democratic state, Intelligence directly helps the political executive in exercising the sovereign power of securing the nation and its people against external and internal threats. In this context, Intelligence is reliable information about an impending ‘open’ attack of the enemy or a ‘covert’ offensive on our territory planned by an adversary. […]

By Sharon ThambalaAmaravati, Jan 10 (IANS) Going by the kind of statements and political speeches prominent leaders were giving in Andhra Pradesh, one has to sit up and take notice if the state is slowly going through a transition from a stellar secular polity into an unnecessary communal one. As a prominent state from the […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) News coming out of Pakistan has deeply embarrassed the Imran Khan administration. In a stunning revelation, former Pakistani diplomat Agha Hilaly admitted on a news television show that 300 terrorists had died in the Balakot airstrike on February 26, 2019. “India crossed the international border and did an act of […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner S.N. Shrivastava reviewed the Republic Day security arrangements and crime situation in Delhi on Saturday. He took stock of anti-terrorism measures for forthcoming Republic Day and also reviewed the law and order arrangements at farmers’ agitation at different points on the Singhu Border, Tikri border and Gazipur […]

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, A.K. Abdul Momen, on Saturday denied any knowledge of the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka lifting all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshis. “I have no knowledge of the Pakistan High Commission here lifting all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens,” Momen told IANS. The […]

Kohima/Imphal, Jan 9 (IANS) The 12-day long wildfire in the famous Dzukou Valley on Nagaland-Manipur borders is “almost controlled” as no fresh fire or smoke was visible on Saturday, officials said. Kohima District Deputy Commissioner Mohammed Ali Shihad A said that the fire fighters, including the Indian Air Force and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), […]

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Faced with an angry outburst not just from the Uyghur community but also prominent politicians, human rights activists and the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Twitter has finally removed a tweet from a Chinese government account justifying its genocidal policy in the Uyghur dominated Xinjiang […]

By Ranjit KumarAmid simmering military tensions between India and China over Ladakh, France has slammed Beijing, pointing out that Paris supports New Delhis security concerns including Kashmir. “Whether it be on Kashmir, we’ve been supportive of India in the security concern. We haven’t let the Chinese play any kind of procedural games. When it comes […]

By Quaid NajmiBhandara (Maharashtra), Jan 9 (IANS) In what is considered a shocking lapse, 10 infants were killed and another 7 were saved after a fire ravaged through the children’s ward of a government hospital here in the wee hours of Saturday. Shaken by the incident and the national outrage over the innocents’ deaths, the […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) National carrier Air India will operate its first flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru on Saturday. According to a statement issued by Air India, “The flight will be operated by an all women cockpit crew of Capt Zoya Aggarwal (P1), Capt Papagari Thanmai (P1), Capt Akansha Sonaware (P2) and Capt […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the best district on the scale of development in the ranking of districts released for the month of November 2020, according to the Programme Implementation Department of the Uttar Pradesh government. Baghpat MP and former Minister of State for Education Satyapal Singh took […]

By Quaid NajmiMumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) Exactly 13 years after the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) erected a massive bronze sculpture of a ‘charging bull outside its headquarters, the iconic Pheroze J. Jeejeebhoy Towers on Dalal Street on Saturday got another big bull. This time, the image is of a ready-to-charge ‘Zebu Bull’, with a pair […]