Active Covid cases in country dip to 3,001
India has recorded 124 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have decreased to 3,001 from 3,193, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,884 with two deaths which includes...
No relief for Manish Sisodia as Delhi High Court rejects interim bail plea
New Delhi: In a fresh setback for AAP leader Manish Sisodia, the Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant him interim bail in a money laundering case arising from the alleged excise policy scam, to attend to his...
Wrestlers resume duties in Railways, but say protest will continue
New Delhi: India's ace wrestlers -- Sakshee Malikkh, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia , who have been at the forefront of the protest against the country's wrestling federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, have resumed their duties in the Railways. Sakshee...
Veteran actress Sulochana passes away at 94
Mumbai: Noted actress Sulochana Latkar, known for her innumerable mother roles in Hindi and Marathi cinema, died on Sunday due to prolonged illness at a hospital in Mumbai, her grandson-in-law Parag Ajgavkar confirmed. She was 94. Sulochana, started her career in...
Sena, BJP will contest all polls together: Shinde
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest all future elections together, including civic polls. Shinde, whose Shiv Sena shares power with the BJP in Maharashtra, in a...
GoAir exit: Delhi-Pune fares jump from Rs 5000 to Rs 15,000
Indian carriers have started new flights on Go First's top routes to partly fill the void created by its exit. Nevertheless, spot fares on these routes have increased by as much as fivefold. Go First operated 52 flights per week on...
Odisha train tragedy: Was it a technical glitch or a human error?
New Delhi: After a crash involving three trains killed more than 280 people in Odisha last evening, questions are being raised about possible operational lapses that could have contributed to the tragedy. Between 6.50 pm and 7.10 pm on...
237 passengers killed, 900 injured in Odisha triple train crash
Odisha train accident: At least 237 people died and over 900 were injured in an accident on Friday, June 2, after a collision occurred between the Coromandel Express and the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express. The Coromandel Express operates between Bengal's Shalimar...
47 injured as Coromandel Express derails, collides with goods train in Odisha
At least 47 people were injured and several were feared dead as four coaches of the Coromandel Express derailed in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday evening, following which it collided head-on with a goods train coming from the opposite direction...
Indian Origin 8th Grader From Florida Who Won Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Florida, who correctly spelled the word “psammophile” has won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee, a prestigious contest where children of Indian origin have ruled the roost. Charlotte Walsh, also 14, from Arlington, Virginia,...
Farmers extend support to protesting wrestlers, to meet President
New Delhi: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the final decision on the issue of wrestlers' protest will be taken at a meeting in Haryana on Friday. The farmers and the khaps of Haryana have been extending support to...
Now, periodic table, democracy dropped from NCERT textbooks for Class 10
New Delhi: The periodic table, democracy, and sources of energy -- Class 10 students will no longer learn about these from their government-issued textbooks. Complete chapters on the subjects now stand deleted as a part of a "rationalisation" meant to...
Uddhav to attend Nitish-helmed Oppn meet in Patna
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will attend a meeting of key Opposition leaders convened by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on June 12, Thackeray's party leader Sanjay Raut said. Kumar has been meeting Opposition leaders in the...
BSNL wants to ring in 100mn 4G customers
State-run BSNL seeks to get 100 million customers to use its 4G service in the next 12-24 months as it rolls out the services across the country, Union Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw told Business Standard. Currently, there are about...
Justice Jamdar appointed as Acting CJ of Bombay HC
Mumbai: Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar was on Tuesday appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court as incumbent Chief Justice Ramesh Deokinandan Dhanuka demits office on Tuesday evening. According to a notification issued by the Department of Justice...
Maha Govt also to give Rs 6,000 to farmers in addition to Centre’s aid
Nagpur/Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday rolled out a new financial scheme under which more than one crore farmers in the State will be paid Rs 6,000 annually. The scheme, Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana, was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired...
Nagpur techie who went missing rescued from Karnataka forest
Mangaluru: A25-year old software engineer, who went missing in a forest range during a trek, has been traced by a team of local people and forest department personnel in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. Police said Paresh Kishanlal Agarwal, a techie...
Protesting wrestlers to immerse medals in Ganga River
New Delhi: India's top wrestlers, who have been protesting against BJP MP and chief of the country's wrestling federation Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accused of sexually harassing several women wrestlers, including a minor, on Tuesday said they will "immerse" their...
After Marathwada, Telangana CM Rao now focuses on Vidarbha region
Nagpur: After Marathwada, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), formerly known as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), is eyeing Vidarbha and has set up its office in Nagpur. To fulfil his national ambitions, Rao’s party has...
22 MLAs, 9 MPs want to leave Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, claims Vinayak Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Vinayak Raut on Monday claimed that 22 MLAs of CM Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena were upset and preparing to leave it and that 9 out of 13 MPs were in touch with Sena (UBT). Raut said...
HC: Sisodia may influence witnesses, no bail
Delhi High Court denies bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in CBI's case related to excise policy scam. HC says allegations against Sisodia very serious, possibility of witnesses being influenced can't be ruled out. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma pronounced the...
