CBI files fresh case against Lalu, raids 15 locations
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a fresh case against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fresh corruption case over alleged irregularities in recruitment during his tenure as Bihar chief minister. The central agency also carried ...
Active Covid cases in India dip to 15,419
India added 2,364 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,31,29,563, while the active cases declined to 15,419, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,303 with 10...
LPG price hiked again
Domestic cooking gas LPG price was on Thursday hiked by Rs 3.50 per cylinder, the second increase in rates this month. Non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 1,003 per 14.2-kg cylinder in the national capital, according to a price notification of...
Supreme Court grants bail to Indrani Mukerjea in Sheena Bora murder case
Mumbai: Former media executive Indrani Mukerjea as granted bail by the Suprmee Court in the case involving her daughter Sheena Bora’s murder. Mukerjea is facing trial for allegedly killing her daughter Sheena on April 24, 2012. She was arrested...
Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel quits party
Hardik Patel quits Congress. He has also resigned from all party posts. The maverick Patidar leader has been miffed with state party leaders over his role in the move to strengthen the local organization in the run-up to the...
Andaman and Nicobar Islands become COVID-free again
Andaman and Nicobar Islands became COVID-free again as the lone patient was cured of the disease, a health department official said on Wednesday. The patient was discharged on Tuesday, he said. "Earlier, the active case count in the archipelago...
Marital rape: Plea filed in SC against HC verdict
An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi high court's split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape on a batch of petitions challenging the exception in the law that exempts husbands from being...
Rajnath launches 2 indigenously built warships
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday launched two indigenously built warships 'Surat' and 'Udaygiri' at the Mazagon Docks in Mumbai. This is the first time that the two indigenously built warships have been launched concurrently, the Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders...
CBI team found nothing: P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said a CBI team searched his residence in Chennai as well as his official residence in Delhi but "found nothing and seized nothing". The former Union minister also said the "timing of the...
India aims for 6G telecom network in 8 years: PM
India is targeting the rollout of 6G telecom network, which will provide ultra high speed internet connectivity, by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. India currently has 3G and 4G telecom networks and...
1.48 million N Koreans suffering from fever
The number of persons suffering from fever in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea, has reached 1.48 million on Monday with around 269,000 more cases of fever, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Tuesday. Some 170,460...
Active Covid cases in India dip to 16,400
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections fell below 2,000 after 28 days taking India's tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,31,25,370, while the active cases dipped to 16,400, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A...
PM to launch 5G Test Bed project today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a programme marking silver jubilee celebrations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today via video conferencing. The Prime Minister will also release a postal stamp to commemorate the occasion. During the programme, Prime...
CBI raids P Chidambaram, son’s properties
Central Bureau of Investigation is conducting searches at multiple locations (residence and office) of Congress leaders P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram, in connection with an ongoing case. "I have lost count," Karti Chidambaram said on the number of...
SC to hear plea against Gyanvapi survey today
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea of the management of Gyanvapi mosque against the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The apex court will hear the matter amidst an important development...
Lashkar terror module busted in J-K, 7 held
The police and security forces in a joint operation busted a terror module of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba and arrested seven terrorists in Bandipora in Jammu and Kashmir, said the police. Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition recovered from their possession,...
Shivling claim unfair: Muslim Personal Law Board
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board has termed as "unfair" and an "attempt to create communal disharmony" the sealing of a pond in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex after it was claimed that a Shivling was found there during a survey. ...
Gyanvapi mosque: Area of Shivling to be sealed
Gyanvapi mosque survey: Varanasi court orders DM Varanasi "to seal the area where a 'Shivling' has been found and prohibit the entry of any person to the area. DM, police commissioner, police commissionerate, & CRPF commandant Varanasi responsible for security...
PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Lumbini temple
PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at the Mahamayadevi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti. PM Modi is paying an official visit to Lumbini on the occasion of Buddha Purnima at the invitation of the Sher Bahadur Deuba,...
‘Tujhko Mirchi Lagi To Me Kya Karu?’, Fadnavis’s reply to CM Thackeray
Mumbai: On Saturday, CM Uddhav Thackeray launched a scathing attack on the BJP and the leader of the opposition in the assembly Devendra Fadnavis at his Mumbai Rally. Yes, and to respond to those attacks, Fadnavis now held a 'North'...
Andrew Symonds dies in car accident in Queensland
Former Australian Test cricketer Andrew Symonds died in a car accident in Queensland, Australian media reported on Sunday. Multiple media outlets said Symonds, who was 46 and played 26 times for Australia, was involved in a single vehicle incident in Hervey...
