IndiGo bars specially-abled child from boarding flight; DGCA begins probe
IndiGo barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in "a state of panic", following which the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has started a probe and asked the airline to...
Delhi reports 1,407 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths
Delhi reports 1,407 Covid-19 cases, two deaths; positivity rate at 4.72%. Total caseload at 1,892,832 including 1,860,698 recoveries, 26,179 deaths and 5,955 active...
IMD sounds heatwave alert for seven districts in interior Maharashtra
Mumbai The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) regional forecasting centre in Nagpur has sounded a ‘yellow’ category heatwave alert for seven districts in interior Maharashtra -- under the Vidarbha meteorological sub-division -- till May 11, including Nagpur, Wardha, Yavatmal, Washim, Akola,...
Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
In the latest curb on women's rights, the Taliban on Saturday issued a decree ordering the Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public. The decree was issued by Taliban chief Haibatullah Akhundzada and was later released by Taliban authorities...
J-K constable grievously injured in terror attack
Terrorists shot at and injured a police personnel in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Saturday, police said. The injured constable has been shifted to a hospital. "Around 8.40 am, terrorists fired at and critically injured Jammu and Kashmir Police constable...
Delhi to allow bars to serve liquor till 3 am
In a move aimed at making the nightlife more happening, the Delhi government has taken a policy decision to allow bars to serve liquor till 3 am, officials said on Friday. The government has issued necessary directions to the Excise...
PM urged to postpone NEET PG 2022 exam
Over 15,000 National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test 2022 aspirants on Friday submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging that the upcoming post graduate examination be postponed, education rights group said. The NEET PG 2022 is scheduled for May 21...
Fire breaks out at LIC office in Mumbai’s Vile Parle
A fire broke out at the Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) office in suburban Vile Parle on Saturday morning, an official said. The blaze erupted at 7 am on the ground plus two-storey structure located on S V Road in Vile Parle...
India’s leadership before PM lacked vision: Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said that due to the "wrong economic policies, corrupt governance and visionless leadership" post-Independence, the country suffered heavy losses, but with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, people are now talking about "self-reliant,...
Railways cancels passenger trains as power crisis worsens
The railways ministry halted more passenger trains on Thursday, reacting to the power crisis across India and days after the government said that it will not make such cancellations. With the latest, the total number of trips cancelled across northern...
Kedarnath Temple opens for devotees today
On the occasion of the opening of the doors of Kedarnath Dham, one of the country's 12 Jyotirlingas, thousands of devotees were present. The doors of the temple opened following years old traditional ritual of Vedic chanting. The temple has been...
4 terror suspects with explosives detained in Haryana
Four terror suspects have been detained along with explosives in Haryana's Karnal, said the police on Thursday. According to the police, three suspects are from Punjab's Ferozepur and one hails from Ludhiana. The accused have been identified as Gurpreet, Amandeep, Parminder...
India logs 3,275 new Covid cases, 55 deaths
India has logged 3,275 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday. With this, the active cases in the country now stand at 19,719, constituting 0.05 per cent of India's total Covid positive...
Delta biding time for another Covid wave: Study
The Omicron subvariants may burn themselves out in the next couple of months and there could be another outbreak of Delta or a different coronavirus strain this summer, according to a modelling study conducted in Israel. The finding, published...
Severe Covid infection can age you 20 years
Cognitive impairment as a result of severe Covid-19 is similar to that sustained with 20 years of ageing, between 50 and 70 years of age, and is the equivalent to losing 10 intelligence quotient (IQ) points, according to a...
ISRO plans mission to Venus in two years
After sending missions to the Moon and Mars, the ISRO is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system's hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid...
SpiceJet’s Max plane grounded after engine snag
A Boeing 737 Max aircraft of SpiceJet, which was headed to Durgapur from Chennai, had to return after one of the engines developed snag mid-air, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday. The Tuesday's incident was the second...
RBI hikes benchmark interest rates by 0.40 pc
The RBI's monetary policy committee has voted unanimously to increase the policy repo rates by 40 bps, to 4.40 pc, with immediate effect, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced on Wednesday. The RBI governor added that the central bank had announced...
Navneet Rana & Ravi Rana Granted Bail By Mumbai Special Court
A special court today granted bail to independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana in the Matoshree-Hanuman chalisa Row case. The Ranas were booked and arrested by Khar police station officials on April 23 for alleged offences of...
3,205 Covid cases in a day in mask-less India
Covid-19 tally. Single-day rise of 3,205 infections, 31 fatalities pushes India's Covid tally to 4,30,88,118 cases. There have been 5,23,920 deaths so far. The number of active Covid cases in India increase by 372 in 24-hour span to reach...
Security beefed up in Maha as Raj’s ‘deadline’ ends
Amid the tension caused by the loudspeaker row triggered by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, security was beefed up across Maharashtra to avoid any untoward incidents. Security was also heightened outside the Raj Thackeray's Shivaji Park residence. Raj has set May...
