Active Covid-19 cases in country decline to 11,542
India logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,30,44,280, while the active cases declined to 11,542, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,965 with...
3 coaches of Dadar-Puducherry train derail in Mumbai as Gadag express dashes it
Three coaches of the Dadar-Puducherry Express (train no 11005) derailed near Matunga station in Mumbai on Friday night after the engine of the CSMT-Gadag Express, going in the same direction, dashed it sideways, a Central Railway official said. So far there...
AAP Guj chief invites Hardik Patel to join party
Amid rumours of Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel quitting the party over infighting in the party, Aam Aadmi Party Gujarat chief Gopal Italia on Friday invited him to join a 'like-minded party' like his and said that Congress would...
Smoke, sparks from mobile cause panic on flight
An Indigo A320 Neo aircraft VT-IJV operating flight 6E-2037 (Dibrugarh-Delhi) reported smoke and spark from a passenger's mobile phone, said a senior DGCA officials. The fire was doused by cabin crew using cabin fire extinguisher. No passenger sustained any injury...
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hits Arunachal Pradesh
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted North of Pangin, Arunachal Pradesh on Friday at 6.56 am, informed the National Center for Seismology. The Earthquake was felt at 06:56 hours at 1176 km kilometres North of Pangin,...
Jaishankar meets UN chief Guterres, discusses Ukraine situation
External Affairs MinisterS Jaishankar on Thursday held a wide ranging discussion with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict as well as the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar. Jaishankar arrived at the...
4 terrorists killed in Shopian encounter; 2 soldiers die in road accident
Four Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday, while two Army personnel lost their lives as their vehicle met with an accident on the way to the site of...
Jaishankar arrives in New York, to meet UN Secy
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in New York following his visit to Washington DC and will meet United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday. India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador T S Tirumurti received Jaishankar on...
6 killed, 12 injured in fire at AP chemical plant
Six persons died in a fire accident in a chemical factory located in Akkireddygudem in the district and 12 others sustained burns, police said on Thursday. According to Rahul Dev Sharma,...
90 SpiceJet pilots barred from flying Boeing 737 Max aircraft
Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Boeing 737 Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained. 'For the moment, we have barred these pilots from flying the Max and they...
WHO monitoring ‘descendent lineages’ of Omicron
The World Health Organisation has said that it is continuing to monitor several descendent lineages of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, including two new sublineages that have additional mutations associated with potential 'immune escape characteristics'. The COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update,...
Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde suffers stroke, hospitalised
Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde was admitted to a hospital in the city after he suffered a 'stroke' on Tuesday, sources close to the Nationalist Congress Party leader said. "He did his work as per routine during the day. In...
India’s 1st bullet train to be operational in 2027: NHSRCL
Japan's high speed Shinkansen trains will be modified for Indian conditions like temperature, dust and weight before they are sent to India for the country's ambitious 'bullet train project'. Satish Agnihotri, Managing Director, National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)...
Made-in-India Dornier used in Alliance Air flight for first time
Alliance Air's made-in-India Dornier 228 aircraft was deployed for its first commercial flight on the Dibrugarh-Pasighat route on Tuesday with Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kiren Rijiju on board. Accompanied by senior government officers, Scindia and Rijiju boarded the flight at...
Fadnavis baiter sent to 14-day judicial custody
A special PMLA court in Mumbai on Tuesday sent Nagpur-based lawyer Satish Uke and his brother Pradeep to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case. The Uke brothers were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money...
BJP loses Varanasi in UP council poll, comes 3rd
The ruling BJP is headed for a big win in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council polls bagging Barabanki and Ayodhya and leading in most of the 27 seats, but lost Varanasi to an Independent candidate by a big margin. In...
Have Kirit Somaiya and son fled Maharashtra?
Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Tuesday said the state government will seek from the Centre the whereabouts of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, who enjoys 'Z' category CISF security cover and is facing a cheating case in Mumbai. The...
New York City to host first iftar in 2 years today
On Tuesday, New York City's Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit (CAU), the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes (OPHC), and The Center for Faith and...
Maha police books BJP workers for cash-for-votes
The police have registered a non-cognisable offence against some BJP workers for alleged distribution of cash in Kolhapur, where voting for the bypoll to Kolhapur North assembly seat is underway on Tuesday, an official said. However, local BJP functionary Sunil...
Ropeway mishap: 10 more rescued, 5 still trapped
Ten of the 15 tourists who remained trapped mid-air in cable cars connecting the Trikut Hills in Jharkhand's Deoghar district for about 40 hours were rescued by Indian Air Force choppers that resumed rescue operations early on Tuesday morning,...
Gujarat detects its first case of Omicron’s sub-variant XE
Gujarat reported its first case of XE, a sub-variant of Omicron, after a man from Mumbai tested positive for COVID-19 during his visit to Vadodara, an official said on Saturday. ...
