Sidhu resigns as Punjab Congress chief
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said he has resigned as the party's Punjab chief. The cricketer-turned-politician shared the information about his resignation on his twitter handle. As desired by the Congress president I have sent my resignation , his tweet...
3 terrorists killed in encounter in Srinagar
Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Wednesday, police said. Acting on specific inputs about the presence of terrorists in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, the security forces had launched...
Back K’taka HC rejects plea to wear hijab in classroom
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by Muslim girl students seeking permission to wear the hijab in classroom. "We are of the considered opinion that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential...
BJP parliamentary party meeting to be held tomorrow
Bharatiya Janata Party's Parliamentary Party meeting will be held on Tuesday, sources said on Monday. The party has asked all its Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs to be present at the meeting. The second half of the Budget session...
RSS wants ‘Bharat-centric’ job models
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has called for "Bharat-centric" models of employment generation to strengthen the economy and achieve sustainable and holistic development. In the wake of several youth in the country facing unemployment, the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha...
Russia bombs apartment building in Kyiv
According to the Ukraine State Emergency Service, an apartment block in Kyiv was bombed early this morning, local time. Firefighters are putting out the fire in the 9-story apartment block on 20 Bohatyrska St. in the Obolon neighborhood, according to...
Sensex jumps 309.91 points in early trade; Nifty above 16,700
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged higher in the opening trade on Monday, helped by heavy buying in IT counters amid a mixed trend in Asian markets. Rising for the fifth straight session, the BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 309.91 points...
2,503 Covid cases in a day, lowest since May 2020
India saw a further dip in daily COVID-19 cases as 2,503 new infections were recorded, the lowest since May, 2020, while the active cases dipped to 36,168, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. With the fresh cases,...
Barack Obama tests positive for COVID-19
Former United States President Barack Obama has said he tested positive for the coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, Obama informed that his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, has tested negative. "I just tested positive for COVID. I've had a scratchy throat for...
France to start administering 4th Covid vax jab from Monday
France will start offering on Monday a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told daily Le Parisien in an interview published on Saturday. The...
Passenger falls ill, dies; plane makes emergency landing in Bhubaneswar
An Air Asia flight from Bengaluru to Kolkata on Sunday made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar after a passenger suddenly fell ill mid-air, an Airports Authority of India official said. The passenger, a resident...
7 killed as fire breaks out in shanties in Delhi
Seven people were killed after a fire broke out in shanties in northeast Delhi's Gokulpuri area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. A senior official of the Delhi Fire Services said information regarding the blaze near pillar...
Moved 12k troops along borders with Russia: Biden
United States President Joe Biden said he has moved 12,000 troops along the borders with Russia, such as Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania while asserting that Vladimir Putin will not be victorious in the war he has waged against Ukraine. Addressing...
Pak NSA questions India over ‘inadvertent’ missile launch
Pakistan's National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf on Friday questioned India's ability to handle sensitive technologies and called for an investigation into its "inadvertent" launch of a missile that landed in Pakistan. India on Friday said it accidentally fired a...
Pawar presents Rs 24,353 deficit State budget, GST amnesty scheme for 2.20 lakh dealers
20 lakh farmers who paid loans on time to get Rs 50,000 incentive. Rs 10,000 crore allocated in the budget Nagpur: Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday presented the Rs 24,353 State Budget for the fiscal 2022-23. Following are highlights of...
Indian students evacuated from Ukrainian city Sumy lands in Delhi
An Air India flight from Poland's Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy, landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said. The flight had taken off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm (IST) on Thursday and landed in...
Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE
Punjab Election Result 2022: CM Channi trailing from both seats—Chamkaur Sahib, Bhadaur.
Goa Election Result 2022: Reacting to the trends, Girish Chodankar, Goa Congress President said, “We are watching the result trends; People of Goa have voted for change.”
Manipur...
Counting begins, no question of EVM tampering: EC
Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner says the questions raised on an EVM in Varanasi was meant for training purpose. "The ADM's mistake was that he did not inform political parties about the movement of EVMs for training purposes as per...
India logs 4,575 new cases, 145 fatalities in 24 hours
India logged 4,575 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,75,883, while the active cases dipped to 46,962, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. ...
Russia declares humanitarian ceasefire for today
Russia has announced a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine for Wednesday morning for the evacuation of the civilian population, media reports said. Russia has declared a "silence mode" and is ready to provide humanitarian corridors from a number of cities, including Kyiv,...
HC grants bail to Azam Khan, but to stay in jail
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday granted bail to Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan in connection with a case of misusing official letterhead and seal. His plea for bail...
