RBI guv reiterates opposition to cryptocurrencies
The monetary authority on Wednesday again reiterated its strong views against cryptocurrencies saying they pose serious threats to the macroeconomic and financial stability of the country and also doubted the number of investors trading on them as well their claimed...
Eleven killed in road accident in Barmer
A truck collided head-on with a bus in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Wednesday, leaving 11 people dead and 22 others injured, police said. The accident occurred near Bhandiyawas village on the Barmer-Jodhpur National Highway and both vehicles caught fire following the...
MLC polls in 4 states on December 10: Election Commission
The Election Commission has announced that the biennial elections to fill several vacant seats in the Legislative Councils of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana will be held on December 10. The counting of votes will be held on December...
Sidhu wins: Punjab govt accepts AG’s resignation
The Punjab Cabinet has accepted the resignation of Advocate General A P S Deol and the post left vacant by him will be filled by Wednesday, said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in Chandigarh. State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has...
“Hydrogen Bomb Tomorrow,” Maharashtra Minister Warns Devendra Fadnavis
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who had teased a post-Diwali "expose" on state Minister Nawab Malik and his underworld connection, delivered on his promise today. In a tit-for-tat move, Nawab Malik promised to drop a truth bomb of...
Ex-Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, sculptor Sudarsan get Padma awards
Veteran sculptor Sudarsan Sahoo and former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan were among those given the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. Sahoo, who hails from Odisha, was...
Mamata announces Rs 10k-cr compensation package
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a compensation package of Rs 10,000 crore for the ones who would get displaced or affected in some way or the other due to the Deocha-Pachami coal mine project in Birbhum...
Governor Koshyari releases Diwali issue of Weekly ‘Vivek’
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari released the Diwali issue of weekly 'Vivek' 'Deepawali Visheshank' at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Tuesday (9 Nov). Chairman of Hindustan Prakashan Sanstha and senior journalist Ramesh Patange, Managing Director of the Badwe Group Shrikant Badwe,...
BJP worker shot at in Prayagraj
A Bharatiya Janata Party worker has been injured on Tuesday after he was shot at in the Phaphamau area of Prayagraj. Prayagraj Police, in an official statement on Tuesday, said, "BJP worker Ajay Sharma suffered bullet injuries in stomach and...
9 rescued from Mumbai house collapse
A house collapsed in Mumbai's Antop Hill area this morning. Nine persons were rescued and moved to a hospital, the Mumbai Fire Brigade...
India logs 10,126 Covid cases, lowest in 266 days
India logged 10,126 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 266 days, while the active cases dipped to 1,40,638, the lowest in 263 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, the country's...
Malik gets court notice for BJP leader’s defamation
A local court on Monday issued a process (notice) to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Mumbai BJP youth wing president Mohit Bharatiya, who alleged that the NCP leader defamed him and his brother-in-law...
BJP lawmaker breaks the law, does Chhath puja
BJP MP Parvesh Verma on Monday performed rituals and launched preparations for Chhath Puja at the Yamuna Ghat near the ITO in New Delhi despite a ban by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority to perform it on the river's banks....
Chhattisgarh: CRPF jawan shoots dead 4 colleagues
Four Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and three injured after their colleague shot them at a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday, a police official said. The incident occurred at around 3.30...
India logs 11,451 new COVID-19 cases, 266 deaths
India reported 11,451 fresh COVID-19 cases, 13,204 recoveries and 266 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry. Out of that, Kerala reported 7,124 cases, 7,488 recoveries, and 21 deaths. Active cases account for 0.42 per cent of...
Portals of Kedarnath, Yamunotri to closed for winter
The portals of Kedarnath and Yamunotri will close for winters on Saturday and remain shut for the next six months, informed Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board. The circuit of four ancient pilgrimage sites in Uttarakhand, including Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath...
Petrol price further cut by Rs 8 in BJP states
Petrol price has been further reduced by as much as Rs 8.7 per litre and diesel by Rs 9.52 in Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states and UTs -- from Ladakh to Puducherry -- as they matched the central government's announcement...
INDIA AND PAKISTAN EXCHANGE SWEETS ON OCCASION OF DIWALI ON THE LINE OF CONTROL
Srinagar: On the occasion of Diwali and as a gesture for promoting Peace, Harmony & Compassion in the true spirit of the festival, Indian and Pakistani Armies held a Flag meeting and exchanged sweets at Kaman Aman Setu, Uri &...
Modi to jawans at Nowshera: Proud of surgical strikes
India must enhance its military capabilities in line with the changing world and modes of war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday and noted that modern border infrastructure has been built to augment connectivity and troop deployment. Modi made the...
Govt cuts excise on petrol by Rs5, diesel by Rs10
On the eve of Diwali, Government of India announces excise duty reduction on petrol and diesel. Excise duty on petrol and diesel to be reduced by Rs 5 and Rs 10 respectively from Nov...
Anil Deshmukh case: Param Bir Singh has ‘no more evidence’
Mumbai,: In a fresh twist, Mumbai's former Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh has informed a government-appointed probe panel that he has no further evidence to share in the corruption allegations he had levelled against former state Home Minister...
