India logs 15,823 fresh Covid cases, 226 new deaths
India recorded 15,823 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,40,01,743 on Wednesday, while the national Covid recovery rate increased to 98.06 per cent, according to the Union health ministry's data. The death toll reached 4,51,189 with 226...
Tomato turns costly on tight supply
Tomato prices in retail markets of metro cities have shot up to Rs 72 per kilogram on tight supply due to unseasonal rains in key producing states like Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Among the metros, the maximum increase...
Will fight polls in Maharashtra on our own: BJP
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party chief Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday said the party will contest all coming elections in the state without any alliance. He was speaking to reporters after inducting former Parbhani district head of the Nationalist Congress Party...
Covid: No chief guest for RSS’ Vijayadashmi event
With protocols in place due to the situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has decided not to invite any guest for the annual Vijayadashmi address by its Sarsanghchalak for the second consecutive year. Just like last year,...
DCGI approves Covaxin for kids in 2-18 age group
Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin got DGCI's approval on Tuesday for usage on kids aged 2-18. This came after Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech had completed Phase-2 and Phase-3 trials of Covaxin in September on children below 18 years of age. The...
Terrorist behind street hawker killing gunned down
Three terrorists of The Resistance Front, including the one involved in the recent killing of a non-local street hawker in Srinagar, were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on...
‘Marathi-speaking’, man files police complaint over home sale deal refusal
A family in Mira Road area of Thane district has been booked for allegedly refusing to sell their house to a person who wanted to close a deal as the latter was Marathi-speaking, police said on Monday. A Naya Nagar police...
Conversion of Hindus for marriage is wrong: Bhagwat
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that conversions of young Hindu girls and boys are wrong and that there is a need to instil pride in their own religion and traditions in them. "How do conversions happen? How...
India’s Covid cases at 18,132, lowest in 7 months
India has reported a total of 18,132 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in over seven months (215 days), the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday. In the last 24 hours, 193 deaths were recorded in the...
Petrol, diesel prices rise for 7th consecutive day
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked across the country for the seventh consecutive day on Monday. Prices of petrol and diesel rise by Rs 0.30 (at Rs 104.44/litre) and Rs 0.35 (at Rs 93.17/litre) respectively in Delhi today. In Mumbai,...
Maharashtra bandh today over Lakhimpur violence
The three partners in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra have appealed to the people to wholeheartedly support Monday's state-wide bandh called by them to protest the killing of four farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri. The shutdown has been...
Terrorist behind J-K civilian killings gunned down
A terrorist involved in a recent civilian killing at Shahgund has been killed in the ongoing operation in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Monday. Kashmir Inspector-General of Police Vijay Kumar informed that the terrorist has...
Aryan Khan, other accused sent to Arthur Road jail
After a court refused him bail in a drug seizure case, Aryan Khan, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son, was sent to the Arthur Road prison here on Friday. Along with him, five other men arrested in the case too were...
MHT CET 2021 re-exam starts today; Check guidelines
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell will conduct the MHT CET 2021 re-exam from today, October 9 to 10. MHT CET re-exam 2021 is being conducted for the candidates who were unable to appear for their exam as...
Small plane crash at Atlanta area airport, 4 dead
A small plane crashed just after takeoff Friday afternoon from a suburban airport in a northeast suburb of Atlanta, killing all four people aboard, authorities...
US naval chief to visit India next week
India is one of America's "closest strategic partners" and the relationship between the two countries is a "stronghold" of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Chief of US Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday said on Friday, announcing his travel to India...
Amit Shah, LG Sinha to discuss spate of civilian killings in J-K
In the wake of targeted killings in Kashmir, Union home minister Amit Shah and Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha are likely to discuss the issue on Saturday, government sources said. The meeting is expected to take place in the...
3 men who travelled by air to carry out thefts nationwide held in Mumbai
Three people who used to take flights to allegedly carry out house break-in thefts (HBT) in various states of the country have been arrested by Mumbai police, an official said on Friday. The arrests came about after the Powai police here...
Priyanka’s Kisan Nyay rally in Varanasi on Oct 10
With the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that left eight people including four farmers dead becoming the focal point in the politics of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the Congress on Friday said it will take out a "Kisan Nyay" rally in Varanasi on...
Aryan Khan will be kept in quarantine cell in jail
Aryan Khan and other accused will be kept in a quarantine cell for 3-5 days in Arthur Jail, says Nitin Waychal, Superintendent of Arthur Jail. Earlier today the accused was brought to the Mumbai jail by the NCB. The court gave...
Passenger rush, mega chaos at Mumbai airport
The Mumbai airport witnessed chaotic scenes on Friday due to heavy passenger rush amid the festive season and airlines advised travellers to report early to allow sufficient time for security check. Many people took to social media to mention...
