Actor Surekha Sikri dies of cardiac arrest
National Award-winning actor Surekha Sikri has died in Mumbai at the age of 75. The actor was ailing for some time and had suffered a brain stroke in 2020 and a paralytic stroke earlier in 2018. The actors manager confirmed the news...
Rishabh Pant tests positive for COVID-19
Rishabh Pant has tested positive for COVID-19 in England and will not travel with the Indian team to Durham as it reassembles for next month's Test series. A BCCI source confirmed that Pant had tested positive and was in isolation for...
Piyush Goyal to be Leader of House in Rajya Sabha
Union minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the leader of house in Rajya Sabha, sources said on Wednesday. He will succeed Thawar Chand Gahlot who has been appointed the governor of Karnataka. The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry...
3rd Covid wave looks more real now: Report
Even though the second wave has ebbed, the increased presence of the Delta variant and the subsequent mutations of the coronavirus makes the third wave a real risk for the country, a foreign brokerage has warned. ...
Rehman belts out India’s Olympics song
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launches official song to cheer Team India -- 'Hindustani Way' by AR Rahman and Ananya for the Tokyo Olympics. "Let me thank Ananya & AR Rahman for taking the initiative. I want every Indian to listen...
PM meets new Cabinet ahead of Parl session
The new union cabinet meets at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, Prime Minister's official residence. The meeting comes ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which begins on July 19. The government is set to introduce 17 new Bills in the...
Motormouth Patole says Cong has strategy for 2024
Maharashtra Congress motormouth Nana Patole now says the decision to contest the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election alone will be taken by the party. "Like the Nationalist Congress Party took the decision in 2014, we have our own strategy," Nana...
Zomato IPO subscribed 36% in early hours
The initial public offering of food delivery platform Zomato opened on Wednesday, with more than 36 per cent of shares offered being subscribed in the initial hours. The offer received bids for 26.10 crore equity shares against an IPO...
No test for fully vaccinated flyers for Mumbai
Passengers flying to Mumbai, Maharashtra, who have received both the shots of COVID-19 vaccine will no longer need to carry negative RT-PCR test reports, the government said. Amid rising COVID-19 cases during the deadly second wave in the country, the Maharashtra...
BSF opens fire at flying object near border in J-K
Border Security Force personnel opened fire at a flying object after they spotted it near the International Border in the Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior official said on Wednesday. On the intervening night of July 13...
India’s Covid cases at 31,443, lowest in 4 monhts
India reports 31,443 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours; the lowest in 118 days. Recovery rate increases to 97.28%. India's active caseload currently at 4,31,315; lowest in 109 days. India recorded a huge jump in daily Covid deaths...
Cricketer Yashpal Sharma dead
Former Indian cricketer and 1983 World Cup winner Yashpal Sharma has died of massive cardiac arrest on Tuesday....
2 dead, 10 missing, 20 stranded in Himachal floods
As parts of Himachal Pradesh continue to receive heavy rainfall triggering devastating flash floods, at least two people have died, 10 are missing and 20 are stranded in different locations in Kangra district. As per the State Disaster Management Authority...
3rd wave might have set in on July 4: Scientist
A senior physicist, who was pro-vice chancellor of University of Hyderabad and has thoroughly analysed the COVID-19 pattern in India, said on Monday that the third wave appeared to have set in on July 4. Dr VipinSrivastava, who has developed a...
Lord Jagannath rath yatra begins amid Covid fears
The 144th annual rath yatra of Lord Jagannath began in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city on Monday morning, but it was devoid of the usual festive fervour and crowds due to the curfew imposed on its route to bar people from taking...
Maha sets panel to probe phone tapping allegations
The Maharashtra government has constituted a three-member committee headed by DGP Maharashtra to inquire into allegations of phone tapping by Congress leader Nana Patole. The committee set up on Friday and headed by Director General of Police Sanjay Pandey has been...
4 killed in car-truck collision in Akola
Photo for representation only Four men were killed as their car collided with a truck at a village in Akola district of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Friday, police said. The victims, who were residents of Malegaon tehsil in neighbouring...
PM take stock of oxygen availability today
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and as part of the country's preparation for a possible third wave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today chair a high-level meeting to review the augmentation and availability of oxygen across the county at 11:...
Maharashtra logs 9,114 new COVID-19 cases, 121 deaths; 8,815 patients discharged
Maharashtra has reported 9,114 new COVID-19 cases and 121 fatalities, which took its overall infection count to 61,31,976 and death toll to 1,24,296, a health department official said on Friday. These cases and deaths were reported on Thursday. As compared to Wednesday's...
47% of Mumbai got 1st vax dose despite shortage
India reports 43,393 new COVID19 cases, 44,459 recoveries, and 911 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Health Ministry. Total cases: 3,07,52,950 Total recoveries: 2,98,88,284 Active cases: 4,58,727 Death toll: 4,05,939 Total vaccinated: 36,89,91,222 (40,23,173 in last 24 hours). The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...
16 first-time MPs among 36 new inductees in Cabinet, Here’s the full list of new portfolios
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah is all set to take the additional charge as the Union Minister of the brand new Ministry of Cooperation, announced as part of the mega reshuffle of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet....
