Prez praises India’s ‘super-human efforts’ against COVID-19
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appreciated the "super-human efforts" in containing the magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic in the country and said these are "worth emulating" by the wider world. In his address to the nation on the eve of...
Governor Koshyari asks Universities to observe Organ Donation Week
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked all universities in the State to organize ‘Organ Donation Awareness Week’ from August 13 to encourage more people to pledge their organs. The Governor has asked vice chancellors to observe the World Organ Donation Day...
Pranab Mukherjee continues to be critical: Hospital
. The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be critical and he remains on ventilator support, the Army's Research and Referral hospital said on Wednesday. He was admitted to the hospital in Delhi cantonment on August 10 and was operated...
3 arrested for raping minor in moving car
Three people have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a minor girl in a moving car on Mankhurd-Ghatkopar Link Road in Mumbai, informed the Mankhurd police on Wednesday. As per Mankhurd police, "A case of gang-rape of a minor...
Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray urges re-evaluation of Draft EIA Notification
Mumbai : State Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray has written to Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Prakash Javadekar, expressing his reservations regarding the Draft EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) Notification. Pointing out that the notification in its present form fails...
Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray seeks exclusion of Marki-Mangli II from coal block auction
Mumbai : State Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray has written to Union Minister for Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi requesting his intervention in halting the Marki-Mangli-II Coal Block Auction. He has urged the Union Minister to drop the auction of...
Pranab Mukherjee on ventilator after brain surgery
Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday underwent a brain surgery at Army's Research and Referral Hospital, and he tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the procedure, sources at the hospital said. The surgery was carried out for removal of a...
Rajnath to launch Atmanirbhar Bharat week today
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah' on Monday, an official statement said. The event will be held at 3.30 pm, the defence minister's office tweeted on Sunday night. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an 'Atmanirbhar...
Mortal remains of Captain Sathe reach Mumbai; funeral on Aug 11
The mortal remains of Captain Deepak Sathe, who was pilot-in-command of the ill-fated Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, were brought in a flight on Sunday afternoon. The funeral of Sathe, 58, who was a resident of suburban Chandivali...
17 killed after Air India jet breaks into 2 in Kozhikode
At least 17 people, including a pilot, were killed and others were injured when a Dubai-Calicut Air India Express flight with 190 passengers and crew on board overshot the runway in Kozhikode and fell into a valley, breaking into two...
16 killed as AI Express flight overshoots runway, breaks into 2 in Kozhikode
Sixteen people were killed and several others injured when a Dubai-Calicut Air India Express flight with 191 passengers and crew on board overshot the runway in Kozhikode and fell into a valley, breaking into two portions, on Friday evening, police...
Maharashtra: BJP makes booklet of 100 ‘inflated’ bills, will submit to energy minister Nitin Raut
MUMBAI: Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Friday released a small unique booklet -- which was a compilation of 100 'inflated' electricity bills received from aggrieved consumers across the state. The electricity bills have been compiled by former MP Kirit Somaiya,...
New Virus Alert: 7 Dead, 60 Infected in China, Tick Bite is Transmission Route
New Delhi: As the world is battling the COVID pandemic, reportedly originating from China, the country has now confirmed a new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus that has killed seven people and infected 60 others so far More than...
8 dead after fire at Covid hospital in Ahmedabad
Eight patients in the ICU ward of a private COVID-19 designated hospital died after fire broke out there on Thursday, a fire official said. Fire broke out at the Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad during the early hours of...
9 bricks laid down at Ram Mandir construction site
Nine bricks were laid down as part of the 'bhoomi pujan' at the site for Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday. Earlier during the 'bhoomi pujan', performed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a priest had explained the significance of the...
Bhoomi pujan ends, stage event to begin now
RamTemple 'Bhoomi Pujan' concludes. The stage event to follow shortly. PM Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Governor Anandiben Patel and President of Ram Mandir Trust Nitya Gopal Das will be on stage for the event. ...
Modi offers prayers at Hanuman Garhi temple
As per tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at the Hanuman Garhi Temple before proceeding to Ram Janmabhoomi site. UP CM Yogi Adityanath is also accompanying him. Before the 'Bhoomi Pujan', PM will plant a Parijat (night-flowering jasmine)...
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat arrives for bhoomi puja
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat with Uma Bharti at the Ram Janambhoomi site for 'Bhoomi...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan discharged from hospital
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was on Wednesday discharged from a Bhopal hospital after recovering from COVID-19, an official said. Doctors have advised Chouhan, who was in the hospital for 11 days, to be under home quarantine and...
Former Maharashtra CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passes away
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar has passed away in Pune. Nilangekar had tested COVID-19 positive last month but his reports from 2 days back came out negative. The cause of death is yet unknown. Nialgekar was a senior...
Ayodhya decked up for Ram temple ‘bhoomi pujan’
Every street in Ayodhya was seen illuminated with earthen lamps ahead of the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Ram Temple on Wednesday. People also lit diyas on the banks of Saryu river as part of the 'deepotsava' celebrations in the...
