Fire at west Delhi hospital, 20 newborns rescued
Twenty newborns were shifted to other medical facilities after a fire broke out at a hospital in west Delhi's Janakpuri area in the early hours of Friday, officials said. According to the fire department, they received information about the fire...
50% of Rs 2,000 notes in circulation have come back, says RBI
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday that 50 percent of the Rs 2,000 notes in circulation have come back, less than 20 days after their withdrawal was announced. The value of the notes that have been...
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%
RBI Monetary Policy Committee decides to keep repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent: Governor Shaktikanta Das....
BSF guns down Pak drone near Amritsar
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have shot down a Pakistani drone near the international border in Amritsar after it sneaked into the Indian territory, a spokesperson said on Thursday. In a separate development, troops of the border guarding force seized...
Two wagons of goods train carrying LPG derail in Jabalpur
Another day, another rail incident. Two wagons of LPG rake of a goods train derailed in Shahpura Bhitoni of Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, Railway officials said on Wednesday. According to the West Central Railway CPRO, the derailment took place while...
Alert Rajdhani driver averts major accident in Bokaro
A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand's Bokaro after a tractor crashed the railway gate near the Santhaldih railway crossing when the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (train no. 22812) was passing from there on Tuesday evening, a railway official...
CBI team at Odisha train crash site as Railways hints at “sabotage”
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday took over the investigation into the horrific 3-train crash on Friday in Odisha's Balasore that killed 278. The CBI probe team arrived at the accident site this morning and filed...
Amruta Fadnavis assured bookie of help just 48 hours after FIR: Chargesheet reveals new twist
Mumbai: Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, had promised a bookie she would speak to her husband to help him out if the cases registered against him were false, according to media reports citing a police chargesheet. According to...
Active Covid cases in country dip to 3,001
India has recorded 124 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have decreased to 3,001 from 3,193, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,884 with two deaths which includes...
No relief for Manish Sisodia as Delhi High Court rejects interim bail plea
New Delhi: In a fresh setback for AAP leader Manish Sisodia, the Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant him interim bail in a money laundering case arising from the alleged excise policy scam, to attend to his...
Wrestlers resume duties in Railways, but say protest will continue
New Delhi: India's ace wrestlers -- Sakshee Malikkh, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia , who have been at the forefront of the protest against the country's wrestling federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, have resumed their duties in the Railways. Sakshee...
Veteran actress Sulochana passes away at 94
Mumbai: Noted actress Sulochana Latkar, known for her innumerable mother roles in Hindi and Marathi cinema, died on Sunday due to prolonged illness at a hospital in Mumbai, her grandson-in-law Parag Ajgavkar confirmed. She was 94. Sulochana, started her career in...
Sena, BJP will contest all polls together: Shinde
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest all future elections together, including civic polls. Shinde, whose Shiv Sena shares power with the BJP in Maharashtra, in a...
GoAir exit: Delhi-Pune fares jump from Rs 5000 to Rs 15,000
Indian carriers have started new flights on Go First's top routes to partly fill the void created by its exit. Nevertheless, spot fares on these routes have increased by as much as fivefold. Go First operated 52 flights per week on...
Odisha train tragedy: Was it a technical glitch or a human error?
New Delhi: After a crash involving three trains killed more than 280 people in Odisha last evening, questions are being raised about possible operational lapses that could have contributed to the tragedy. Between 6.50 pm and 7.10 pm on...
237 passengers killed, 900 injured in Odisha triple train crash
Odisha train accident: At least 237 people died and over 900 were injured in an accident on Friday, June 2, after a collision occurred between the Coromandel Express and the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express. The Coromandel Express operates between Bengal's Shalimar...
47 injured as Coromandel Express derails, collides with goods train in Odisha
At least 47 people were injured and several were feared dead as four coaches of the Coromandel Express derailed in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday evening, following which it collided head-on with a goods train coming from the opposite direction...
Indian Origin 8th Grader From Florida Who Won Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Florida, who correctly spelled the word “psammophile” has won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee, a prestigious contest where children of Indian origin have ruled the roost. Charlotte Walsh, also 14, from Arlington, Virginia,...
Farmers extend support to protesting wrestlers, to meet President
New Delhi: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the final decision on the issue of wrestlers' protest will be taken at a meeting in Haryana on Friday. The farmers and the khaps of Haryana have been extending support to...
Now, periodic table, democracy dropped from NCERT textbooks for Class 10
New Delhi: The periodic table, democracy, and sources of energy -- Class 10 students will no longer learn about these from their government-issued textbooks. Complete chapters on the subjects now stand deleted as a part of a "rationalisation" meant to...
Uddhav to attend Nitish-helmed Oppn meet in Patna
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will attend a meeting of key Opposition leaders convened by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on June 12, Thackeray's party leader Sanjay Raut said. Kumar has been meeting Opposition leaders in the...
