Wednesday, July 24, 2024
CHANDIGARH — The Haryana government on Sunday ordered suspension of mobile internet and the bulk SMS services in Nuh district for 24 hours ahead of the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra that was marred by violence last year. Two home guards were killed...
21 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas alleging irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination and seeking its cancellation. As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a b...
21 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — The Union government on Sunday informed that a case of Nipah virus has been detected in Mallapuram district of Kerala and the patient succumbed to the disease. A 14-year-old boy from Mallapuram exhibited Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES...
21 Jul 2024
The presentation on July 23 will be the first Budget by the BJP-led NDA government since it was re-elected NEW DELHI — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to create history when she presents her seventh straight Budget on Tuesday for the fis...
21 Jul 2024
Rudraprayag —Three devotees died and eight others got injured in a landslide on the Kedarnath Dham trekking route in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district on Sunday, officials said. Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwa...
21 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Opposition parties drew the battle lines on the eve of Parliament’s Budget session on Sunday as they asked the government at an all-party meeting to allow discussion on a host of contentious issues such as the Uttar Pradesh govern...
21 Jul 2024
KOLKATA — There is a possibility of rejig in the Trinammol after the Martyrs Day programme on July 21 even after the party won the Lok Sabha and bypolls handsomely. “There is a possibility of an organisation rejig after the Martyrs Day programme ...
20 Jul 2024
MUMBAI — A woman was killed and at least three others injured when portions of a balcony and slab of an old building crashed near Grant Road station, here on Saturday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control said. The incident...
20 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Calling it a “gross and misleading overestimate”, the Union government on Saturday refuted claims of excess mortality during the Covid-19 pandemic in India, as stated in a study led by Indian-origin researchers from Oxford Universit...
20 Jul 2024
DHAKA — Around 1000 Indian students have returned to India through various land ports and regular flights out of Dhaka and Chittagong airports as the situation remains volatile in Bangladesh due to the ongoing student protests. The Ministry of Ex...
20 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced the centre and city-wise results for medical entrance exam NEET-UG, which is under the scanner over alleged irregularities. The results, which were initially announced on June 5, h...
20 Jul 2024
MUMBAI — Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon on Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said. The minis...
20 Jul 2024
BENGALURU — Coming down heavily on the opposition parties over allegations in connection with the multi-crore tribal welfare ‘scam’, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated that there is no link to his government. Addressing a pres...
20 Jul 2024
BENGALURU — The Mysuru district unit of the Congress met Police Commissioner Seema Latkar on Friday and filed a complaint against RTI activists Gangaraju and Snehamayi Krishna, who brought out the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allo...
20 Jul 2024
DIMAPUR — Dimapur Airport joined the list of airports across India and the globe that faced technical disruptions on Friday, as a massive outage in Microsoft systems wreaked havoc on airline operations. Passengers faced significant delays, with som...
19 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Friday notified the appointment of seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court as permanent judges and extended the term of two additional judges for a year. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Arti...
19 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — With demand for electricity in India expected to surge by a massive eight per cent this year, the world’s demand is rising at its fastest rate in years, driven by robust economic growth, intense heat waves and increasing uptake of tec...
19 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has applauded global defence giant Lockheed Martin’s commitment towards realising the vision of ‘Make in India, Make for the World.’ The CEO of Lockheed Martin, Jim Taiclet met Prime Minist...
19 Jul 2024
MUMBAI — In a major development, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said on Friday that it has initiated criminal proceedings against Maharashtra cadre (2023) IAS Probationary Officer Puja Khedkar for a series of irregularities perpetrated ...
19 Jul 2024
HYDERABAD — As many as 23 domestic flights were cancelled at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) on Friday due to Microsoft global outage. The disruption in IT services forced various airlines to cancel 12 depart...
19 Jul 2024
SRINAGAR — Citing environmental concerns and illegal activities, the Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday announced that no tents will be allowed in the popular tourist resort without proper permission. Gulmarg Devel...
19 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday morning, acknowledged forthcoming citizens with regard to sharing inputs for the upcoming ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast on July 28. Taking to X, the prime Minister said: “I’ve been gett...
19 Jul 2024
KOLKATA — A political slugfest erupted in West Bengal on Thursday over the state government notification on Wednesday on the formation of a seven-member committee to review the three new criminal laws. Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has already sought a...
18 Jul 2024
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare by 12 noon of July 20 the centre and city-wise results of NEET-UG 2024 while masking the identities of aspirants. As it strove to address the allegation...
18 Jul 2024
Gonda/New Delhi — Four people were killed and 20 injured when eight coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, officials said. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak told PTI four peopl...
18 Jul 2024
