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Friday, December 31, 2021

The 45 Most Anticipated Games of 2022

2021 appears to be a promising year for gamers, with big titles set to launch during the year, including Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Hogwarts Legacy, Rainbow Six Extraction, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Elden...

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CES 2022 to Now End a Day Earlier Than Planned as Omicron Cases Surge

CES 2022 will now end a day earlier than planned, the organiser of the event said, after companies including Amazon and GM dropped out of attending in person due to Omicron concerns.

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Apple Faces CCI Antitrust Probe Over Alleged Abuse of App Market

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a detailed probe against Apple for alleged unfair business practices with respect to its App Store.

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How to Watch Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts in India, USA, UK, and Around the World

Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts releases New Year's Day, January 1, 2022 worldwide. You can watch it online on Amazon Prime Video in India, HBO Max in USA, Spain and Nordic, NOW TV, Sky Max and Sky...

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The Gadgets We Can't Wait to Buy in 2022

Happy New Year! The Gadgets 360 staff presents what's on their 2022 tech wishlist: iPhone 13s, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, MacBook Air M1 and Pro M1 Max, Apple TV 4K, along with Amazon Fire TV...

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OnePlus 10 Pro Launch Date Tipped by Official-Looking Teaser Video

OnePlus 10 Pro has been spotted in an official-looking teaser video, showing the smartphone's design including the rear camera module. The upcoming OnePlus 10 Pro will launch on January 11,...

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Thursday, December 30, 2021

New Year's Eve 2021 Celebrated by Google With Festive Doodle

New Year's Eve 2021 is being celebrated by Google with an animated doodle which features a festive popper and fairy lights. Additionally, Google is showing virtual confetti celebrations on its site...

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Huawei Says 2021 Revenues Down Almost 30 Percent Due to US Sanctions

Huawei, battered by US sanctions, expects 2021 revenue to have declined nearly 30 percent and predicted continued challenges in the New Year.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold, Note 10 Series to Get Stable One UI 4: Report

Samsung will be continuing to seed its stable One UI 4 update to more of its devices. According to a report, the latest ones on the list to get the new update are the first-gen Galaxy Fold and Galaxy...

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Tesla Recalls Nearly Half a Million Cars Over Safety Issues

Tesla is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rear-view camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing, the US road safety regulator said.

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Six Tablets for Working or Learning Remotely

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PlayStation Plus Free Games Announced for January

PlayStation Plus games for January 2021 include Persona 5 Strikers, Dirt 5, Deep Rock Galactic. These games will be available starting January 4. Users can also add three bonus PS VR games: The...

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge Price in India Teased Ahead of Official Launch

Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge price in India has been teased in a media interview ahead of its January 6 launch. The new model is claimed to be the fastest charging smartphone in the country and is confirmed...

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Samsung in Talks to Buy Alzheimer's Drug Maker for $42 Billion: Report

Biogen shares surged following a report that Samsung is in talks to acquire the US biotech company for more than $40 billion (roughly Rs. 2,98,170 crore).

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BGMI 'Login Failed' Error Prevents Some Gamers From Accessing the Game

Battlegrounds Mobile India users have been experiencing a "login failed" error, developer Krafton announced on Wednesday. The publisher is currently investigating issues faced by some users, who...

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Samsung, Micron Warn China Lockdown Could Affect Memory Chip Production

Samsung and Micron, two of the world's largest memory chip makers, warned that a COVID-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Xian could affect their chip manufacturing bases in the area.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Raises Over $337 Million in Fresh Funding

Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $337.4 million (roughly Rs. 2,515 crore) in equity financing, the rocket company disclosed in a regulatory filing.

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Market Fluctuations Drag Down Prices of Majority of Cryptos: Details Here

Bitcoin, Ether, Cardano, Ripple, and Polkadot have witnessed value dips in the last 24 hours whereas only a few cryptocurrencies including Tether and USD Coin have managed to beef up prices.

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PUBG: New State Anti-Cheat Update Will Tackle Gamers Playing With Cheaters

PUBG New State has implemented new measures to prevent cheating in the popular battle royale game. The anti-cheat system in the game has been updated to target players who intentionally play in a...

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Paris Hilton Enters Metaverse With 'Paris World' on Roblox

Paris Hilton has launched Paris World, a virtual world on Roblox, where visitors can explore digital replicas of her Beverly Hills estate and its dog mansion, stroll a boardwalk inspired by the neon...

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Ferrari Partners With Blockchain Firm Velas to Create Collectibles for Fans

Ferrari, the luxury automobile manufacturer, said on Monday that it has signed a multi-year accord with Swiss technology firm Velas Network to create digital content for its fans.

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AMD and P&G After Google and Microsoft Pull Out of CES Over Omicron Fears

AMD, Procter & Gamble, and Micro-Star International are among the latest companies to pull out of the CES event -taking place in-person in Las Vegas in January 2022 - over Omicron fears.

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iPhone 13 Users Demand Noise Cancellation Option Offered in Earlier Models

iPhone 13 users are demanding Apple to add a dedicated noise cancellation option that is available on earlier models. The iPhone maker has, however, not yet addressed the user demand.

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Watch the New Trailer for Robert Pattinson's The Batman

The Batman trailer #3 sets up Batman/ Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) and Catwoman/ Selina Kyle's (Zoë Kravitz) partnership as they attempt to bring the Riddler (Paul Dano) to justice. The Batman...

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Monday, December 27, 2021

Xiaomi 12 Series, Xiaomi True Wireless Earphones 3 Price Tipped

Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12X, Xiaomi 12 Pro prices have surfaced online ahead of their launch in China later today. The leak shows the price as well as the RAM and storage configurations of the three...

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Baidu Tests Metaverse Waters With New VR App XiRang

Baidu took its first steps into the metaverse industry with the launch of a virtual reality app, looking to test the waters in what is considered by many to be the next phase in the Internet's...

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Alibaba Pushed by China to Design Its Own Chips to Promote Self-Reliance

To help make China a self-reliant "technology superpower," the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world's biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its...

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OneWeb Launches 36 Satellites Into Orbit From Kazakhstan

OneWeb launched 36 communications satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, live broadcasts showed.

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How to Pre-Order PlayStation 5's Last Restock of 2021 in India

PS5 India December 28 restock - for the Rs. 49,990 Blu-ray PlayStation 5 - available at Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, GameLoot, Games The Shop, Reliance Digital, Sony Center ShopAtSC, and Vijay Sales.

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Lenovo Legion Y90 Gaming Smartphone to Launch on January 1

Lenovo Legion Y90, an upcoming gaming smartphone, will be launched on January 1, 2022.

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Sunday, December 26, 2021

Green Dominates Price Charts as Majority Cryptocurrencies Pump Up

While Cardano, Ripple, and Polkadot among majority cryptocurrencies rose in values, only a handful of them have registered losses as the year inches closer to its end.

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Microsoft Cancels In-Person Presence at CES 2022 Over Rising Omicron Cases

Microsoft said it will not participate in person at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, joining a list of companies opting not to have a physical presence at next month's event on...

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Crypto 2021 - the Year That Was: Gains and Losses of Top Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency is quickly evolving into an indisputable disruption for many traditional financial services and sectors globally, but while 2021's been a year of plenty wins for the crypto community,...

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James Webb Space Telescope Sets Off on Million-Mile Voyage

James Webb Space Telescope on December 25 blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 930,000 miles from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches.

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US Senator Who Backs Bitcoin Plans to Introduce Crypto Bill in 2022

US Senator Cynthia Lummis plans to introduce a crypto bill next year that would radically alter the legislative and regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency in the US.

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Saturday, December 25, 2021

Russia Blocks Human Rights Monitor OVD-Info's Website

The website of a prominent human rights monitor OVD-Info has been blocked by Russia, the group said on Saturday, as authorities press ahead with a crackdown on dissent.

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Google Fit on iPhone Can Measure Heart, Respiratory Rate via Camera: Report

Google Fit on iOS has now reportedly gained the ability to track and measure heart and respiratory rates using an iPhone's front and rear cameras. The feature was first introduced for Pixel...

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Bus or Train? World's First 'Dual-Mode Vehicle' to Begin Operating in Japan

The world's first dual-mode vehicle that can run both on road and rail makes its public debut Saturday in the town of Kaiyo in Japan's Tokushima prefecture.

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Ant Group's Consumer Finance Unit to Boost Its Capital to $4.7 Billion

China's Ant Group will see its capital increased to CNY 30 billion (roughly Rs. 35,377 crores) from CNY 8 billion (roughly Rs. 9,434 crore) with its consumer finance unit introducing 4 new strategic...

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Friday, December 24, 2021

Apple Accused of Breaking Competition Laws by Dutch Regulator

Apple on Friday was yet again accused of breaking competition laws. Netherlands' top competition regulator has ordered changes to the iPhone maker's App Store payment policies.

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iQoo 9, iQoo 9 Pro Launching on January 5, Leaked Poster Shows

iQoo 9, iQoo 9 Pro launch in China is scheduled for January 5, according to a leaked poster. The Vivo sub-brand also shared an image showing the back half of the smartphone. Separately, a tipster...

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James Webb Space Telescope to Launch Today: When, How to Watch Live

NASA's largest space telescope launch countdown has begun. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched today on Christmas Day, December 25, and space enthusiasts can watch all the action live.

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Battlegrounds Mobile India to Permanently Ban Devices of Cheaters

Battlegrounds Mobile India will begin banning devices used by players to cheat in the game, publisher Krafton announced on Thursday. These devices will be permanently banned from playing in the game,...

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CES 2022: Google, Waymo, GM Cancel In-Person Attendance

Google, Waymo, General Motors joined the companies no longer attending the CES 2022 event in person early next month due to rising COVID-19 infections.

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Tesla Deactivates Video Games on Moving Car Screens After Safety Probe

Tesla will stop allowing video games to be played on vehicle screens while its cars are moving, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.

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CoinSwitch Kuber Lists New Crypto Assets for Indian Investors

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Minnal Murali Movie Review: Super Hero, Super Mediocre

Minnal Murali movie review: Tovino Thomas-led Malayalam-language superhero movie is overambitious to a fault, packing in too much and unable to deliver on most counts. Download Minnal Murali from...

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Michael Saylor Owns Bitcoin Worth $860 Million, Sees Bright Future: Report

Michael Saylor, a major Bitcoin supporter, revealed information on his own Bitcoin stash in November during an interview. Along with saying that he has over 17,000 Bitcoins, Saylor also predicted that...

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Trailer Out Now: Watch

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness teaser trailer introduces a villainous version of Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) from elsewhere in the multiverse. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse...

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

YouTube Channels Spreading Anti-India Propaganda Ordered to Be Blocked

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a "closely coordinated" effort with intelligence agencies, it has ordered blocking of 20 YouTube channels and two websites as they were spreading...

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Amazon Restores AWS Cloud Services After Power Outage

Several apps and websites, including those of Hulu, Slack, and Epic Games, were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon's data servers on the US East Coast.

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Tesla Cars' Gaming Feature Being Investigated by US Auto Safety Regulators

US auto safety regulators said they have opened a formal safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 over the automaker's decision to allow games to be played on the front centre...

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Amazon Sues Enforcement Directorate to Quash Future Group Deal Investigation

Amazon is taking India's Enforcement Directorate to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, a court filing shows.

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Elon Musk Backs 'Sophisticated' Neuralink Over 'Buzzwordy' Metaverse

Elon Musk during an interview said that he does not find the metaverse very promising. Damage to eyes and constant dizziness were some reasons he backed his opinions with. He also used the opportunity...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

100 Cities Selected To Be Developed As Smart Cities, Says Hardeep Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that 100 cities have been selected to be developed as smart cities through a two-stage National competition.

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Farmers Continue To Block Rail Tracks, Affect Train Traffic In Punjab

Demanding complete loan waiver and compensation to kin of those killed during the anti-farm law stir, farmers blocked rail tracks at various places for the second day on Tuesday, affecting the...

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Stock Available With Discount: Arvind Kejriwal Dig Over Goa Congress MLAs

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday took a dig at Congress over resignation of the party MLAs ahead of the Goa Assembly polls, saying that while 15 legislators have been sold the "last...

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Gurugram Achieves 100% Covid Vaccination Coverage: Officials

The Gurugram health department on Tuesday claimed to have achieved 100 per cent coverage of both doses of COVID-19 vaccine, thereby, becoming the first district in Haryana to do so.

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"Wrong Case" Against Akali Dal Leader Bikram Majithia: Amarinder Singh

Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that a wrong case has been filed against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia.

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Parliament's Winter Session Likely To Conclude Tomorrow: Report

The Winter session of Parliament is likely to conclude on Wednesday, a day before schedule.

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Monday, December 20, 2021

Donald Trump Sues New York Attorney General To Block Fraud Probe

Former president Donald Trump sued New York's attorney general on Monday in an attempt to stop her years-long civil probe into his business dealings, a court filing showed.

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Amid Omicron Fears, See These Worrying Pics Of Delhi Shoppers

Delhi's malls and markets were buzzing today with shoppers, a day after the national capital reported 107 Covid cases, its highest daily rise in six months.

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Golden Temple Incident Should Not Be Politicised: Akali Dal Chief

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that the incident of alleged sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple in Amritsar should not be politicised and demanded culprits to be...

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UP Court Sentences Man To Death For Rape, Murder Of 10-Year-Old Girl

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district has sentenced a 35-year-old man to death for raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, officials said on Monday.

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No School Holiday On Fridays In Lakshadweep Now

Fridays will no longer be weekly holidays for school students in Muslim dominated Lakshadweep.

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UK Returned Gujarat Woman Tests Positive For Omicron; Taking Total To 12

A 27-year-old woman with a travel history to the UK was found infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Gujarat's Vadodara on Monday, officials said, adding that the patient is asymptomatic.

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Sunday, December 19, 2021

Big-Ticket Items Go Unsold In Auction Of Maradona Assets

A virtual auction of some 90 items owned by late football superstar Diego Maradona on Sunday failed to attract any big bidders, with a seaside apartment, two BMWs and the house he had bought for his...

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Top US Expert Warns Of Bleak Winter With Omicron "Raging Through World"

Top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned of a bleak winter ahead as the Covid-19 Omicron variant spurs a new wave of infections globally, sparking restrictions and concerns over hospital...

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UK PM Boris Johnson Appoints Foreign Minister To Be Brexit Negotiator

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed the foreign minister to lead talks with Europe Sunday after the resignation of the Brexit minister sent shockwaves through the already troubled London...

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"Be Prepared For Any Eventuality": AIIMS Chief On Omicron Threat

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Sunday that in view of rising COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom, India should prepare itself for any eventuality.

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Sea Trials Of Navy's Stealth Destroyer Mormugao Begins In Arabian Sea

The sea trials of the Indian Navy's indigenously built stealth destroyer, Mormugao, began in the Arabian Sea on Sunday.

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Watch: Telsa Owner Told Repairs Will Cost 20,000 Euros. He Chose Dynamite

Automobile giant Tesla leads the EV sector with innovations and new technology. But that was not enough to stop a disgruntled customer from blowing up his Tesla car using 30 kg of dynamite.

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Saturday, December 18, 2021

Andhra To Report 2-3 Degrees Celsius Below Normal Temperature Next 5 Days

India Meteorological Department has predicted that temperature is likely to fall by 2-3 degrees Celsius below the normal temperature values in the entire Andhra Pradesh for the next five days.

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Opposition Parties Will Eventually Come Together To...: Shashi Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Saturday exuded confidence that opposition parties which have been speaking against the grand old party will come together as they share the same goal of...

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Brexit Negotiator David Frost Quits UK Government: Report

Former Brexit negotiator David Frost has resigned from the government, The Mail on Sunday reported, in another potentially big blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Set To Launch On December 24

The much-delayed launch of the James Webb space telescope will go ahead on December 24, NASA and the company overseeing the launch confirmed on Saturday.

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23,000 Police Personnel To Be Deployed In Kolkata Ahead Of Civic Polls

The Kolkata Police has heightened vigil across the city and its neighbouring areas ahead of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday, including initiating stringent checks at hotels...

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Districts In Odisha Record Temperature Below 12 Degree Celsius

Several districts of Odisha reported cold waves on Saturday, with temperature recording as low as seven degrees Celsius in Phulbani and Kandhamal districts.

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Friday, December 17, 2021

10 Years Jail, Rs 1 Lakh Fine In Karnataka's Proposed Anti-Conversion Bill

The proposed anti-conversion Bill, which Karnataka intends to introduce in the ongoing Legislature session, has a provision for jailing those who indulge in mass conversion for a period of three to 10...

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Delhi High Court Dismisses Air India's Plea Against Pilots' Reinstatement

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed Air India's appeals against an order directing the reinstatement and payment of back wages to over 40 pilots whose services were terminated last year.

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Telangana Reports 2 More Omicron Cases, Total Count Reaches 8

Two more Omicron cases have been reported in Telangana, taking the total number of cases of the new coronavirus variant in the State to eight, a health official said on Friday.

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Elaborate Reasons By Court Not Needed While Granting Bail: Supreme Court

It is not necessary for a court to give elaborate reasons while granting bail, particularly when a case is at the initial stage and the allegations of the offences by the accused would not have been...

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Delhi Logs 69 New Cases Day After Sharpest Covid Spike In 4 Months

Delhi on Friday recorded no death due to COVID-19 and 69 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 0.12 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

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Mayawati Started Ganga Expressway, Claims Akhilesh Yadav Ahead Of PM Visit

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday claimed the Ganga Expressway project was started by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati during her tenure as state's Chief Minister.

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PM Modi To Lay Foundation Stone Of UP's "Longest Expressway" Tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh at around 1 PM on Saturday.

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Free Bus Travel For Girl Students In Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Announces

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said female students can travel free in buses in the state.

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15 Military Chopper Accidents Since March 2017, Centre Tells Lok Sabha

Thirty-one people were killed in accidents involving 15 military helicopters since March 2017 that included the December 8 crash of the Mi-17V5 near Coonoor, according to details provided by the...

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"2 Minutes Of Silence For BJP..": Trinamool On Durga Puja Heritage Tag

A war of words has erupted between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the inclusion of "Durga Puja in Kolkata" in UNESCO's "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural...

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Man Kills Father With Iron Rod Over Property Dispute In Ghaziabad: Police

A man beat his father to death with an iron rod during a quarrel over ancestral property in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday.

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Pak Failed To Prosecute 2008 Mumbai Attack Mastermind: US Report

Pakistan has failed to take adequate steps to counter-terrorism and prosecute terrorists including masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) founder Masood Azhar,...

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"Modi Government 'Disastrous', PM Only Fears Losing...": P Chidambaram

"This is a disastrous government. To cover up its monumental failures, this government has taken recourse to religion. Another reason to take side with religion is to divide the country on religious...

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Indian-Origin Man With Schizophrenia Sentenced For Killing Mother With Bat

A 34-year-old Indian-origin man was on Thursday sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for causing the death of his mother after attacking her with a cricket bat due to serious mental health...

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"Enjoy Rape": Congress MLA's Outrageous Remark In Karnataka Assembly

A senior Congress leader from Karnataka was heard making an outrageous and sexist comment in the state Assembly today, putting rape on par with an unwilling acquiescence to a discussion on farmers'...

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UAE To Open State-Of-The-Art Food Park In Kerala

The UAE government has promised to open a state-of-the-art food park in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday.

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: India Reports 6,984 New Covid Cases

India reported 6,984 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The number of active cases in the country declined to 87,562, according to the Union health ministry.

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Canada Advises Citizens To Avoid Non-Essential Travel Abroad Over Omicron

The Canadian government on Wednesday urged citizens to avoid foreign travel over the Christmas holidays, saying the Omicron variant of Covid "makes us fear the worst," including soaring infections and...

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Clear Rs 328 Crore To Civic Bodies: Lieutenant Governor To Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has written to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking to release Rs 328 crore to North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to resolve the issue of non-payment...

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US Slaps Sanctions On 3 Chinese Firms In Painkiller Crackdown

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Chinese painkiller makers, vowing to step up action over the addiction epidemic that kills hundreds of Americans daily.

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5-Year-Old Boy Strangled To Death Over Land Dispute: Madhya Pradesh Cops

A woman and her brother on Wednesday allegedly strangledto death a five-year-old son of her neighbour over old enmity in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, police said.

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Not Going To Contest Any Elections: Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that he is not going to contest any elections and urged the political parties to not make use of his name or photos in their posters.

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AAP Will Jail Goa Ministers Who Took Bribe For Jobs: Arvind Kejriwal

Amid allegations of cash-for-job in Goa government, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal has assured to jail concerned ministers and to recover and refund the money to people if his party forms...

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"Khela Hobe" In 2024; Will Defeat BJP In Lok Sabha Polls: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the BJP will be defeated across the country in the next Lok Sabha polls due in 2024, and claimed that the party would face similar...

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IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath Calls On PM Modi

Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita Gopinath on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Europe Ramps Up Vaccine Drive For Children Under 5 As Omicron Spreads

Europe stepped up vaccinations of children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 Wednesday, as the EU's health agency warned that immunisation alone would not stop the rapid rise of the Omicron variant of...

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Alcoholic Man Attacks Wife With Axe, Critically Injures Her In Haryana

An alcoholic man allegedly attacked his wife with an axe after barging into her beauty parlour in Haryana's Dharuhera on Wednesday, police said.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Party's Mission Not Just To Defeat Congress ...: Amarinder Singh

Former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday that the mission of his party is not only to defeat Congress in the upcoming Assembly polls in...

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"India Situated In Tough Neighbourhood": Joe Biden's Pick For US Envoy

Observing that India is situated in a "tough neighbourhood", US President Joe Biden's nominee for next envoy to New Delhi on Tuesday told lawmakers that he will double-down on America's efforts to...

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"Year-End Gift": P Chidambaram Slams Centre Over Rise In Retail Inflation

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a swipe at the government over the rise in retail inflation and the unemployment rate, saying "let's enjoy the year-end gifts of the Modi government".

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Passengers From 'At-Risk' Countries Must Pre-Book On-Arrival RT-PCR Test

Passengers coming from 'at-risk' countries to six majorIndian airports have to compulsorily pre-book for the on-arrival RT-PCR test from December 20 onwards, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on...

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10 Jailed Rohingyas Appeal To High Court To Get Refugee Status Or Go Home

Ten Rohingyas, lodged in Assam's Tezpur central jail for the last seven years, have appealed to the Gauhati High Court to either give them refugee status or send them back to Myanmar.

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Carve A Niche In Governance: PM Modi To Chief Ministers Of BJP States

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states to carve a niche for their governments in governance and called for giving topmost priority to people's "ease of...

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Monday, December 13, 2021

India, Pakistan Should Shed Egos, Come Forward For Talks: Farooq Abdullah

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday condoled the death of two policemen in a terror attack in Srinagar and asked the government to hold talks with Pakistan to find a way to bring...

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Ban On Construction, Entry Of Trucks To Continue: Delhi Government

Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday said the ban on construction and the entry of trucks, barring CNG ones, e-trucks and those engaged in essential services, into Delhi will continue till further...

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Centre Asked To Reply To Plea Seeking Netaji's Picture On Currency Notes

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted eight weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply to a petition seeking Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's picture on currency notes like that of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Tamil Nadu Chopper Crash: Army Officer Equates Local Villagers To God

The Indian Army on Monday thanked the locals here who were involved in rescue activities after the IAF helicopter carrying the late CDS General Bipin Rawat crashed here, killing 13 of the 14...

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2 Bollywood Actors Got Expensive Gifts From Tihar Conman: Probe Agency

The Enforcement Directorate, probing conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in Rs 200 crore money laundering case in which Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi were recently questioned, stated that the...

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Suspected Tiffin Bomb Kills 7-Year-Old In Bihar, 2nd Death In One Week

Two persons - one of them a seven-year-old boy - were killed in a series of explosions in Bihar's Bhagalpur area in a span of a week. The blasts have triggered tension in the communally sensitive...

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After British-Era Tunnel, Execution Room Found At Delhi Assembly

After a British-era tunnel was found on the premises of the Delhi Assembly, a gallows room has also been found.

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India Votes Against UN Draft Resolution On Climate Change. Here's Why

India on Monday voted against a UN Security Council draft resolution that linked climate change with global security challenges as it argued that the move attempts to undermine the hard-won consensus...

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IT Panel Questions Ministry Officials Over PM's Twitter Hacking: Report

Top officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology were on Monday queried about the hacking of PM Modi's Twitter handle and the Pegasus issue by a parliamentary panel, sources...

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Meta Stresses Importance of India, but No Timelines for Hardware Release Yet

Vishal Shah, Vice President, Metaverse at Meta, talks to Gadgets 360 about what to expect as the company looks at a 15-year journey towards building the metaverse.

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Amit Shah's Number Spoofed By Conman To Befriend Actor: Chargesheet

Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar made a "spoofed" call replicating the office number of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to befriend actor Jacqueline Fernandez, the ED has said in a chargesheet filed...

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Lalu Yadav's Son Tejashwi Yadav Reveals Reason Behind Low-Key Wedding

The young Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader, younger son and political heir of RJD chief Lalu Yadav, got married to Rachel Godinho on December 9. The 32-year-old is the last among nine siblings to get...

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"Temple, Mosque, Church": Mamata Banerjee's Goa Pitch Takes Notes From PM

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, out to win over Goa, today said her Trinamool Congress supports a multi-cultural and multi-religious state and is the only alternative to the BJP rule.

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21-Year-Old Delhi Bar Worker Falls To Her Death, Family Alleges Suicide

A 21-year-old woman, working at a bar inside a mall in Delhi's Rohini, was found dead after falling from the mall's terrace, the police said.

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Fresh Demand For Bihar Special Status Brews Conflict In Ruling State Party

The fresh demand for special status to Bihar has brought the differences within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to the fore in the state.

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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Dubai World's First Government To Become 100% Paperless: Crown Prince

Dubai has become the world's first government to turn 100% paperless, the Emirate's Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has announced, pointing at savings of 1.3 billion...

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PM To Inaugurate Rs 339 Crore Temple Project In Varanasi Today: 10 Points

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate the first phase of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project, which will connect two iconic landmarks - Kashi Vishwanath temple and Ganga ghats, in his...

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Nagaland Victims' Families Refuse Compensation, Want Armymen Punished

A statement issued by the village council of Oting has clarified that an envelope containing Rs 18,30,00 was brought to them by a Minister and the Deputy Commissioner of the district.

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Shashi Tharoor's "Word Of Last 7 Years" Has A UP Twist

Shashi Tharoor, a man of many words, has introduced a new one to his followers. Calling it the word of "the last seven years", the politician with an oratory skill that sets him in a league of his...

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3 Killed, 15 Injured In Bus-Truck Accident On Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Three people were killed and 15 injured after a truck dashed into a bus that went on to hit another vehicle on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway under Khopoli police station limits, an official said on...

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Assam Anti-CAA Outfits Pay Tributes To People Who Died During Protests

Several organisations in Assam on Sunday paid tributes to the five agitators who were killed in the anti-CAA stir two years ago, and resolved to resume the movement against the Act.

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UK Raises Covid Alert Level After 'Rapid Increase' In Omicron Cases

The UK government on Sunday raised the country's coronavirus alert level from three to four due to the rapid increase of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, recording another 1,239 cases to take the...

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In Pics: Colourful Glimpses Of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate on Monday the Kashi Vishwanath corridor project, surrounding the Kashi Vishwanath temple near Dashashwamedh Ghatin Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.

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12 BJP Chief Ministers, 9 Deputy CMs To Attend 2-Day Varanasi Conclave

The chief ministers attending the "Mukhyamantri Parishad" are from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and...

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Congress Was Celebrating In Goa When General Rawat Died: Pushkar Dhami

Pushkar Singh Dhami also said though the Congress ruled the country for 60 years, it does not have any feelings for it.

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Saturday, December 11, 2021

Top Syringe Maker Asks PM Modi To Lift Factory Shutdown Order

India's largest syringe and needle manufacturer has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke an order to suspend production, part of a broader factory shutdown imposed by a state regulator to curb...

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Daughter Of 1st US Astronaut Alan Shepard Soars To Space In Blue Origin

The eldest daughter of pioneering US astronaut Alan Shepard took a joyride to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocketship on Saturday, 60 years after her late father's famed suborbital...

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Gita Belongs To Entire Humanity, Not One Religion: Lok Sabha Speaker

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said the religious Hindu book Bhagavad Gita does not belong to any particular language, region or religion but to the entire humanity.

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The 10 Worst Tornadoes In US History

More than 70 people are feared dead after tornadoes devastated the southeastern US state of Kentucky overnight Friday into Saturday.

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Idol Missing From UP Village On Its Way Back To India From UK

The Yogini dates back to the 8th century and went missing from the village of Lokhari in UP's Banda district around the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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High Court Stays Notices Issued To Probe Agency Officers By Bengal Police

The Delhi High Court has stayed the two notices issued to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) officers by the West Bengal Police pursuant to an FIR lodged by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee.

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SpiceJet To Introduce Drone Delivery Service For Vaccines, Essential Goods

SpiceJet on Saturday said it plans to introduce drone delivery service to transport vaccines, life-saving medicines and essential goods.

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"Jinnah Is Theirs, Ganna Is Ours...": JP Nadda's Jibe At Opposition

Claiming that his party's government in Uttar Pradesh made a record payment to sugarcane farmers, BJP national president JP Nadda attacked the Opposition, saying "Jinnah is theirs and ganna' is ours".

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Top Medical Body Designs Kit To Detect New Variant Omicron In 2 Hours

Amid rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Dibrugarh, Assam has designed a testing kit that will be able to detect the virus in two hours...

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20 Fired, 10 Suspended By Delhi Jal Board For 'Faulty' Metre Reading

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has suspended 10 employees and terminated 20 outsourced members from service, acting on complaints of an alleged faulty metre reading, according to an official statement...

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Friday, December 10, 2021

3 Drug Peddlers Arrested With 110 Kg Ganja In Ghaziabad

The anti-narcotics cell and crime branch teams of Ghaziabad police arrested three inter-state drug peddlers and recovered 110 kilograms of ganja, officials said on Friday.

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Karnataka Man Gets 10-Year Sentence For Raping 17-Year-Old Sister-In-Law

The fast-track court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases in Udupi has sentenced a person to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping his 17-year-old sister-in-law within...

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Japan Researchers Use Ostrich Cells To Make Glowing Covid Detection Masks

Japanese researchers have developed masks that use ostrich antibodies to detect COVID-19 by glowing under ultraviolet light.

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Maharashtra Legislative Polls: Nagpur Registers Over 98% Voting

Nagpur and Akola-Washim-Buldhana on Friday recorded 98.93 per cent and 98.30 per cent voting respectively in the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, officials said.

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Delhi Police To Remove Barricades From Farmers' Protest Sites In Phases

The Delhi Police will remove the multiple layers of barricades at the three farmers' protest sites in a phased manner depending on the movement of protesters who will start returning home from...

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CBI Arrests Trinamool Leader Pranab Chatterjee In Chit Fund Fraud Case

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC)leader and chairperson Board of Administrator (BOA) of Burdwan Municipality in an ongoing investigation in a chit fund...

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Farmer Leaders Offer Prayers At Bangla Sahib Gurdwara

A day before their scheduled departure from the protest sites at Delhi borders, senior farmer leaders and members of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Friday visited the Bangla Sahib gurdwara to...

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Top Gurdwara Body To Honour Farmer Leaders At Golden Temple on Monday

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will honour the farmer leaders upon their arrival to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

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Beware Of "Khaas" Party's Non-Punjabis: Punjab Chief Minister Attacks AAP

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday called the AAP a party of "thugs and looters" and said its "non-Punjabis" are trying to fool people of the state with their "poll gimmicks"....

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

US "Best Place" To Hide, Launder Illicit Funds, Says Top Official

While small countries are often perceived as major havens for hiding or laundering money, "enormous amounts of illicit funds" end up in the US financial system, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said...

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US To Rename Street In Front Of Saudi Embassy 'Jamal Khashoggi Way'

The street in front of the embassy of Saudi Arabia will be called "Jamal Khashoggi Way," after the Washington city council voted to honor the Saudi journalist murdered by government agents.

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UK Court Rejects India's Appeal To Extradite Terror Accused Kuldeep Singh

The High Court in England on Thursday rejected an appeal by Indian authorities seeking permission to appeal against a magistrates'court order turning down the extradition on human rights grounds of...

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Bhopal, Indore To Get Police Commissioners Under New System

The Madhya Pradesh government has implemented the police commissionerate system in the metropolitan cities of Bhopal and Indore for the effective implementation of law and order in the two cities. A...

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Watch: UP Cops Thrash Man With Child In Arms, Claim "Light Force"

In a shocking incident of excessive force used by the police in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat, a policeman were filmed mercilessly hitting a man carrying a child in his arms with laathis on Thursday.

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Right-Wing Groups Try To Enter Haryana Church, Cops Avert Attack

Members of several right-wing organisations tried to force their way into a church in Haryana's Rohtak today, and were finally stopped by the police. The crowd alleged that the church was carrying out...

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NASA Launches New Mission To Explore Universe's Most Dramatic Objects

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission was launched at 1 am EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Gujarat Man Who Made Derogatory Remarks On General Bipin Rawat Arrested

A 44-year-old man in Gujarat, who had allegedly made derogatory remarks on his Facebook page about the death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime...

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General Bipin Rawat Was A Simple And Brilliant Student, Recall Friends

In 2018, CDS General Bipin Rawat had planned a get-together with his batchmates, but he could not turn up due to professional reasons. And that was the only time when the 1973 batchmates had planned a...

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Past Decades Haven't Had Big Leader From Student Community: Chief Justice

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana Thursday said that while students have always been at the forefront to question injustice, the past few decades have not witnessed any big leader from the student...

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Air Quality Panel Orders Immediate Closure Of 228 Units Across Delhi-NCR

Cracking the whip on industries flouting pollution norms, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has ordered immediate closure of 228 such units across Delhi and NCR districts in...

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How to watch The Game Awards 2021 Live Stream

The Game Awards 2021 date and time is December 9 at 7:30pm ET (6am IST on December 10). The event can be viewed via YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, MTV, Disney+ Hotstar, Voot, and MX Player among...

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Biden Warns Vladimir Putin Of Unprecedented Sanctions If Ukraine Attacked

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he had warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of unprecedented US sanctions should Russian troops massed on the border of Ukraine launch an attack.

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Sena's Sanjay Raut Meets Priyanka Gandhi Amid Buzz Over Poll Alliance

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had an hour-long meeting with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday to explore the option of an electoral alliance in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and...

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Delhi Logs 65 Covid Cases, One Related Death In 24 Hours

Delhi reported 65 fresh cases of coronavirus and one related fatality in 24 hours, while the positivity rate rose marginally to 0.11%, according to data shared by the city health department on...

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UK Records 131 More Omicron Cases, Plans Tougher COVID-19 Rules

Britain recorded 131 new cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Wednesday, taking the total to 568, as it emerged that government ministers are in discussion about plans for tougher rules in an...

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Samajwadi Party Creates Rift Between Hindus, Muslims: UP BJP Chief

Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Wednesday took a swipe at the Opposition, saying the Samajwadi Party creates a rift between Hindus and Muslims while the Congress works like a "trust".

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Telecom Department To Deactivate SIM Of Subscribers Beyond 9 Connections

The Department of Telecommunications issued an order to re-verify the SIM of subscribers holding beyond nine connections across India and six connections in the case of J&K, North East and Assam and...

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Video Of People From Bengal Coming To Goa For Poll Work Fake: Trinamool

A video being circulated on social media of people from West Bengal arriving by train in Goa to vote for the Trinamool Congress in the 2022 Assembly polls was fake, the Mamata Banerjee-led party said...

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Apple's Tim Cook Signed Deals For $275 Billion To Placate China: Report

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook signed an agreement with Chinese officials, estimated to be worth about $275 billion, to placate threats that would have hobbled its devices and services in the...

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Amazon Server Outage Takes Down Shopping Site, Prime Video And More

Amazon.com Inc's services including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Prime Video and its namesake e-commerce website were down for thousands of users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website...

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"Divisive Agenda": Mehbooba Mufti Targets BJP On Delimitation

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti pulled no punches in her attack on the Central government today, labelling the delimitation exercise now being conducted in Jammu and Kashmir a...

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Journalists Protest Sedition Charge Against News Portal Editor In Assam

Journalists from Assam's Barak Valley on Tuesday demanded that sedition charges slapped against the editor of a local news portal for an editorial he wrote be immediately revoked.

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'Omicron' Not More Severe Than Delta Variant Of Covid: Top US Scientist

Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that while it would take weeks to judge the severity of the new Covid-19 variant 'Omicron', early indications suggested it was not worse than prior strains,...

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Court Orders Framing Of Charges Against Sajjan Kumar In 1984 Riots Case

A Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the killing of a father and son in the Raj Nagar area of west Delhi by a mob allegedly led...

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Monday, December 6, 2021

UK Has Community Transmission Of Omicron Variant, Says Health Minister

Britain's Health Minister said on Monday there is now community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across regions of England but it is too early to say if this will "knock us off...

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France Orders Nightclubs To Close For 4 Weeks Over Covid Surge

Nightclubs in France will be ordered to close for four weeks starting this weekend to counter surging Covid-19 cases that have seen hospitals announce emergency protocols as beds fill up, Prime...

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US Announces Diplomatic Boycott Of China's 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

The United States on Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing human rights abuses, in a move that will not stop US athletes from competing.

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Amid Omicron Alarm, 100 Back From Abroad Untraceable Near Mumbai

Amid the Omicron scare, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation chief Vijay Suryavanshi today said 109 out of 295 recent foreign returnees to the township in Thane district were untraceable currently.

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Vladimir Putin Invites PM Modi To Visit Russia In 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia in 2022, according to a joint statement issued after they met on Monday.

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PM To Inaugurate 3 Projects In Yogi Adityanath's Home Turf On Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate three megaprojects, including an AIIMS and a major fertiliser plant, in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home turf Gorakhpur.

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Iceland Raises Alert Level For Its Most Active Volcano To "Orange"

Iceland on Monday raised the alert level for a possible eruption of its most active volcano after several small earthquakes were registered earlier in the day.

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Contacts Of 'Omicron' Patients Display No Symptoms: Karnataka Minister

Karnataka health minister on Monday said that the contacts of those infected with 'Omicron' variant of coronavirus did not display any symptoms of the disease and this showed the importance of...

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US Regulators Probe Donald Trump's Social Media Deal

US regulators are scrutinizing a deal between Donald Trump's fledgling social media company and an investment vehicle to bring the former president's venture to the stock market, documents showed...

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Students Barely Escape As Right-Wing Mob Attacks Madhya Pradesh School

Several workers of a right-wing outfit were seen barging into a school in Madhya Pradesh and throwing stones at the building, claiming religious conversion by the Christian Missionary institution.

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BJP, Congress Equal Enemies, Says HD Kumaraswamy Ahead Of Karnataka Polls

JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy termed both BJP and Congress as equal enemies of his party as he tried to clarify that the BJP leader BS Yediyurappa has only sought "cooperation" and not an alliance...

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In Feud Between Tycoon Lalit Modi's Mother, A Supreme Court Order

The Supreme Court today suggested mediation to Lalit Modi and his mother Bina Modi, wife of late industrialist K K Modi, to resolve the long pending property dispute in the family and asked both the...

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In Goa, Trinamool Scores Local Ally That Helped BJP Take Charge In 2017

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress's search for a local ally in Goa ended today, with a tie-up with the Sudhin Dhavlikar-led Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party that helped the BJP come to power in the...

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Naga Tribe Body Lists 5 Demands Over Botched Op That Killed Its Members

The Konyak Union, the apex body of the Konyak Naga Tribe from the Mon district of Nagaland where the incident took place, has sent a memorandum of demands to the government.

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India, Russia Sign 28 Pacts, To Cooperate On Terrorism, Afghanistan

India and Russia on Monday inked 28 agreements to further broad-base their partnership and vowed to expand cooperation and coordination in dealing with major challenges like the threat of terrorism...

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Tamil Nadu Sets Up Special Wards, Enhances Testing Amid 'Omicron' Scare

More amenities, including special wards in public sector hospitals and enhanced surveillance and testing are among the several measures taken by authorities aimed at tackling the challenge of...

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Will Get Chief Secretary Who Knows Mizo, Says Mizoram Chief Minister

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga today said that the centre would appoint a new chief secretary for the state, who has a working knowledge of the Mizo language.

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Kremlin Not Expecting "Breakthroughs" From Biden-Putin Talks Tomorrow

The Kremlin said Monday on the eve of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden that Moscow is not expecting "breakthroughs", as tensions rise over Ukraine.

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Bring In Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs In Case Records, Court To Tax Body

The Madras High Court today directed the Income Tax department to file applications bringing in the names of J Deepa and J Deepak, the legal heirs of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, in the records...

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S-400 Missile Supplies Have Begun From Russia, Says Foreign Secretary

Russia has begun deliveries of its long-range S-400 ground-to-air missile defence system -- which has prompted threats of US sanction -- to India, New Delhi's foreign secretary said Monday.

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Sunday, December 5, 2021

In Biden-Putin Talks, Key Question Is Russia's Intent In Ukraine

When Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin meet virtually on Tuesday the two presidents will have to negotiate a history of mutual suspicion as they take up the urgent issue of a major Russian military buildup...

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Cyclone Jawad Weakens Into Depression Near Odisha Coast

Cyclonic storm Jawad weakened into a depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal near the Odisha coast on Sunday.

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A Mobile Library Bringing Smiles To Children's Face In Kabul

A mobile library bus chugged to a Kabul orphanage Sunday and opened its doors for the first time since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, eliciting beaming smiles from children.

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Health Minister Reviews RT-PCR Testing Facilities At Delhi Airport

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday reviewed the RT-PCR testing facilities at Delhi's IGI Airport as the tally of cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus reached 21 in the country.

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Actions Against UP Mafia Cause Samajwadi Party Most Pain: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday termed the Samajwadi Party the "guardian of the dreaded mafia" and claimed that it felt the maximum pain when bulldozers moved against...

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Police Recover 950 Contraband Bottles In J&K, 4 Drug Peddlers Arrested

The Kathua Police on Sunday recovered illegal 950 bottles of 100 ml each of Cocrex and Maxx cough syrup-like contraband and arrested four inter-state drug peddlers as well as seized one Range Roverat...

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Pics: Not A Train Station, This Is Delhi Airport Under Omicron Rules

Waiting up to 8 hours in a crowded space and shelling out Rs 3,500 in case you need a rapid COVID-19 test - that's the cost many are paying for flying into Delhi from abroad under the new rules aimed...

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"Genocide, War Crimes, Execution": Nagaland BJP On Botched Operation

Nagaland state BJP president Temjen Imma Along has strongly condemned the killing of civilians during the counter-insurgency operation in the Mon district of Nagaland.

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"Like Kangana Ranaut Turning...": Punjab Minister's Swipe At Akali Chief

Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh on Sunday attacked SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal over recruitment of assistant professors in government colleges, saying he being agitated over higher education...

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Both Vaccine Doses Mandatory For Entry To Malls, Theatres In Bengaluru

Both doses of COVID-19 vaccine are mandatory for people to enter shopping complexes, malls, cinema halls and theatres in Bengaluru, said an order issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike...

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Pak Announces Award For Man Who Tried To Save Sri Lankan From Lynching

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced that a medal of bravery will be conferred on a man who tried to save the Sri Lankan factory manager from a mob by risking his own life in...

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"Sextortion" Racket Busted In Delhi, Mastermind Arrested: Police

An alleged "sextortion'' gang has been busted with the arrest of its kingpin accused of extorting about Rs 1.2 crore from over a dozen people in the last one year, police here said on Sunday.

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Arvind Kejriwal Hits Back At Punjab Chief Minister Over Illegal Mining

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit back at his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi after he trashed AAP leader Raghav Chadha's claims of illegal mining in his assembly...

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Resident Doctors Of 3 Delhi Hospitals To Boycott Services From Tomorrow

The resident doctors of Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia, Safdarjung, and Lady Hardinge hospitals will boycott all routine and emergency services from tomorrow in support of a nationwide protest against the...

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School Sub-Inspector Arrested With Bribe In Assam

A sub-inspector of schools was arrested by sleuths of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in Assam's Sivasagar district on Sunday for allegedly accepting bribe, an official statement said.

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India's 50% Adult Fully Vaccinated: Health Minister

The government of India targets 100 per cent COVID-19 adult vaccination under the ''Har Ghar Dastak'' programme by December 31 as India achieved 50 per cent fully vaccinated adult population landmark...

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Court Frames Charges Against Devendra Fadnavis In Poll Affidavit Case

A court in Nagpur has framed charges against former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in connection with a complaint of alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases registered against him in...

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BJP Can't Buy Even An Ordinary Volunteer Of AAP: Raghav Chaddha

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raghav Chadha on Sunday alleged that the BJP was indulging in horse-trading and trying to purchase AAP leaders but even a volunteer of his party could not be bought by the...

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Yogi Adityanath's "My Family" Tweet Amid Criticism Over Lathi-Charge

Amid criticism from the Opposition and party colleague Varun Gandhi on the alleged lathi-charge on students protesting over teachers' recruitment, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath posted a cryptic...

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Air Quality Panel Forms 40 Flying Squads To Curb Pollution In Delhi

The Centre's Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has constituted 40 flying squads to inspect and monitor the compliance of the panel's directions to control air pollution in Delhi-NCR, a...

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Saturday, December 4, 2021

In Jamal Khashoggi's Shadow, France's Macron Meets Saudi Crown Prince

French President Emmanuel Macron held face-to-face talks in Saudi Arabia on Saturday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, becoming the first major Western leader to visit the kingdom since...

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"Omicron Has Higher Transmissibility Rate": Maharashtra Health Minister

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said the Omicron variant of coronavirus has a higher rate of transmissibility but the symptoms caused by it are mild.

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Another 245 Staffers Suspended Amid Maharashtra Bus Employees' Strike

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Saturday suspended 245 employees and sacked ten others for taking part in the ongoing strike which has crippled the state-run bus service...

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French Right Choose Paris Region Chief To Challenge President Macron

France's conservative party on Saturday chose the moderate chief of the Paris region Valerie Pecresse to challenge President Emmanuel Macron next year, a pick that will likely have a major influence...

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"Suffers From Seasonal Disease...": UP BJP Chief's Dig At Akhilesh Yadav

Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh on Saturday attacked Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, saying he suffers from a "seasonal disease" due to which he claims as his every work done by...

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First Maharashtra Omicron Case A Marine Engineer On Ship Since April

The 33-year-old man from Thane district in Maharashtra who was found to be infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus is a marine engineer by profession.

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Can Manage 4th Wave Without Further Restrictions: South African Minister

South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla has said that the country can manage the fourth wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant without imposing stringent restrictions, as he urged citizens...

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Congress Will Take Up Issues Of Fishermen At National Level: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday assured fishermen that his party would take up their concerns and issues at the national level and hold protests against the WTO regulation on fisheries...

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Minister's "Casino Capital" Comment On Goa Shows BJP's Mindset: Trinamool

Trinamool Congress Party MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday said Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy's comment about Goa getting labled as "casino capital" reflected the BJP''s "mindset".

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100 Km Area Around Delhi Be Kept In NCR: Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister c on Saturday said he has suggested to the Centre that area in the radius of up to 100 km around Delhi should be kept in the National Capital Region (NCR).

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Rahul Gandhi Condoles "Tragic" Death Of Veteran Journalist Vinod Dua

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Anand Sharma on Saturday expressed their condolences over the death of veteran journalist Vinod Dua.

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Lathicharge On Lucknow Protest Against Irregularities In UP Teachers Exam

A group of protestors was trying to march from a prominent intersection in central Lucknow towards the residence of the state chief minister when the police lathi-charged them to break up the protest.

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"Not Launching Party But...": Congress 'Rebel' Ghulam Nabi Azad To NDTV

The Congress leadership is not open to criticism, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad told NDTV on Saturday, speaking out for the first time on speculation that he was going to launch a new breakaway party...

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Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad's Call For 'Real Jihad' In Jammu And Kashmir

The real "Jihad" is to fight against poverty and unemployment, rather than against any leader, party, or religion, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Saturday.

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Gujarat Man With Omicron Infection "Stable", Says Official

The 72-year-old man who arrived in Gujarat from Zimbabwe and was found positive with the new Covid variant Omicron is in isolation and is stable, Jamnagar's District Collector Dr Sourabh Paridhi...

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3 Children Among 5 Found Dead In A House In Germany

German police found two adults and three children shot or stabbed to death in a family home in a town south of Berlin, they said on Saturday.

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More Than 20 Killed As Bus Swept Away Into Flooded River In Kenya

More than 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus travelling to a wedding in Kenya was swept away by fast-flowing waters as it tried to cross a flooded river.

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"Naya Kashmir" That Is Being Advertised Is Not Reality: Mehbooba Mufti

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Centre of projecting Jammu and Kashmir as "peaceful" whereas the fact was that blood was being spilled on its roads and people were being slapped...

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Don't Exploit Temple Properties: High Court To Tamil Nadu Government

The Madras High Court has advised the Tamil Nadu government not to exploit temple properties by selling or leasing out to individuals or commercial establishments.

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India-Pak Friendship Will Increase Trade: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday said that India-Pakistan friendship will increase trade.

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Friday, December 3, 2021

Hoarse-Voiced, US President Joe Biden Says It's "Just A Cold"

US President Joe Biden delivered a speech Friday with a notably hoarse voice, but insisted he had simply caught a cold from his grandson and is tested daily for Covid-19.

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Omicron Could Displace Delta: WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan said that Omicron variant could become dominant because it is highly transmissible, but that a different vaccine may not be needed.

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Bomb Squad Called After UK Man Gets WWII Munition 'Stuck In Bottom'

Hospital staff in Britain acted swiftly after a man arrived at their emergency ward with a World War II-era munition in his rectum.

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Elon Musk's Starlink To Apply For India Licence By End Of January

Starlink will apply early next year for a commercial licence.

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Citizenship Act "Fundamentally Anti-National": Shashi Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) "fundamentally anti-national" and urged the government not to implement it.

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China, Laos Open $6 Billion High-Speed Rail Link

A $6 billion high-speed rail line connecting China with its Southeast Asian neighbour Laos opened on Friday, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure plans.

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J&K Rallies By Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad Fuels Buzz, Worries Party

A blitzkrieg of public meetings by senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad across Jammu and Kashmir has fuelled speculation that the former Rajya Sabha MP - part of the dissident 'G-23' group in the...

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2 Pakistani Fishing Boats Caught Inside Indian Waters

Indian Coast Guard officials apprehended 2 Pakistani fishing boats and 18 crew present inside Indian waters on Friday, informed PRO Defence, Gujarat.

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Madhya Pradesh Pulls The Trigger On Dropping Urdu Words From Police Work

When a senior police officer in Madhya Pradesh used the Urdu word 'Dastayab' - referring to the recovery of a missing item - during a meeting attended by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he did...

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Maharashtra To Test 28 High-Risk Nation Returnees For Omicron

The swab samples of 28 persons have been sent for genome sequencing amid concerns of Omicron variant.

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"Day Of Shame For Pakistan," Says Imran Khan As Sri Lankan Man Lynched

A Sri Lankan factory manager in Pakistan was on Friday beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob, police confirmed, in an incident local media reported was linked to alleged blasphemy.

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Explainer: Could The Omicron Variant Bring Milder Illness?

The Omicron variant, spreading now in southern Africa and detected in over 30 other countries, has prompted fears it could significantly undermine the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19.

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Arvind Kejriwal Is A Power Greedy Outsider: Punjab Chief Minister

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday called his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal a "power greedy outsider" who wants to rule the state and accused him of misleading Punjabis.

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Meghalaya Congress Youth Wing Chief Quits

The Congress received another jolt in Meghalaya on Friday when its youth wing president Richard M Marak, a close aide of former chief minister Mukul Sangma who along with 11 other MLAs joined the TMC...

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Price Of 505 Alcohol Brands Fixed Under New Delhi Excise Policy

In implementation of its new excise policy, the Delhi government has so far registered 516 liquor brands and fixed maximum retail price for 505 brands, government officials said on Friday.

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No Need To Panic, Says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan Amid Omicron Scare

The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist on Friday urged people not to panic over the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant and said it was too early to say if vaccines would need...

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Punjab's Border Districts On High Alert After Explosives Found

Two days after the police seized a kilogram of RDX from Punjab's Dinanagar, a tiffin bomb and four hand grenades were recovered in Gurdaspur district, officials said on Friday.

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Top Court Rejects Wife's Plea To Live In Posh Home With Estranged Husband

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the pleas of socialite Poonam Jaidev Shroff, engaged in a bitter matrimonial dispute with her industrialist husband Jaidev Shroff, that she be either permitted to...

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Centre's Guidelines For Providing Compensation For Covid Deaths

Death certificates indicating coronavirus deaths either already issued prior to coming into force government guidelines or as ratified by district committees shall be treated as valid document for...

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Karnataka Eases Covid Compensation Criteria For Financially Weak Families

Karnataka has relaxed the criteria for compensating families below the poverty line for Covid deaths by amending its earlier order, which removes the clause that said only those households where a...

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

Watch: Hero Cop Saves Woman From Falling Under Train In Bengal

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) officer, on duty in Bengal's Purulia station, saved the life of a woman who almost fell in the gap between the train and the platform as she lost her balance trying to...

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World Food Prices Climb In November, Stay At 10-Year Peak: UN Agency

World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong demand for wheat and dairy products, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday.

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Case Against 14 After Botched Up Cataract Surgeries In Bihar's Muzaffarpur

An FIR was lodged today against 14 people here in connection with botched up cataract surgeries conducted at a free camp last week which have resulted in complete loss of vision in the operated eye...

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Watch: Navy's Stellar Show Of Skills Across Mumbai's Dusk Sky

The outline of Gateway of India against a crimson dusk sky and a helicopter slowly rising from behind the monument -- this was one of the many captivating moments of the rehearsal for the Beating...

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Our Policy On Taiwan Is "Clear, Consistent": Government In Rajya Sabha

India on Thursday said its policy on Taiwan is clear and consistent and it is focused on promoting interactions in areas of trade, investment and tourism among others.

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US Announces Another Case Of COVID-19 Omicron Variant

Health authorities in the midwestern US state of Minnesota announced Thursday they had found another case of the Omicron variant on American soil, this time in a man with no known recent international...

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Man Arrested In Delhi For Hacking ATM Machine Servers Using Gadgets: Cops

A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hacking ATM machine servers using gadgets and fraudulently withdrawing money, police said on Thursday.

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"Not Too Late" For Iran To Reverse Nuclear Policy: US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday it was not too late for Iran to revive its nuclear deal with world powers, but cautioned that optimism was low.

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High Altitude Areas In Uttarakhand Receive Season's First Snowfall

The Himalayan temple of Kedarnath and the high altitude areas of Chamoli district received the season's first snowfall on Thursday while it drizzled in the lower areas intensifying the chill across...

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CPI(M) Local Secretary Stabbed To Death: Police

A CPI(M) local secretary was stabbed to death on Thursday, police said.

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Karnataka Chief Minister To Chair High-Level Meeting To Discuss Omicron

With two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus detected in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Thursday said he will discuss the matter in a high-level meeting in Bengaluru on...

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Omicron Covid Variant: What We Know And What We Don't

Omicron is a variant of Covid-19 first sequenced in South Africa with cases now present in over 20 countries and on all continents.

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Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Jail For Raping 12-Year-Old Boy In Ajmer

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy in Ajmer, the police said. A Special POCSO Court in Ajmer on Thursday heard the case.

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Will Invite Farm Union Leaders For Talks, Says Haryana Chief Minister

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said he will invite farm union leaders for talks to look into their demands pertaining to the state government.

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State Of Ties Will Reflect State Of Border: Foreign Minister On China

The state of the relationship between India and China will reflect the state of the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, referring to the lingering standoff in eastern...

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Didn't Impose Travel Curbs Like Some Other Countries: India On Omicron

India has not imposed any travel curbs like some other countries that have stopped flights from regions or nations they relate to Omicron, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

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"Coercive Tactics": Sukhbir Badal On Why Akali Dal Leader Switched To BJP

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal today alleged that coercive tactics were used to put pressure on Manjinder Singh Sirsa to join the BJP.

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Heavy Rainfall Predicted Over Gangetic Parts Of Bengal Between Dec 4-6

Thunderstorms and light to moderate rainfall at most places are very likely to occur over the districts of Gangetic West Bengal from December 4 to December 6, 2021, said Indian Meteorological...

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UN Headquarters Cordoned Off As Armed Man Seen Outside

UN Headquarters Cordoned Off As Armed MThe United Nations headquarters in New York was cordoned off on Thursday during a police stand-off with a lone man apparently holding a gun outside the venue,...

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Mamata Banerjee Becoming PM Modi's "Informer": Congress Leader

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "there is no UPA" remarks, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury hit out at her and said she "wants to break and weaken Congress and...

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Wife Of "Godfather Of Black Music" Shot In Home Robbery: Report

The wife of the man known as the "Godfather of Black Music" was shot and killed Wednesday in a break-in at the couple's Beverly Hills home, US media reported.

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Saudi Arabia, UAE Report First 'Omicron' Covid Variant Cases In Gulf

Saudi Arabia has recorded the Gulf's first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a citizen returning from North Africa, a health ministry official said Wednesday.

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India, China Need To "Step Up": US Climate Envoy On Global Warming

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday that big greenhouse gas emitting countries like China, India, Russia and others must move faster to help the world avert the worst impacts of global...

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"Rational Position": Joe Biden Asserts Support For Abortion Rights Ruling

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday weighed in on the Supreme Court's politically explosive abortion law hearing, saying he backs the nearly half-century-old case underpinning current rights.

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'Omicron' Variant Drives "Worrying" Surge In South Africa's Covid Cases

The Omicron variant has propelled a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in South Africa in recent weeks, health officials told parliament Wednesday, calling the situation "worrying".

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Did Not Pull Gun's Trigger: Alec Baldwin On Film Set Shooting

Alec Baldwin has said he did not pull the trigger of the gun he was holding that killed a cinematographer on the movie set of "Rust."

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Covid Is "Borderless": UN Chief Slams "Unfair", "Ineffective" Travel Bans

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday slammed travel bans targeting specific countries and regions imposed over the new Covid-19 variant as "unfair" and "ineffective."

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One More Student Dies In US High School Shooting, Count Rises To 4

The death count in the latest US school shooting rose to four Wednesday after a 17-year-old student died from his wounds in the attack at a Michigan high school, local police said.

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South Africa Returnee Is US' First 'Omicron' Variant Case; Symptoms Mild

The first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in a person in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

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Senior UP Official Arrested In Teachers' Exam Paper Leak Case: Probe Team

Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay was arrested by the probe team in Lucknow, two days after he was suspended from his post.

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6 Passengers From "At-Risk" Countries Admitted To Delhi Hospital

Their samples have been sent to the National Centre for Disease Control for genome sequencing to ascertain if they have the new variant, Omicron, they said.

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UK Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Trespassing In Parliament

British police on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of trespass, after he allegedly breached security at parliament and prompted a temporary lockdown at the sensitive London landmark.

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CBI Investigation In 64 Cases Pending For Over 5 Years: Centre

A total of 64 cases are under CBI investigation for more than five years, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.

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No Minority Exodus From Kashmir Due To Safety Issues: Centre To Parliament

The MHA also stated that the incidents of infiltration and terrorist attacks have decreased significantly since 2018 in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Father's Responsibility Of Child Continues Till Adulthood: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that in a dispute between husband and wife the liability and responsibility of the father to maintain the child continues till the son attains the age of majority.

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Border Security Force Fires On Drone Coming From Pak Side Along Border

The Border Security Force Wednesday said its troops fired on a drone along the India-Pakistan border in the Amritsar sector, forcing it to return.

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3 Killed In Explosion At Illegal Firecracker Manufacturing Unit In Bengal

Three persons were killed and as many injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, the police said.

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Lok Sabha Passes Assisted Reproduction Bill, MPs Flag Single Men's Rights

Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate and supervise assisted reproductive technology clinics, with various members urging the government not to exclude single parents and the LGBTQ...

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Serum Institue Of India Exports First Novavax Shot

Serum Institute of India has sent doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, in its first export of the Novavax shot, the government said on Wednesday.

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NDTV Convergence's Exclusive 10-Year, 750-Crore Deal With Taboola

Among largest-ever ad deals in APAC, NDTV adopts all Taboola publisher tools

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Omicron Detected In 5 Out Of Nine South African Provinces: Report

The Omicron variant has been detected in five out of nine South African provinces and accounted for 74% of the virus genomes sequenced in November, data from the country's National Institute for...

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

3 Students Killed, 6 Injured In US High School Shooting: Police

Three students were killed and six other people including a teacher were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a high school in rural Oxford, Michigan, local police said.

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France Logs Highest 1-Day Covid Tally Since April, Hospitalisations Surge

France has registered 47,177 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Tuesday, the highest one-day tally since early April at the height of the third wave of...

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No Time For "Niceties": European Diplomats Warn On Iran Nuclear Talks

European negotiators on Tuesday said they will assess the "seriousness" of the Iranian position over the next few days to decide whether to continue with recently resumed talks about reviving the 2015...

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Dutch Say 'Omicron' Was "Present" 11 Days Before Detection In South Africa

Dutch health authorities said on Tuesday that the Omicron variant was present in the Netherlands earlier than previously thought, and before South Africa had first reported the new strain of Covid-19.

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Wife Of Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

A US judge sentenced Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, to three years in prison Tuesday on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.

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WHO Warns Against Over-Reaction To Omicron

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced concern on Tuesday that some countries were introducing blanket measures against the Omicron coronavirus variant that may not be necessary and...

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Watch: BJP Factions Fist Fight In Meeting For Karnataka Council Polls

A BJP meeting in Karnataka for discussing poll strategies for upcoming council elections witnessed protests and fistfight instead after heated argument between two rival factions within the party...

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Over-60s, Vulnerable "Should Be Advised To Postpone Travel": WHO

The WHO said in travel advice Tuesday on the Omicron coronavirus variant that people vulnerable to developing severe Covid-19 disease, including the over-60s, should be advised to postpone travel.

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"Unprecedented Excessive Action": Congress On Suspension of MPs

Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge today said that the suspension of 12 opposition members were against the rules of Rajya Sabha. In a letter to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu,

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Mamata Banerjee Meets Shiv Sena Leaders Aaditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut

Mamata Banerjee is also scheduled to meet NCP president Sharad Pawar. Her meeting with opposition leaders comes amid a strain in the ties between the TMC and Congress.

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Twitter Prohibits Sharing Of Personal Photos, Videos Without Consent

Twitter's privacy policy already prohibits sharing of other people's private information such as phone numbers, addresses and IDs.

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People With A, B Blood Groups, Rh+ More Susceptible To Covid: Study

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has people having blood group of A, B and those with Rh factor positive are "more susceptible to COVID-19 infection".

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"Demographic Change": BSF Chief On Centre's Move In Assam, Bengal

Demographic change in Assam and West Bengal was a key reason to extend the jurisdiction of Border Security Force up to 50 km -- up from the existing 15 km -- from the international border in these...

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"#ThankYouJack": New Twitter CEO's Smiling Photo Tweet

Twitter's new chief executive Parag Agrawal has tweeted a photo of him and his predecessor Jack Dorsey, on the day the social media giant announced it has appointed a new CEO.

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Police Case Registered In Kanpur Against Sahara Chief Subrata Roy, Family

An FIR has been registered against Sahara chief Subrata Roy and 17 of his family members and group officials on charges of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy at a police station in Kanpur in...

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1.8 Crore Fine, 4-Year Jail To Retired Indore Official In Graft Case

A court in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Tuesday sentenced a retired official of the revenue department to four years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1.8 crore on him in a...

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Case Filed In UP Over Defamatory Social Media Post Against Akhilesh Yadav

A case was registered against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and 49 others on the order of a court in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh over an alleged defamatory post against Samajwadi Party chief...

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Mamata Banerjee In Mumbai, Meets Sena's Aaditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- on a tour to strengthen the opposition network in the country ahead of the 2024 general elections -- met Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray and senior Shiv...

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Public Meetings Back In J&K, Exposes Rift In Gupkar Alliance

Three former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers have hit the political ground running after a series of public meetings in the region. This is first such major public outreach by the opposition since...

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Institutional Quarantine For Fliers From 'At-Risk' Nations In Maharashtra

The state government said that travel guidelines issued by the Centre on November 28 in view of 'Omicron', the new strain of Covid that has been designated a variant of concern, will act as "minimum...

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Monday, November 29, 2021

France Records Biggest Jump In Covid Hospitalisations Since March

France registered its biggest jump in coronavirus-related hospital admissions since the spring, health ministry data showed on Monday.

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Lowering Queen Elizabeth's Flag, Barbados Becomes World's Newest Republic

The Caribbean island nation of Barbados will on Monday night sever centuries-old ties to the British monarchy, ditching Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and declaring itself the world's newest...

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Cause For Concern, "Not Panic": What Joe Biden Said On New Covid Variant

President Joe Biden on Monday told Americans not to "panic" over the newly identified Covid variant Omicron and said he does not foresee new lockdowns or extending travel restrictions for now.

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Canada's New Covid Variant Count Rises To 3 After First Case In Quebec

Quebec has discovered its first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Canadian province's health minister said on Monday, bringing Canada's total number of cases to three.

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On Boosters, Covid Panel Chief Says Israel, Europe Models Not For India

The doctor heading India's vaccine rollout today defended the decision to delay a roll out of booster doses in the country. ''What is true for Israel, for Europe or North America may not be truly...

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3 Arrested With 193 Stolen Mobile Phones In Mathura: Police

The police arrested three people and recovered 193 stolen mobile phones worth over Rs 19 lakh from them in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Vaccines For At-Risk Children Next Month: Covid Panel Chief To NDTV

Vaccination for children with comorbities will begin in December and that will be followed by the vaccine rollout for healthy children, somewhere in the first quarter of next year, Dr NK Arora,...

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Goa Calls Top-Level Meet To Discuss Situation

The Goa government will hold a top-level meeting on Tuesday to take stock of the COVID-19 situation in light of a new variant being found in the southern part of Africa recently, officials said.

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Rajasthan Police Arrests Man For Holding 3 Captive For Ransom In Punjab

The man was arrested for allegedly holding three people captive in Punjab's Ropar and demanding a ransom of Rs 20 lakh each, a senior officer said on Monday.

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JNU Activist Sharjeel Imam's Speech Did Not Incite Violence: High Court

Sharjeel Imam's speech at the Aligarh Muslim University neither gave the call for anyone to bear arms nor incited any violence as a result of it, the Allahabad High Court has said granting him bail in...

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Kolkata Man Climbs Tree For Electricity Theft, Burned To Death: Police

The locals spotted the man burning atop a tree and called police.

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"Proud": Trinamool's Two Rajya Sabha Members Unfazed Over Suspension

Following their suspension from Rajya Sabha for the remaining part of the winter session, Trinamool Congress MPs Dola Sen and Shanta Chhetri said they are proud that they raised their voices in...

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Family Of Delhi Sanitation Worker, Who Died Of Covid, Gets Rs 1 Crore

Arvind Kejriwal on Monday handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore to the husband of a municipal sanitation worker who died of COVID-19.

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"Yogya Sarkar, Not Yogi Sarkar": Akhilesh Yadav's Barb At BJP

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government, stating that the state needs "yogya sarkar not Yogi sarkar".

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'Omicron' Patients In Delhi To Be Isolated, Treated At Lok Nayak Hospital

Earlier in the day, authorities in the national capital ordered RT-PCR testing for all people arriving from ''high-risk'' countries, genome sequencing of the positive cases, and mandatory isolation.

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190 Armed Forces Personnel Died Of Covid: Centre

Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt informed Rajya Sabha that a total of 190 personnel died of COVID-19 in the armed forces, with a maximum of 137 deaths being reported in the Army.

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PM Not Sympathiser Of Farmers, But Seeker Of Votes: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the repeal of the farm laws without a debate in Parliament on issues such as the demand for MSP and the Lakhimpur...

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India-Singapore Flights Commence Under The Vaccinated Travel Lane

Flight services between India and Singapore under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) commenced on Monday even as Singapore deferred similar travel arrangements with some countries amid the 'Omicron'...

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Centre Must Reply To Our Demands By Tomorrow, Say Punjab Farmer Leaders

Terming the repeal of the farm laws in Parliament a victory of the protesters, farmer leaders from Punjab urged the Centre to decide on their other demands, including legal guarantee of minimum...

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Chandigarh Man Who Returned From South Africa Covid+, Strain Not Known

A 39-year-old Chandigarh resident who had returned from South Africa a few days ago tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and his sample will now be sent to Delhi for whole genome sequencing.

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

South Africa Could Make Covid Jabs Compulsory Amid New Variant Concerns

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that authorities were considering making COVID-19 shots compulsory for certain places and activities, as a rise in infections linked to a new...

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Flood-Ravaged Western Canada Braces For More Rain, Situation "Volatile"

Canada's westernmost province British Columbia is bracing for another downpour that officials said Sunday could be as bad or worse than a torrent that caused major flooding and deadly mudslides two...

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Off-Duty Police Officer Stabbed In Paris, Inquiry Opened: Minister

An off-duty police officer was stabbed and seriously wounded in Paris on Sunday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

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Can 'Omicron' Covid Variant Be Detected Using PCR Testing? WHO Says...

While PCR tests can detect infection with Omicron, studies are looking to whether the Covid-19 variant of concern has any impact on other test types, the WHO said Sunday.

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Botswana Detects 19 New 'Omicron' Covid Variant Cases: Health Minister

Botswana, the only African country outside South Africa to have reported Omicron cases, said Sunday it had detected 19 infections of the new Covid variant, including the first four declared last week.

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On 'Omicron' Variant, UK Calls Urgent Meeting Of G7 Health Ministers

Britain, currently chair of the G7 group of nations, on Sunday called for an emergency meeting to discuss the Covid crisis, after several European countries announced cases of the new Omicron variant.

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How To Deal With The Next Pandemic? Countries To Talk On WHO Treaty

World Health Organization member states reached a consensus Sunday on kick-starting the process towards creating a pandemic treaty setting out how to handle the next global health crisis.

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Travel Bans Over New Covid Variant "Attack Global Solidarity": WHO

The head of the World Health Organization in Africa on Sunday urged countries to follow the science rather than imposing flight bans in a bid to contain the new Omicron coronavirus variant.

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South Africa's President Urges Reversing "Unjustified" Travel Bans

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to "immediately and urgently" reverse scientifically "unjustified" travel bans linked to the discovery of the new coronavirus...

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First Image Of 'Omicron' Variant Shows Many More Mutations Than Delta

The new Covid variant Omicron has many more mutations than the Delta variant, according to a first "image" of this new variant initially detected in South Africa, produced and published by the...

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China's Carbon Emissions Fall For First Time Since Lockdowns: Report

China's CO2 emissions fell in the third quarter for the first time since the country reopened from Covid-19 lockdowns, research published Thursday showed, in what experts said could mark a carbon...

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Omicron More Dangerous Than Delta? WHO's Take In 5 Points

Having flagged the coronavirus strain B.1.1.529, named 'Omicron', a variant of concern earlier this week, the World Health Organisation or WHO on Sunday released its latest findings amid growing...

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BJP Playing With Students' Future: Asaduddin Owaisi On UP Paper Leak

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday took a jibe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the leak of UPTET question paper and charged the BJP government with playing with the future of...

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Differently Abled Man Stabbed To Death In Ghaziabad: Police

A differently abled man was allegedly smothered and stabbed to death with scissors by his four friends, who burnt the body on a heap of garbage by putting fuel cakes on it, police said.

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Punjab Woman Kills Neighbour's 2-Year-Old Daughter: Cops

A woman allegedly killed a two-and-half-year-old daughter of her neighbour over some personal enmity, police said on Sunday.

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Aam Aadmi Party To Roll Out Campaign Ahead Of Delhi Civic Polls

The AAP is set to launch a "massive campaign" on December 2, ahead of the Delhi civic polls early next year, to oust the BJP from power.

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Case Against Samajwadi Party Leader, 5 Others For Casteist Remarks In UP

A case has been registered here against six people, including the district chief of the Samajwadi Party, for allegedly hurling casteist remarks against a person and threatening to kill him, officials...

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Two Former UP Ministers, Three Ex-MLAs Join BJP Ahead Of 2022 Elections

Two former Uttar Pradesh ministers, three ex-MLAs and several leaders from other parties joined the BJP in Lucknow on Sunday.

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Opposition Didn't Have Courage To Build Ram Temple: Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that none of the previous governments in Uttar Pradesh had the courage to construct Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

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3 Arrested For Replacing Earphones, Cheating Firm In Madhya Pradesh: Cops

Three men were arrested from Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur for allegedly cheating an e-commerce firm by replacing the original AirPods of a reputed company with duplicate ones and returning them after...

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PM Modi Never Used "Mann Ki Baat" For Political Gains: BJP Chief

BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never used his monthly radio programme ''Mann Ki Baat'' for political gains and presents varied issues through it in a way...

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Saturday, November 27, 2021

Resolve With Which Jal Jeevan Mission Was Started Coming True: PM Modi

The resolve with which the Jal Jeevan Mission was started is coming true, PM Modi said on Saturday as he tagged a minister's tweet which included a video of a woman in Ladakh talking about how tap...

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In Slap At China, US Praises South Africa's Detection Of New Covid Strain

The United States praised South Africa Saturday for quickly identifying the new Covid strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world -- a barely veiled slap at China's handling of...

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Minister Anurag Thakur's "You Organise Riots" Remark On Akhilesh Yadav

Launching a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav ahead of 2022 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said the BJPorganizes "dangal"(wrestling...

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Watch: Highway Near Chennai Flooded, 3,000 In Relief Camps After Rain

An arterial road connecting Chennai with Trichy was cut off one-way on Saturday morning after waters from five overflowing lakes flooded the highway as the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu received...

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Bear Rescued From Bengal Tea Garden

A Himalayan Black Bear which strayed into a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district was rescued by the forest department on Saturday, an official said. The animal was tranquilised and taken to...

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LIVE: India Reported 8,318 New Covid Cases, 465 Deaths On Saturday

India reported 8,318 new COVID-19 cases and 465 related fatalities on Saturday, pushing the overall cases tally to 3,45,63,749 and the death count to 4,67,933.

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Balloons, Relief At Dutch Airport As Tourists Beat Covid Strain Shutdown

Relieved passengers on a flight from South Africa streamed into Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Saturday, in stark contrast to the previous day when fears about a new Covid-19 variant sparked chaos.

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Taliban Say It Won't Interfere In "Internal Affairs" Of Other Countries

The Taliban co-founder and now prime minister of Afghanistan Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund pledged Saturday that his government will "not interfere" in other countries' internal affairs.

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France Presidential Hopeful Shows Finger To Critic As Campaign Sees Slump

French far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour on Saturday gave the finger to a passer-by during a troubled visit to Marseille, in a gesture seized on by critics as a sign his campaign was...

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Israel To Ban Entry Of Foreigners From All Nations Over New Covid Strain

Israel on Saturday said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country, making it the first country to shut its borders completely in response to the potentially more contagious 'Omicron'...

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Sydney Starts Urgent Testing After 2 Covid Cases On Africa Flight

Health officials in Australia's Sydney have begun urgent testing after two people who arrived on a flight from southern Africa overnight tested positive to the coronavirus, raising concerns that a...

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Punjab's Charanjit Channi Wants AAP, Akali Dal Wiped Out In 2022 Polls

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and asked the people to wipe them out from the electoral scene in the...

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Pak Drones Carry Explosives, Indian Ones Carry Medicines: Union Minister

Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that while Pakistan's drones carry explosives to spread terror and threaten human lives, the Indian drones haveassumed the role of a COVID warrior and are carrying...

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Saudi To Allow Conditional Entry "From All Countries" Despite New Strain

Saudi Arabia will allow entry to travellers "from all countries" as long as they have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine inside the kingdom, it said on Saturday, a day after suspending flights...

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5-Year-Old Shot Dead By Teen Making Social Media Video In US: Police

A five-year-old child was shot and killed in Minnesota by a teen who was filming a social-media video with friends, police said.

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Czech Republic Reports First Case Of New Covid Strain: Hospital

The regional hospital in the northern Czech city of Liberec confirmed the new 'Omicron' strain of Covid-19 in a female patient, its spokesman Vaclav Ricar told Czech Television on Saturday.

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Dutch Find 61 Covid Cases On South Africa Flights Amid New Strain Worry

Dutch health authorities said Saturday the new 'Omicron' strain of Covid-19 was "probably" among some of the 61 passengers who tested positive after arriving on two flights from South Africa.

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Late Left Leader's Daughter A Trinamool Candidate In Kolkata Civic Poll

Basundhara Goswami, the daughter of late RSP heavyweight and former West Bengal minister Kshiti Goswami, has created a flutter by being nominated a Trinamool candidate in the upcoming Kolkata...

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Karnataka Seeks Centre's Go-Ahead To Administer Booster Dose: Minister

In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, informed state Revenue Minister...

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Utmost Discretion Necessary For Judges In Courtroom Utterances: President

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that it is incumbent upon the judges to exercise "utmost discretion" in their utterances in the courtrooms.

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UK, Germany, Italy Detect Cases Of New Covid Variant

Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new 'Omicron' coronavirus variant on Saturday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new steps to contain the virus, while more nations...

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Tribal Man Says He Was Tortured In Custody, Kerala Police Denies Claim

A tribal man's claim on Saturday that he was tortured in custody and forced to confess to some thefts, led to the Opposition Congress and AISF, the youth wing of CPI and an ally of the ruling LDF,...

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Child Will Stay With Foster Mother Who Cared For Her For A Decade: Court

Coming to the rescue of a 10-year-old girl given in adoption in a battle for custody between two women, the Madras High Court has ruled the minor cannot be separated from her foster mother who had...

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Friday, November 26, 2021

US Restricts Travel From 8 Southern African Nations Over New Covid Strain

The United States announced Friday it is restricting travel from eight southern African countries over fears of a new variant of Covid-19 detected in South Africa.

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WhatsApp Gets To Double Payments Offering To 40 Million In India: Report

WhatsApp has won regulatory approval to double the number of users on its payments service in India to 40 million, a source with direct knowledge told news agency Reuters on Friday.

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In A First, Drone Used To Deliver Medicines In Meghalaya

Meghalaya used a drone to deliver medicines to a remote primary health centre in state's West Khasi Hils district.

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Akhilesh Yadav Re-Tunes Mamata Banerjee's 'Khela Hobe' To Take On BJP

If it worked in Bengal, it might just work in Uttar Pradesh - at least that's what Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party seems to be thinking as it released a new election anthem on Friday to take on Chief...

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Unique Cost-Effective Bridge Inaugurated In Maharashtra's Latur

A first-of-its-kind bridge in the country was commissioned in the presence of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Maharashtra's Latur district.

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Jammu Man, Wanted In Rash Driving Case, Arrested After 16 Years: Police

A man was arrested in Jammu on Friday, 16 years after being charged under a case of rash driving and injuring people, officials said.

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Trinamool Announces Candidates For Kolkata Civic Body Polls

The Trinamool Congress on Friday announced names of candidates for elections to the 144-ward Kolkata Municipal Corporation, dropping 39 sitting councillors.

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New Covid Strain Named Omicron, Classified As "Variant Of Concern" By WHO

The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it Omicron.

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Girl, 9, Raped By Boy, 14, In UP's Fatehpur: Police

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in UP's Fatehgarh district, police said.

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At Amit Shah Meeting, A New Decision On Assam-Mizoram Border Row

Assam and Mizoram will form political panels to work out their border disputes and hold discussions at the highest levels, the two states decided on Friday following a meeting with Union Home Minister...

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US Needs More Data On Covid Variant Before Curbing Travel: Top Scientist

Senior US government scientist Anthony Fauci said Friday Washington wanted more data on a worrisome new Covid-19 variant first detected in southern Africa before joining other countries in banning...

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South Africa Slams "Draconian, Unjustified" Travel Bans

South Africa's health ministry on Friday attacked Europe's rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new Covid variant as "draconian," unscientific and contrary to WHO advice.

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Bhopal's Minto Hall To Be Renamed After BJP Ex-National President

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced that Minto Hall, the Old Vidhan Sabha in Bhopal, will be renamed as Kushabhau Thakre Hall after BJP's former national president...

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Madhya Pradesh Minister Apologies Over His "Upper Caste Women..." Remark

State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bisahulal Singh on Friday apologised for his 'Thakur women' statement made while at an event stating that his remarks were misconstrued and that it was not his...

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MG Ramachandran's Niece, Who Donated Him Kidney, Dies At 71

AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran's niece Leelavathi died on Friday following a brief illness, the party said.

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Cut Duplicate Names In Voter List: Samajwadi Party To Election Commission

Samajwadi Party claimed that a large number of irregularities have come to the fore in the voters' list published on November 1.

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Delta Still Dominates As More Covid Variants Emerge

A new variant of Covid-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans and a scramble to determine vaccine efficacy.

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Sharad Pawar's Party Wants Action Against "Trolls" Behind Morphed Pic

The NCP on Friday demanded that the Maharashtra government take action against trolls who morphed pictures of party chief Sharad Pawar with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and former state chief...

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Mukul Sangma Elected Trinamool Assembly Leader In Meghalaya

Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Friday was elected as the legislative party leader of the newly formed All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in Meghalaya, officials said.

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Dairy Farmers To Get "Kisan Credit Card": Union Minister

Union Minister Parshottam Rupala on Friday said the ''kisan credit card'' will be given to dairy farmers as well enabling them to get loans of up to Rs 3 lakh at reduced interest rates.

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