Panic gripped Delhi’s Rohini court complex on Friday morning after a bullet was fired from a Nagaland Police personnel’s service weapon during a fight between clients of two advocates, according to police. There were no casualties in the incident, the police said. A senior police officer said there was a fight between the clients of […]
The UK’s partnership with India is a beacon in stormy seas as the world faces growing threats from autocratic states which seek to undermine democracy, choke off fair trade and trample on sovereignty, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.Ahead of his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Johnson said the India-UK collaboration, from […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning received the United Kingdom’s Boris Johnson at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi as the UK PM kicked off the second day of his India visit. Johnson thanked India for the warm welcome in a brief address. “Thank you for the fantastic welcome…I don’t think things have ever been […]
India on Thursday reported 2,380 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), 15 per cent higher than the previous day. The number of total fatalities rose to 522,062 after 56 people succumbed to the viral disease in the last 24 hours, according to the data updated on Union health ministry’s website. With latest additions, the […]
A Panjab University alumnus, Ajay Sood, is the new Principal Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister, said an official announcement. Sood, currently an Honorary Professor at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, replaces K. Vijaya Raghavan who retired recently. Sood was awarded Padma Shri in 2013 for his stellar work in the […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will arrive in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning as part of his two-day India visit, and will be accorded a grand welcome on a four-km route from the city airport to a hotel, officials said.In the city, Johnson will visit the Gandhi Ashram, and later go to Gujarat Biotechnology University, Akshardham […]
The police are tightening the sensational Kodanad heist cum murder case, V K Sasikala, former aide of late Tamili Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, will be questioned for the first time on Thursday. “We have received the police summons. The questioning will be at her T Nagar residence (in Chennai) on Thursday around 10.30,” said […]
In view of a spurt in coronavirus cases in the city, the Delhi government on Wednesday made wearing of masks mandatory in public places and imposed a fine of Rs 500 on violators.Officials said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, in its meeting, also decided not to shut schools, but chose to come up with a […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off “bulldozers of hate” and switch on power plants.He also raised the issue of coal shortage in the country and shared a news report that […]
Bulldozers razed several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Wednesday during an anti-encroachment drive by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation but it was stopped within hours following a Supreme Court order.The anti-encroachment drive continued even after the Supreme Court directed authorities to stop it. An NDMC official, requesting anonymity, said the drive continued because of the […]