The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge-sheet against 160 more accused, including the chairmen of three medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly rigging the 2013 Pre-Medical Test (PMT) in the multi-crore Vyapam examination and recruitment scam. This took the number of accused who have been charge-sheeted in the case so far […]
The National Dam Safety Authority, which seeks to maintain standards related to dam safety, prevent dam-related disasters and resolve inter-state issues in this regard, has come into force from Friday. The Dam Safety Act, passed by Parliament on December 8 last year, states that a National Dam Safety Authority will liaise with state-level dam safety […]
With 25,920 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,27,80,235, while the active cases dipped below three lakh after 43 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,10,905 with 492 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter Scale occurred near Jaipur on Friday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology. The central government’s nodal agency for monitoring earthquakes said that the epicentre of the seismic event was 92km northwest of Jaipur and at the depth of 5km. The earthquake occurred at 8.01am. “Earthquake […]
About 25,000 birds falling in a kilometre radius of an affected poultry farm in Thane will be culled in the next few days in the wake of a bird flu scare. The move came days after about 100 chickens died suddenly at the farm in Vehloli village of Shahapur tehsil in Thane district, officials said. […]
India’s popular e-commerce website IndiaMart.com and four other markets, including New Delhi’s famous Palika Bazaar, have figured in the latest annual list of the world’s notorious markets released by the US Trade Representative. The 2021 Notorious Markets List released on Thursday identified 42 online and 35 physical markets around the world that are reported to […]
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Thursday urged Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The 20-time Grand Slam winner has remained unvaccinated against coronavirus and has maintained that he is willing to miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to take the jab. Posting a video of […]
Calls regarding unattended bags and bomb threats at two different places in east Delhi created panic on Thursday. The first case was reported from Shahdara area, police said.“An unidentified bag was found in Shahdara district. Delhi Police and Fire Department received a bomb threat call at 2.15 p.m. We found a bag from the spot […]
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who enthralled Hindi cinema lovers with his disco-infused tunes in the ’80s and ’90s, was cremated here in the presence of family, friends and industry colleagues on Thursday. Lahiri, 69, died following multiple health issues on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu.Police had barricaded the lane of the singer’s Juhu […]
The income tax department on Thursday conducted searches on Chitra Ramkrishna, the former chief of the National Stock Exchange of India. Officials said the searches are aimed to check charges of tax evasion and financial irregularities against her and others, news agency PTI reported. Ramkrishna was MD and CEO of NSE from April, 2013 to […]