Ahead of the polling for the first phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath cautioned the voters against the state becoming Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal if they “make a mistake.” In an almost six-minute long video shared from his personal Twitter handle on the polling day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
India on Thursday recorded 67,084 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease, pushing the cumulative tally to 4,24,78,060. At present, the active caseload was 7,90,789 at 1.86 per cent. According to the latest update shared by the Union ministry of health and family welfare, as many as 1,67,882 patients were cured in the last 24 hours, […]
Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who tried to lecture India on girl’s education on Wednesday morning, got a stern reply from AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. Addressing a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi told the neighbours to mind their own business. Owaisi said that the country which could not protect Malala […]
Uttar Pradesh is all set to hold the first of its seven-phase elections on Thursday when 58 assembly seats in 11 districts, most of them impacted by the farmers’ agitation, go to the polls. The polling will start early at 7 am to ensure Covid-safe polls.In 2017, the BJP bagged all but five of the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that he would not speak on the issue of his security breach in Punjab’s Ferozepur as it could impact the Supreme Court-mandated investigationModi has said that he has is currently speaking to news agency ANI on the upcoming assembly elections in 5 states- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab […]
The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct second-term board examination for classes 10 and 12 in offline mode from April 26, officials said on Wednesday. “The board after discussion with various stakeholders and taking into consideration the Covid-19 situation in the country has decided to conduct second-term board exams in offline mode only,” CBSE […]
UN chief Antonio Guterres has condoled the demise of the legendary Indian singer, Lata Mangeshkar, who “truly had been the voice of the subcontinent”. Mangeshkar, who will be counted as one of India’s greats with an estimated 25,000 songs in an almost eight-decade career, died in Mumbai on Sunday. She was 92.The UN Secretary General’s […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s first launch mission of 2022 is slated for February 14, with PSLV-C52 orbiting an earth observation satellite (EOS-04). The launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C52) is scheduled at 05.59 hours on Monday from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said.PSLV-C52 is […]
India logged 71,365 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of Covid cases to 4,24,10,976, while the active cases declined to 8,92,828, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,05,279 with 1,217 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am said.The active cases comprised 2.11 per […]
Whether it is a bikini, a ‘ghoonghat’, a pair of jeans or a ‘hijab’, it is a woman’s right to decide what she wants to wear, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Wednesday amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka. She asserted that this right is guaranteed by the Constitution.Incidents of stone pelting and […]