Congress candidate Ajay Rai was on Saturday slapped with the charge of sedition over his alleged hate speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Rai, who is contesting the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh from the Pindra, has also been booked for flouting the model code of conduct […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveils the 216 feet tall Statue of Equality after taking part in the rituals. Clad in devotional golden attire, Modi sat at the prayer site and then took a tour of the temple premises where replicas of 108 Vishnu temples, including Badrinath, Ayodhya, Tirumala, have been placed. The 216-feet […]
Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital earlier last month, after testing positive for COVID-19, is still in the ICU and is on a ventilator, reported news agency ANI on Saturday. The singer, 92, was also being treated for pneumonia as well. She recovered from COVID-19 and pneumonia in late […]
India on Saturday recorded 1,27,952 fresh coronavirus cases that took its infection tally to 4,20,80,664, while the number of active cases declined further to 13,31,648, according to the Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,01,114 with 1,059 more fatalities, the data updated at showed. The active cases comprise 3.16 per cent of […]
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, while no reports of any casualty or damage to property was received from anywhere so far. It sent tremors across parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi NCR and other parts of North India. A statement issued by the India Meteorological Department […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Hyderabad in Telangana on Saturday to unveil the ‘Statue of Equality’ which commemorates 11th century Bhakti saint Sri Ramanujacharya. The prime minister will also kickstart the 50th anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT during his visit. Modi will unveil the 216-feet tall ‘Statue of Equality’ on Saturday. In a tweet, PM […]
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces here on Saturday, police said. Acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in Zakura locality of the city, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there during the night, a police official said.He said as the forces were conducting searches […]
India added 1,49,394 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally to 4,19,52,712, while the active cases further declined to 14,35,569, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,00,055 with 1,072 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.The active cases comprise 3.42 per cent of the […]
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), turned down an offer for the second highest ‘Z’ category security cover, a day after shots were fired at his car while he was returning to Delhi after campaigning in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut.”I don’t want Z category security. I want to be an […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused rival parties of spreading “rumours” against Covid vaccines and thanked people for ignoring them and taking the jabs. Addressing his second virtual rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Modi said the state witnessed benefits of the “double engine” government in administering Covid jabs.The prime minister said the Union Budget […]