Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Election Commission on Saturday extended its ban on physical rallies and roadshows until January 22 in the five poll-bound states, saying it will subsequently review the situation and issue fresh instructions. he poll panel, however, granted a relaxation for the political parties to the extent that indoor meetings […]
India added 2,64,202 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 239 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,65,82,129 which includes 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. There has been a 4.83 per cent increase in Omicron cases since Thursday. The active cases comprises […]
The Tri-Services Court of Inquiry into the IAF chopper crash that led to the demise of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has concluded that the helicopter got entangled in clouds and hit the terrain. India’s first CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 12 others were killed in the chopper crash in […]
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday inspected the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train accident site in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district and said that there was some issue with the equipment of the locomotive. Nine people were killed and 36 injured after 12 coaches of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train derailed, and some of them capsized near Domohani in […]
The acquittal of Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal of charges of raping a nun in a Kerala convent by a court here triggered emotional reactions on Friday as nuns who support the survivor expressed shock and dismay over the verdict and said they would continue the fight till justice is prevailed while the jubilant bishop […]
In a major development, the Amritsar Special Task Force (STF) recovered 5 kg of RDX from near the international border in Attari’s Dhanoa Kala village on Friday. The explosive was defused by the bomb squad present on the spot. Besides the RDX, the STF has also recovered six AK 47 rifle rounds, two grenades, three […]
The government has decided to hold the budget session of Parliament from January 31 to April 8 subject to exigencies of business. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has recommended the session schedule with the first half of the session proposed from January 31 to February 11. The session will resume from March 14 to […]
An improvised explosive device (IED) stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here on Friday morning but it was later defused, officials said. The explosive was kept in an iron box and concealed in the black coloured backpack.The incident comes ahead of Republic Day celebrations […]
After Tirupati deputy mayor Abhinaya Reddy, son of Andhra Pradesh MLA B Karunakar Reddy, allegedly cut off the water supply to Tirupati airport and staff residential quarters, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M Scindia said necessary action would be taken. On Twitter, the Union minister wrote that the issue would be examined and the […]
The Congress on Thursday released its party’s first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, fielding the Unnao rape victim’s mother Asha Singh from the Unnao assembly seat. Anti-CAA activist and party spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh, Sadaf Jafar is the Congress candidate from the Lucknow central seat.Asha […]