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A drone, indigenously developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), is likely to be deployed by the Army in eastern Ladakh to enhance surveillance in the area that has seen a face-off between the forces of India and China, sources said.A DRDO official said the drone will be...
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A case has been registered against a 30-year-old coronavirus positive woman from Hinjwadi area near Pune who allegedly flew to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in defiance of mandatory home isolation.An official of the Pimpri Chinchwad health department lodged a complaint against the woman on...
22:15
Former Union Minister Shiv Pratap Shukla and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rakesh Singh have been appointed the party's chief whips in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, respectively, sources said on Tuesday.Shukla, the Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh, will replace Narayan Panchariya who recently retired...
22:08
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Murugesh Nirani apologised on Tuesday after a WhatsApp message that allegedly mocked Hindu Gods was shared from his personal mobile number, sparking a controversy.The screenshot of the message was telecast by some local news channels, which also showed...
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JUST IN: Sharjeel Imam has tested positive for COVID-19.Delhi Police Special Cell had applied for his production warrant in Assam as he is lodged at Guwahati Central Jail and he was going to be presented before a Delhi Court on July 25, but will not be produced now, say Delhi Police...
20:58
The Supreme Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu (on its own) contempt proceedings against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his alleged derogatory tweets against the judiciary.The apex court has also initiated contempt proceedings against Twitter India on which Bhushan had posted some alleged...
20:57
Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, requesting him to allow sacrifice of animals and people to offer namaz in idgahs on Eid-al-Adha. In a letter sent to the chief minister on Monday, acting Mohtamim Maulana Abdul Khalik Madrasi said...
20:28
After banning 59 apps of Chinese origin, the government on Tuesday directed them to ensure strict compliance to its orders, and warned of serious action in case of any violation, according to an official source.The government on June 29 had banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including TikTok,...
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Frontline leaders of the Ram Janambhoomi agitation will be invited for the bhumi pujan' for the construction of the temple in Ayodhya next month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ayodhya on August 5 for the ceremony. Kameshwar Chaupal, a member of Shri Ram...
19:21
Based upon the circumstances, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board decided that it is not advisable to hold and conduct this year's Shri Amarnathji Yatra and expressed its regret to announce the cancellation of Yatra 2020, says Raj Bhavan, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. To keep the religious sentiments...
19:13
China on Tuesday sought to defend its recent claims over the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan, saying the boundary between the two countries is yet to be demarcated and it has proposed a package solution to resolve the border dispute.In a surprise move, China recently staked claim over the...
19:10
All foreigners and Chinese nationals should carry the negative COVID-19 test certificate before entering China, an official announcement here said on Tuesday. The certificate should be no older than five days at the time of boarding a flight, said the announcement made by China's Civil...
19:00
Axis Bank on Tuesday reported 19 per cent decline in standalone net profit at Rs 1,112 crore for June quarter of the current financial year. The third largest private sector bank posted a net profit of Rs 1,370 crore for April-June, 2019-20.Total income was almost flat at Rs 19,125.57...
18:53
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday favoured working out an honourable formula to deal with the political crisis in Rajasthan and appeared to back a rapprochement with Sachin Pilot, who has raised abanner of revolt against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. As a party...
18:52
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Bihar government on Tuesday alleging the COVID-19 situation in the state has gone out of control and that the NDA dispensation's claim of good governance has been exposed. The coronavirus pandemic situation in Bihar is critical and has spiralled...
18:38
Lockdown is not the solution for controlling COVID-19 and resource mobilisation was equally important for a government to function, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said as he ruled out extension of the week-long shutdown in Bengaluru and elsewhere. Addressing...
18:26
Police personnel and officers in Gujarat have been directed not to express their political views or be part of any anti-government drive on internet under a first-ever code of conduct issued by DGP Shivanand Jha.The strict guidelines were issued against the backdrop of an online campaign for pay...
18:23
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca shows promise as it can generate both antibodies and cell-mediated immune responses, say several scientists in India and abroad, while cautioning that there is still a long way to go. Very promising, comforting and...
18:12
Professional networking site LinkedIn on Tuesday said it is slashing about 960 jobs globally, about six per cent of its worldwide staff, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The company, which is part of tech giant Microsoft, has about 1,200 employees in India. It also has a development centre...
17:52
Amid the ongoing boundary dispute between India and China, the Defence Research and Development Organisation or the DRDO has provided its indigenously-developed drone named Bharat to the Indian Army for carrying out accurate surveillance in high altitude areas and mountainous terrain along the...
17:46
India's COVID-19 recovery rate is increasing day by day and today it is 62.72 per cent, Rajesh Bhushan, Officer on Special Duty, Health Ministry said on Tuesday.Addressing the press conference, Bhushan said, There are currently 4,02,529 active cases in India and 7,24,577 people have recovered....
17:32
China has hit back with a warning that Britain must bear the consequences if it continues what it believes is interference in its internal affairs after the United Kingdom suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the House of Commons on Monday that...
17:00
Dr. Richard Bartlett, a Dallas MD who previously advised Governor Rick Perry for 7 years has a lifesaving COVID breakthrough, that Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Iceland are also using. The breakthrough is an inexpensive generic drug used to help asthmatics for more than 20 years, but the US and...
16:52
Union Health Ministry briefs the media over COVID-19 situation in the country. Highlights:-- 30 States/Union Territories have positivity rate lower than India average.19 States and Union Territories are performing more than 140 tests per day per million population.-- Number of COVID-19 deaths per...
16:32
BMC workers remove a poster declaring actor Rekha's residence in Mumbai as a containment zone. A security guard at the premises had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier.
16:28
Since July 14, Pune has been recording the highest number of new cases each day in the country, surpassing Thane, which until recently was the worst affected district. Pune now has almost twice as many new cases each day as Mumbai, even though its population is less than half that of Mumbai. Read...
16:25
The govt of India announces appointments of the following officers at the joint secretary level or equivalent. Take a look
16:23
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused the BJP-led NDA government of hatching a conspiracy to try and topple duly elected governments of opposition-ruled states by using central agencies annd money power. Addressing a virtual rally of the TMC on 'Martyrs' Day', she declared...
16:08
Economic activity continues to remain weak and will lead to a 6.1 per cent contraction in India's GDP in the current fiscal, a foreign brokerage said on Tuesday. The Reserve Bank is likely to pause at the upcoming policy review in August and cut rates by 25 basis points each in the October and...
15:54
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party ended in Jaipur with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asking the state Cabinet to meet at his residence at 4 pm. The Cabinet meeting has been called to discuss the coronavirus situation, states's financial...
15:52
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday requested the Legislative Assembly speaker to defer action on disqualification notices to dissident Congress MLAs till July 24, the speaker's counsel said. The court also reserved its judgment on the writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 dissident...
15:21
Rajasthan HC order on dissident Congress MLAs' petition to be pronounced on Friday.
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A phase II clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, conducted in China, has found that it is safe and induces an immune response, a study published in The Lancet says. Scientists, including those from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the trial sought to...
14:57
Film critic Rajeev Masand at the Bandra police station
Film critic Rajeev Masand reached Bandra police station in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon to record his statement in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, an official said. The police are likely to question Masand about the ratings and reviews he had given to Rajput's films, the...
14:18
The NCERT has revised a chapter in its Class 12 political science textbook to drop a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and to add a brief mention of scrapping of its special status last year.The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the...
14:14
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is among the invitees for the Ram temple bhoomi pujan ceremony in Ayodhya, former NCP MP Majeed Memon said on Tuesday, but opined that head of a secular democracy should refrain from promoting a particular religious activity.The 'bhoomi pujan'...
14:08
Disability rights NGO NPRD has sought the NHRC's intervention to shift G N Saibaba, a wheelchair user lodged in the Nagpur central jail, to a medical facility for treatment. Former Delhi University professor Saibaba, who is serving life sentence in a prison for alleged Maoist links, has filed...
13:58
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will address the people of the state through YouTube and Facebook live on Tuesday evening, his office said. The Honourable Chief Minister will be addressing the people of the state live through Youtube and Facebook at 5 pm today evening,...
13:38
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party meeting began here on Tuesday, party sources said. The meeting began around 11 am after about a two-hour delay at a hotel on the outskirts of Jaipur where Congress legislators supporting the...
13:18
Nalini Sriharan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, attempted suicide in Vellore prison. Her lawyer says, We want inquiry into it as she never showed such an attitude during her 30-year incarceration. We request CM to move her to Puzhal prison. She isn't safe in Vellore...
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A Delhi sero-survey reported that on an average, across Delhi, the prevalence of IgG antibodies is 23.48 per cent. The study conducted by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC)also indicates that a large number of infected persons remain asymptomatic.The Union Ministry of Health and...
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The Delhi government on Tuesday approved doorstep delivery of ration to eligible beneficiaries, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced, terming it as a revolutionary move. The scheme will be known as Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Ration Yojna'', he said. The scheme, which was approved...
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Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday apologised for his statements comparing Punjabis and Jats with Bengalis, and said he did not intend to hurt sentiments. Deb had stirred a controversy by saying Punjabis and Jats are physically strong but less brainy while Bengalis are known to...
12:46
The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Centre and the RBI to respond to a plea seeking release of up to Rs 5 lakh to depositors of the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd to help them address health issues during the prevalent COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of Chief...
12:42
Hearing on the petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 MLAs against Speaker's disqualification notice to resume at 2 pm in Rajasthan High Court.
12:13
The Bandra police have recorded the statements of three psychiatrists and one psychotherapist in the alleged suicide case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. One of the psychiatrists, a senior doctor from a leading hospital, confirmed to the cops that the actor was suffering from...
12:09
Congress MLAs practice yoga at Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur.
Update on Sachin Pilot and the 18 MLAs hearing in the Rajasthan High Court on their disqualification notice: Lawyer Mukul Rohtagi, who is representing Sachin Pilot tells the court, Disqualification notice by Assembly Speaker was issued to Sachin Pilot and other MLAs on the same day of complaint....
11:55
The Indian women's cricket team has pulled out of the proposed tour of England due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to media reports. The Indian women's team was originally slated to play a bilateral series comprising three ODIs and three T20Is against England in June which got postponed due...
11:47
Against the backdrop of the recent firing by Nepal Armed Police Force that left an Indian injured, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday called for breaking barrels of Nepalese guns right now or else, it said such incidents will be a permanent headache like is the case of Pakistan. An editorial in Shiv...
11:10
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya pay last respects to Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Lalji Tandon who passed away earlier today.
11:06
Taking a dig at the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday listed the alleged attempt to topple the government in Rajasthan and the Namaste Trump event as among the Centre's achievements in the COVID-19 era. In a sarcastic tweet in Hindi, he said due to such achievements of...
11:02
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain is back on the saddle after recovering from the Covid virus: With 954 new cases, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Delhi rises to 1,23,747 and 1,04,918 have recovered till now. Recovery rate is at 84%, he says.
10:40
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has warned that Russia, China, Iran and some other foreign players are working to interfere in the US presidential elections and said the best tool to stop these countries from meddling in the polls is to expose them immediately. Biden, who was speaking...
10:37
BJP MP Shiv Pratap Shukla has been appointed as the chief whip of the party in Rajya Sabha.
09:57
The Rajasthan High Court is likely to pronounce its order today on a writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs, challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the state assembly speaker. The petition was taken up by a bench of Chief Justice Indrajit...
09:52
The United Nations stands ready to support the Government of India if required as devastating floods in Assam have displaced lakhs and killed more than 100 people, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary General said.Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that nearly 4 million people were displaced in...
09:47
Senior doctors in West Bengal have blamed people's casual approach to lockdown guidelines and quarantine norms for high COVID-19 caseload in the state, and welcomed the TMC government's decision to impose bi-weekly shutdown to stem the spread of the disease. Admitting that community...
09:22
The Covid tally is here. There has been a spike of 37,148 cases and 587 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours. Total COVID-19 positive cases stand at 11,55,191 including 4,02,529 active cases, 7,24,578 cured/discharged/migrated and 28084 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare....
09:03
President Ram Nath Kovind condoles the death of MP governor Lalji Tandon. The President tweeted, In the passing away of Madhya Pradesh Governor Shri Lal Ji Tandon, we have lost a legendary leader who combined cultural sophistication of Lucknow&acumen of a national stalwart. I deeply mourn his...
08:54
Rajasthan Congress in-charge Avinash Pandey said the Congress is ready to discuss the complaints of dissident MLAs even if the high court decision goes in favour of the Speaker who issued disqualification notices to Sachin Pilot and his camp of MLAs. Pandey said the MLAs have time till July...
08:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon.Tandon, 85 passed away at 5:35 am on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. Shri Lalji Tandon will be remembered for his untiring efforts to...
08:05
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon passed away after a prolonged illness.Tandon was admitted to the hospital after complaining of breathing problems, difficulty in urination and fever. Tandon, 85, had been undergoing treatment at the hospital since June 11.Tandon's son Ashutosh Tandon...
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The United Kingdom government on Monday suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong immediately and indefinitely, weeks after China imposed a controversial national security law on the former British colony that gave Beijing sweeping new powers over the Asian business hub.Foreign Secretary...
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