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The proposed grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to be installed at India Gate in the national capital will be 25 feet high and made of granite stone, Director General of the National Modern Art Gallery, New Delhi, Adwaita Gadanayak said.Gadanayak expressed his happiness for getting an...
22:41
Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar will lead the party's campaign in Uttar Pradesh where the party is contesting the assembly elections in alliance with the Samajwadi Party.Besides Pawar, senior leaders and parliament members Praful Patel, Supriya Sule, Sunil Tatkare and Fauzia Khan...
21:52
The Centre on Friday dismissed reports of data leak from CoWIN application and said that the digital platform is safe and secure.The Union Health Ministry in a tweet on Friday said, 'Regarding data leak from CoWIN: We are getting the matter examined. However, prima facie it appears that the...
21:47
Mumbai on Friday reported 5,008 new coronavirus cases, 700 less than the previous day, and 12 fresh fatalities linked to the infection, the city civic body said.With this, the city's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,28,715, while the death toll jumped to 16,512, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...
21:40
The Election Commission would meet on Saturday to decide whether the ban imposed by it on physical rallies and roadshows to prevent the spread of coronavirus should continue.Announcing dates for elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur on January 8, the poll panel had...
20:48
Delhi logged 10,756 Covid cases in a single day and 38 more fatalities due to the infection, while the positivity rate declined to 18.04 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department on Friday.As many as 434 people have succumbed to the disease so far in January. According to...
20:12
Punjab Lok Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Friday launched a scathing attack against Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, alleging that the road blockade that led to the PM's security breach was 'stage-managed' and kickbacks were received in the transfer and posting of officers.The incumbent...
19:43
The Union health ministry on Friday said that against the earlier limit of four, now six members can be registered for Covid vaccination on Co-WIN using one mobile number.It also said that a new utility feature has been introduced under the Raise an Issue section of Co-WIN and through this, a...
19:03
Just In: Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, quits BJP, to contest election from Panaji as independent candidate. Details soon.
18:20
The Golden Temple, Amritsar
The BJP on Friday released its first list of 34 candidates, including 13 Sikhs, for the election to the 117-member Punjab assembly. Releasing the list, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh said the party has given representation to all sections of...
18:07
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma tests positive for Covid-19. I am isolating myself for the required time. I have mild symptoms, he tweets.
17:56
Sixteen members of the senior men's hockey team were among the 33 COVID-19 cases detected on Friday at the Sports Authority of India's National Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. The positive cases came after 128 tests were conducted at the high-profile centre, the Sports Authority of...
17:55
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said he will file a defamation case against AAP leader Arvind Kejrwal for dubbing him a dishonest man after the ED carried out some raids, including at the premises of the Congress leader's nephew. Channi alleged that the Delhi...
17:43
Personal data of thousands of people in India has been leaked from a government server which includes their name, mobile number, address and Covid test result, and these information can be accessed through online search. The leaked data has been put on sale on Raid Forums website where...
17:39
The party knows they cannot win solely because of Yogi and that is why they are hiding Yogi behind Modi. Yogi's clout has diminished within the party and he is more of a liability than as asset, says Dr Prashant K Trivedi, associate professor at the Lucknow-based Giri Institute of...
17:19
US$ 60,000, worth approximately Rs 45 lakh found during frisking of a ground handling agency staff at Terminal 2, Mumbai airport. He had concealed it at the lower part of his body under his clothes and socks.
17:17
Rules for international arrivals change again. From January 22nd, isolation facility is not mandatory for international travelers arriving from at-risk countries. If tested positive, their samples should be further sent for genomic testing at INSACOG laboratory network. They shall be...
17:03
A day after the Kerala government imposed fresh restrictions to contain rising COVID-19 cases in the State, Health Minister Veena George on Friday said 100 per cent of the targeted population above the age of 18 years have been given the first dose of vaccine and 83 per cent of the total...
16:56
The Indian equities markets witnessed heavy selling pressure for the fourth consecutive day on Friday with benchmark Sensex slumping 427 points.After losing 1,844 points in the previous three sessions, the Sensex opened the trading on Friday over 400 points down at 59,039.37 points and tumbled to...
16:52
Veteran journalist and former group editor of Lokmat Media Dinkar Raikar died of a prolonged illness at a private hospital in Mumbai in the early hours of Friday, family sources said. Raikar, 79, is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Raikar had tested positive for...
16:45
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the new amended Arms Rules have allowed the manufacturers to enhance their annual production of firearms or ammunition or calibre wise revision of its licensed capacity by giving intimation to the licensing authority and also to the state government concerned...
16:39
An artist's impression of the Netaji statue
Trinamool Congress on Friday welcomed Centre's decision to install a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate in the national capital.However, the TMC asserted that it was aimed at countering criticism after the rejection of West Bengal's tableau themed on the nationalist leader for...
16:25
Expelled Uttarakhand BJP Minister Harak Singh Rawat joins Congress, today.
16:10
Amar Jawan Jyoti merged with eternal flame at National War Memorial. The Centre announced its decision to extinguish and merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate with the eternal flame at the NWM today.The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate will be extinguished and merged with the flame at the...
15:46
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The mortal remains of the two Indians who were killed in a drone attack in Abu Dhabi reached Punjab on Friday. On January 17, Hardev Singh (35) and Hardeep Singh (28), and a Pakistani national, all staff of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company were killed and six others injured in...
15:42
he Delhi Traffic Police on Friday issued an advisory on the arrangements and restrictions in place for the smooth conduct of full dress rehearsal on January 23 for the Republic Day parade. The parade rehearsal will start at 9.50 am on Monday from Vijay Chowk and proceed to National...
15:00
Torches scheduled to be used today to merge the flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti with the one at the National War Memorial. Ex-servicemen expressed mixed reactions on the Centre's decision to extinguish and merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial...
14:37
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday virtually pitched herself as the party's face in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections but did not confirm whether she would contest the polls or not. Do you see any other face from the Congress party, she said when asked who...
14:24
Courtesy: Meat Loaf on Facebook
US singer and actor Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, passed away on January 20. He was 74. His wife Deborah was beside him at the time of death. No cause of death has been disclosed so far. The singer's debut album in 1977, Bat Out of Hell, was reported to be one of the all-time highest...
14:13
Airlines should strictly implement the one hand bag per passenger rule, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has said. The CISF has red-flagged air travellers carrying more than 2-3 cabin bags and asked the aviation authorities to strictly implement the one hand bag rule.Bureau of Civil...
13:51
Delhi weekend curfew to stay for now, says Lieutenant Governor's office.The LG's office agreed to 50% attendance in private offices but suggested that status quo be maintained with regards to weekend curfew and opening of markets. A decision will be taken on the subject once the COVID situation...
13:36
A court in Maharashtra's Thane on Friday remanded controversial Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj in 14-day judicial custody in a case of alleged derogatory remarks he had made against Mahatma Gandhi. A team from the Naupada police station in Thane city had on Wednesday night...
13:21
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday that a grand statue of iconic freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be installed at India Gate as a symbol of India's indebtedness to him. Till the statue, made of granite, is completed, a hologram statue of his would be present at...
13:09
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi launch Uttar Pradesh's Youth Manifesto, at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) HQ in Delhi.The seven-phased elections will begin from February 10, and according to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, the last day for nomination...
12:54
Former Kerala Chief Minister, V S Achuthanandan was admitted to a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday after he tested positive for COVID-19. The 98-year-old CPI(M) leader was shifted to a private hospital in the city after he contracted the virus from the nurse, who has been...
12:25
Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has tested positive for Covid-19.Harbhajan on Friday said that he has quarantined himself at home and is taking all the necessary precautions. I've tested positive for COVID with mild symptoms. I have quarantined myself at home and taking all the...
11:58
Man of the moment, Utpal Parrikar, says he will hold a press conference today to announce his decision for the Goa polls. Former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar's son turned down the BJP's offer of a seat since he wanted to contest from his father's Panaji seat. The BJP picked sitting MLA Atanasio Babush...
11:48
The Indian equities markets were under heavy selling pressure for the fourth consecutive day on Friday with benchmark Sensex slumping 593 points.After losing 1,844 points in the previous three sessions, the Sensex opened the trading on Friday over 400 points down at 59,039.37 points and...
11:39
Filmmaker Onir reacts to the Defense Ministry rejecting his film script inspired by the real-life story of a gay major.A sequel to his national award-winning film 'I Am', the film was scheduled to be partially shot in Kolkata from April.Lieutenant Colonel Sachin Ujjwal of the Army's ADG Strategic...
11:34
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive chairperson, Biocon
Notwithstanding the muted broader market trend, shares of Biocon Ltd surged over 2 per cent in morning trade on Friday after the biotechnology major reported strong December quarter earnings. On the BSE, the stock opened at Rs 363.00, then jumped 2.61 per cent and touched an early high of Rs...
11:32
Choreographer-filmmaker Remo D'Souza on Friday mourned the demise of brother-in-law Jason Watkins. Watkins, 42, died by suicide on Thursday at his residence in Millat Nagar in Mumbai. In an Instagram post D'Souza said he was heartbroken by his brother-in-law's death. You broke our...
11:18
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be holding a joint presser today at noon.
11:00
Aparna Bisht Yadav, the daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav shares this image with her father-in-law. She writes, I sought the blessings of my father/Netaji (as Mulayam Singh Yadav is referred to) after I returned to Lucknow after joining the BJP. Mulayam Singh...
10:47
India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 160.43 crores after over 70 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.As per government data, 70,49,779 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours....
10:42
The Delhi government has proposed lifting weekend curfew, end odd even system for opening of shops and allow private offices to run with 50 per cent staff in the city, official sources said on Friday.The proposal has been sent to Lt Governor Anil Baijal for his consent, they said. The decision...
10:34
Mumbai police have arrested three persons from Haryana in connection with the chat on Clubhouse app, in which obscene comments were allegedly made against Muslim women, an official said on Friday. Personnel of the cyber police station of the Mumbai crime branch made the arrests late on...
10:09
India added 3,47,254 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,85,66,027 which includes 9,692 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The active cases have increased to 20,18,825, the highest in...
09:25
After the abduction of an Arunachal Pradesh youth by China's People's Liberation Army, the Congress is taking on the Modi government and demanding that an all-party delegation of the MPs should visit the Line of Actual Control under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Speaking to the...
09:19
Actor Geeta Basra has said that she has tested positive for coronavirus.On Friday, Geeta took to Instagram and informed her fans and followers about her diagnosis. After being so careful and trying to dodge this damn thing for 2 years, the virus finally caught us, she wrote on Instagram...
08:33
United States President Joe Biden has said that Russia will have to pay a heavy price if its military units move across the Ukrainian border which will be considered an invasion.On Thursday, the Treasury Department announced sanctions on individuals who engaged in influencing activities directed...
08:16
The schedule for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 was announced on Friday. The Men in Blue will be locking horns against Pakistan in their first match of the tournament on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.The Men's T20 World Cup 2022 is slated to be held in Australia between...
00:42
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will on Friday release the party's youth manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Both leaders will address a special press conference at the party's headquarters.This is one of the rare occasions when both leaders of the...
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