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President Ram Nath Kovind will address the nation on Tuesday on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique issued on Monday night said. The address will be broadcast from 7 pm on the entire national network of All India Radio and telecast over all channels of...
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The ongoing feud in Bharatiya Janata Party's West Bengal unit intensified on Monday after it suspended its senior leaders Ritesh Tiwari and Jaiprakash Majumdar, who were earlier show caused, for violating the party discipline. A statement issued by the West Bengal BJP unit said Tiwari and...
23:12
Azam Khan
The Samajwadi Party on Monday released a list of 159 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, fielding party chief Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal in Mainpuri district, jailed leader Azam Khan from Rampur and renominating party MLA Nahid Hasan from Kairana. Former state minister Dharam...
22:49
VS Achuthanandan
A court in Thiruvananthapuram has directed veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and former Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan to pay damages of Rs 10.10 lakh to senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy for loss of reputation. Chandy had filed a case alleging defamatory comments by...
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Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country's territorial waters were handed over to India through the border on Monday. They crossed over to India through the land transit route of Attari border on Monday evening, said officials at the Attari...
22:01
A senior Pakistani journalist was shot dead by unidentified men outside the Lahore Press Club in Lahore on Monday, police said. Hasnain Shah, who was in his 40s, was parking his car outside the press club when two motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire, killing him on the spot, an official...
21:13
Mumbai witnessed sharp drop in daily COVID cases with the city reporting 1, 857 new infections on Monday while 11 patients succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. As many as 503 patients recovered and 34,301 tests were done in the past 24...
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Two teenage boys, stuck in heavy snowfall with two others during trekking to the Rising Star hilltop in the Dhauladhar mountain range in Himachal's Kangra district, died of hypothermia, police said on Monday. Two other boys were rescued...
20:37
Puja Shakun Pandey
The Dharam Sansad, which was earlier scheduled for January 22 in Aligarh, will now be held in the first week of April, an organiser said on Monday. Puja Shakun Pandey, who is the national general...
20:27
During the first part of the Budget Session (8th Session of the 17th Lok Sabha), ie, from January 31 to February 11, the Lok Sabha will sit as per this schedule issued by the LS Secretariat.
19:56
A gunman opened fire at a lecture hall in Germany's southwestern town of Heidelberg, leaving several people injured, said the police, informing that the attacker has been killed, reported Sputnik on Monday. Germany's Mannheim police said that a lone attacker with a firearm injured many...
19:41
As Sensex crashed about 1,546 points to sink below the 58,000-level, here is the graph of 10 biggest fall of the market.
19:31
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the latest round in his legal battle against being extradited to the United States, as high court judges in London granted the Australian national permission to take his extradition appeal to the United Kingdom's Supreme Court. The 50-year-old...
19:07
Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday, said a senior doctor of the hospital where he was admitted. The doctor said the five-time chief minister was stable. Dr Rajesh Mahajan, in-charge of the team of doctors...
18:44
Aam Aadmi Party candidate Joginder Singh for Miranpur assembly seat allegedly poured kerosene oil over his clothes to immolate himself before the district collectorate office in Muzaffarnagar on Monday over the rejection of his poll nomination paper by the returning officer, police said. ...
18:33
A saint cannot be a chief minister as after taking the oath of secularism as a constitutional dignitary, he cannot stay religious, a prominent seer said in Prayagraj on Monday, in an apparent reference to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. ...
18:10
The Congress on Monday released a list of 30-star campaigners for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The list includes Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Ghulam Nabi Azad and RPN...
18:09
What is the state of India's forex reserves? Have a look at the chart alongside, for a quick look!
17:46
The governments of Nagaland and Assam are ready for an out-of-court settlement of the long-pending inter-state boundary dispute between the two northeastern neighbours, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said in Kohima on Monday. Rio said that Nagaland and...
17:40
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday claimed he had got a message from Pakistan to reinstate Navjot Singh Sidhu in his government because he was an old friend of their prime minister. Singh, who has floated a new party after leaving Congress and is fighting Punjab assembly...
17:02
The Indian equities markets key indices Sensex and Nifty crashed by around 2.6 per cent on Monday wiping out nearly Rs 10 lakh crore of investors' wealth. The benchmark Sensex closed 2.62 per cent or 1545.67 points down at 57,491.51 in a chaotic session on Monday. The Sensex...
16:28
The BJP will contest 65 seats in the Punjab elections while former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's new party Punjab Lok Congress will seek votes for 37 seats. The third alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal (Samyukt) will get 15 seats.Amarinder Singh had on Saturday announced his decision to...
16:09
Twenty-one COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant's sub-lineage known as BA.2 have been found in tests conducted over the past 18 days in the laboratory of a private medical institute in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. Those infected with this sub-lineage of Omicron variant include six...
15:37
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) took the decision of withdrawing some UK Embassy staff and dependants from Kyiv in response to the growing threat from Russia, UK's travel advisory said in a statement. The British Embassy will remain open and will continue to carry...
15:24
Food delivery platform Swiggy on Monday said it has raised USD 700 million (nearly Rs 5,225 crore) in new funding led by investment firm Invesco. Other new investors in the round include Baron Capital Group, Sumeru Venture, IIFL AMC Late Stage Tech Fund, Kotak, Axis Growth Avenues AIF-...
15:19
About 135 militants are present at launch pads across the border and are waiting to infiltrate into India, BSF Inspector General, Kashmir, Raja Babu Singh said on Monday. However, he asserted that the overall situation at the Line of Control (LoC) is peaceful and said the number of...
14:57
A Delhi court orders to framing of sedition charges against JNU student Sharjeel Imam in connection with alleged inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh and the Jamia area in Delhi. Imam has been charged with sedition, promoting enmity between different...
14:33
A 32 year-old auto driver died allegedly of injuries inflicted by a mob in Malad in north Mumbai on suspicion that he was a thief, after which his kin took out a protest march and demanded action against those involved in the incident, a police official said on Monday.Shahrukh Sheikh was...
13:51
Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar tests positive for COVID-19.
13:50
The Aam Aadmi Party today appealed to the people of Delhi to spread the word on the good work done by its government on social media as it launched its digital campaign for the assembly elections that begin next month. Fifty Delhiites whose videos will go viral will be invited for...
12:50
BSF troops deployed on the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir are on high alert following a threat of anti-social elements creating trouble on Republic Day, the force's Inspector General DK Boora said on Monday. The Border Security Force (BSF) had already announced two-week-long...
12:16
Schools in Mumbai on Monday welcomed students of all classes as they reopened with stringent adherence to Covid-19 protocols.Students were welcomed by teachers at Sadhana Vidyalaya High School, Sion area with enthusiasm. Principal of the school, Swaroop Sawant told ANI, We have welcomed...
11:46
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has said that he was in Virat Kohli's place then he would not have married as he would have liked to focus on his cricket.I do not know what is right, what is wrong. It has all happened, now how to go ahead from here matters. Kohli has the bat, he does not want...
11:22
Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country's territorial waters are set to be handed over to India through the Wagah border crossing on Monday, according to a senior jail official. The fishermen, kept in Karachi's Landhi Jail, were released on...
10:41
People attending the Republic Day parade must be fully vaccinated against Covid and children below 15 years of age will not be allowed to attend the function, a set of guidelines issued by the Delhi Police stated.Police also said that people will have to adhere to all Covid-protocols, such as...
09:54
Equity benchmark Sensex slumped over 200 points in opening trade on Monday, tracking losses in index majors Wipro, Bajaj Finserv and Infosys amid a largely negative trend in global markets. Besides, unabated foreign fund outflows also put pressure on domestic equities, traders...
09:49
UAE intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen rebels: Defence ministry.
09:28
Equity indices opened in red on Monday with the Sensex down by 251.33 points and Nifty down by 79.20 points.The 30-scrip BSE Sensex was down by 251.33 points or 0.43 per cent at 58758.85 at 9.17 am. Similarly, 50-scrip NSE Nifty was trading at 17538.00 at 9:17 am, down by 79.20 points or 0.45 per...
09:25
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray unveiled the statue of Maharana Pratap, along with his son and State Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar and other senior officials, at Maharana Pratap Chowk, Mazgaon, Mumbai, on January 23.
09:17
India reports 3,06,064 new COVID cases (27,469 less than yesterday), 439 deaths, and 2,43,495 recoveries in the last 24 hours.Active case: 22,49,335Daily positivity rate: 20.75%
09:12
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh' Muslim wing on Sunday carried out a public awareness campaign in three districts of Uttar Pradesh and held meetings with Muslim clerics and scholars to garner the community's support for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of assembly polls.The campaign was carried...
08:25
The United States on Sunday updated its travel advisory for Ukraine urging American citizens to leave the country and authorising the departure of some embassy employees.'On January 23, 2022, the Department of State authorised the voluntary departure of US direct hire employees and ordered the...
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