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Sand sculptors’ appeal for wildlife win hearts

Konark: Odisha’s 700-years-old sand art tradition has emerged as the principal attraction for the visitors to the annual Konark Festival being hosted here by Odisha Government’s Department of Tourism. While […]

Fight over mutton curry at wedding claims Telangana man’s life

Hyderabad: A fight over mutton curry not being served properly at a wedding claimed the life of a man and left another critically injured in Telangana’s Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, police. Suraram […]

Cyclone Burevi to cross Pamban-Kanniyakumari coast Thursday night

Chennai: Cyclonic storm Burevi is expected to cross the south Tamil Nadu coast between Pamban and Kanniyakumari, during late Thursday night/early Friday morning, with wind speed of 70-80 gusting to 90 […]

Manipur has India’s best police station

Imphal/Itanagar: Northeast has three of India’s Top 10 police stations with Manipur securing the top spot, besides Arunachal Pradesh at third and Sikkim at seventh, according to the 2020 rankings […]

SC moved against UP, Uttarakhand’s ‘love jihad’ laws

New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018. […]

MP Home Minister ready to volunteer for Corona vax trial

Bhopal: In Madhya Pradesh, even as the third phase of Corona vaccine trial is underway, state Home Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra has expressed his willingness to become a volunteer for the […]

ED searches 26 locations in 9 states linked to PFI

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried searches at 26 premises in nine states linked to Popular Front of India (PFI) as part of its money laundering probe. […]

NIA arrests key accused in Jharkhand human trafficking case

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it arrested a key accused, named Gopal Oraon, in connection with its probe into the Jharkhand human trafficking racket case […]

SC refuses IMA’s plea seeking contempt over non-payment of salaries to docs

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a contempt plea by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against the Delhi Chief Secretary for alleged non-payment of salaries to […]

Farmers demands about an MSP legislation will hit the economy hard

New Delhi: Farmers marched down the roads of the national capital opposing the three agricultural laws seeking a guarantee and a legislation on the Minimum Support Price (MSP). However, the […]

Rajini vows ‘honest govt’ for TN; party to be floated in Jan

Chennai: Actor Rajinikanth on Thursday said he would float his political party in January and an announcement in that regard will be made on December 31, 2020. With this Rajinikanth ended […]

RBI asks HDFC to temporarily stop issuing new credit cards

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank has asked HDFC Bank to temporarily stop all launches of the ‘Digital Business generating activities and sourcing of new credit card customers. The RBI’s order dated December […]

ED conducts searches at premises of top PFI leaders

Thiruvananthapuram: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at the residence and offices of top Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders, including its national chairman O.M.A. Salam. Searches were also held […]

Shah-Amarinder meet on farmers’ issue

New Delhi: A crucial meeting started on Thursday noon between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here as the next round of talks between farmers and […]

MDH owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati passes away

New Delhi: Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, the owner of the spices brand ‘MDH’ passed away on Thursday morning. Reports suggest that his health deteriorated recently and he was undergoing treatment at a […]

Air India employees prepare to bid for carrier

New Delhi: Air India employees are preparing to bid for the national carrier in partnership with a private equity fund and each employee will be asked to contribute Rs 1 lakh […]

Cyclone Burevi: Shah dials TN, Kerala CMs, assures support

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday spoke with Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the wake of Cyclone Burevi and assured them of all the possible […]

Soldier commits suicide in J&K’s Shopian district

Srinagar: An army man shot himself with his service rifle on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. Police sources said soldier Chandra Patil of 62 headquarters shot himself with his […]

With 35.5K new Covid cases India’s tally across 95L

New Delhi: With 35,551 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally increased to 95,34,964 on Thursday, as 526 more fatalities took the Covid-19 death toll to 1,38,648, […]

What does the PM stand by: Rahul quizzes govt over Covid vax

New Delhi: Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at the Centre by highlighting the differing stance of the BJP and the Centre on the issue of vaccinating every […]

If MSP is discontinued, Dushyant will resign: JJP

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest against agriculture laws, Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana, sent out a strong warning to the […]