Tremors jolted Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi-NCR and other areas early Saturday as an earthquake was reported with its epicenter at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. The earthquake’s epicenter was at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, of a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale, the National Centre of Seismology said. The exact time...
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NEW DELHI: The government on Friday reiterated in Parliament that the bridge China is constructing on Pangong Lake is located in areas that have continued to be under China’s illegal occupation since 1962 and that India has never accepted this illegal occupation. Replying to a written question in Lok Sabha, junior minister...
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New Delhi: Days ahead of the state elections in Punjab, the Congress’s decision to drop two top leaders from its star campaigner list has drawn criticism. Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Rahul Gandhi among others are on the list that does not name Manish Tewari and Ghulam Nabi Azad....
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New Delhi: India reported 1,27,952 new Covid cases today, 14% lower than yesterday. The positivity rate fell to 7.9%.The active cases constitute 3.16 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate decreased to 95.64 per cent. Since December, the number of Covid cases has been rising...
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Gorakhpur: Yogi Adityanath today filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, where he is contesting his first state election, with the BJP using the occasion to project a united front. Union Home Minister Amit Shah was by his side. Before taking his first formal step towards fighting the UP...
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New Delhi: Schools, colleges and coaching institutes in Delhi can re-open from Monday, the Delhi government decided in a meeting today. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority, or DDMA, also allowed gyms, swimming pools and spas to re-open next week. The duration of night curfew has been reduced by an...
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New Delhi: Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), was provided Z category security cover today, a day after shots were fired at his car while he was returning to Delhi after campaigning in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. The government decided to provide him with...
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New Delhi: NEET PG 2022 LIVE: The Supreme Court will hear a plea on Friday, February 4 filed by six MBBS students seeking postponement of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET PG) exam 2022 which is scheduled to be held on March 12. As per the apex court website, the...
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New Delhi: The account of the Galwan violence in Australian newspaper “The Klaxon” — pieced together by a group of social media researchers — claims the Chinese soldiers who drowned in the Galwan river in June 2020, were in retreat after the clash with Indian troops. The report says...
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New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew, Bhupendra Singh Honey, has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an illegal sand-mining case. The probe agency took Honey into custody yesterday evening and will produce him in a CBI court today. They said Honey was arrested under...
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