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A fire broke out at government-run Kamla Nehru Children's Hospital in Bhopal on Monday night, but there was no report of any casualty, an official said. The fire started on the third floor of the hospital building, which houses the ICU, at around 9 pm, informed Fatehgarh fire station...
23:12
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 109 crore on Monday, the Union health ministry said. More than 54 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm....
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The rupee spurted by 43 paise to close at more than one-month high of 74.03 against the US dollar on Monday as positive domestic equities and a dovish outlook of US Federal Reserve helped the local unit extend its winning run for the sixth straight session.
22:40
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has threatened the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders that he would cut their tongues if they don't refrain from using bad language to criticise him. Hitting out at Telangana BJP president Bandi...
21:56
India may find that its active Covid caseload is on the decline, but it still ranks among the 5 countries with the maximum Covid cases as the graphic alongside shows.
21:48
The Madras high court on Monday set aside the criminal defamation proceedings pending before a lower court against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi. The charge against Kanimozhi was that she had made certain remarks against the then Chief Minister K...
20:55
More than 20 National Disaster Response Force teams will be deployed in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by Tuesday as heavy rainfall is expected in both the states between November 9 to 11, director general, NDRF, SN Pradhan said. The NDRF DG said his force's focus was to avoid...
20:27
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The Kerala police on Monday said they have busted a racket involved in money-laundering through cryptocurrency deals and arrested four people.Senior Kannur city police officer P P Sadanandan said Muhammed Riyas, C Shafeeque, Munavvarali and Muhammed Shafeeque have been arrested by police on the...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the annual Pandharpur 'wari' or pilgrimage in Maharashtra is one of the world's oldest yatras and a people's movement which symbolises India's eternal knowledge, social harmony, equal opportunity and women's power.Likening the Pandharpur pilgrimage to...
19:30
Mass gatherings at seafronts in Mumbai will not be allowed for the forthcoming Chhath Puja festival in a bid to prevent the anticipated third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the city civic body said on Monday.As per the revised guidelines, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will instead...
19:17
India on Monday summoned a senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the killing of an innocent Indian fisherman by the Pakistani side, official sources said.Pakistani Maritime Security Agency resorted to unprovoked firing on an Indian fishing boat in the...
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Security was tightened outside Mukesh Ambani's residence 'Antilia' after Mumbai Police received a call from a taxi driver that two people carrying a bag asked for Ambani's residence. -- ANI
17:42
A local court on Monday issued a process (notice) to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Mumbai BJP youth wing president Mohit Bharatiya, who alleged that the NCP leader defamed him and his brother-in-law after the NCB's raid on a cruise ship last...
17:32
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday issued an alert saying that National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Kumar Doval has no official account on micro-blogging site Twitter.Taking to Twitter, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi advised against impostors or fake accounts under name of NSA...
16:47
Ahead of next year's Assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday visited Kairana in Shamli district on Monday, promising compensation to some families who were allegedly forced to leave town between 2014 and 2016. The BJP had claimed then that scores of Hindu...
16:07
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 478 points on Monday after gains in index majors HDFC, Infosys and Kotak Bank despite a negative trend in the global markets. After a volatile session, the 30-share index ended 477.99 points or 0.80 per cent higher at 60,545.61. Similarly, the Nifty...
15:58
NCB officer Sameer Wankhede
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik to submit an affidavit in response to a defamation suit filed by Dhyandev Wankhede, the father of Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede. A vacation bench of Justice...
15:55
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan who opened fire on other Jawans is under custody at Maraiguda Police Station, informed Sunil Sharma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sukma on Monday.At least four CRPF jawans of 50 bn were killed and 3 injured in a case of fratricide at a camp...
15:45
Mandatory COVID-19 testing of children below 10 years of age entering Assam with double vaccinated guardians has been done away with by the state government, an official notification said on Monday. Fully vaccinated adults coming into the state were already exempted from compulsory...
15:11
Gopal Ansal. File pic
Delhi's Patiala House Court hands out seven year jail terms to convict businessmen Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal and others in the case related to tampering with the crucial evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case. The court also ordered to take them into custody. The court has...
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BJP MP Parvesh Verma
BJP MP Parvesh Verma on Monday performed rituals and launched preparations for Chhath Puja at the Yamuna Ghat near the ITO in New Delhi despite a ban by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority to perform it on the river's banks. The West Delhi parliamentarian, accompanied by BJP...
13:32
Two teams comprising of 44 personnel of National Disaster Response Force are pre-positioned in Madurai district, in view of heavy rainfall alert.In Puducherry, 300 km away, normal life has been hit and educational institutions closed due to incessant rains under the influence of a cyclonic...
13:14
An aircraft carrying around 7 metric tonnes of lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the operations and logistic teams of Qatar Airways and the Qatar government.According to an official statement by WHO, the medicines and...
13:03
The United States doesn't have to recognize the Taliban to help avert humanitarian disaster. Read the report here.
12:38
Supreme Court is hearing cases relating to the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.For the third time in recent weeks, the Supreme Court expressed its dissatisfaction with the handling of the case involving farmers run over in Lakhimpur Kheri last month, allegedly by Union...
12:24
SpiceJet on Monday launched a new scheme under which passengers will be able to pay for tickets in three, six or 12 instalments.As part of the launch offer, customers will be able to enjoy three months EMI option at no additional cost (no interest), the airline said in a press...
11:53
Injured jawans being taken to a hospital in Bhadrachalem
The CRPF on Monday said the jawan, who killed four of his colleagues and injured three others in an alleged fratricidal incident in Chhattisgarh, may have have been suffering from emotional stress leading to sudden psychological disbalance. The accused, constable Reetesh Ranjan, was...
11:48
President Ram Nath Kovind hands out the Padma Awards at the ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan today. 119 Padma Awards will be presented by the President this year.The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women, 16 Posthumous awardees...
11:44
Shares of Indusind Bank on Monday tumbled over 12 per cent after the lender said it disbursed 84,000 loans without customer consent in May owing to a technical glitch. The stock tanked 12.33 per cent to Rs 1,042.10 on the BSE. At the NSE, it tumbled 12.40 per cent to Rs...
11:03
On the fifth anniversary of demonetisation, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday termed it a disaster and asked if the step has been successful, why hasn't corruption ended and black money returned to the country. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on...
10:43
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived at senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani's residence in Delhi on the occasion of his 94th birthday.Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president also arrived...
10:28
Number of vaccinations need to be stepped up
India logged 11,451 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,43,66,987, while the active cases declined to 1,42,826, the lowest in 262 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,61,057 with 266...
10:25
A 50-year-old man here in Madhya Pradesh allegedly killed his wife in a fit of rage when she told him to wait for a towel he had asked for after taking bath, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Saturday evening in Hirapur village under Kirnapur police station limits of...
10:07
India reported 11,451 fresh COVID-19 cases, 13,204 recoveries and 266 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry.Out of that, Kerala reported 7,124 cases, 7,488 recoveries, and 21 deaths. Active cases account for 0.42 per cent of total cases which is the lowest since March...
09:54
People take a dip in the Yamuna river near Kalindi Kunj in Delhi on the first day of Chhath Puja in the midst of toxic foam.
09:48
This is how the Sensex and other fiscal parameters performed last month.
09:44
Equity indices opened in green on Monday with Sensex up by 318.14 points and Nifty up by 86.60 points.The 30-scrip BSE Sensex was up by 318.14 points or 0.53 per cent at 60385.76 at 9.16 am. Similarly, 50-scrip NSE Nifty was trading at 18003.40 at 9.16 am, up by 86.60 points or 0.48 per cent.On...
09:29
Heavy rains continue to lash over Tamil Nadu and its nearby areas on Monday morning affecting the vehicular movement in the state.As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the showers will continue over the next two days. Schools and colleges in Chennai and three other districts have...
09:03
A Twitter user on Sunday posed a threat to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by bomb, following which UP Police started an investigation. The matter came to light, as we got information about this threat from UP 112 (police...
08:23
Four Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and three injured after their colleague shot them at a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday, a police official said. The incident occurred at around 3.30 am in the camp of CRPF's 50th battalion...
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