Prince Andrew to face civil sex assault case after US ruling
Prince Andrew is to face a civil case in the US over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. | Read more|
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Elon Musk Says Tesla Not In India Due To 'Challenges With The Government'
Elon Musk has wanted to sell Tesla Inc. cars in India as early as 2019. Three years later, the U.S. electric-vehicle pioneer isn't really much closer. | Read more|
Boris Johnson to face MPs following revelations
Boris Johnson is to face MPs later at Prime Minister's Questions amid demands for him to say whether he attended a drinks event in the Downing Street garden during lockdown. | Read more|
'Abduction' Drama Follows UP Minister, MLAs' Big BJP Exit Before Polls
A bed-ridden Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA - among five lawmakers who quit the ruling party yesterday ahead of elections next month - has issued a statement after his daughter alleged he had been 'kidnapped' by his brother and 'forced' to join the Samajwadi Party. | Read more|
India reports 1,94,720 fresh Covid-19 cases
India recorded 1,94,720 fresh Covid-19 cases and 442 deaths in the 24 hours ending 8 am Wednesday. The active cases mounted to 9,55,319, the highest in 211 days. The daily positivity rate increased to 11.05 per cent. | Read more|
Djokovic addresses claims he misled Australian officials
Novak Djokovich has called an “error of judgment” his decision to attend an interview with a newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19, but dismissed a separate travel declaration mixup as an “administrative mistake.” | Read more|
SC appoints 5-member panel headed to probe PM security breach
The Supreme Court Wednesday appointed an inquiry committee under its former judge Justice Indu Malhotra to probe the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab on January 5. | Read more|
Chief Minister Channi's Hint For Congress After Navjot Sidhu's Warning
The Congress may have kept any decision on a Chief Minister candidate in Punjab at bay ahead of elections but its two top faces, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu are not having it. | Read more|
North Korea says Kim Jong-un oversaw third hypersonic missile test
North Korea says it has conducted another hypersonic missile test, under the watch of its leader Kim Jong-un. | Read more|
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed For 4 Years For Walkie-Talkie Possession
A Myanmar junta court on Monday convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest in a slew of cases against the ousted civilian leader. The Nobel laureate has been detained since February 1 when her government was forced out in an early morning coup, ending Myan | Read more|
Panel headed by retired judge to probe PM security lapse in Punjab
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed that a senior BJP leader met him at his residence, whom he offered to contest on his party’s ticket in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls if the ruling outfit denies him the chance. | Read more|
Active cases cross 7-lakh; precautionary doses for 60+, frontline workers from today
India on Monday recorded 1,79,723 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing the active caseload to 7,23,619. The daily positivity rate stood at 13.29 per cent, while 146 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. | Read more|
Punjab Polls: Rajewal rules out alliance with AAP, explores poll pact with Chaduni
The two political outfits formed by farmer leaders to contest the forthcoming Punjab Assembly elections Sunday initiated talks for entering a pre-poll alliance. The decision of both entities – Gurnam Singh Chaduni’s Samyukt Sangharsh Party (SSP) and Balbir Singh Rajewal’s Samyukta Samaj Morcha (SSM) – explorin | Read more|
Assembly elections 2022: Model code in, PM photo out of jab certificate
With the model code of conduct coming into effect in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, the Union Health Ministry has decided to “exclude” the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Covid-19 vaccine certificates in these states. | Read more|
BharatPe Founder Says Kotak Botched Up IPO, Bank Raises "Abusive Call"
he co-founder of payments firm BharatPe has sent a legal notice to Kotak Mahindra Bank in a dispute over shares of FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd, which owns the e-tailer Nykaa, whose blockbuster initial public offering last year valued the Indian company at nearly ₹ 96,000 crore. | Read more|