China condemns killing of tutors in Pakistan blast
China has condemned an attack that killed three of its citizens in Pakistan, demanding that Islamabad fight against those involved. | Read more|
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People Submit Fake Aadhaar, PAN, Walk Away With Rs.11 Crore
Police have registered an FIR or police case against unidentified persons for allegedly submitting fake documents to receive a collective compensation of Rs.11.66 crore for land acquisition in Maharashtra's Thane district, the police said today. | Read more|
Pentagon warned about replacing missiles sent to Ukraine
As Ukraine burns through anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles the US has been supplying Kiev, Raytheon's CEO warned on Tuesday that the company won’t be able to replenish the Pentagon stockpiles for at least several years, citing a shortage of electronic components. | Read more|
Noida bar brawl victim died of head injuries, ruptured spleen
A day after a 30-year-old man was beaten to death during a brawl at a pub in Noida’s Gardens Galleria mall, the police arrested seven accused, including five restaurant employees, and are on the lookout for two more. | Read more|
LIC: India's Biggest Ever IPO Opens On May 4
The Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) public issue offer is finally here, with the long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) to open on May 2 for anchor investors and from May 4 to May 9 for the general public, the insurance behemoth confirmed on Wednesday at its press conference. | Read more|
PM Modi chairs Covid review meet with CMs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers on the emerging Covid situation in the country through video conferencing Wednesday. | Read more|
CIA may help battle ‘hostile’ drones on US soil
The Biden administration is seeking expanded government powers so it can enlist such agencies as the CIA and NASA in protecting the US against threats from drones. | Read more|
India records 2,483 new infections
India recorded 2,483 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Tuesday — slightly lower than the previous day’s 2,541 cases. | Read more|
Russia hits railways as US pledges extra weapons
Russia hit railway infrastructure across Ukraine on Monday with the aim of disrupting foreign weapons supplies, while the US declared it would provide more weapons despite Moscow's objections. | Read more|
Parts of Mumbai, Suburbs Face Outage Amid Maharashtra Power Deficit
Many pockets in financial capital Mumbai and its adjoining suburbs witnessed a power outage today morning. | Read more|
Elon Musk buys Twitter
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has finally succeeded in acquiring the social media firm Twitter. The microblogging platform’s board of directors accepted Musk’s $44 billion offer to take the company private. | Read more|
Kim Jong-un vows to step up nuclear weapons programme
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a defiant speech at a military parade on Monday night, vowing to ramp up the country's nuclear arsenal. | Read more|
Supreme Court grills Uttarakhand on proposed dharam sansad
The Supreme Court Tuesday grilled the Uttarakhand government over a proposed dharam sansad event scheduled to be held in Roorkee on Wednesday and sought an affidavit from the Chief Secretary on what preventive and corrective measures are being taken in this connection. | Read more|
At IIT Madras, 32 More Test Positive, 111 Covid Cases So Far
With 32 fresh cases of Covid-19, the total number of students infected with coronavirus has climbed to 111 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), the Tamil Nadu health department said today. | Read more|
France's Emmanuel Macron Wins Second Term, Defeats Far-Right Leader
French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday, convincingly defeating his rival Marine Le Pen and prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been kept out of power. | Read more|
Tit-For-Tat Hanuman Chalisa Offer For PM Modi After Uddhav Thackeray
A leader from Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has hit out at the BJP, shooting off a stinging letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking permission to read the Hanuman Chalisa and Namaz outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence. | Read more|
Ukraine Proposes Russia Talks Near Last Stronghold In Strategic Port City
Ukraine has invited Russia to talks near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters and civilians are holding out in a city largely under Moscow's control, Kyiv said Sunday. | Read more|
EU Chief To Seek Closer Military, Trade Ties During India Visit: Official
The European Union's chief executive will seek to increase sales of European military equipment to India and relaunch talks on a free trade deal when she meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday, a senior EU official said. | Read more|
Yea Or Nay To Prashant Kishor? Congress Meet Today After KCR Surprise
The Congress high command will hold a crucial meeting today to decide on whether it will accept poll strategist Prashant Kishor's proposal to revamp the grand old party ahead of the 2024 general election. | Read more|
US Diplomats To "Return This Week", Top Visiting Officials Told Zelensky
Washington's top diplomat and defense secretary both visited Kyiv on Sunday, and used the first official US visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded two months ago to announce a gradual return of US diplomats to the country and the nomination of a new ambassador, officials said. | Read more|
"Won't Tolerate Invasions": Taliban On Alleged Pak Airstrikes
Afghanistan's acting defence minister said on Sunday that the Taliban administration would not tolerate "invasions" from its neighours after protesting against airstrikes it says were conducted by neighbouring Pakistan. | Read more|
168 Killed In Sunday Clashes In Restive Sudan Region
Clashes between rival groups in Sudan's Darfur killed at least 168 people on Sunday, an aid group said, in the latest bout of deadly violence to hit the restive region. | Read more|
Top US Diplomats To Visit Kyiv Today, Ukraine Says Will Seek Heavy Weapons
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine hoped to secure heavy weapons at talks with the US secretaries of state and defence in Kyiv on Sunday, supplies that he said were vital for Ukraine to eventually retake Russian-occupied territory. | Read more|
Putin, Pak Prime Minister Express Desire To Strengthen Cooperation: Report
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have quietly exchanged letters expressing desire to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, a media report said on Sunday. | Read more|
MP, MLA Couple Sent To 14-Day Custody After Uddhav Thackeray Face-Off
A Mumbai court on Sunday rejected the city police's demand for the custody of independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana and remanded the couple in 14-day judicial custody, an official said. | Read more|
Murder Accused Son Of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Returns To Jail
unior Union Home Minister Ajay Mishra's son, accused in a murder case, today surrendered at a local court in Uttar Pradesh. He has been sent back to the Lakhimpur prison. The Supreme Court had last week cancelled his bail and given him a week to surrender. | Read more|
In PM's 1st J&K Rally In 3 Years, ₹ 20,000 Crore In Projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened multiple projects worth over ₹ 20,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir including the Banihal-Qazigund tunnel and two hydroelectric projects -- during his first official visit to the new Union Territory today. | Read more|
India's Oil Import Bill Jumped Nearly 100% To $119 Billion In FY22
India's crude oil import bill nearly doubled to $119 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, as energy prices soared globally following the return of demand and war in Ukraine. | Read more|
Prashant Kishor's Sleepover At KCR's Ahead Of Congress Decision
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor is camping at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's official residence in Hyderabad since Saturday morning, setting off a new round of speculation a day before a crucial meeting in Congress on whether he will join the party's desperate attempt to bounce back ahead of the 2024 el | Read more|
India Suspends Tourist Visas For Chinese Citizens As Payback: Report
India has suspended tourist visas issued to Chinese nationals, global airlines body International Air Transport Association (IATA) has told its member carriers. | Read more|
I&B ministry pulls up TV channels for coverage of Delhi violence, Ukraine war
Issuing a strongly-worded advisory on Saturday, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting pulled up satellite TV channels for their coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war and the recent communal tensions in North-west Delhi. | Read more|
India Logs 2,527 New COVID-19 Cases, 33 Covid Deaths In 24 Hours: Centre
With 2,527 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of cases rose to 4,30,54,952, while active cases have increased to 15,079, according to Union health ministry data updated today. | Read more|
Sena Growls As 'Hanuman Chalisa' Row Knocks On Uddhav Thackeray's Door
Shiv Sena workers gathered in large numbers outside the apartment of Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana in Mumbai this morning, and shouted slogans after the couple announced that they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside 'Matoshree', the residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. | Read more|
Biden Recalls Xi Jinping Once Complained To Him About Quad, And His Reply
US President Joe Biden has said that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping once told him that he was strengthening the Quad alliance in the Indo-Pacific "against China". | Read more|
"Nothing Political": Nitish Kumar On Attending Tejashwi Yadav's Iftar Party
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dismissed the speculation about changing political equations and said that there was "nothing political" behind his decision to attend the Iftar party organised by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav in Patna on Friday. | Read more|