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3 People Missing, Nearly 1,000 Homes Destroyed In US Colorado Wildfires
Sun Jan 02 2022
Three people are missing after a wildfire tore through several Colorado towns, quickly destroying nearly 1,000 homes as part of...
Economically Weaker Section Quota Rules Will Change Next Year: Centre
Sun Jan 02 2022
Existing criteria to identify EWS (Economically Weaker Section) reservation beneficiaries for admission to medical courses across the country will be...
12 Dead, 14 Injured In Stampede At Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine In J&K
Sat Jan 01 2022
Twelve pilgrims have died and over a dozen injured in a stampede at Jammu and Kashmir's Mata Vaishno Devi shrine....
Several feared dead after landslide in Haryana’s mining zone
Sat Jan 01 2022
Several mining workers are reportedly trapped while some are feared dead following a landslide at the Dadam mining zone in...
1,431 Omicron Cases, Most In Maharashtra (454); Covid Cases Up 35% Today
Sat Jan 01 2022
The number of cases of fast-spreading Omicron variant has risen to 1,431 in India, with Maharashtra reporting the most number...
After Navjot Sidhu's "Wet Pants" Jibe, Punjab Chief Minister Says...
Sat Jan 01 2022
The question of who frightens whom into soiling their pants - police or criminals - is now the subject of...
Over 12,000 NGOs, Including Oxfam And Jamia, Lose Foreign Funding Licence
Sat Jan 01 2022
FCRA licences - required to be able to receive funding from abroad - of over 6,000 NGOs and other organisations...
China "Should Stop Spread Of Military Adventurism": Taiwan President
Sat Jan 01 2022
Taiwan's president on Saturday urged China to curb its "military adventurism", with tensions between the two sides at their highest...
China Mines Social Media Data For Info On Foreign Targets: Report
Sat Jan 01 2022
China is mining Western social media to equip its military and police with information on foreign targets, according to a...
GST On Zomato, Swiggy, Ola, Uber From Today As Government Widens Tax Base
Sat Jan 01 2022
Food aggregators like Swiggy and Zomato will have to collect and deposit tax at 5 per cent rate starting today,...
Tax Raids On "Samajwadi Perfume" Maker In UP Amid 'Mistaken Identity' Row
Fri Dec 31 2021
Days after a tax raid on an Uttar Pradesh businessman uncovered eye-popping piles of cash but raised questions whether it...
Resident doctors end strike after promise of no FIR, early NEET-PG counselling
Fri Dec 31 2021
The 15-day long strike across the country by resident doctors demanding the NEET-PG counselling to be expedited was called off...
Ex-Afghan president Ashraf Ghani opens up about fleeing Kabul
Fri Dec 31 2021
Afghanistan’s former president said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied...
"Invented Names": India On China Renaming 15 Places In Arunachal Pradesh
Fri Dec 31 2021
India on Thursday strongly rejected China renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the state has "always been"...
1,270 Omicron Cases, Most In Maharashtra (450); 16,764 Fresh Covid Cases
Fri Dec 31 2021
The fast-spreading Omicron variant has spread to 23 states in India and now 1,270 people have been infected with the...
3 Terrorists Killed Near Srinagar, 1 Was Behind Police Bus Attack: Cops
Fri Dec 31 2021
Three terrorists, including a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist involved in an attack on a police bus earlier this month, were gunned...
Covid Hospitalisations Jump 60% In US' "Most Densely Populated" State
Fri Dec 31 2021
Hospitalizations for Covid-19 jumped 60% from a week ago in New Jersey, the most densely populated US state. The 3,604...
Nagaland Villager, An Ex-Jawan, Was Shot In Army Firing. His Account
Fri Dec 31 2021
''Bullets were coming from all directions, not only from the jawans who were fleeing.'' Chongmei Konyak had seen it all...
Hindu Religious Leader Arrested After Remarks Against Gandhi, Islam
Thu Dec 30 2021
A Hindu religious leader from Maharashtra who insulted Mahatma Gandhi and praised his assassin, Nathuram Godse, has been arrested by...
CIA-backed secret experiments conducted on hundreds of Danish orphans – documentary
Thu Dec 30 2021
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) allegedly backed secret experiments into schizophrenia on 311 Danish children, many adopted or from orphanages,...