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Farmers Knock Down Barricades In Haryana At Protest Against Sedition Case
Farmers Knock Down Barricades In Haryana At Protest Against Sedition Case

Sat Jul 17 2021

Police barricades were knocked down in Haryana's Sirsa this afternoon as farmers began their demonstration against a sedition case and...

First case of Covid-19 registered in Tokyo Olympic Village week before the tournament
First case of Covid-19 registered in Tokyo Olympic Village week before the tournament

Sat Jul 17 2021

A Covid-19 infection has been discovered in the Olympic Village in Tokyo, Japan a week before the start of the...

Biden to host Iraq’s prime minister at White House on July 26
Biden to host Iraq’s prime minister at White House on July 26

Sat Jul 17 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden will host Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House on July 26, the White...

'Hollywood Ripper' Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders
'Hollywood Ripper' Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders

Sat Jul 17 2021

A convicted murderer nicknamed the "Hollywood Ripper" has been sentenced to death for the killings of two women in the...

PM Modi, Sharad Pawar Meet For Nearly 50 Minutes
PM Modi, Sharad Pawar Meet For Nearly 50 Minutes

Sat Jul 17 2021

Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's residence. The meeting last...

3 Dead As 30 People Fall Into Well In Madhya Pradesh
3 Dead As 30 People Fall Into Well In Madhya Pradesh

Fri Jul 16 2021

At least three people have died after about 30 villagers fell into a well during a rescue operation in Madhya...

Taliban offers ceasefire for return of prisoners
Taliban offers ceasefire for return of prisoners

Fri Jul 16 2021

The Taliban have proposed a three-month ceasefire in Afghanistan in return for the release of 7,000 captured fighters, a government...

WHO declares 3rd wave of Covid-19 pandemic
WHO declares 3rd wave of Covid-19 pandemic

Fri Jul 16 2021

The World Health Organization is warning that the Covid-19 pandemic has entered the "early stages of a third wave" as...

‘Terrorists may pose threat’, Delhi Police prohibits paragliders, hot-air balloons till Independence Day
‘Terrorists may pose threat’, Delhi Police prohibits paragliders, hot-air balloons till Independence Day

Fri Jul 16 2021

Delhi Police Commissioner Balaji Srivastava Thursday issued an order prohibiting flying of “sub-conventional aerial platforms” like paragliders, paramotors, UAV, hot-air...

Mumbai Cop Caught On Camera Feeding Cake To Criminal, Probe Ordered
Mumbai Cop Caught On Camera Feeding Cake To Criminal, Probe Ordered

Fri Jul 16 2021

An inquiry was ordered on Thursday after a viral video showed a senior inspector posted in suburban Jogeshwari feeding cake...

Nuclear reactor shut down manually in Belgium following possible hydrogen leak
Nuclear reactor shut down manually in Belgium following possible hydrogen leak

Fri Jul 16 2021

Belgium’s Doel 2 nuclear reactor was manually shut down overnight Wednesday, after its operator suspected there was a hydrogen leak...

Ex-Shia Board chief booked for ‘raping’ former employee’s wife, case registered
Ex-Shia Board chief booked for ‘raping’ former employee’s wife, case registered

Fri Jul 16 2021

Former Shia Waqf Board Chairman Wasim Rizvi has been booked for rape after a woman, whose husband used to work...

Reconsider Kanwar Yatra, "Right To Life Paramount": Supreme Court To UP
Reconsider Kanwar Yatra, "Right To Life Paramount": Supreme Court To UP

Fri Jul 16 2021

Ruling that the health and right to life of citizens is paramount, the Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh...

After Foreign Minister S Jaishankar's Firm Message On Ladakh Situation, China's Reply
After Foreign Minister S Jaishankar's Firm Message On Ladakh Situation, China's Reply

Thu Jul 15 2021

With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the...

Uttar Pradesh’s handling of second Covid wave unprecedented: PM Modi in Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh’s handling of second Covid wave unprecedented: PM Modi in Varanasi

Thu Jul 15 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday lauded the Uttar Pradesh government for successfully handling the second wave of Coronavirus pandemic. During...

Navjot Singh Sidhu Likely To Be Named Punjab Congress Chief: Sources
Navjot Singh Sidhu Likely To Be Named Punjab Congress Chief: Sources

Thu Jul 15 2021

Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to be appointed as chief of the Congress' Punjab unit shortly, sources said Thursday afternoon,...

Mamata Banerjee Plans Trip To Meet Sonia Gandhi, Other Opposition Chiefs
Mamata Banerjee Plans Trip To Meet Sonia Gandhi, Other Opposition Chiefs

Thu Jul 15 2021

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be in Delhi on July 25 as political activity, targeted at the 2024 national...

Coronavirus : India records 41,806 new Covid-19 cases, 581 deaths in last 24 hours
Coronavirus : India records 41,806 new Covid-19 cases, 581 deaths in last 24 hours

Thu Jul 15 2021

India, in the last 24 hours, recorded 41,806 new Covid-19 cases, a slight increase from Tuesday’s 38,792. The country also...

China Senior Diplomat Urges Pakistan To Investigate Bus Blast
China Senior Diplomat Urges Pakistan To Investigate Bus Blast

Thu Jul 15 2021

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi urged Pakistan to investigate a blast on a bus that killed 13 people, including nine...

Sedition Law "Colonial", Why Don't You Drop It, Supreme Court Asks Centre
Sedition Law "Colonial", Why Don't You Drop It, Supreme Court Asks Centre

Thu Jul 15 2021

Describing the British-era sedition law as "colonial", the Supreme Court today questioned whether the law was "still necessary after 75...