NEW DELHI, MAR 20 : Today is International Day of Happiness and the 2024 World Happiness Report has been released. According to the report, India ranks 126, the same as last year, in the happiness index. Finland tops the overall list for the seventh successive year, though there is considerable movement elsewhere. Experts use responses […]Continue Reading
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Uttar Pradesh, Mar 20 : A barber in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun allegedly hacked two children to death living in the neighbourhood and critically injured another, the police said on Tuesday. The barber was later killed in an encounter by the police. The incident took place in the Baba Colony under the Mandi Samiti police station. […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAR 19 : Online food delivery company Zomato has launched ‘Pure Veg Mode’ and ‘Pure Veg Fleet’ for customers with a 100 per cent vegetarian dietary preference. The announcement was made by Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday. “India has the largest percentage of vegetarians […]Continue Reading
Maharashtra, Mar 19 : Speculation is rife within political circles regarding the potential entry of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) into the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a significant development, the MNS chief and his son, Amit Thackeray, met with Continue Reading
KOLKATA, MAR 19 : The Election Commission on Tuesday removed Vivek Sahay as West Bengal DGP, less than 24 hours after naming him for the post, and directed the state government to appoint Sanjay Mukherjee in his place. Sahay’s appointment was based on his seniority, but since he is scheduled to superannuate in the final […]Continue Reading
RANCHI, MAR 19: In yet another disappointment for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Shibu Soren’s elder daughter-in-law and MLA from the Jama Assembly seat resigned from the primary membership of the party on Tuesday, alleging it of isolating her and hatching a conspiracy against her and her family members. Hours later, she joined the Bharatiya […]Continue Reading
GADCHIROLI, MAR 19 : Four Naxalites, carrying a collective bounty of Rs 36 lakh, were killed in an “encounter” with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Tuesday, a senior official said. The police received information on Monday afternoon that some Naxalites had entered Gadchiroli from neighbouring Telangana by crossing the Pranhita river with an Continue Reading
Karnataka, Mar 19: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Bengaluru currently faces a shortage of 500 million litres of water per day (MLD) against the actual requirement of 2,600 MLDs amid the severe drinking water crisis in the city. He also said that “out of 14,000 borewells in Bengaluru, 6,900 have dried”. The Chief Minister told […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAR 18 : Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has gifted 15 lakh shares worth over Rs 240 crore to his four-month-old grandson Ekagrah Rohan Murty. Recent regulatory filings show that the 77-year-old transferred the shares, comprising 0.04 per cent of Infosys stake, to his grandson in an off-market transaction on Friday. Following the share […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAR 18: Under attack for his “fight against shakti” remark made at a rally in Mumbai, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday clarified that he was not talking about any religious power but the ‘shakti’ of unrighteousness, corruption and falsehood. He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of twisting his words and said he […]Continue Reading
