New Delhi, April 14: India is likely to witness normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season this year, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday. Rainfall will be 96 per cent to 104 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) of 87 cm of the 1971-2020 period, it noted. Earlier, the IMD used to […]Continue Reading
Deoghar, April 11: The rescue operation at Jharkhand’s Deogarh has been taken over by Indian Air force (IAF), where some cable cars on the Trikoot ropeway collided on Sunday, leaving 48 stuck and one dead. Some cable cars collided on a ropeway at Trikoot hills close to Baba Baidyanath Temple. The Deoghar Deputy Commissioner (DC) […]Continue Reading
Ahmedabad, April 11: Six workers were killed in a blast which triggered a fire in a chemical factory in Gujarat’s Bharuch district on Monday, officials said. The incident took place around 3 am in the unit located in Dahej industrial area, some 235 km from Ahmedabad. The six victims were working near a reactor, which […]Continue Reading
Srinagar, April 10 : A terrorist involved in the recent attack on a CRPF personnel in the city was killed, while three security force personnel were injured in an encounter here on Sunday, police said. Security force launched a cordon and search operation in Bishember Nagar area of the city after receiving inputs about the […]Continue Reading
Kolkata,April 8: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into the murder of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh, in apparent retaliation to which nine persons were burnt to death in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. The high court had earlier ordered a CBI investigation into the killings of the nine people at Bogtui […]Continue Reading
New Delhi, April 6 : On the eve of the BJP’s 42nd foundation day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all party MPs Tuesday to dedicate themselves to “seva”, or service, as the BJP plans a fortnight-long “Samajik nyay pakhwada” exercise from April 7. While Mr Modi will address the party cadre on Wednesday, BJP president […]Continue Reading
New Delhi, April 5: Petrol and diesel prices were on Monday hiked by 40 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last two weeks to Rs 8.40 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 103.81 per litre as against Rs 103.41 previously, while diesel rates have gone up […]Continue Reading
New Delhi, April 4 : India recorded less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in 715 days even as the virus tally rose to 4,30,29,044, while the active infection count fell below 13,000, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The number of active cases is the lowest in […]Continue Reading
Hyderabad.April 3 : The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed it has suspended the supply of Covaxin, produced by city-based Bharat Biotech, through UN procurement agencies and recommending to countries that received the covid vaccine to take actions as appropriate. A statement issued by WHO on Saturday said the suspension is in response to the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,APRIL 2: India and Russia on Friday emphasised the need for keeping bilateral economic, technological and people-to-people contacts “stable and predictable”, signalling an intent to carry on with their cooperation, notwithstanding western sanctions on Moscow. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his visiting Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov Continue Reading
