India
2 Held in UP for Posting Objectionable Pictures of PM Modi on Social Media
Mannu Ram and Ankit Yadav were arrested and booked under the IT Act for sharing objectionable pictures of the prime minister on Facebook and WhatsApp, SHO Sukhpura Virendra Yadav said.
Less Than 3% Population in Tribal-dominated Districts Covid-19 Positive: Govt tells Rajya Sabha
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda also told the Upper House that so far, there has been 'no report of major outbreak of the disease in tribal areas.'
Chinese Viewers Find Disney's New 'Mulan' To Be Tired Take
Seoul (AP) The remake of Mulan struck all the right chords to be a hit in the key Chinese market. Disney cast beloved actor Liu Yifei as Mulan and removed a dragon sidekick popular in the animated original to cater to Chinese tastes. Still, the movie dr...
814 New COVID Cases, 7 Deaths In Rajasthan
Seven more people died from the novel coronavirus in Rajasthan, taking the toll to 1,286 on Thursday, while the number of infections rose to 1.08 lakh with 814 new cases, the Heath Department said. There are 17,838 active cases of the coronavirus disea...
UP Minister Atul Garg’s Cousin Accuses Him of Grabbing Property, Threatens Suicide
Shyam said that his family is living in misery and claimed that he had spoken to the minister regarding partition of assets many times but was shooed away each time.
Banks Drag Sensex, Nifty As China Tensions, Fed Weigh
Indian shares opened lower on Thursday, dragged down by banking and IT stocks, as China tensions remained in focus, while sentiment was subdued after the U.S. Federal Reserve failed to offer further stimulus.
Michelin-star Chef Vikas Khanna Honoured For Feeding Millions In India Amid COVID-19
Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna will be honoured with the prestigious 2020 Asia Game Changer Award for feeding millions across India amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive that he coordinated from thousands of miles away in h...
Narendra Modi’s Birthday Highlights: Leaders Across Political Spectrum Send Wishes as PM Turns 70
Narendra Modi’s Birthday Highlights: Wishes poured in from all corners of the world for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who turns 70 today. One of the first VIPs to wish Modi was Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli, who said that the two leaders will continue to wor...
61 More COVID Patients Die In Bengal; 3,237 New Cases Detected
Sixty-one people succumbed to COVID-19 in West Bengal on Wednesday pushing the death toll to 4,123, the state health department said in a bulletin. The tally reached 2,12,383 after 3,237 new cases of infection were reported from various parts of the state...
49 Fresh Cases Take Sikkim's COVID-19 Tally To 2,221
Sikkim reported 49 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally in the Himalayan state to 2,221, an official said on Wednesday. East Sikkim registered 38 fresh cases, followed by five each in North and South Sikkim and one in West Sikkim, state Information Educ...
Cong Councillor Proposes To Name Street In South Delhi After Sushant Singh Rajput
SDMC Congress councillor Abhishek Dutt has proposed to name a stretch of road in south Delhi after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The Andrews Ganj councillor in the BJP-led South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has sent the proposal to the civ...
China Will Overtake US Economy, but Its Hegemony May Look Different: Former Indian Foreign Secretary
Former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale said unlike the US, the Chinese are not interested in policing the world or being culturally dominant but are keen on securing the flow of wealth to their own country.
22 Army Personnel Lost Lives Serving in High-Altitude Areas from 2017-19: Govt in Lok Sabha
Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said six Army men were killed in 2017 followed by eight each in 2018 and 2019.
Outrage over Death of Covid-hit Andhra Banker, SBI Launches Internal Probe into Negligence Charges
The probe was ordered after the SBI Officers’ Association alleged Pitta Rajesh, who headed a rural branch, died after he was forced to work despite being infected with coronavirus.
India, China Expected to Continue Military and Diplomatic Talks to Restore Peace: Govt
n a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan gave a brief account of the four-month-long standoff and said the Chinese side attempted to transgress the Line of Actual (LAC) in several areas of the we...
Prepared for Prolonged Winter Standoff, Full-fledged War in Eastern Ladakh: Army's Northern Command
The Army said that if China created conditions for war, it will face a better trained, better prepared, fully rested and psychologically hardened Indian troops.