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Money-Laundering Case | Court Adjourns Hearing On Manish Sisodia’s Bail Plea Till April 5

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: A Delhi court on Saturday adjourned till April 5 the hearing on the bail plea of AAP leader Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-lau...

Couple Having Links with Amritpal’s Mentor Papalpreet Singh Held from RS Pura

JAMMU, Mar 25: A couple having links with Papalpreet Singh, the alleged mentor of “Waris Punjab De” head and Khalistani preacher, Amritpal Singh, has been detained from RS Pura area today. DySP Head...

Government to Introduce GPS-Based Toll System in Six Months to Replace Toll Plazas: Gadkari

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: The Government will introduce new technologies including GPS-based toll collection systems in the next 6 months to replace existing highway toll plazas in the country, Union Minist...

Gujarat CMO Official Resigns after Son’s Name Crops up In ‘Conman’ Kiran Patel Case

Ahmedabad, Mar 25: A senior official in the Gujarat Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has resigned after his son’s name cropped up in connection with a case involving alleged conman Kiran Patel, who was ...

Plea in SC Challenges Automatic Disqualification of Lawmakers upon Conviction and 2-Year Sentence

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the “automatic disqualification” of lawmakers upon their conviction and being sentenced to a jail term for two years or more ...

PM Modi Hits Out At Political Parties for Not Doing Enough to Support Indian Languages

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25 hit out at political parties which “played a game” over languages without doing enough to support them, and alleged they did not want stude...

Earth hit by severe solar storm much stronger than expected

The most powerful solar storm in nearly six years slammed Earth yesterday, but strangely, space weather forecasters didn't see it coming. The geomagnetic storm peaked as a severe G4 on the 5-grade s...

MM Keeravaani reveals Guneet Monga was hospitalised for breathlessness after Oscars victory

Oscars 2023 were historic for India. While RRR song Naatu Naatu won the Best Original Song award, Guneet Monga’s The Elephant Whisperers also bagged the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film....

My left leg has healed but will take number of months to be fully fit: RCB’s Glenn Maxwell

Ace Australia and Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has said that while the injury to his left leg had healed, it'll take a "number of months" before he is back to full fitness as...

‘Disqualified because Modi scared about my next speech on Adani, I have seen it in his eyes,’ says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said he would keep defending the democratic voice of the people even if he is permanently expelled from parliament. Addressing his first press conference in New ...

Iranian, Saudi FMs hold phone talks, agree to meet soon

Tehran, March 23: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud have agreed to meet at the earliest opportunity to prepare the ground fo...

Vinícius Júnior racist abuse prompts 8th complaint of season

BARCELONA, Spain: Racist insults at Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior by spectators during the game at Barcelona last weekend prompted the Spanish league to file another complaint to judicial author...

Rahul Gandhi ‘mismanaged’ Himanta Sarma episode, Sonia Gandhi didn’t assert herself: Ghulam Nabi Azad in memoir

New Delhi, Mar 23: “Let him go” was Rahul Gandhi’s blunt reply when told that Himanta Biswa Sarma, once the Congress’ key leader in Assam, had the support of a majority of MLAs and would rebel and qu...

Sensex snaps 2-day rally, falls 290 pts to close below 58K

Equity benchmark Sensex declined 290 points in a volatile session to settle below the 58,000 mark on Thursday due to a sell-off in banking, financial and IT stocks amid a weak trend in European equit...

Nirmala Sitharaman likely to meet CEOs of PSU Banks on Saturday

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Niramala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet managing directors of public sector banks (PSBs) on March 25 for performance review in the backdrop of failure of few banks in the...

‘I offered my services to Rahul Dravid’: Laxman Sivaramakrishnan claims Team India coach denied it out of respect

Former Indian cricketer Laxman Sivaramakrishnan claimed that he offered to work with Rahul Dravid as part of the Indian coaching team however, the latter denied it out of respect as the leg-spinner w...

‘I doubt if players will take breaks during IPL’ says Rohit Sharma who urges IPL franchises and Indian players to take care of their bodies

IPL 2023: Ahead of season 16, many eyes have been on the Indian Premier League franchises’ treatment of the injured Indian players because the ODI World Cup would be played in October this year. Thes...

NASA’s Webb telescope spots ‘sandy’ swirling clouds on planet that orbits two stars

A bad day at the beach is better than a good day at the office, but that saying wouldn't hold up in a recently studied world 40 light-years from Earth, where every day might be a gusty beach purgator...

Shubman Gill can be future leader for Gujarat Titans: Vikram Solanki

Vikram Solanki, the Director of Cricket for Gujarat Titans, heaped praise on Shubman Gill, saying the young opener has a smart cricket brain and he can be the leader of the 2022 champions in the futu...

Rahul Gandhi Gets Two Years Imprisonment in Defamation Case Filed in Surat, Granted Bail

SURAT, Mar 23: A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks...

SCBA Cannot Assert Entire Right over SC Land for Constructing Lawyers’ Chambers: Apex Court

NEW DELHI, Mar 23: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) cannot assert entire right over a piece of land, which was allotted to the apex court, for constructing chambers for lawyers, the Supreme C...

Jairam Ramesh Writes To Cbi Chief, Seeks Amit Shah’s Quizzing Over ‘Sangma Govt Most-Corrupt’ Remark

New Delhi, Mar 23: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has written to CBI Director Subodh Jaiswal asking the probe agency to question Home Minister Amit Shah over his remark describing the Conra...

India Will Always Remember Sacrifice Of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru: PM Modi

New Delhi, Mar 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on Martyrs’ Day on Thursday. The day is observed to mark their death anniversary. ...

India’s Daily Covid-19 Cases Highest in 140 Days with 1,300 New Infections

New Delhi, Mar 23: India logged 1,300 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 140 days, while the active cases have increased to 7,605, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. ...

UP engineer sacked for eulogising Osama Bin Laden

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 22: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) has terminated the services of an engineer for praising the slain Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Ravindra Prakas...

Active Covid Cases In Country Climb To 7,026

New Delhi, Mar 22: India recorded 1,134 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 7,026, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to ...

Police Register Firs after Posters against PM Modi Come Up In Delhi

New Delhi, Mar 22: Delhi Police has registered at least 100 FIRs in connection with the pasting of posters against Prime Minister Narendra Modi here, officials said on Wednesday. The posters reading...

SC To Hear Batch of Petitions Pertaining To Criminalisation of Marital Rape on May 9

New Delhi, Mar 22: The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed May 9 for a detailed hearing on a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape. Senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned th...

2023 World Cup in India Likely to Start on Oct 5, Final in Ahmedabad: Report

New Delhi, Mar 22: The 2023 ODI World Cup in India is likely to start on October 5 with the final to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19, according to a report. The BCCI...

Home Minister Shah E-Inaugurates Mata Sharda Devi Temple Near Loc In J&K’s Kupwara

NEW DELHI, Mar 22: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday e-inaugurated the Mata Sharda Devi temple near the Line of Control (LoC) in Karnah sector of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the abrogation of ...

Stadium Named After Hockey Star Rani Rampal, First Woman To Get This Honour

Indian team’s star hockey player Rani Rampal has become the first woman in the sport to have a stadium named after her, in Rae Bareli. The MCF Rae Bareli has renamed the hockey stadium as ‘Rani’s Gi...

Finland Happiest Country In The World, India Ranked 126th: U.N. Report

HELSINKI, Mar 21: For the sixth year running, Finland was named the world’s happiest country in an annual U.N.-sponsored index Monday that saw acts of kindness grow in Ukraine despite the Russian inv...

Mobile Internet Services To Resume In Punjab Except In Some Districts Like Tarn Taran, Ferozepur

CHANDIGARH, Mar 21: The Punjab government on Tuesday extended the suspension of mobile internet and SMS services in Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Moga, Sangrur and Amritsar’s Ajnala sub-division and a few a...

SC Refuses To Consider Individual Cases For Accepting Demonetised Currency Notes, Asks Petitioners To Approach Govt

New Delhi, Mar 21: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to consider individual cases seeking acceptance of demonetised currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations. A bench comprising BR Gava...

Lok Sabha Passes Budget for Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Rs 1.118 lakh crore budget for financial year 2023-24 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, amid ruckus by the Opposition over a demand for a ...

American Oncology Institute Jammu brings a well structured SBRT Program to Jammu region

American oncology institute Jammu at ASCOMS Sidhra brought another first to Jammu by starting a well structured SBRT program. The patients being treated by SBRT are first discussed with experts in ...

Rupee falls 6 paise to 82.62 against US dollar

Mumbai, Mar 21: The rupee depreciated 6 paise to 82.62 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid a stronger dollar and mixed global cues. Traders said declining crude oil prices, firm Asi...

Japan PM Kishida heads to Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida traveled Tuesday to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of support that came as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese l...

Gold inches higher as investors focus on Fed meeting

Gold prices edged higher on Tuesday, with investors looking forward to the Federal Reserve policy meeting as expectations grew that the U.S. central bank would slow its monetary policy tightening giv...

Imran Khan claims he could be targeted during court depositions, requests chief justice to allow him to appear virtually

LAHORE: Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan has requested the country's chief justice to allow him to join court proceedings through a video link in cases lodged against him, claiming he coul...

‘Absolutely unacceptable’: US responds to attack on Indian Consulate in San Francisco

Washington, Mar 21: The US has condemned as “absolutely unacceptable” the attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco by some pro-Khalistan elements during a protest, and said it is committed to ...

Active Covid Cases In Country Rise To 6,559

New Delhi, Mar 21: India logged 699 new cases of coronavirus, while the active cases increased to 6,559, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 5...