India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain – from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 5 millennia. In the north, Mughal Empire landmarks include Delhi’s Red Fort complex, massive Jama Masjid mosque and Agra’s iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges in Varanasi, and Rishikesh is a yoga center and base for Himalayan trekking.
April 8, 2022, 9:04 pm Lucknow, April 8 : Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday raised doubts over transparency and fairness during the polling for the local bodies constituencies on Saturday and demanded the Chief Election Commissioner to make special arrangements. In a statement issued here, Akhilesh said that the manner in which … Read more
April 8, 2022, 4:36 pm Chandigarh, April 8 : Showing zero tolerance towards gangsters, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday asked the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) to stamp them out from the state in order to repose people’s full faith and confidence in the law and order machinery. Chairing a meeting with the … Read more
April 8, 2022, 4:38 pm New Delhi, April 8 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said all parties that are against the ruling BJP should come together, as he met veteran socialist leader Sharad Yadav. Rahul Gandhi called Sharad Yadav his ‘guru’, and expressed concern on the economic and social situation in the country. … Read more
April 8, 2022, 4:43 pm New Delhi, April 8 : A CBI Special Judge on Friday stayed the order of another court and directed that former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel will not leave the country without permission. The court also stayed the order of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate who had directed the CBI … Read more
April 8, 2022, 8:32 pm Ranchi, April 8 : Leaders of Jharkhand BJP have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for completing Corona vaccination of 85 percent adult population of the country. State BJP president and MP Deepak Prakash said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi yet another milestone has been achieved as vaccination … Read more
April 8, 2022, 7:54 pm Imphal, April 8 : Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Friday made an appeal to the people of the State against all illegal encroachments in the State including water bodies like the Loktak Lake, Reserved Forest Areas in the Hills, government land, khas-land, etc. He also said that the government … Read more
April 8, 2022, 8:00 pm Ranchi, April 8 : Mandar MLA Bandhu Tirkey on Friday lost the membership of Jharkhand Assembly. As per the notification issued by the Jharkhand Assembly Secretariat following the conviction of Bandhu Tirkey Member Jharkhand Assembly from Mandar Assembly Area Number 66 by a special CBI court in case number RC … Read more
April 8, 2022, 4:12 pm Patna, April 8 : Vikassheel Insan Party ( VIP) Chief and former Bihar Minister Mukesh Sahni who was recently shown doors from NDA and dismissed from the Nitish cabinet, reacting over his close proximity with the Rashtriya Janta Dal ( RJD) categorically cleared that in politics no one is enemy. … Read more
April 8, 2022, 4:16 pm Chandigarh, April 8 : Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee President Kumari Selja on Friday raised the issue of sacking of health workers engaged on outsourced basis. In a letter to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, the HPCC chief said that these health workers had served the people during the Corona period … Read more
April 8, 2022, 4:29 pm Hyderabad, April 8 : Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Friday. The SFDR has been developed by Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO … Read more
April 8, 2022, 7:36 pm Hazaribagh, April 8 : In a joint operation conducted by the district police and CRPF’s 22nd battalion five ultras belonging to the JPC including their sub zonal commander have been nabbed with arms. Briefing the press on Friday Hazaribagh SP Manoj Ratan Chouthe said that the among the arrested included … Read more
April 8, 2022, 7:41 pm New Delhi, April 8 : The Congress party on Friday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of unleashing cruelty on the common people by increasing prices of essential commodities. “The Modi government is unleashing cruelty on the common people. It is unfortunate that the government is crushing the common … Read more
April 8, 2022, 7:52 pm Chandigarh, April 8 : Targeting Congress national president Sonia Gandhi, former president Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi over their silence on anti-Dalit remarks of former PPCC President S l Jakhar, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said the Congress high command should clarify their stand on … Read more
April 8, 2022, 7:53 pm Chennai, Apr 8 : Terming it as an attempt to imposition of Hindi on the people of the country, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin today objected to on Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark to use Hindi instead of English and said it would undermine India’s … Read more
April 8, 2022, 7:54 pm Varanasi, April 8 : Being an MP from Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also a voter in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections polling for which will be held on Saturday. His name is present in the electoral rolls at the polling booth at M cipal Corporation Executive Room. … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:35 pm Lucknow, April 8 : In order to familiarise the youth of Uttar Pradesh with the latest technology, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has announced to distribute a total of 9.74 lakh tablets and smartphones across the state. The Department of Information Technology has already been told to include … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:26 pm New Delhi, Apr 8 : Former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel on Friday filed a contempt petition against the CBI saying he was not allowed to leave the country once again despite an order of the court. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed revision petition against the order … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:38 pm New Delhi, April 8 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday met veteran leader Sharad Yadav, who recently joined the RJD, and called him his ‘Guru’. Yadav meanwhile said Rahul Gandhi should be made the Congress president. The Congress leader met Yadav at his Delhi residence on Friday. Talking to … Read more
April 8, 2022, 3:04 pm Itanagar, April 8 : Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in presence of Social Justice, Empowerment and Tribal Affairs Minister Alo Libang, on Friday, launched an online certificate course on drug abuse prevention, in a step forward to eradicate substance abuse in the state. To begin with, all group A … Read more
April 8, 2022, 3:07 pm Panaji, April 8 : As many as 21 people lost their lives in road accidents in February this year, a government data revealed on Friday. According to the statistics released by Transport Department, there were 251 road accidents out of which 21 were fatal (North Goa 7 and South Goa … Read more
April 8, 2022, 3:19 pm New Delhi, April 8 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged devotees to participate in the Sound and Light show at the Ambaji shrine in Gujarat, one of the 51 Shaktipeeths. He said that the Parikrama Festival of the 51 Shaktipeeths will start there at 7 pm from Friday. … Read more
April 8, 2022, 3:28 pm Puducherry, April 8 : Ambassador of France to India, Emmanuel Lenain called on Chief Minister N Rangaswamy at his chamber here on Friday. An official release said it was a courtesy call. Rangaswamy and Lenain discussed several issues including steps to further strengthen the ties between France and Puducherry. Puducherry … Read more
April 8, 2022, 3:47 pm New Delhi, April 8 : Precaution doses of Covid-19 vaccines for population above 18 years of age to begin from April 10 at Private Covid Vaccination Centres (PCVC), the on government announced on Friday. People who have completed nine months from the date of their second jab are eligible for … Read more
April 8, 2022, 3:55 pm Aurangabad/Mumbai, April 8 : NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase on Friday criticised the Modi government for increasing the price of “everything in a dictatorial manner”, without considering the common man. In an official release, Mr Tapase stated that, prices of petrol-diesel, domestic gas and edible oil and food grains have skyrocketed, … Read more
April 8, 2022, 6:06 pm Hyderabad, April 8 : A three-day Dairy and Food Expo organized jointly by the Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI) and Media Day Marketing (MDM), kicked off at Hitex here on Friday. The Expo was inaugurated by Telangana Minister for Home Mohammed Mahmood Ali and Animal Husbandry … Read more
April 8, 2022, 6:14 pm New Delhi, April 8 : Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet booster at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Friday. The Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet based propulsion enables the missile to intercept aerial threats at very long range at … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:15 pm New Delhi, April 8 : Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said social schemes, like the housing scheme of the BJP government, focused especially on women empowerment. As BJP observes a ‘social justice fortnight’ aiming to inform people about governments social schemes, Singh held a press conference in Delhi, … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:15 pm New Delhi, April 8 : Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the ruling BJP after a photograph of about half-a-dozen individuals including a journalist stripped half-naked in a police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district went viral in social media and said the ”New India” government was … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:25 pm Lucknow, April 8 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday issued strict directives that bulldozers should not move on the huts, houses and shops of the poor and action should be taken only against mafias and criminals. According to a government spokesman the CM has directed that illegal … Read more
April 8, 2022, 1:34 pm Jaunpur (UP), April 8 : Five children were injured when a school van overturned in Gaura Badshahpur in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district on Friday morning. Police sources said Abhinav, Shivangi, Pranjal, Ansh and Riyal were injured when the van of the TDMC Public School overturned. Witnesses blamed the driver as … Read more
April 8, 2022, 1:38 pm Bengaluru, April 8 : Four schools here received bomb threats through email on Friday, triggering panic. “Four schools have received the threat. The police have been pressed into service to find out if bombs have been planted,” Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant told reporters here. Among the schools that have … Read more
April 8, 2022, 1:47 pm Hyderabad, April 8 : As a part of the ongoing five-pronged protests by the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) demanding that the Centre should procure paddy from the state, party leaders and workers hoisted black flags atop their houses across the state on Friday. The party leaders and workers also … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:11 pm New Delhi, Apr 8 : Former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel filed a contempt petition against the agency before the court by submitting that he was not allowed to leave the country once again despite the order of the court while the CBI filed revision petition against the order … Read more
April 8, 2022, 2:14 pm Imphal, April 8 : Losii Dikho MLA inaugurated the Mao-Imphal market (Temporary Shed) at Kabo Leikai Nongchup, Imphal West on Friday. L.Dikho MLA said that our state Manipur is a beautiful place where different people are living in it peacefully by the grace of God. The Mao-Imphal market will not … Read more
April 8, 2022, 5:07 pm Chennai, Apr 8 : The Tamil Nadu government will provide all help to 1,890 medicos, who had returned from war-torn Ukraine, to continue their education either in the State, or in any other Indian State or in any of the countries that follow the same syllabus of Ukraine. Replying to … Read more
April 8, 2022, 5:20 pm Lucknow, April 8 : Polling for 27 seats of local bodies constituencies of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council will be held on Saturday. Polling will be held between 8 am to 4 pm. Counting will be held on April 12. According to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates … Read more
April 8, 2022, 5:26 pm Patna, April 8 : Patna High Court has taken strong exception to modus operandi being followed to destroy seized liquor in dry Bihar, saying it can pose serious threat to ecological balance and adversely affect fertility of the soil, and also directed state pollution control board to file a detailed … Read more
April 8, 2022, 5:30 pm Patna, April 8 : The sleuths of Vigilance Bureau arrested Mukhiya Brajesh Ram of Basgaon Manjhariya panchayat of Bagha one block in West Champaran district when he was receiving bribe of Rs 15000 on Friday. Sources close to the bureau said here that two ward members and spouse of an … Read more
April 8, 2022, 1:07 pm Agartala, April 8 : The Sepahijala District and Sessions Court on Thursday granted conditional bail to three persons including an Imam of a bordering village of Tripura who were arrested as suspected Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen of Bangladesh (JMB) operatives on April 4 last. Based on the police claim, the court had sent … Read more
April 8, 2022, 1:19 pm Bengaluru, April 8 : People in Karnataka went into a tizzy after four schools here received a bomb threat through emails here on Friday. “Four city schools have received bomb threat through unknown emails sent to them. The police have been pressed into service to find out if bombs have … Read more
April 8, 2022, 1:23 pm Nagpur, April 8 : : President of India Ram Nath Kovind will grace a function hosted by the Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur (IIM-N) on April 23. According to sources, the President will inaugurate the new campus of IIM-N in MIHAN. Nagpur was added to the list of IIMs in … Read more
April 8, 2022, 12:15 pm Srinagar, April 8 : At least four tourists were injured on Friday when a vehicle in which they were travelling turned turtle in Ganderbal district, police said. All the injured are from the state of Jharkhand. They said a tempo traveller vehicle was on its way to Kargil from Srinagar … Read more
April 8, 2022, 12:36 pm Kolkata, April 8 : Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh along with the Bogtui massacre in which nine people were burnt alive on March 21 in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. A Bench comprising Chief Justice … Read more
April 8, 2022, 1:01 pm New Delhi, April 8 : An interstate firearms supplier who was wanted in the North-East Delhi riots case was arrested from the Tahirpur area of Delhi, police said on Friday. The accused, identified as Babu Wasim (34), was absconding for over two years in riots cases and was declared a … Read more
April 8, 2022, 11:07 am Hamirpur(HP), April 8 : Former HP Chief Minister and senior BJP leader, Prem Kumar Dhumal has dubbed the statement of the AAP leader, M sh Sisodia as wrong and absurd that the BJP was going to change its leadership in the state. Responding to the statement of Sisodia, Dhumal has … Read more
April 8, 2022, 11:28 am Mumbai, April 8 : Maintaining its accommodative stance the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the benchmark lending rate unchanged at 4 per cent, for the 11th time in a row, here on Friday. The Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI which met on April 6-8 has also decided to … Read more
April 8, 2022, 10:53 am New Delhi, April 8 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that more than three crore houses have been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna. “We have set an important milestone in the resolve to give a pucca house to every poor person in the country. It is … Read more
April 8, 2022, 10:16 am New Delhi, April 8 : A total of 1,109 people have tested positive for Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, the on Health Ministry said on Friday. According to the bulletin issued by the Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,30,33,067 while the death toll rose to 5,21,573 as 43 … Read more
April 7, 2022, 7:14 pm New Delhi, April 7 : India on Thursday welcomed the announcement of a two-month ceasefire in Yemen and hoped it would lead to a more comprehensive and durable ceasefire and build a positive momentum towards an inclusive political process to end the eight-year-long debilitating war. “We welcome the announcement of … Read more
April 7, 2022, 7:16 pm New Delhi, April 7 : Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday visited the family of victims died in Kondli STP mishap and handed over a compensation check of Rs 10 lakh. Sisodia expressed sorrow over the incident and also assured a government job to the next of kin … Read more