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.
March 7, 2022, 7:28 pm Amman (Jordan), March 7 : Indian boxers Vishwanath Suresh and Raman confirmed medal after cruising into the youth men’s semifinals at the ASBC Asian Youth and J or Boxing Championships here on Monday. Vishwanath got better of Tajikistan’s Meroj Zoidov by a split 4-1 decision in the 48kg quarter-finals to … Read more
March 7, 2022, 7:47 pm New Delhi, March 7 : Injured Indian student Harjot Singh was flown back to India on board an Indian Air Force C17 craft, along with 204 other students, from Poland as part of Operation Ganga. Harjot Singh, who has serious bullet injuries sustained in a firing attack in Ukraine, was … Read more
March 7, 2022, 7:13 pm Kolkata, Mar 7 : India aspires to take the bilateral relationship with Bangladesh to a new high and it has been strengthened since 2014, said Piyush Goyal, on Minister of Textiles, Commerce, and Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food and Public Distribution, on Monday. He was speaking at the Indian Chamber … Read more
March 7, 2022, 7:49 pm Hyderabad, March 7 : Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday said that Telangana’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at current prices increased by 19.1 per cent in 2021-22. While presenting the state budget 2022-23 in Assembly, Rao said Telangana’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at current prices (AE) … Read more
March 7, 2022, 7:21 pm Srinagar, March 7 : The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have busted a grenade throwing module linked with the ‘proscribed terror outfit’ Lashker-e-Toiba by arresting four ‘terrorist’ associates in Awantipora and averted major catastrophic terror attacks. The arrested ‘terrorist’ associates have been identified as Aqib Manzoor Bhat, … Read more
March 7, 2022, 8:01 pm New Delhi, March 7 : As part of Operation Ganga, over 17,100 Indians have been flown back to India on board 83 flights so far, the MEA said on Monday. Of the 83 flights, seven flights landed in the last 24 hours, bringing back over 1,250 Indians. Of the seven, … Read more
March 7, 2022, 7:12 pm Islamabad, March 7 : Pakistan’s Former President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar passed away on Monday at the age of 92 in Lahore, the media reported. Tarar served as the country’s president from January 1998 to June 2001. He also served as judge of the Pakistan’s Supreme Court, Xinhua reported. Expressing the … Read more
March 7, 2022, 7:07 pm Raipur, Mar 7 : A total 46 Maoists were eliminated over a period of a year in Chhattisgarh’s Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division and 555 rebels returned to the mainstream, Governor Anusuiya Uikey said on Monday. The burning issue of Naxalism found mention in the customary gubernatorial address that marked commencement … Read more
March 7, 2022, 6:58 pm Lucknow, March 7 : An estimated 54.18 per cent out of 2.06 crore voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm for 54 seats, spread over nine districts in the seventh, and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Monday. Additional Chief Electoral Officer BDR Tiwari said that maximum … Read more
March 7, 2022, 6:54 pm New Delhi, Mar 7 : A total of 1314 Indians were airlifted on Monday by 7 special civilian flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries taking the total Indian citizens brought back to India under Operation Ganga to 17,400, Ministry of Civil Aviation said. “The number of Indians airlifted by 73 special … Read more
March 7, 2022, 6:03 pm Vijayawada, March 7 : Governor Biswa Buhsan Harichandan on Monday said the Jagan Mohan Reddy government has so far transferred an amount Rs 1,32,126 crore through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the eligible beneficiaries under various welfare schemes, and Andhra Pradesh’s economic growth will be in double-digits. Harichandan was delivering … Read more
March 7, 2022, 6:49 pm Lucknow, March 7 : On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee will take out a ‘Lakdi Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ march on Tuesday with a message of women empowerment, which will be led by party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi. Addressing a press conference at the … Read more
Hyderabad, March 7 : Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday presented Budget worth more than Rs 2.56 lakh crore on the opening day of the Budget session of the State Assembly on Monday. Out of the total expenditure proposed in the budget, the revenue expenditure will be Rs.1,89.744.82 crore and the capital expenditure … Read more
March 7, 2022, 4:44 pm Chandigarh, March 7 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in a display of magnanimity during the ongoing session of Vidhan Sabha here on Monday revoked the suspension of Dr Raghuvir Singh Kadian. On March 4, when Dr Raghuvir Singh Kadian while opposing The Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of … Read more
March 7, 2022, 5:08 pm Shimla, March 7 : Opposition Congress staged a walkout from Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Monday seeking expunging of remarks made by Chief MinIster Jai Ram Thakur against Congress member Jagat Singh Negi. Raising the issue Negi said on March 5, the Chief Minister and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Bhardwaj “tried … Read more
March 7, 2022, 6:21 pm Hyderabad, Mar 7 : Telangana Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao has said that four Super Specialty hospitals will come on the four sides of Hyderabad city. Presenting the 2022-23 state budget in the Assembly on Monday Mr. Rao said that for expanding the medical facilities in Hyderabad, the … Read more
March 7, 2022, 6:18 pm New Delhi, March 7 : The 9th edition of India- Sri Lanka Bilateral Naval Exercise SLINEX commenced at Visakhapatnam on Monday. The exercise is being conducted in two phases- the Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam on March 07-08, followed by the Sea Phase on Mar 09-10 in the Bay of Bengal, … Read more
March 7, 2022, 5:23 pm Mumbai, March 7 : Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has revealed he suffers from a condition called onomatomania, where a person keeps repeating a particular word or phrase. He mentioned that it does not let him rest, even when he’s sleeping. Speaking on Chalchitra YouTube channel, during an interview, the … Read more
March 7, 2022, 5:52 pm New Delhi, March 7 : The Supreme Court on Monday expressed serious concern over the misuse of its order on Covid-19 compensation, saying it will come down heavily on those who are collecting ex-gratia on the basis of fake certificates and hinted at issuing order for independent probe to catch … Read more
March 7, 2022, 5:37 pm Ranchi, Mar 7 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said that OBC reservation, domicile policy and language row are only political issues in the state. Replying during the Chief Minister’s question hour he said that everyone knows what the previous governments have done on these matters but his … Read more
March 7, 2022, 2:44 pm New Delhi, March 7 : As thousands flee war-torn Ukraine, an Indian doctor continues to live amid shelling Severodonetsk, a small town in the Donbas region in the country’s east, as he does not want to abandon his pets — a jaguar and a panther. According to a report by … Read more
March 7, 2022, 5:21 pm New Delhi, March 7 : A BSF trooper shot himself dead after killing his colleague at a camp in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday, officials said. The incident took place early in the morning. Head Constable Johnson Toppo shot Head Constable H G Shekharan and then shot himself with … Read more
March 7, 2022, 4:18 pm Kolkata, Mar 7 : The CBI has issued a fresh summons to Trinamool Congress Birbhum district president Anubrata Mandal asking him to appear before its investigating officials in relation with the cattle smuggling case on March 14, sources in the federal agency said on Monday. The sources said the latest … Read more
March 7, 2022, 4:58 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing on the occasion of ‘Jan Aushadhi Diwas’ through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday.
March 7, 2022, 2:34 pm New Delhi, March 7 : Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh met Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital, and said he held general discussions on the situation in Punjab. Talking to media after the meeting, Singh, whose part Punjab Lok Congress is fighting polls in the state … Read more
March 7, 2022, 2:24 pm Lucknow, March 7 : An estimated 35.51 per cent out of 2.06 crore voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm for 54 seats spread over nine districts in the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Monday. According to the Joint Chief Electoral Officer, the maximum … Read more
March 7, 2022, 2:05 pm New Delhi, March 7 : The Delhi Government on Monday inaugurated 20 school health clinics at different government schools in the national capital. The inauguration was done by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Moti Bagh in south Delhi. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that … Read more
March 7, 2022, 3:06 pm Bhopal, Mar 7 : In the wake of Madhya Pradesh’s Congress legislator and erstwhile state minister Jitu Patwari’s announcing – via social media – his boycott of the customary gubernatorial address marking commencement of the Assembly’s Budget Session on Monday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in the House that … Read more
March 7, 2022, 2:53 pm New Delhi, March 7 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government’s aim is to set up one medical college in every district to further strengthen the health infrastructure of the country. “Keeping in mind the future challenges, our government is continuously working on strengthening the health infrastructure. … Read more
March 7, 2022, 4:09 pm New Delhi, March 7 : The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a petition filed by former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order which transferred a case filed by him from Kolkata to Delhi. A Bench headed by Chief Justice D N Patel … Read more
March 7, 2022, 4:02 pm Lucknow, March 7 : An estimated 46.40 per cent out of 2.06 crore voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm for 54 seats spread over nine districts in the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Monday. According to the Joint Chief Electoral Officer, the maximum … Read more
March 7, 2022, 12:22 pm Sehore (MP), Mar 7 : Four youngsters met a watery grave at Post Office Ghat after six from Budhni went to bathe in the Narmada, police said on Monday. The corpses were fished out by Home Guard divers during a two-and-a-half-hour-long mission following Sunday’s incident. The victims – whose kin … Read more
March 7, 2022, 4:49 pm New Delhi, March 7 : The Supreme Court on Monday sought a reply from the Bihar government after hearing a PIL challenging the appointment of S K Singhal as the Director General of Police (DGP) in the state. “We seek responses from the State of Bihar,” a three-judge Bench headed … Read more
March 7, 2022, 4:56 pm New Delhi, March 7 : Elections for 13 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on March 31, with several veterans including A K Antony and Anand Sharma of the Congress retiring, the Election Commission said on Monday. It said the seats are spread across six states: Five in Punjab, three … Read more
March 7, 2022, 1:10 pm Bulandshahr, March 7 : Ten students were injured when a gas cylinder caught fire and exploded in a hostel of the Government Polytechnic College in Dibai town in the district on Monday. District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh said that a small cylinder exploded while the students were preparing meals around … Read more
March 7, 2022, 12:35 pm Shivamogga, March 7 : Karnataka RDPR Minister KS Eshwarappa, along with former chief minister BS Yediyurappa, met family members of the slain Hindu activist Harsha and handed over a cheque of Rs 25 lakh as compensation. Harsha was hacked to death on February 20. The BJP government in the state … Read more
March 7, 2022, 1:00 pm Srinagar, March 7 : Upper catchments of Kashmir valley including ski resort of Gulmarg experienced a fresh snowfall while plains were lashed by rains disrupting normal life on Monday. Meteorological Department forecast of Light to Moderate Rain and snow likely to occur at scattered places over Jammu and Kashmir while … Read more
March 7, 2022, 1:00 pm New Delhi, March 7 : The Congress on Monday expressed “alarm and distress” over the escalating conflict in Ukraine and stressed that the Indian government must ensure the safe evacuation of all Indians from there but without doing propaganda. “The Congress is alarmed and distressed over the escalation of military … Read more
March 7, 2022, 12:39 pm Bangalore, March 07 : Noting that industry has a role in reducing tax disputes in the country, on Finance Secretary TV Somanathan on Monday said that there is a general tendency in the country to not leave any loopholes unexplored in the law to evade tax. He said that both … Read more
March 7, 2022, 1:07 pm Hyderabad,Mar 7 : All the three BJP members were suspended from the Telangana Assembly for the entire current session on Monday. They were suspended for obstructing the presentation of the 2022-23 state budget in the House by Finance Minister T.Harish Rao. The suspended MLAs are Eatala Rajendar ,Raja Singh and … Read more
March 7, 2022, 12:17 pm Nashik, March 7 : Four persons were killed and nine others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a tempo at Gigaon Phata on the Malegaon-Chalisgaon road in Maharashtra’s Nashik district, police said on Monday. The victims were from Jalgaon district and were proceeding to Chandanpuri. They were … Read more
March 7, 2022, 12:41 pm Hyderabad,Mar 7 : :The budget session of both the Houses of Telangana Legislature (Council and Assembly) began on Monday without the customary Governor’s address to the joint sitting of the houses. The government has decided to do away with the Governor’s address since the earlier session was not prorogued and … Read more
March 7, 2022, 12:10 pm Bengaluru, March 7 : Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said both central and state governments should make suitable arrangements to enable students returning from war-hit Ukraine to continue their education and for some it could even be “for free”. It is good that the central government has … Read more
March 7, 2022, 12:05 pm New Delhi, March 7 : The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Friday a Special Leave Petition filed by MediaOne against a Kerala High Court order upholding a ban imposed on the Malaylam news channel by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A three-judge bench headed by Chief … Read more
March 7, 2022, 11:59 am Lucknow, March 7 : An estimated 21.55 per cent out of 2.06 crore votes were polled till 11 am for 54 seats spread over 9 districts in the last and seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Monday. According to the Joint Chief Electoral Officer maximum 24.74 per cent … Read more
March 7, 2022, 11:52 am Imphal, Mar 7 : The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered repoll in six polling stations on March 8. In the letter to Manipur’s CEO, ECI stated that the polls held on March 5 are void. The repoll will be held in 44/45, 44/25, 45/31, 47/49, 49/4 and 49/51 … Read more
March 7, 2022, 11:51 am Malappuram, Mar ch 7 : Indian on Muslim League (IUML) Kerala t President Panakkad Sayd Hyderali Shihab Thangal was laid to rest on the burial grounds of the Panakkad Juma Masjid with State honours in the early hours on Monday. The body was kept at Malappuram town hall from 1845 … Read more
March 7, 2022, 11:21 am Bangalore, March 07 : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reiterated that the Budget 2022 stands for continuity, predictable tax regime and a vision for the next 20-25 years. Speaking at a post-Budget interaction with stakeholders from industry, trade, large taxpayers and select professionals here in the city, the Minister … Read more
March 7, 2022, 11:30 am New Delhi, March 7 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold telephonic conversations with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday, official sources said. While the talks with Zelensky will take place in the first half of the day, that with Putin will happen later. The … Read more
March 7, 2022, 10:39 am New Delhi March 7 : India has registered 4,362 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of cases to to 4,29,67,315 in the country, as per the Health Ministry data on Monday. As many as 66 fresh fatalities were also recorded in the past 24 … Read more