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 5, 2022, 6:26 pm Kannur, Mar 5 : A 37-year-old CRPF jawan hailing from Kannur district, deployed in Uttar Pradesh election security duty allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle, it was reported on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Vipin Das, son of Dasan and Rugmini residing at South Bazar in … Read more
March 5, 2022, 6:05 pm Hyderabad, March 5 : Another batch of 160 students hailing from the two Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have returned from the war-torn Ukraine. Of them, 94 students are from Telangana and 66 from Andhra Pradesh and they arrived in Delhi and Mumbai on Friday. Officials of the … Read more
March 5, 2022, 6:31 pm Imphal, March 5 : Around 76 percent of the electors exercised their mandate till 5 pm in the second phase of Manipur Assembly poll on Saturday. The polling percentage in the state at 5 PM is 76.04 percent, election officials said. Senapati district recorded the highest turnout with 82.02 percent … Read more
March 5, 2022, 6:06 pm Kolhapur, Mar 5 : A court here on Saturday sentenced a 49-year-old man to life imprisonment for murder of his neighbour in April 2017. Public prosecutor Amit Mahadeshwar told the court that on April 21, 2017, there was a quarrel between accused and his sister-in-law on a family dispute, at … Read more
March 5, 2022, 2:54 pm Sonbhadra, March 5 : Regretting that under the previous state governments, Sonbhadra suffered from water scarcity, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said BJP’s double engine government implemented ‘Har Ghar Jal Yojana’ under which water is being supplied to every household now. Addressing a public rally in the … Read more
March 5, 2022, 4:29 pm Kyiv/New Delhi, Mar 5 : As a large group of Indian students of Sumy State versity declared on video that they are going to move towards Mariupol where a partial ceasefire has been declared by Russia, the Indian government on Saturday urged Russia and Ukraine for a ceasefire to create … Read more
March 5, 2022, 3:44 pm Varanasi, March 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the opposition parties and said that blind opposition, constant opposition, extreme despair and negativity has become the political ideology of dynastic politicians and after corona it is being experienced again during the Ukraine crisis. Addressing an election rally in … Read more
March 5, 2022, 3:02 pm Jammu, March 5 : Five members of a family were killed and one person was seriously injured when a taxi in which they were travelling plunged into a deep gorge on Mansar Road in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The cab was on its way towards Srinagar via Mansar … Read more
March 5, 2022, 2:29 pm Madurai, March 5 : Madurai Special Sessions Court on Saturday convicted 10 persons, including S.Yuvaraj, former President of Dheeran Chinnamalai Peravai, a Caste-based outfit, in the sensational ‘honour’ killing of Dalit youth V.Gokulraj in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu in 2015. Delivering the verdict, Judge T Sampathkumar said the quantum … Read more
March 5, 2022, 5:15 pm Vijayawada, March 5 : Former Telugu Desam Party Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao on Saturday criticised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for ‘not making’ any efforts to get the Central financial clearance for the already approved Rs. 55,548 Crore cost of the Polavaram irrigation project. Devineni termed … Read more
March 5, 2022, 4:36 pm Hyderabad, March 5 : Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Saturday caught red-handed a Line Inspector and Lineman of Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) when they were accepting a bribe amount of Rs 10,000. Prabhakar Rao, Line Inspector and SA M Satish, Lineman, Office of A E Operations, … Read more
March 5, 2022, 4:12 pm Chennai, Mar 5 : Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Minister S. Muthusamy on Saturday unveiled ‘Real Estate Vision-2030″ and launched the Construction labourers welfare and insurance scheme for one lakh workers. The vision document and the insurance scheme by the CREDAI Chennai Foundation and TN Construction Workers Welfare Board … Read more
March 5, 2022, 5:22 pm Aurangabad / Mumbai, Mar 5 : NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said on Saturday that with an offence of illegal phone-tapping being registered against former intelligence commissioner Rashmi Shukla, the people of Maharashtra would like to know at whose behest was this illegal tapping of phones being done. Did somebody … Read more
March 5, 2022, 5:22 pm Vijayawada, Mar 5 : Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram reviewed the arrangements being made for the budget session of Assembly to begin on March 7. At a meeting held in the Legislative committee hall in Amaravati on Saturday, the Speaker directed the secretaries of various departments to ensure … Read more
March 5, 2022, 5:33 pm Coimbatore, March 5 : Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev left the Isha Yoga Center here on Saturday to begin a lone motorcycle journey of 30,000 km across 27 nations in 100 days as part of the global Movement to Save Soil. The journey will include engagements with leaders of all 27 nations … Read more
March 5, 2022, 5:34 pm Chennai, Mar 5 : Asserting that Chief Minister M K Stalin’s vision to make Tamil Nadu an one trillion economy by 2030 was achievable. Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan today said the ruling DMK government’s remarkable turnaround in Finances in the last ten months will be reflected in the State Budget … Read more
March 5, 2022, 6:02 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with prominent people of Varanasi on Saturday.
Bhadohi, March 5 : Accusing Samajwadi Party of being sympathetic towards criminals, terrorists, and rioters, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the previous government deprived of state of much-needed development. ” Simply, SP had nothing to do with our farmers, poor, women, youth and elderly instead the party promoted unscrupulous elements right … Read more
March 5, 2022, 5:44 pm Tirupati, March 5 : Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has said that the state will achieve 100 per cent tap water connections in villages by 2024. He said this while addressing a regional conference of Southern states on Jal Jeevan Mission, organised at Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore … Read more
March 5, 2022, 5:43 pm Hamirpur (HP), March 5 : on Minister of state for Jal Shakti, Prahlad Singh Patel Saturday patted the Himachal Pradesh for achieving ninety-three percent of its target under the Har ghar ko nal (tap in each house) scheme of the central government and said he was hopeful that the state … Read more
Imphal, March 5 : One person was killed and another injured on Saturday in violence related to the second phase of the Manipur Assembly election, with over 28 percent of the electorate exercising their franchise in the first four hours. One person died in firing at the 47/49 number polling station in Karong constituency under … Read more
March 5, 2022, 1:10 pm Chennai, Mar 5 : In a significant development, the main Opposition AIADMK today expelled former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and party Coordinator’s brother O.Raja from the primary membership of the party, a day after he met expelled leader V K Sasikala. Raja, who is also the Aavin Chairman of his … Read more
March 5, 2022, 2:26 pm Pune, March 5 : The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will inaugurate the Pune Metro Rail Project and lay the foundation stone of various development projects. At 1100 hrs he will unveil the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the premises of Pune M cipal Corporation. The Statue is … Read more
March 5, 2022, 2:23 pm New Delhi, March 5 : The Indian Navy on Saturday successfully demonstrated the accuracy of an extended-range land attack Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from the stealth destroyer INS Chennai. The missile hit the intended target with pinpoint accuracy after traversing an extended range trajectory and performing complex manoeuvres, the Navy … Read more
March 5, 2022, 1:11 pm Bengaluru, March 5 : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said he will visit the house of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, an Indian student killed in Ukraine, to offer his condolences to the grieving family. He said all efforts were on to bring his mortal remains from Ukraine. “The state … Read more
March 5, 2022, 1:54 pm Dharwad, March 5 : The city police have registered an FIR against journalist and author Rana Ayyub for calling students at Udupi college protesting with saffron flags in Karnataka as Hindu terrorists in a television interview. Vidyagiri police on March 4 booked the case against Ayyub under Section 295 A … Read more
March 5, 2022, 1:27 pm Visakhapatnam, March 5 : The sea phase of the 11th edition of MILAN 22 which witnessed the participation of 26 ships, one submarine and 21 aircraft, concluded here on Friday. A series of complex and advanced exercises were undertaken in all three dimensions of Naval operations to enhance compatibility, interoperability, … Read more
March 5, 2022, 1:37 pm Azamgarh, March 5 : Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for soaring inflation and said that it was cutting the pockets of the poor and filling the coffers of the rich. Addressing an election rally here, Akhilesh said, “BJP people are responsible for … Read more
March 5, 2022, 1:52 pm Hyderabad, March 5 : Four people were killed and 4 others seriously injured when the autorickshaw in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Erragattamma village in Mulugu district of Telangana on Saturday. The victims, natives of Komtipalli, were returning after offering prayers at a Dargah (place of … Read more
March 5, 2022, 1:10 pm Kolhapur, March 5 : Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) workers on Saturday did ‘Mundan’ (shave the head) to protest the Maha Vikas Aaghadi led Thackeray government. Today was the twelfth day of indefinite ‘Dharna’ agitation, which began from February 22 by Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) leader Raju Shetty, seeking electric supply … Read more
March 5, 2022, 12:55 pm New Delhi, March 5 : The Russia-Ukraine war is set to hit the pockets of households, with experts warning of an across-the-board price rise as a result of sharp jump in fuel costs. Even farm products are likely to get dearer due to higher transport cost and fertilizer prices firming … Read more
March 5, 2022, 12:46 pm Imphal, March 5 : One person was killed and another injured in violence related to the second phase of the Manipur Assembly election on Saturday, police said. One person died in firing at the 47/49 number polling station in Karong constituency under Senapati district, while the other victim sustained bullet … Read more
March 5, 2022, 12:26 pm Agartala, March 5 : An MBBS student in war-hit Ukraine, haling from Tripura, was stuck in the basement of her rented building along with 50 others for five days before undertaking a 30-km trek to Poland, from where she was brought to India. As many as 27 Tripura students, who … Read more
March 5, 2022, 12:20 pm Varanasi, March 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated his commitment towards development and told in detail about the mega projects. Attending a meeting with intellectuals in his parlianentary constituency on Saturday during his second day tour said Vishwanath Corridor should have been built earlier which is now being … Read more
March 5, 2022, 11:17 am Biswendu Bhattacharjee Agartala, March 5 : Tripura has bagged the topmost position among North-eastern states for its initiatives to eradicate poverty – not only in monetary terms but also by increasing basic resources and services to the comm ties affected by conflict and climate-related disasters. The State of Environment Report … Read more
March 5, 2022, 12:02 pm Kolkata, Mar 5 : The RPF has recovered silver ornaments weighing about 387 kgs, worth Rs 2,57 crore,from the down Rajdhani Express in Howrah station, Eastern Railway said on Friday..The ornaments, packed in packets, were seized while the RFF was frisking the sealed in leased luggage vans attached to the … Read more
March 5, 2022, 11:27 am Kyiv/New Delhi, Mar 5 : The Indian Embassy in Ukraine said they have evacuated the vast majority of Indian students from Kharkiv city and are exploring all possible ways to evacuate Indians from Sumy, for which they are holding talks with all parties, including the Red Cross. The Indian Embassy … Read more
March 5, 2022, 10:40 am Bengaluru, March 5 : Adam Bidappa, son of renowned fashion designer Prasad Bidappa, has been arrested for allegedly sending obscene texts to an actress, according to police. “We have secured Adam (on Friday) and he is being interrogated after the actress lodged a complaint against him,” the police said on … Read more
March 5, 2022, 10:27 am Imphal, March 5 : Around 11.4 percent of the electorate cast their vote in the first two hours of polling to 22 constituencies in the second and final phase of Manipur Assembly elections on Saturday. People started lining up before the polling stations located mostly in the hilly areas and … Read more
March 5, 2022, 10:06 am Jammu, March 5 : Five persons were killed and one sustained injuries on Saturday morning when a cab they were travelling in plunged into a gorge on Mansar Road in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. “A Kashmir bound cab early morning just few kilometres short of Mansar, met with … Read more
March 5, 2022, 11:03 am New Delhi, March 5 : India has registered 5,921 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of cases to 4,29,57,477 in the country, as per the Health Ministry data on Saturday. As many as 289 fresh fatalities were also recorded in the past 24 hours, … Read more
March 5, 2022, 11:56 am Sonbhadra (UP), March 5 : One Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed and nearly a dozen were injured when a bus overturned in Markundi Ghat in the district. Police sources said on Saturday that the incident occurred late on Friday night when the bus ferrying 37 CRPF jawans … Read more
March 5, 2022, 11:41 am Meerut, March 5 : Two coaches of a passenger train from Saharanpur to Delhi were gutted after they caught fire at Daurala railway station on Saturday morning. No casualty has been reported in the incident. According to the official railway sources fire broke out possibly due to a short circuit, … Read more
March 5, 2022, 9:07 am Jammu, March 5 : The alert troops of Border Security Force early morning on Saturday fired few rounds after movement of suspected drone was spotted close to an international border in Arnia belt of Ranbir Singh Pura sector here. Jammu Frontier based BSF spokesman, DIG SPS Sandhu said that a … Read more
New Delhi : Three C-17 transport aircraft landed back at Hindan on Saturday morning carrying 629 Indian citizens from neighbouring countries of Ukraine- Romania, Slovakia and Poland. “These flights also carried 16.5 tonnes of relief load from India to these countries,” the IAF said. Till date the IAF has flown 10 sorties to bring back … Read more
March 5, 2022, 8:42 am Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 : A total of 1,070 Keralites, who were evacuated from war-hit Ukraine arrived safely in Kerala so far under Operation Ganga, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. On Friday, 418 people evacuated from Ukraine reached Kerala via New Delhi and Mumbai airports, the Chief Minister said in … Read more
Imphal : The voting for the second and final phase of Manipur poll covering 22 assembly constituencies began on Saturday at 7 am. People started coming out early morning to exercise their franchise. The fate of ninety two candidates including two women would be decided in the elections held in six Election districts of Senapati, … Read more
New Delhi : After taking out an impressive road show in his constituency Varanasi for the last and the seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, once again, surprised everybody by breaking the protocol late Friday evening. up needs patriotic honest leadership modi He concluded the road show by performing puja … Read more
March 4, 2022, 10:13 pm New Delhi, March 4 : Fear written on hundreds of faces went viral on social media on Friday, as a student stuck in Sumy pleaded into a video: “There are snipers at every corner, please help us. “We can be shot dead…there can be an attack unleashed any moment where … Read more
March 4, 2022, 9:31 pm New Delhi, Mar 4 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of former Army Chief Gen SF Rodrigues who passed away at Panjim, Goa. “Anguished by the passing away of General SF Rodrigues. The nation will remain indebted to him for his exceptional service and contribution towards … Read more