SRINAGAR: The Amarnath yatra has resumed after three days from Jammu and Kashmir’s Panjtarni, Sheshnag camps following improvement in weather, officials said on Sunday.The development comes shortly after reports of suspension of the yatra on Sunday for the third consecutive day owing to bad weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir.Authorities earlier on Sunday stopped a … Read more
AHMEDABAD: In a setback for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his hope to get back the Parliament membership, the Gujarat high court on Friday rejected his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark. The HC called for the need for purity in politics and said … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has recorded a single-day rise of 26 new Covid-19 infections and the count of active cases of the disease now stands at 1,468, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.The death toll due to the disease is at 5,31,908 and the infection tally is 4.49 crore (4,49,94,351), the data updated … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday exchanged special gifts with President of the United States Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House, in Washington during his state visit.Biden and First Lady hosted PM Modi for an intimate dinner at the White House. The dinner featured the president’s favourite foods, … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) is conducting a study to check whether Covid-19 vaccination increases or decreases the risk of sudden death in young people.ICMR is also looking into the role of factors such as age, comorbidity, ‘severe Covid’ and ‘persistent Covid’ symptoms among others behind a spurt in sudden deaths … Read more
With many African countries battling debt distress, foreign minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that India believes in forging a development partnership with Africa that’s based on the needs and priorities of its partners and that India is in the continent for the long-term, with a focus on promoting capabilities and creating capacities. India has … Read more
KALYAN: A 17-year-old student who had taken more than Rs 1 lakh from his home without informing his parents to buy an iPhone committed suicide after his father found out about the missing money and scolded him.The boy, Rajvardhan Yadav, hails from UP’s Gajipur, but was staying with his uncle in Mira Road to finish … Read more
SHIMLA/KULLU: BJP president JP Nadda on Monday attacked Congress, saying it’s a ‘dynastic party of maa, beta and beti’ which had “zero ideology and was ready to make any compromise to grab power”.Comparing the “cadre-based BJP” with the “family-oriented non-BJP parties”, Nadda said at a rally in Kangra’s Nurpur: “There is no party in which … Read more
NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s investigation, the adjudicating authority for Fema has issued showcause notices to Xiaomi Technology India Pvt Ltd, its officials and three banks — CITI Bank, HSBC Bank and Deutsche Bank AG — for allowing foreign outward remittances in the name of royalty to the tune of Rs 5,551 … Read more
NEW DELHI: The number of MBBS seats in the country is all set to cross the 1-lakh mark with the Centre approving 50 new medical colleges (30 government and 20 private) this year besides adding nearly 2,000 seats in existing colleges.The newly approved medical colleges are spread across states, with 13 colleges for Telangana, followed … Read more