- Elections
EC bars BJP candidate from campaigning for 24 hours
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday barred a BJP candidate in Uttar Pradesh from campaigning for 24 hours for making communal remarks. In its order, the poll panel said BJP’s Tiloi…
- India
Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets Z-plus security
New Delhi: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been provided Z-plus security cover during his 21-day release on furlough from a Haryana jail, officials said on Tuesday. He has…
- India
Never thought of contesting for the President’s post: Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that he had no thought of contesting the Presidential elections. “I don’t know how such rumours come out in public. I never thought…
- World
UK PM announces sanctions against five Russian banks
New Delhi: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced sanctions against five Russian banks — Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank. He called it “the first…
- India
Dismissal of suit to restore temples inside Qutub complex challenged
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed against the rejection of a suit alleging that the Quwwat-Ul-Islam Masjid situated within the Qutub Minar complex in Mehrauli…
- India
Mild symptoms but more transmissibility, Covid task force member on BA.2
New Delhi: New coronavirus variant BA.2, which is under investigation, can cause mild symptoms but is more transmissible, a member of the India’s Covid task force said on Tuesday. “The Omicron BA.2…
- Kashmir
J-K LG reviews progress in financial inclusion by banks in UT
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday reviewed the progress made in financial inclusion by banks in J&K with M.K. Jain, Deputy Governor of RBI, Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief…
- Delhi
Delhi doctors save 2-yr-old with cardiac arrest post-Covid
New Delhi: Doctors here have given a new lease of life to a two-year-old boy who suffered cardiac arrest and multiple organ failure post a Covid infection. Rahul (name changed) had recovered…
- Business
BPCL shares sink over 3% amid rising global crude oil prices
New Delhi: Shares of BPCL have fallen over 3 percent on Tuesday and around 8-10 percent since the start of the calendar year 2022. Much of the decline was evidently because of…
- Sports
I am excited to play with Rohit Sharma and Pollard: Tim David
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians’ (MI) big-hitting cricketer Tim David has revealed that he is eagerly waiting to play with captain Rohit Sharma and West Indian stalwart Kieron Pollard. David, who played for Royal…
- World
Russia has moved thousands of troops into contested areas in 12 hours
New Delhi: Thousands of Russian troops may already be in Ukraine, military sources warned on Tuesday, just hours after Raussian President Vladimir Putin gave orders to his forces to enter the country…
- Automobile
Hero MotoCorp creates Chief Growth Officer’s position
New Delhi: Two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp has created a new management position of Chief Growth Officer to leverage emerging post-Covid opportunities. The two-wheeler major appointed Ranjivjit Singh, who was heading Marketing, to…
- Stock Market
Indian stocks plunge on geo-politics, realty shares down
Mumbai: Heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine, as well as persistent selling by FIIs lead to India’s key indices — S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — plunging on Tuesday. Besides, high…
- Sports
KL Rahul donates Rs 31 lakh for budding cricketer’s surgery
Bengaluru: In a heart-warming gesture, Indian opener KL Rahul has come to the rescue of an 11-year-old budding cricketer, needing an urgent bone marrow transplant (BMT) to treat a rare blood disorder.…
- Technology
Musk accuses SEC of leaking information from federal probe
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, via his attorney, accused the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of leaking information about a federal investigation in retaliation for his public criticism of federal…
