- India
RT-PCR to be mandatory for passengers from China, Japan, S Korea, Hong Kong Thailand: Mandaviya
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said RT-PCR test for the detection of COVID-19 would be made mandatory for international passengers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and…
- India
Complaint against Rahul in UP court for Savarkar comments
Lucknow: A complaint has been registered in a court here against former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for making alleged derogatory remarks against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Maharashtra recently. In an order on Friday,…
- Hyderabad
Random COVID testing of Int’l passengers arriving at Hyderabad airport begins
Hyderabad: The random coronavirus testing of international passengers arriving at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here began on Saturday as the authorities stepped up measures to prevent possible spread of the virus in…
- India
Maharashtra: BJP MLA, three others injured as SUV falls off bridge
Pune: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Maharashtra, Jaykumar Gore, was injured along with three others after the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) they were traveling in fell off a bridge into a ditch…
- India
Random COVID-19 testing of international arriving passengers begins at Delhi airport
New Delhi: The random coronavirus testing of international arriving passengers started at Delhi airport on Saturday as the authorities step up measures to prevent the possible spread of the infection in the country.…
- Politics
Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi
New Delhi: The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by party leader Rahul Gandhi, entered Delhi early Saturday morning and was accorded a warm welcome at the Badarpur border. A large number of…
- Pakistan
Pakistan abolishes colonial-era law that punishes attempted suicide
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday adopted an amendment to the colonial-era criminal laws to abolish the punishment for attempted suicide. Pakistan’s parliament had repealed Section 325 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 about…
- India
CBI arrests former ICICI Bank CEO-MD Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak Kochhar in Videocon loan case
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in connection with alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank…
- India
Justice delayed, but happy: Siddique Kappan’s wife on grant of bail to him
Malappuram: The wife of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan on Friday welcomed the bail granted to him in a money laundering case, but said it was “justice delayed”. “Justice delayed, but I am…
- India
For BJP, Covid is where Bharat Jodo Yatra is: Rahul Gandhi
Faridabad: Mounting his attack on the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the ruling party can hold as many public meetings as it wants in the rest of India but…
- India
RSS meet to be held in Gujarat’s Kutch on Dec 25-26 to expand base, Bhagwat to attend
Ahmedabad: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will be in Gujarat on December 25 and 26 to attend a meeting of workers of the outfit’s Saurashtra zone and guide them about…
- India
Govt approves revision of pension of armed forces personnel from July 2019
New Delhi: The government on Friday approved revision of pension of armed forces personnel under ‘One Rank One Pension’ scheme with retrospective effect from July 1, 2019 and the decision will benefit…
- India
Mehrauli killing: Court orders Poonawala’s voice sample test on Dec 26, trashes his opposition
New Delhi: A Delhi court directed Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, to give his voice sample for taking forward the probe in the “sensitive case”, rejecting…
- India
Govt launches counter-attack, terms Opp protest in Par over China border row “unfortunate”
New Delhi: The government on Friday launched a counter-attack against the Opposition for disrupting parliamentary proceedings, demanding a discussion on the China border row, and said it was “unfortunate and uncalled for”…
- India
BJP leader’s house, car attacked by miscreants in TN
Chennai: Miscreants attacked the house of Tamil Nadu BJP state vice president Sasikala Pushpa in the southern coastal district of Thoothukudi and damaged her car, police said on Friday. A group of…
