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3 retired Army officers file writ petition in SC against Haridwar hate conclave
Three retired Indian armed forces personnel—Major General SG Vombatkere, Colonel PK Nair, and Major Priyadarshi Chowdhury—have filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Haridwar hate speech conclave organised by…
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Covid testing at Hyderabad airport: Passenger questions reliability; narrates ordeal
Hyderabad: Twenty passengers witnessed a nightmare at Hyderabad Airport on Friday as they were about to board an Air Arabia flight to Sharjah. The passengers tested positive for COVID-19 and were not…
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Crores change hands as cockfights held in Andhra despite ban, pandemic
Vijayawada: Crores of rupees changed hands as cockfights were organised in many parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh during Sankranti celebrations on Saturday despite ban and the current surge in Covid-19 cases. Hundreds…
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Gautam Adani may soon become second Indian to enter into $100 bn club
Mumbai: Gautam Adani, founder and chairman of Adani Group who is also the second richest person in India, is likely to become the second Indian to enter into a $100 billion club.…
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KTR tweets to Elon Musk, offers to partner Tesla in India
Hyderabad: Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday extended support to Elon Musk for setting up a market for Tesla in India. The IT minister responded to Musk who cited…
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India logs 2 lakh Covid cases, 402 deaths in a day
New Delhi: India registered 2,68,833 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally to 3,68,50,962, which includes 6,041 Omicron variant cases, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. With 402…
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Omicron or Delta? Cough type can be good indicator
Hyderabad: Doctors from AIG Hospitals have found that COVID patients may suffer from cough, however, its type depends on the variant of the virus. New Indian Express quoted Dr. Ketan Mashrani, Consultant…
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Maharashtra adds 1 lakh COVID cases in 2 days
Mumbai: Maharashtra has added over one lakh new Covid-19 cases to the state tally which shot above 71 lakh on Friday with a stupendous 200-plus Omicron cases, with Pune overtaking Mumbai, health…
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CDS chopper crash: Inquiry reveals cause of the accident
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force said on Friday that the Court of Inquiry constituted to probe the military chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on December 8 has ruled out mechanical failure,…
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Earthquake of 5.3 magnitude hits J-K
Srinagar: An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, but there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, officials said.…
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Taking daughter-in-law’s jewellery in custody can’t constitute cruelty: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has observed that taking a daughter-in-law’s jewellery in custody for safety cannot be termed as cruelty under the Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A…
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‘Not offered RS seat’: Chiranjeevi rules out return to politics
Amaravati: Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi on Friday clarified that he is staying away from politics. He termed as speculative some media reports that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy offered him…
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BJP’s pitch for renaming Hyderabad shows party has learnt no lessons from Bengal
Before the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal, most analysts gazing at the public mood perceived that Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress would be ousted at the hustings. They were quite sure of…
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Karnataka: Hijab-clad students prevented from attending classes
Muslim students of the Government PU college for girls in Udupi are missing out on attendance and classes as the school reportedly imposed a ban on the hijab, early in January. The…
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Those who believe in Constitution will be killed: Narsinghanand
The head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, Yati Narsinghananad has yet again made controversial statements, this time against the Indian constitution, the Uttarakhand police, and the transgender community.…