Naxals kill pastor in Chhattisgarh on suspicion of being police informer
A local pastor was allegedly attacked and killed in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district by Naxals, who suspected him of being a police informer, police said on Saturday. The killing took place at Angampalligua village under Madded police station area on Thursday, while the victim’s body was recovered on Friday, an official said. “According to preliminary information, […]
Iran ready to meet India’s energy needs, Tehran envoy tells New Delhi
Iran is ready to meet India’s energy security needs, its ambassador to India was quoted as saying on Friday, as negotiations continue between the world powers and Tehran on the lifting of sanctions against the OPEC-member. Iran used to be the second largest oil supplier to India but New Delhi had to halt imports from […]
Supreme Court to take up petition against Karnataka High Court verdict on hijab after Holi vacation
Refusing to urgently list petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutes in the state, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would take up the matter after Holi vacation. The Karnataka High Court had on Tuesday upheld the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutes in the […]
Gandhis should step aside from leadership role: Kapil Sibal
Days after the Congress working committee meeting, the party’s senior leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday demanded that the ‘Gandhis should step aside from the leadership role and give a chance to someone else to lead the party’. Since the poll debacle of 2014 the Congress has lost elections continuously except on a few occasions, he […]
India records 3,614 new Covid cases, 89 deaths
India recorded 3,614 new Covid-19 cases while 89 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. With the addition of new deaths due to the Covid-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,15,803 in […]
Active Covid cases in country dip to 42,219
India logged 4,194 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,29,84,261, while the active cases dipped to 42,219, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,15,714 with 255 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.1 per […]
BJP heading to sweep UP, ahead in Uttarakhand & Goa, AAP in Punjab
The latest trend shows that the BJP is going to sweep assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh while the saffron party is ahead in Uttarakhand and Goa. The Aam Aadmi Party is heading for a landslide majority in Punjab. According to the Election Commission update at 12.20 p.m., the BJP is clearly moving ahead in all […]
Karnataka student’s body preserved in Ukraine mortuary: CM Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday stated that the authorities have recovered the body of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar, the Indian student from the state who died in Russian shelling in Ukraine. “I have spoken to the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in this regard. He has informed that the body has been embalmed and […]
India denies competing Russian, Ukrainian claims of hostage situation
India on Thursday denied competing claims by Ukraine and Russia that the other side had held Indian students hostage in Kharkiv.It all began on Wednesday night after a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A Kremlin readout on the telephonic call said some students were taken hostage by the Ukrainian […]
Russia-Ukraine war: SC asks Attorney General to talk to govt and see what can be done to evacuate stranded Indian students
As thousands of Indian students pursuing medical education in Ukraine remain stranded following the Russian invasion, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked Attorney General KK Venugopal to talk to the government to help them out. “Please look and see if you can help,” a Bench led by CJI NV Ramana told Venugopal. It asked the […]
