Uttarakhand: 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Chamoli District
National Centre for Seismology confirmed occurrence of a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district early Saturday. According to them, said the earthquake occurred at 5.58 am and its epicentre was 13 km from Gopeshwar at a depth of 5 km. People ran out of their houses in panic, however, no damage to life or […]
UP Polls: Mayawati Disowns Mukhtar Ansari, Says BSP Won’t Field ‘Bahubalis’
The BSP will make efforts to not field ‘bahubali’ (strongmen) or mafia candidates in next year’s Uttar Pradesh state assembly polls, party supremo Mayawati said Friday. She announced that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who had been given BSP party tickets from Mau in the past, won’t be receiving them anymore. She informed that Bhim Rajbhar […]
Delhi HC Dismisses Rs 20 Lakh Compensation Plea Of Woman Who Found Rat In Buttermilk
Last year, a Delhi woman opened a tetra pack of buttermilk purchased from a dairy brand and consumed it, only to find a dead rat inside her drink. The outraged woman moved court and demanded compensation for Rs 20 lakh from the dairy company as well as FSSAI. However, on Thursday, the Delhi High Court […]
India Logs 37,875 New Covid-19 Cases, 369 Deaths
Active Covid-19 cases in India logged declined to 3,91,256 on Wednesday after the country logged in 37,875 new cases. At the moment, the total tally of cases to stands at 3,30,96,718,. The country also logged 369 deaths, bringing the total death to 4,41,411, according to the data updated by Union Health Ministry data at 8 am on Wednesday. The […]
India’s Active Covid-19 Caseload Dips Below 4 Lakh With 31,222 Fresh Cases
India continued to report a downward trend in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases with 31,222 new infections logged on Tuesday as opposed to the 38,948 cases on Monday. As per data by the Union Health Ministry, active cases has fallen below 4 lakh. A decrease of 12,010 cases has been recorded in the active […]
1 Dead, 5 Injured In Maharashtra Textile Factory Explosion
One person was dead, while five others were injured following an explosion at a textile factory in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Saturday. The deceased was charred to death and five others injured after an explosion took place at a textile factory in Tarapur industrial area, an official said. Palghar district Disaster Management Cell chief Vivekanand […]
Delhi Sees Highest Rainfall In 12 Years, Traffic Movement Affected; More Downpour Likely
Delhi received the highest rainfall in 12 years submerging low-lying areas in knee-deep water and affecting traffic movement in parts of the national capital city. The India Meteorological Department said more rainfall is likely during the day. Officials at the IMD said the Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official marker for the city, gauged 112.1 mm rainfall in the […]
‘Insult to martyrs’, Rahul Gandhi slams govt’s Jallianwala Bagh memorial revamp
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the government’s revamp of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial as an “insult to martyrs”, saying only a person who did not know the meaning of martyrdom could inflict such an insult. The former Congress chief’s attack came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated to the nation the […]
Navjot Sidhu Faces Protest By Shopkeepers In His Assembly Constituency
Amid a power tussle in Punjab Congress, state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu faced protest by some shopkeepers in his Amritsar (East) constituency on Monday when he had gone there to inaugurate a development project. The protesting shopkeepers alleged that the Congress councillor of the area, who is considered close to Mr Sidhu, has been […]
Heart-wrenching to see survival of children at stake due to Covid, says SC
Covid-19 has devastated many lives and it is heart wrenching that the survival of children who lost either or both parents during the pandemic is at stake, the Supreme Court said but expressed satisfaction over schemes announced by the Centre and states to provide succour to them. The apex court said that satisfactory progress has […]
