Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty reached the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office on Monday morning for another around of questioning in the money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. The actor was accompanied by her brother Showik Chakraborty. Rhea Chakraborty’s previous questioning with the ED went on for nearly […]
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Submarine OFC an early gift for people of Andaman-Nicobar on I-Day: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the submarine Optical Fibre Cable between Chennai and Port Blair via video conferencing on Monday morning. The submarine optical fibre cable link will deliver bandwidth of 2 x 200 Gigabits per second (Gbps) between Chennai and Port Blair, and 2 x 100 Gbps between Port […]
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PM Modi inaugurates submarine optical fibre cable connecting Chennai, Port Blair
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the submarine optical fibre cable (OFC) connecting Tamil Nadu’s Chennai and Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The submarine cable will also connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island, and Rangat of the Island. […]
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With over 62,000 Covid-19 cases, 1,007 deaths in a day, India’s tally crosses 2.21 million
India registered 62,064 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 1,007 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 2,215,075, according to the Union health ministry. There are 634,945 active cases and 44,386 people have died of the viral disease so far, the health ministry’s dashboard showed […]
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Sushant Singh Rajput case: Rhea Chakraborty to face ED again today
Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty will face the Enforcement Directorate again on Monday in money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. This comes after the ED grilled her brother Showik for nearly 18 hours on Saturday. As per reports, Showik’s questioning went on till around 6:30 am on […]
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World’s tallest prefab towers to come in Singapore but are being built in Malaysia
World tallest prefabricated skyscrapers are in the works and will come up in Singapore’s busy residential district of Bukit Merah district – the only catch is that they are being built in Malaysia! Prefabricated structures are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections, so that they can be easily […]
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‘Special day for Andaman and Nicobar Islands’, says PM Modi ahead of submarine OFC launch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday morning. Ahead of the launch, the PM said that it’s a very special day for the residents of the islands. “Today, 10th August is a special day for […]
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India’s trajectory a worry as world nears 20 million Covid-19 cases
India’s trajectory of daily cases of Covid-19 is now ahead of that of the United States’, making it the country with the highest number of daily infections, as total cases globally appear set to breach the 20 million-mark on Sunday night with the US, India and Brazil leading the surge in infections. […]
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Daughter steals Rs 19 lakh from father with help of boyfriend, both arrested
Police in Mumbai’s Oshiwara arrested a woman and her boyfriend on Saturday for planning and stealing cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 19 lakh from her home. The arrested woman and the man have been identified as Uzma Qureshi, 21, and Charandeepsingh Arora, 35. Police said Arora is a PT […]
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‘All we know is touchdown was late’: DGCA chief on Kerala plane crash
Directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar said the tabletop runway at Calicut Airport, where an Air India Express plane crashed killing 18 people including both pilots on Friday, was long enough for the aircraft, but a late touchdown may have caused the plane to overshoot the runway. […]
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9 Covid-19 patients killed as hotel turned care centre catches fire in Andhra Pradesh
A fire broke out at a hotel being used as a Covid-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada city early on Sunday, killing nine patients and trapping several others, police said. The hotel – Swarna Palace – was being used as a care centre for Covid-19 patients by Ramesh Hospitals, a popular private […]
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Rajnath Singh announces embargo on import of 101 defence items. Here’s the full list
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India is now ready for the big push to the atma nirbhar or self-dependent initiative announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The defence ministry has decided to put 101 items put on embargo to boost indigenisation of defence production. Here is the list of […]
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Rajnath’s self-reliance push: Defence ministry to embargo 101 items
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India is now ready for the big push to the atma nirbhar or self-dependent initiative announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to #AtmanirbharBharat initiative. MoD will introduce import embargo on 101 […]
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With nearly 3.5 lakh Covid-19 cases in a week, India’s tally surges over 2.15 million
India’s tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) jumped to more than 2.15 million on Sunday morning after 349,315 cases and 5,244 deaths were recorded in one week, according to the Union health ministry’s data. According to the health ministry’s dashboard, there are 2,153,010 infections after 64,399 Covid-19 cases and 861 […]
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BJP worker out on morning walk fired upon in Budgam, third attack in 5 days
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was attacked in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam. He has been shifted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital. The police said that Abdul Hamid Najar was on morning walk when unidentified gunmen fired at him near Ompora. Thirty eight-year-old Najar (who belongs to the […]