Union home minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting on Sunday to review the spike in the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in national capital Delhi. The meeting till take place at 5 pm today. Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will […]
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Kolkata residents create history on Diwali by shunning fireworks
Fireworks and crackers, an integral part of Diwali and Kali Puja, almost disappeared on Saturday night from the West Bengal capital as a vast majority of residents followed the recent order of the Calcutta high court. Barring a handful of incidents in some pockets, the festival was marked for the […]
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No choir singing, touching of idols: Maharashtra issues SOPs as places of worship set to reopen
All religious places across Maharashtra will be allowed to open from November 16, according to a state government order on Saturday. These places of worship will open seven months after they were closed due to the lockdown imposed to check the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). However, chief minister […]
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100 bed hostel under construction in J-K’s Ganderbal, tribal students to benefit
A girls hostel, with a capacity of 100 beds, is being constructed in the Ganderbal district’s Kangan here which aims to provide relief to students from the tribal communities who travel long distances every day for studies. Students from far-flung areas, especially from the Gujjar and Bakarwal communities are often […]
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Ranbir, Alia celebrate Diwali together, pics from her home go viral
Actors Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt celebrated Diwali together, posing with a chef and other staff at her home. While Alia didn’t post any photo and Ranbir is not present on any social media site, the photos have since gone viral. Ranbir was seen posing with a chef in a red kurta […]
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Shahid and Mira celebrate Diwali, share message of ‘love and light’
Actor Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Rajput celebrated the festival of lights, Diwali on Saturday. Shahid shared a picture of the two of them. Sharing it, he wrote: “Happy Diwali to you all. Love and light.” The picture showed the young couple dressed colour-cordinated traditional dress. While Shahid had a colourful […]
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Men feel less powerful in private lives as compared to public lives
A new study from Lund University has suggested that men perceive themselves as having less power in their private lives as opposed to their public lives. Furthermore, both men and women agree: power in your private life matters more than that in public life. Power is often associated with men who possess […]
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UEFA cancels Norway game as virus-hit team unable to travel
UEFA said it cancelled a Nations League game because Norway could not travel to Romania after a COVID-19 case in the squad. Norway risks a 3-0 loss by forfeit for not fulfilling the match scheduled on Sunday in Bucharest. There are no clearly available dates in the international calendar to […]
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Virus-hit Italy hosts Poland without coach and star forward
Without its coach and star forward, Italy can’t afford to lose against Poland in what could be a decisive Nations League clash on Sunday. They meet at Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia knowing that victory for either side will likely send it to the Nations League finals. Poland tops Group […]
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Toyota Kirloskar logs 12% increase in retail sales on Dhanteras
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has said its Dhanteras retail sales spiked 12 per cent this year as compared to last year and it expects November volumes to be more bullish over the previous month. The automaker also said that apart from other factors, pent-up demand coupled with festive season sales have […]
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India’s daily Covid-19 case count drops to 41,400; tally crosses 8.8 million
India on Sunday recorded 41,100 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to Union health ministry, which took the overall tally to 88,14,579. There have been 447 new fatalities in the last 24 hours and the death toll has reached 1,29,635, according to health ministry update at 8 am. […]
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‘India deserved to beat us’: Langer on Australia’s 2018-19 series defeat
Justin Langer, coach of the Australian cricket team has admitted that his side had fallen short of the challenge posed by India during the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy and that Virat Kohli’s team deserved to emerge victorious. Kohli’s India created history as they beat Australia on their soil to register their […]
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Diwali looks: Kartik, Ishaan, Siddhant, Aditya, Rohit stun in ethnic kurtas
Skipping the grand Diwali parties this year, courtesy the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Tinsel Town celebrities rang in the festival at their respective homes but lighting up the gloom with their sartorial elegance were Bollywood’s chocolatey boys including actors Kartik Aaryan, Ishaan Khatter, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Aditya Seal and even Rohit Saraf. While […]
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BJP leader Kailash Sarang dies, PM Modi ‘anguished’ by his demise
Senior Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Kailash Sarang died on Saturday at a hospital in Mumbai, his son and a minister in the Madhya Pradesh government Vishwas Sarang said. The 85-year-old leader was suffering from age-related ailments and had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai 12 days ago, according to […]
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Elon Musk says ‘most likely’ has a moderate case of Covid-19
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Saturday he “most likely” has a moderate case of Covid-19, as he continued to question the accuracy of the tests. “Am getting wildly different results from different labs, but most likely I have a moderate case of Covid. My symptoms are […]