Prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched ‘Har Ghar Nal Yojna’ (tap water to every household), for Sonbhadra and Mirzapur in Vindhya region of Uttar Pradesh via video conference on Sunday, while chief minister Yogi Adityanath was present in Sonbhadra. The scheme worth Rs 5,555.38 crore is aimed at providing […]
Ayurveda, Yoga to help death with post-Covid-19 problems: Shripad Naik
Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik has said Ayurveda, Yoga and other systems will be greatly helpful for the entire world in dealing with the post-Covid-19 difficulties. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Naik said a new model of healthcare delivery with more emphasis on preventive measures […]
Trump skips G20 session on Covid-19 to play golf
US President Donald Trump on Saturday skipped a session of the virtual G20 summit dedicated to discussing pandemic preparedness to play golf at his club outside the capital as the country braced for a new surge in Covid-19 cases after Thanksgiving, a national holiday. He tweet-stormed his unfounded election fraud […]
Maoists kill two villagers in Gaya, their commander gunned down by forces
A group of left-wing extremists (LWEs) gunned down two villagers and a commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), who carried a Rs 10-lakh bounty announced by the Jharkhand government, was killed by security forces in retaliatory firing in Bihar’s Gaya district at around midnight on Saturday. Two […]
Assam-Nagaland border row: Deputy commissioners trying to resolve tensions
Tension along the border between Nagaland and Assam remained palpable on Saturday as several Assam organizations continued to impose a total blockade on the vital Mariani (Assam)-Mokokchung (Nagaland) road in Jorhat district since November 15. Nagaland MLA and advisor Border Affairs, Mhathung Yanthan told Hindustan Times that it was a […]
Pompeo meets Taliban, Afghan negotiators in Doha
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, amidst signs of progress in their stalled talks and an uptick in violence that threatens to jeopardise the peace push in the war-torn country. This was the first meeting of the top […]
Shilpa-Raj celebrate 11th wedding anniversary with romantic posts
Actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary on Sunday. The couple has shared sweet and romantic posts for each other on Instagram to make their big day even more special. Shilpa shared a ‘no filter’ selfie of the two. “No filter LOVE The REAL […]
Mandana Karimi alleges harassment on sets of her new film
Actor Mandana Karimi has claimed that on the last day of the shoot of her upcoming film, Koka Kola, the producer of the film, Mahendra Dhariwal, misbehaved with her. The producer, in turn, accused her of showing unprofessional behaviour. Mandana has often spoken about staying alone in Mumbai, how she does […]
NCB arrests Bharti Singh’s husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday arrested comedian Bharti Singh’s husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa for possession of cannabis. Bharti Singh was arrested by the agency on Saturday. The NCB raided the production office and the comedian’s residence in Mumbai and recovered 86.5 gram of Ganja from both places. Both Singh and Limbachiyaa […]
SITMEX 2020: India, Singapore, Thailand naval exercise begins
A trilateral naval exercise involving India, Singapore and Thailand commenced in the Andaman Sea on Saturday. The two-day long exercise, SITMEX-2020, is scheduled in a “non-contact, at sea only format”, in wake of the Covid-19 restrictions. The primary aim of the exercise is to further consolidate interoperability between the three […]
3 Maoists killed in encounter in Bihar’s Gaya
Three Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bihar’s Gaya district on Sunday, officials said. The encounter took place around midnight in the Barachatti forest area of the district, that is about 100 kms from the state capital here. The Maoists were killed in the early hours. […]
Human trials of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate to begin in India this week
Human trials for Sputnik-V, Russia’s vaccine candidate against the raging coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic is likely to start in India in the middle of this week, according to government officials. “All necessary requirements are in place, especially the mandatory regulatory approvals, for human trials to start. It is likely to […]
India’s Covid-19 tally reaches 9.09 million; recovery rate at 93.68%
There were 45,209 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 501 related deaths in the last 24 hours across India, taking the country’s tally to over 9.09 million, Union health ministry’s data showed on Sunday. The number of infections and deaths were slightly less than Saturday’s 46,232 and 564 respectively. […]
Trump wants courts to step in, maintain US ‘integrity’ as Biden set to form cabinet
As US President-elect Joe Biden is set to name top leaders for his cabinet as early as next week, President Donald Trump continues to question the outcome of the November 3 election. Trump on Saturday said that his investigators had found ‘hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes which would be enough […]
‘I hope he can survive’: Kapil Dev concerned about Indian bowler
Former captain of the Indian cricket team Kapil Dev was in complete awe of Jasprit Bumrah when asked to name the bowler he likes to watch the most from today’s era. In conversation with senior sports writer and journalist Ayaz Memon . Concerns regarding Bumrah’s action was earlier pointed out […]