Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu dies in a road accident near Sonipat in Haryana, confirms Sonipat Police. Details awaited. He was also earlier named as an accused in the 2021 Red Fort violence case. Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu dies in a road accident near Sonipat in Haryana, confirms Sonipat Police. […]
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Russian invasion of Ukraine set for ‘3am tomorrow’ with missiles and tank attack
Kremlin chiefs will order an attack on Ukraine at 3am local time tomorrow, American intelligence agencies believe.They could target Kyiv’s military and government command and control centres with a barrage of air strikes before tanks roll over the border. At the same time Russian amphibious warships could storm Ukraine’s southern […]
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Punjab polls: PM Modi did maximum for farmers, says JP Nadda
BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday took a swipe at politicians while addressing an election rally at Punjab’s Maur Mandi and said, “There are many people doing politics in the name of farmers but I can confidently say that no one else has ever done what Prime Minister Narendra […]
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UP Polls: Asaduddin Owaisi is ‘descendent of Lord Ram’, says BJP MP
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Lok Sabha MP from Kaiserganj, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh called All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi “a descendent of Lord Ram.” “Owaisi is an old friend of mine. As far as I know, he was ‘Kshatriya’ (Hindu) earlier. He is a descendent of Lord Ram, not the […]
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Pakistan farmers protest, burn effigy of PM Imran Khan over high fertiliser prices, power tariff
Hundreds of farmers gathered in Pakistan’s Multan district and burnt an effigy of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and raised slogans against the provincial and the federal governments for not fulfilling the promises made to them. The Pakistan Kisan Ittehad has held a three-hour-long demonstration at Rangu Pull Khanewal-Multan Road […]
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WHO launches Quit Tobacco App
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched ‘tobacco-app”>Quit Tobacco App’ to help people kick the cigarette butt and give up the use of tobacco in all forms – including smokeless and other newer products. “Tobacco is deadly in every form. Innovative approaches such as this app are much needed to support people give up tobacco, which […]
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Jaisi karni, waisi bharni: BJP’s Gopal Narayan Singh on Lalu verdict
Lalu Prasad is reaping what he sowed, said Gopal Narayan Singh, the former BJP state president from Bihar, while hailing the conviction of Lalu in a fodder scam on Tuesday. “There is a proverb in Bhojpuri that ‘Jaisi Karni Vaishi Bharni’, Lalu Yadav is getting the reward for his misdeeds. When […]
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Congress winning Uttarakhand, Dhami saved BJP’s ‘self-respect’: Harish Rawat
A day after polling for Assembly elections in Uttarakhand concluded, former chief minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat exuded confidence that his party will form the government in the hill state winning 48 seats and took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party saying Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami saved BJP’s self-respect otherwise it […]
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Lalu Prasad convicted in fodder scam case: A timeline
Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been found guilty of illegal withdrawals of Rs 139.35 crore from the Doranda treasury by a special CBI court in Jharkhand’s Ranchi. The hearing for the pronouncement of quantum of punishment for Yadav has been scheduled for February […]
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Channi turns corruption heat on AAP, raises Prashant Bhushan’s charge against DJB
Seeking to turn the heat on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi raised the issue of the alleged corruption in Delhi Jal Board (DJB) levelled by senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan. Taking to Twitter, Channi shared Bhushan’s tweet and said, “Who knows this party (AAP) and these people better than Prashant ji…” […]
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India advises citizens to leave Ukraine
India Tuesday advised its citizens, especially students, to leave Ukraine temporarily amid ‘uncertainties’. It also asked citizens to avoid non-essential travel to and within the country. There are about 20,000 Indian students in Ukraine. A statement from the Embassy of India in Kyiv read: “In view of the uncertainties of the current […]
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Opera browser enables emoji-only web addresses
Web browser company Opera has said on Monday that it will enable emoji-only based web addresses “to bring a new level of creativity to the internet.” According to The Verge, the integration is part of a partnership with Yat, a company that sells URLs with strings of emoji in them. […]
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Corbevax Covid vaccine is safe, offers high antibody levels: NTAGI chief
India’s third homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax is safe and offers good immunogenicity and higher antibody levels than some other vector vaccines, said Dr N K Arora, Chairman, India’s COVID-19 Working group of National Technical Advisory Group on immunisation (NTAGI). The NTAGI chief’s remarks came after the Drugs Controller General of India’s Subject […]
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Yes Bank case: CBI raids premises of Radius Developers in Mumbai, Pune
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at the premises of Radius Developers in Mumbai and Pune in connection with the Yes Bank case, sources said on Tuesday. Earlier in 2020, CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a charge sheet in connection with the Yes Bank scam case […]
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Congress doesn’t have transformative, inspiring leadership, says Ashwani Kumar
In the first phase of the ongoing Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, a voter turnout of 35.03 per cent was reported till 3 pm on Thursday, according to the Election Commission. Baghpat witnessed the highest percentage of voter turnout of 38.03 per cent followed by Agra (37.02 per cent) and […]