The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked for a detailed report from the Rajasthan government over communal tension in the state’s Jodhpur region, sources said on Wednesday. As per the sources, the Ministry is also “watching the situation closely” and getting inputs from the state’s administrative and police authorities. Tension gripped Rajasthan Chief Minister […]
India recorded 3,688 new Covid-19 cases while 50 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. With the addition of new deaths due to the Covid-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,23,803 in […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Germany, Denmark and France from 2-4 May, an official announcement said today. This will be his first visit abroad in 2022. In Berlin, the PM will hold bilateral talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the two leaders will co-chair the sixth edition of the […]
India has a clear position on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday, stressing that New Delhi “urges a cessation of hostilities, return to dialogue and national sovereignty”. During an interaction at the Raisina Dialogue, Jaishankar said the conflict in Ukraine is one of the most dominating issues at present […]
India reported 2,541 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline against previous day’s count of 2,593, the Union Health Ministry said today. Also in the same period, an additional 30 Covid fatalities increased the nationwide death toll to 522,223. The number of India’s active caseload has increased to 16,522, accounting for […]
India recorded 2,527 new Covid-19 cases while 33 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. With the addition of new deaths due to the Covid-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,22,149 in […]
Hijab controversy refuses to die down in Karnataka with two female students barred from appearing for their 12th examination on Friday after they insisted on taking their exams wearing burqas(veils). The two students, as per NDTV report, who had first petitioned the court to allow Hijab inside classrooms were today turned away from the examination centre. […]
A 42-year-old BJP member was shot dead on Wednesday in east Delhi’s Ghazipur area, police said. The deceased, identified as Jeetu Choudhary, was the secretary of BJP’s Mayur Vihar district unit, they said. According to police, the incident took place around 8.15 pm. The beat staff of Ghazipur Police Station during patrolling noticed a gathering […]
The upward trend in coronavirus infections continued in India as the country reported a surge of 65 per cent on Wednesday with 2,067 daily cases and eight deaths, according to an update from the Union health ministry. Kerala on Wednesday reconciled 32 previous deaths to its tally, taking the total Covid-19 deaths reported on Wednesday […]
Three persons were killed in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district in a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains, officials said on Tuesday. Incessant rains over the last one week have ravaged the state, snapping road connectivity in several areas, besides uprooting trees and damaging houses, they said. A massive landslide hit Sulung Tapin village in […]