Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Saturday said the probe into the violence on the campus in January last year got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 35 people were injured in the violence inside the campus last year. He said the students of the university are under a lot […]
Days after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh met with Muslim intellectuals following comparisons of the Hindu nationalist organisation to the Taliban in Afghanistan, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat is now in Jharkhand for a 3-day visit. The visit is intended to take stock of the current state of the organisation in the state. Upon reaching Dhanbad from Patna, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to convene the 13th BRICS annual summit on Thursday in a virtual format. The summit is likely to emphasize on the exacerbating situation in Afghanistan post Taliban takeover. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the meeting is scheduled to include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, […]
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav discharged 22-year-old Javed who was held for the offence of causing “mischief by fire or explosive substance” after the court noted that the complainant’s statements do not show that the said act was committed. The judge said, “This court is conscious of the fact that cases of communal riots have […]
Owing to the diverse conditions prevailing across the length and breadth of the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the lawyers’ plea seeking permission for door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for the disabled and people belonging to weaker sections of society. According to the court, it cannot pass a general direction to just scrap the existing policy. […]
A 19-year-old disabled boy died after he allegedly collapsed while playing PUBG on his mobile phone in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district. The teenager was then rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead, he said. According to family members, Deepak Rathore, a Class 11 student, allegedly collapsed while playing PUBG on his mobile phone […]
New Delhi, Sep 4 India’s COVID-19 infection tally rose by 42,618 in a day to reach 3,29,45,907 while the number of active cases touched 4,05,681 following an increase for the fourth consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll climbed to 4,40,225 with 330 more people succumbing to the […]
New Delhi: With 41,965 people testing positive for COVID-19, India’s total tally of cases rose to 3,28,10,845, while active cases have increased to 3,78,181, according to Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to 4,39,020 with 460 more fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. […]
After a hiatus of over five months due to COVID-19, schools and colleges reopened in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The schools opened for classes 9th to 12th, while offline classes for colleges also commenced in the state. In March this year with spike in COVID-19 cases, the government had ordered closure of schools. On Wednesday, […]
A high-level group comprising External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval and a number of other senior officials is monitoring the ground situation in Afghanistan with a focus on India’s immediate priorities, official sources said on Tuesday. The group had been meeting regularly over the last few days following a direction from Prime Minister […]