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• 4 Jan 2023, 10:43:58 PM IST

  Four cases of Covid sub-variant BF.7 detected in West Bengal

  Four cases of Covid-19 sub-variant BF.7 have been detected in West Bengal on Wednesday. Three persons are members of the same family and all of them returned from the United States. Their sample were sent for genome sequencing on December 29, 2022. Read more

• 4 Jan 2023, 10:19:49 PM IST

  West Bengal: Trinamool panchayat leader dies in clash over use of loudspeaker

  A 66-year-old panchayat leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) died in the Mothabari area of Bengal’s Malda district on Tuesday night after he and some villagers were allegedly assaulted for protesting against use of loudspeakers by some local youths, police said.

• 4 Jan 2023, 10:06:47 PM IST

  Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress president to address public in Bihar tomorrow

  Congress announced that party president Mallikarjun Kharge will address the public in Bihar tomorrow.

• 4 Jan 2023, 09:40:17 PM IST

  Chhattisgarh Assembly passes bill to prohibit gambling

  Chhattisgarh Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to prohibit gambling in the state. However, the bill does not include a lottery, but includes betting or wagering in person or on online platforms for financial gains.

• 4 Jan 2023, 09:07:14 PM IST

  Rishabh Pant taken to a private hospital in Mumbai from Dehradun

  Cricketer Rishabh Pant, who received injuries after his car collided with a road driver in Uttarakhand on 30th December, shifted to a private hospital in Mumbai from Dehradun

• 4 Jan 2023, 08:37:05 PM IST

  As Delhi's AQI improves, GRAP committee rolls back stage-III measure

  As the air quality jumped to ‘very poor’ from the ‘severe’ category, the commission for air quality management (CAQM) on Wednesday in the National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining areas revoked all measures under Stage-III implemented under the ‘severe’ category of the graded response action plan (Grap). Read more

• 4 Jan 2023, 08:23:24 PM IST

  Multiple blast heard in Afghanistan's Kabul: Report

  Several blasts were heard in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, ANI said quoting a regional news organisation. The Afghan news agency said Taliban is yet to comment on the explosion.

• 4 Jan 2023, 07:45:33 PM IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested two persons involved in the smuggling of narcotic substances

  Kupwara Police arrested two persons involved in the smuggling of narcotic substances including 2 kg of heroin from Taad area in Karnah, Kupwara district, police official told ANI.

• 4 Jan 2023, 06:43:47 PM IST

  ‘Don’t support her (eyewitness) statement…': Nirbhaya's mother on Sultanpuri case

  Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Wednesday came in support of the family of the woman who died recently after being hit by a car and dragged for several kilometres in Delhi's Sultanpuri. 

• 4 Jan 2023, 06:28:40 PM IST

  Indian Shooter Prakashi Tomar joins Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra

  Indian Shooter Prakashi Tomar joins Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra.

• 4 Jan 2023, 06:12:44 PM IST

  Uttar Pradesh: Two cops booked for molesting woman

  Two policemen have been accused of molesting a woman in the Naubasta police station area here. An FIR has been registered against the accused.

  The accused policemen have been identified as Head Constable Hariom and Head Constable Shushant.

• 4 Jan 2023, 05:13:14 PM IST

  CRPF to send 18 companies to Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, Poonch for anti-terror operations

  Nine companies have already reached Rajouri and remaining will reach tonight. They will be conducting anti-terror operations south of Pir Panjal, according to senior CRPF official.

• 4 Jan 2023, 04:45:29 PM IST

  AAP appoints Isudan Gadhvi as new Gujarat unit president

  AAP replaces Gopal Italia with Isudan Gadhvi as the new Gujarat unit party president. On the other hand, Gopal Italia, the AAP's outgoing Gujarat chief, has been given a national role. Italia has also been made co-incharge for Maharashtra. Read more

• 4 Jan 2023, 04:34:07 PM IST

  Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order to conduct municipal elections in UP without OBC reservations

  The Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad high court decision directing the state to proceed with municipal body elections without granting reservation to backward classes. the order came on separate appeals filed by UP government and state election commission against the Dec 27 HC order.

• 4 Jan 2023, 04:16:17 PM IST

  ED attaches ₹10.20 crore  worth assets of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab, others

  Directorate of Enforcement attaches assets worth ₹10.20 crores in connection with money laundering probe against Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) leader Anil Parab & others.

• 4 Jan 2023, 03:52:34 PM IST

  Gujarat elections: Congress forms fact-finding committee to evaluate results

  Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to evaluate the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections in Gujarat. The committee will submit a report to the party president within two weeks.

• 4 Jan 2023, 03:33:01 PM IST

  ‘Urinating incident’: Air India bans traveller who reportedly peed on co-passenger

  Air India puts 30-day travel ban on passenger who peed on elderly woman in-flight. (ANI)

• 4 Jan 2023, 03:26:03 PM IST

  Shradhdha murder case: DNA profiles of victim's bones, hair match with family members

  The bones and hair (where DNA couldn’t be extracted) were sent to Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) Hyderabad for 'DNA MITROCONDRIAL profiling'. The bones will now be sent for post-mortem examination to be conducted by a medical board in AIIMS, according to senior cop.

• 4 Jan 2023, 03:11:49 PM IST

  'Flap issue': Paris-bound Air India flight, with 210 passengers onboard, makes emergency landing in Delhi

  Air India's AI 143 from Delhi to Paris, makes an emergency landing at back the IGI Airport, Delhi, at 2:25 pm, owing to a "flap issue". Flight took off at 1:28 pm and full emergency was declared at 2:03 pm and landed safely. It had 210 passengers on board

• 4 Jan 2023, 02:48:38 PM IST

  West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurates 3 helipads in Ganga Sagar

  West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched three helipads in Ganga Sagar. Soon after, a journalist had to be airlifted in the chopper in which CM Banerjee arrived. The person suffered a cardiac arrest.

• 4 Jan 2023, 02:35:39 PM IST

  Patna: Police uses lathi-charge on aspirants protesting over BSSC paper leak

  Bihar Police lathi-charge Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) aspirants who were protesting against the state govt over paper leak

• 4 Jan 2023, 01:59:17 PM IST

  ‘Not wearing helmet…secondary, basic reason was…pothole’: TN BJP chief on woman engineer getting run over by truck

  Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said on Wednesday that “not wearing a helmet” being the cause of death is “secondary” in the case of a female engineer getting mowed down by truck. “Basic reason was that she changed lane to avoid pothole, which is a road error. There should be the eradication of potholes, media & political posters and other distractions for eyesight,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

• 4 Jan 2023, 01:01:26 PM IST

  Delhi logs season's coldest morning so far with 4.4 degrees Celsius

  Delhi on Wednesday recorded the winter season's coldest morning thus far as the mercury dropped to 4.4 degrees Celsius at the Capital's Safdarjung observatory - the representative weather station of the city. Read more.

• 4 Jan 2023, 11:38:55 AM IST

  Rishabh Pant to be shifted to Mumbai today: DDCA chief to ANI

  Shyam Sharma, director of DDCA told ANI on Wednesday that cricketer Rishabh pant will be shifted to Mumbai today for further treatment. He is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dehradun, Uttarakhand after a car accident on December 30.

• 4 Jan 2023, 11:10:41 AM IST

  Tamil Nadu engineer mowed down by truck after losing control of vehicle due to hitting pothole

  A female software engineer in Tamil Nadu has died after she was mowed down by a truck near Maduravoyal in Chennai on Tuesday, Poonamallee Police told ANI. The woman lost control of her two-wheeler when she hit a pothole on the road. Police said that following the incident, civic authorities have filled the potholes and repaired the damaged portions of the road.

• 4 Jan 2023, 09:41:12 AM IST

  Night curfew along int'l border in J&K's Samba

  A night curfew has been imposed along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district. Deputy SP, SOG, J&K police told ANI that it will be applicable between 9pm and 6am in areas up to 1km from the border. “The prohibitory order would remain in force for two months from the date of its issuance, if not withdrawn/rescinded earlier,” he added. The move comes in the aftermath of the Rajouri killings.

• 4 Jan 2023, 08:58:42 AM IST

  Musk claims US govt agency demanded suspension of 250k Twitter accounts

  In latest round of ‘Twitter Files’, Elon Musk claimed that US government demanded the suspension of 250,000 accounts, including those of journalists and Canadian officials. He stated the same in a tweet by sharing a post of by journalist Matt Taibbi.

• 4 Jan 2023, 08:14:20 AM IST

  Biden to meet Japanese PM at White House on January 13

  US President Joe Biden will meet Japanese PM Fumio Kishida at the White House on January 13, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. The two leaders will discuss North Korea's missile programmes, Ukraine war and maintaining peace across the Taiwan Strait, it added.

• 4 Jan 2023, 07:06:35 AM IST

  Mozambique and Switzerland first timers to get seat at UN Security Council

  Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland got a formal welcome into the UN Security Council on Tuesday, taking the two-year seats. Mozambique and Switzerland are first timers.

• 4 Jan 2023, 06:29:11 AM IST

  China media plays down Covid-19 severity as WHO seeks detail

  State media in China played down the severity of a surge of Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, while its scientists briefed the World Health Organization, which has been seeking detailed information about circulating variants.

• 4 Jan 2023, 05:32:52 AM IST

  Cattle smuggling bids foiled in J&K's Ramban; police rescue 343 bovines

  The Jammu and Kashmir police have rescued 343 bovines and registered 16 FIRs against alleged smugglers in Ramban district, PTI reported.