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- Jul 16, 2022 11:03 pm IST
‘A good man exits’: Jairam Ramesh leaves parting note for outgoing VP Naidu
Congress MP from Karnataka Jairam Ramesh on Saturday left a heartfelt parting note for outgoing Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, soon after the BJP-led NDA announced West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's name for the second-constitutional job in the polls slated to be held on August 6. “A good man exits,” Ramesh tweeted. Read more.
- Jul 16, 2022 10:09 pm IST
Bengal puts all districts on alert after recording highest spike in active Covid cases in India
West Bengal logs highest jump in active Covid cases in India and also the second highest death toll in the last 24 hours, triggering the TMC-led state government to put all districts on alert on Saturday. The state's active Covid tally went up by 1,187 in the last 24 hours, and is currently at 30,043. Of 31 fatalities in the country, Bengal accounted for five, trailing Maharashtra that registered 10 deaths, according to the Union health ministry bulletin.
- Jul 16, 2022 09:13 pm IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar extends JD(U)'s support to Dhankhar for VP
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday extended support of his party Janata Dal (United) to NDA's vice presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar.
- Jul 16, 2022 07:56 pm IST
Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is NDA's VP nominee: Nadda
BJP national president JP Nadda announced on Friday that Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be the party-led NDA's Vice Presidential candidate for the upcoming polls.
- Jul 16, 2022 07:52 pm IST
Delhi Police uses Kareena's ‘Poo’ character's image in traffic signals
Delhi Police has begun using the image of Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor's character ‘Poo’ from hit movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam in traffic signals to stop people from jumping red lights, news agency ANI reported.
- Jul 16, 2022 07:32 pm IST
ICSE (class 10) results to be out at 5pm tomorrow
The CISCE said in an official notification on Saturday that the ICSE (class 10) result will be declared at 5pm tomorrow (Sunday - July 17).
- Jul 16, 2022 06:50 pm IST
Modi arrives at BJP's parliamentary board meeting in Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the BJP's parliamentary board meeting at the party's headquarters in Delhi. He meets party's national president JP Nadda.
- Jul 16, 2022 05:18 pm IST
Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair's bail plea rejected by UP court
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair's bail plea in fact-check case rejected by UP's Lakhimpur Kheri court. Read more.
- Jul 16, 2022 04:30 pm IST
LS Speaker Om Birla arrives for all-party meet he convened
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrives for the all-party meeting he had called for today ahead of the commencement of Parliament Monsoon session on Monday. Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and Union minister and BJP MP Pralhad Joshi, among others, were pictured arriving for the meet as well. Birla will brief them on the preparations related to the Session. Read more.
- Jul 16, 2022 03:10 pm IST
Delhi wall collapse: 2 engineers suspended, inquiry launched
Following the wall collapse in Delhi's Alipur region on Friday that claimed the lives of two people and at least nine others, MCD has suspended two officials concerned - a junior engineer and an assistant engineer. An inquiry into the matter has also been launched.
- Jul 16, 2022 01:58 pm IST
PM Modi plants sapling at site of Bundelkhand Expressway
PM Modi plants sapling at site of Bundelkhand Expressway inauguration in UP's Jalaun.
- Jul 16, 2022 01:29 pm IST
AAP to support opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha
"AAP will support Opposition's Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha. We respect Droupadi Murmu but we will vote for Yashwant Sinha," says AAP MP Sanjay Singh.
- Jul 16, 2022 12:39 pm IST
PM Modi on Bundelkhand Expressway
The expressway will ensure seamless connectivity & further economic progress in region, says PM Modi.
- Jul 16, 2022 12:02 pm IST
PM Modi inaugurates Bundelkhand Expressway in UP, Jalaun
PM Modi inaugurates Bundelkhand Expressway, at Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh.
- Jul 16, 2022 11:47 am IST
Israel strikes Gaza target in response to rocket fire
The Israeli military attacked what it said was a Hamas military site in the Gaza Strip early Saturday in response to a pair of rocket attacks overnight.
- Jul 16, 2022 11:27 am IST
4 minor boys held for firing at a man in Jahangirpuri
Delhi: 4 minor boys apprehended for firing at a man in Jahangirpuri on 15th July. The man has been hospitalised.
- Jul 16, 2022 10:42 am IST
PM Modi lands in Kanpur
PM Modi landed in Kanpur where CM Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries welcomed him. He is on the way to Jalaun to inaugurate the Bundelkhand Expressway.
- Jul 16, 2022 10:40 am IST
Senior SAD leader and former Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon passes away
Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon passes away, tweets party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
- Jul 16, 2022 10:09 am IST
Yashwant Sinha cancels Mumbai visit after Sena backs Droupadi Murmu
Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha cancels Mumbai visit after Shiv Sena backs Droupadi Murmu.
- Jul 16, 2022 09:34 am IST
India logs 20,044 new Covid-19 cases
India logs 20,044 new Covid cases, 56 deaths in last 24 hours.
- Jul 16, 2022 09:05 am IST
A brain-dead woman saved 5 lives, including 2 soldiers
Organ donation by a brain-dead woman saved the lives of five people, including two Army soldiers in the Command Hospital Southern Command (CHSC) in Maharashtra's Pune. The woman was brought to CHSC Pune in the last stages of her life following an unfortunate event, news agency ANI reported early Saturday. Read more
- Jul 16, 2022 08:54 am IST
NDRF conducts joint mock drill with Madurai Division of Southern Railway
NDRF conducted a joint mock drill with the Madurai Division of Southern Railway to provide quick relief to victims in the event of a train accident in Madurai's Koodal Nagar Railway Station.
- Jul 16, 2022 07:49 am IST
Rishi Sunak roasted for wrong spelling of 'campaign'
As Rishi Sunak took part in his first in the first television debate to pitch for the UK PM post, he got roasted on Twitter after viewers pointed out that there was a spelling mistake on Rishi Sunak's campaign banner. Read more
- Jul 16, 2022 06:18 am IST
US, Saudi Arabia agree on stopping Iran getting nuclear weapons
The United states and Saudi Arabia agreed on the importance of stopping Iran from "acquiring a nuclear weapon", during a visit by US president Joe Biden.
- Jul 16, 2022 06:13 am IST
Musk demands delay in trial in Twitter lawsuit, cities ‘complexities’
Tesla chief Elon Musk asked a Delaware court Friday to reject a bid by Twitter to put their $44 billion merger lawsuit on trial in September, and asked to delay it until next year.