India
Sandhu Signs With First Love Christian Academy
NBA Academy India prospect Amaan Sandhu has signed with the First Love Christian Academy, a private high school in Pennsylvania. The 18-year-old thus becomes the third male student-athlete from the NBA Academy India to get a high-school basketball schol...
UP: Mother, Baby Die During Quack-assisted Delivery, Bodies Dumped Outside Clinic
A 27-year-old woman and her baby both died during the delivery in a quack's clinic in Mamura area of Noida, prompting the clinic owner to dump the two bodies outside her facility and run away, police said on Tuesday. The police have registered...
Three Held For Attacking Maha Excise Dept Officials
Three persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attacking Excise department personnel after they intercepted a car carrying liquor in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said. The incident occurred on Monday night at Chinchpada Road in Kalyan, an...
Sexual Exploitation Of Kids In Shukartal Ashram: POCSO Court Cross-examine Victim
A Muzaffarnagar court on Tuesday completed the cross-examination of a victim of alleged sexual exploitation by a self-styled godman in his ashram at Shukartal area in the district. After the completing the cross-examination of the child victim,...
Scindia Loyalists Dominate BJP List For MP Assembly Bypolls
The BJP on Tuesday declared its much-awaited list for the crucial assembly bypolls in Madhya Pradesh, fielding all loyalists of former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, including six Congress ministers, who quit with him to join the saffron party in...
Agitating Farmers Tear-gassed On Way To Dy CM's Residence In Sirsa
A group of farmers agitating against the three central farm laws were on Tuesday tear-gassed and stopped from proceeding towards the residences of Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Power Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala in Sirsa....
Centre Formed Opinion to File Appeal Against Acquittals in 2G Scam Cases: CBI to Delhi HC
The agency said that the opinion was received from the Ministry of Law and Justice which examined the proposal of the probe agency to file a criminal appeal.
Uttarakhand Reports 8 More COVID-19 Deaths, 338 New Cases
Uttarakhand reported eight more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, taking their number to 677, while 338 new cases pushed the infection tally in the state to 52,329. Dehradun district reported 123 new cases, Haridwar 55, Udham Singh Nagar 39, Uttarkashi 32, Pi...
Govt Procures Over 11 Lakh Tonnes Paddy at MSP Worth Rs 2,100 Cr in Last 10 Days
Procurement of paddy, the main kharif crop, began from September 26 in Punjab and Haryana, while it started on September 28 in other states.
Farmers To Consider Punjab CM's Appeal For Easing 'Rail Roko' Stir
Farmers' bodies will discuss on Wednesday Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's appeal for relaxing their ongoing 'rail roko' agitation to allow movements of goods trains in the larger interest of the state. Representatives of 31 farmers' org...
Railways Restores Earlier System of Issuing Second Reservation Chart 30 Minutes Before Train Departure
In a statement, the national transporter said as per the established pre-COVID period instructions, the first reservation chart was prepared at least four hours before scheduled departure of trains.
NCERT Textbooks To Be Available In Indian Sign Language
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) signed an MoU with the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) on Tuesday to make textbooks and other educational material accessible for deaf children in sign language....
First Female Qualifier Reaches French Open Semifinals
Paris (AP) After becoming the first qualifier to reach the women's French Open semifinals in the Open era, Nadia Podoroska threw her racket in the air, tilted her head back and pumped both fists. Podoroska had just knocked out Elena Svitolina, the thir...
Muzaffarnagar: Cong Takes Out Tractor March Against Farm Laws
Hundreds of Congress workers and supporters Tuesday took out a tractor protest march against the three recently enacted Central farm legislations, terming them anti-farmer and demanding their withdrawal. The protest march was part of a Maha Kisan Panc...
Stubble Burning: Punjab Waives Farm Machinery Rental For Small, Marginal Farmers
The Punjab government has told a Supreme Court-mandated pollution control authority that custom hiring centres (CHCs) in the state will not charge any rental from small and marginal farmers for machinery to manage stubble. Farmers who cannot afford expe...
Maharashtra's 'Amar Akbar Anthony' Govt Will Fall on Its Own, Says Union Minister Raosaheb Danve
The MoS for consumer affairs, food and public distribution said the state government will fall on its own, and added that the BJP would play the role of a "strong" opposition party.