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FIFA World Cup: Rashford stars as England sink Wales

Marcus Rashford's second-half strikes propelled England to a comprehensive 3-0 win over neighbours Wales, sending them into the World Cup Round of 16. Ending the Welsh hopes of qualifyi…

BJP corners 79% of donations, Cong manages just 12%

Contributions to BJP in excess of Rs 20,000 rose by 28.7% to Rs 614.5 crore in 2021-22 from Rs 477.5 crore in 2020-21. Also, BJP cornered almost 79% share in overall donations by individual…

Ghaziabad boy bites captor, jumps off van, flees

A Class 5 boy, the third child to be kidnapped in Ghaziabad this month, bit his captor's wrist to free himself before jumping off a speeding van and sprinting 2km to his grandfather'…

Centre returns 20 files on judges to SC Collegium

Face off between the Centre and the Supreme Court over appointment of judges continued on Monday with the government returning 20 files and expressing "strong reservations" about …

Moderate rate tightening: Industry to RBI

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has asked the RBI to moderate its pace of monetary tightening as India is not immune to the global 'polycrisis'. Posted from: this blog vi…

Germany keep WC hopes alive after a draw with Spain

It's not all over for Germany at the FIFA World Cup 2022 as they remained in the race for a Round of 16 spot after a 1-1 draw with Spain on Monday. The result gave the four-time champio…

Landslide kills at least seven on Italy's Ischia island

At least seven people, including a newborn and two children, were killed on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by torrential rain devastated a small town…

Versatile actor Vikram Gokhale takes his final bow

Noted theatre, film and television actor Vikram Gokhale, who delivered a towering performance as the dignified and stern Hindustani classical music guru in the Bollywood superhit, 'Hum …

FIR against MP BJP leader for 'doctored video'

Chhattisgarh police registered an FIR against Madhya Pradesh BJP media cell chief Lokendra Parashar on Friday night for posting on social media an alleged 'doctored' video of a pro-…

Correct distortions in pages of history: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for correcting distortions in the pages of India's history which, he said, were written as part of a conspiracy during the colonial era and…

CBI to probe Assam-Meghalaya border clash

The CBI will probe the November 22 clash on the Assam-Meghalaya border in which six people were killed, five of them in firing by Assam Police, the home ministry announced on Friday amid a …

Shootings at 2 Brazil schools leave 3 dead, 11 wounded

A shooter armed with a semiautomatic pistol and wearing a bulletproof vest fatally shot three people, including two teachers, and wounded 11 on Friday after barging into two schools in sout…

India slams USCIRF report on religious freedom in India

India slammed the US Commission for International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) report, which alleged religious freedom is under threat in India, saying that the Congress-appointed body was …

Batshuayi fires Belgium to World Cup win over Canada

World No. 2 Belgium survived a scare on Wednesday, before registering a narrow 1-0 win over Canada in their opening group game at the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. A missed penalty …

Senior BJP minister Santhosh named Poachgate accused

BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh and three others were on Thursday named accused by the Telangana Police in the Poachgate case, taking the number of accused to seve…

'Congress left no stone unturned in insulting Patel'

Addressing a rally in Ahmedabad in the evening, Shah alleged that successive Congress governments dragged their feet over the Narmada dam project because Sardar Patel’s name was connected w…

PM hands out appointment letters to 71k youths

PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday distributed around 71,000 appointment letters to new recruits via video conferencing and said the Centre is working in “mission mode” to provide government jobs …

Ministers, judges can now get online FCRA nod

The 2011 guidelines were updated to reflect the amendments made over the years to the FCRA, 2010 and Foreign Contribution Regulation Rules, 2011 (FCRR). Since 2015, these laws require publi…

QR code on most-sold drugs from August

The Centre has issued a notification in this regard. It says manufacturers of drug formulation products as specified in Schedule H2 shall print or affix Bar Code or quick response (QR) code…

Why bias against women in promotion: SC to Army

The Supreme Court on Monday frowned at the Army authorities for holding selection boards to promote male officers to Colonel rank while withholding the same for female Lt Colonels and grant…

Isro to launch Oceansat, also nano-sats on November 26

Days after lifting off India’s first privately-built rocket from Sriharikota, Isro is gearing up to launch its PSLV-C54-EOS06 mission that will carry Oceansat-3 satellite for ocean observat…

Govt’s FY23 food subsidy bill likely to cross Rs 3L cr

The government’s food subsidy bill is likely to cross Rs 3 lakh crore during the current financial year, nearly 50% more than the budget estimate of Rs 2lakh crore. This is primarily due to…

Akhilesh, Shivpal share dais for first time in 6 yrs

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and uncle Shivpal Yadav shared poll stage Sunday for the first time in six years to stake claim to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s legacy, signalling from th…

FIFA WC: Qatar floors the world in stunning welcome

On Sunday, in the evening desert chill, at the gleaming, packed Al-Bayt stadium in the Al Khor town which literally means creek, by singing higher than the others, they were only reaffirmin…

HC: Take down posts against Md Shami's wife

The Calcutta HC asked YouTube not to publish "personal and defamatory comments" against Hasin Jahan, estranged wife of cricketer Mohd Shami, and delete published content. Police s…

300 schoolkids made to attend Ram Rahim ‘satsang’

The satsang, organised on a lawn in Roza police station area on Thursday, was projected on a giant screen to over 2,000 attendees. People from neighbouring districts, including Farrukhabad …

Surgery without anaesthesia in Bihar hospital

Around 24 women who had opted for tubectomy at two public health centres in Bihar's Khagaria were allegedly made to undergo the procedure without anaesthesia, leaving them in pain. Post…

Ahead of election, 25,000 detained in Ahmedabad, Surat

There is still a fortnight to go for the first phase of voting for the assembly poll in Gujarat, but the police have already made more than 25,000 preventive arrests in Ahmedabad and Surat …

America cuts thousands of jobs as recession looms

Corporate America is making deep cuts to its employee base as part of its restructuring efforts to navigate a potential downturn in the economy from the U.S. Federal Reserve's war on in…

Live: 'Two killed as Russian missile lands in Poland'

Missile strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Tuesday, plunging seven million homes into darkness just days after a humiliating Russian retreat. Stay here for all updates -- Posted from: thi…

Tihar official suspended over Satyendar Jain row

The superintendent of Tihar Jail number 7 has been suspended after a preliminary enquiry revealed that he had allegedly committed irregularities while Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was lodg…

Bali G20: PM to attend key sessions on food and energy

he G20 summit on November 15-16 in Bali will see PM Narendra Modi and other leaders participating in three important sessions, including on food and energy security, digital transformation …

India: Can’t club us with big polluters

India with the help of other developing countries thwarted an attempt by developed countries to focus on all top 20 current CO2 emitters for additional mitigation actions, instead of just t…

Teach medicine in Tamil, Amit Shah urges TN govt

Union home minister Amit Shah urged the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday to introduce Tamil as the medium of instruction for medical and other technical courses, saying it would help stude…

Centre sitting on collegium names unacceptable: SC

Expressing deep anguish over the Centre not clearing the names recommended by the collegium for appointment of judges in high courts and SC and keep these pending for long periods, the Supr…

PM: Unlike previous govts, we believe in speed, scale

BJP’s double-engine governments see India’s need for speed as “ambition” and scale as its “strength”, unlike their predecessors who treated the first as a “luxury” and the other as “risk”, …

SC allows house arrest for Navlakha, but sets rules

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea to be placed under house arrest, taking into consideration his medical issues, old age, no previous criminal record an…

Gujarat polls: Cong announces 2nd list of 46 candidates

The Congress on Thursday released its second list of 46 candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections scheduled to be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The total number of candidates …

Disturbing that Navlakha case not moving, says SC

Observing that it is “disturbing” that trial proceedings against social activist Gautam Navlakha and others is not inching forward in the Elgaar Parishad case and not even charges have been…

Problem of plenty: Ahmedabad ward elects 5 MLAs, 4 MPs!

The people of Lambha, a municipal ward in Ahmedabad, have a problem of plenty. This 44 sq km area elects four MPs, five MLAs, and four councillors! It appears that too many legislative cook…

UK court allows extradition of def middleman to India

A UK court has ordered the extradition of defence middleman Sanjay Bhandari to India to face income tax evasion, black money and money-laundering accusations. At Westminster magistrates’ co…

SC acquits 3 on death row for teen’s rape-murder

The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death in the brutal gangrape-cum-murder of a 19-year-old woman in Delhi’s Chhawla in 2012. SC said the trial court acted as a “p…

SC to deliver verdict on validity of EWS quota today

The Supreme Court on Monday will give its verdict on the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment, granting 10% reservation to people belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)…

‘We have made this Gujarat’: PM revs up campaign

In a high-voltage start to the campaign for a triangular contest, PM Modi on Sunday strongly invoked Gujarat’s pride and coined a new slogan — “Aa Gujarat mein banavyu che (We have made thi…

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