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Audi launches new version of A4 in India; Price starts at Rs 42.34 lakh

New Delhi: German luxury car maker Audi on Tuesday launched the new version of its popular sedan A4 in India with prices starting at Rs 42.34 lakh (ex-showroom). The new fifth generation Audi A4 has a new design and is equipped with a 2.0-litre petrol engine that generates 190 […]

Air, road links with Kashmir Valley cut off for second day

Srinagar: Kashmir was cut off from rest of the country for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the arterial Jammu-Srinagar national highway and Mughal road remained closed, while air traffic was suspended due to snowfall across the valley. Nearly 4500 vehicles, mostly trucks carrying essentials to the valley, […]

SC seeks response of Centre on PIL against three farm laws

New Delhi, Jan 6 : The Supreme Court Wednesday sought response of the Centre on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of newly enacted three farm laws on grounds including that Parliament lacked power to make legislations on the subject. The plea also raised questions over the validity of […]

Criticism mounts over India’s ‘abrupt’ approval of COVAXIN

BENGALURU – Criticism of India’s approval of a local COVID-19 vaccine without proof of its efficacy grew on Wednesday after news that a regulatory panel approved the shot just one day after asking the vaccine maker for more evidence it would work. The recommendations of the Indian drugs […]

Snowfall at high reaches, rain at other places in HP

Shimla, Jan 6: Several high reaches in Himachal Pradesh received snowfall while other parts of the state witnessed rains in the last 24 hours, the Meteorological Department said on Wednesday. Kalpa received 71 cm snowfall in the last 24 hours, followed by Keylong 20 cm and Kufri 12 cm, […]

India working on plan to develop coastal regions, says PM

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the nation was working on a plan to develop its coastal regions that will include efforts to boost fisheries and seaweed exports. Modi on Tuesday launched 450-kilometer gas pipeline, built by GAIL (India) LTd, linking the southern states of […]

Sensex, Nifty close at record high on HDFC boost

BENGALURU – Indian shares closed at a record high on Tuesday, boosted by gains in mortgage lender HDFC and hopes that the country’s emergency approvals of coronavirus vaccines would lead to a quick economic recovery. The Nifty ended 0.47% higher at 14,199.5, while the benchmark Sensex gained 0.54% […]

Chronology of Central Vista project case

New Delhi, Jan 5: The following is the chronology of events in which the Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the decks for construction of the government’s ambitious Central Vista Project which covers 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens’ Delhi. — Sep, 2019: Central Vista revamp announced; […]

Delhi gets rains for 3rd day on the trot

New Delhi, Jan 5:  Sporadic rains lashed the national capital for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, even as the minimum temperature rose to 13.2 degrees Celsius, six notches more than normal, the India Meteorological Department said. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded […]

COVID-19: India records lowest daily cases in over six months

New Delhi, Jan 5: India recorded 16,375 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in over six months,?taking the country’s COVID-19 caseload to?1,03,56,844, according?to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday The death toll increased to?1,49,850?with 201?new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed?? The?number of people […]

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