Category: India News

India’s coronavirus infections rise to 6.69 million

BENGALURU – India’s total coronavirus cases rose by 61,267 in the last 24 hours to 6.69 million on Tuesday morning, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by 884 to 103,569, the ministry said. India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 […]

India’s services sector slump eased in September, but job losses balloon

BENGALURU – The plunge in India’s services sector activity eased considerably in September after the government lifted some coronavirus restrictions, but demand continued to contract, prompting firms to cut more jobs, a private business survey showed on Tuesday. Signs of stabilisation in services are likely to provide more […]

UP CM should have decency to call Hathras incident a tragedy: Rahul

Patiala, Oct 6: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday, saying Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should have the decency to call the alleged gang rape and killing of a Dalit woman in Hathras district a tragedy . Gandhi, who is holding a series of tractor […]

J-K Cong condemns Pak for frequent ceasefire violations; calls for befitting response

Jammu, Oct 6: A day after an Army JCO was killed in firing from across the Line of Control in Rajouri district, the Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Tuesday condemned Pakistan for frequent ceasefire violations and demanded a “befitting response” to send a clear message to Islamabad. […]

Ajay Devgn’s cousin, director Anil Devgan, dies at 51

Mumbai, Oct 6:  Actor-producer Ajay Devgn’s cousin, filmmaker Anil Devgan, has died. He was 51. Ajay Devgn shared the news of Anil Devgan’s demise on Twitter, saying the filmmaker will be deeply missed by the family and his production house, Ajay Devgn FFilms (ADFF). A source close to […]

Sitharaman mounts veiled attack on Congress over MSP

Chennai, Oct 6:  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday made a veiled attack on Congress vis-a- vis the new farm legislations, saying those who did not even provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) for commodities other than paddy and wheat were now raising ‘unreasonable’ apprehensions. Stoutly defending the […]

India to extend surcharge on taxes on luxury, tobacco products – finance minister

NEW DELHI – India will extend a surcharge on taxes on luxury goods including cars and tobacco products beyond 2022, under plans to help states repay loans raised to meet revenue shortfalls in the current fiscal year, the finance minister said on Monday. “The GST council has approved […]

India’s coronavirus infections rise to 6.63 million

BENGALURU – India’s coronavirus case tally rose by 74,442 in the last 24 hours to 6.63 million on Monday morning, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths from coronavirus infections rose by 903 to 102,685, the ministry said. India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 […]

Ink thrown at AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Hathras

Hathras/Lucknow, Oct 5: Ink was thrown on Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in Hathras on Monday when he was leading a party delegation to the village of the Dalit woman who recently died after being allegedly gangraped. When Singh was about to speak to mediapersons from TV news […]

Delhi CM launches anti-air pollution campaign, says polluted air can be life threatening in view COVID

New Delhi, Oct 5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched a mega anti-air pollution campaign, saying polluted air can be life threatening in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the campaign “Yudh Pradushan ke Virudh”, separate plans have been prepared for each of the 13 pollution hotspots […]

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