Category: India News

India says needs to verify troop disengagement with China

NEW DELHI – India and China are making progress on ending a months-long military faceoff at their disputed Himalayan border but it is a complicated process and needs verification on the ground, the Indian army said on Thursday. India says Chinese troops have breached the Line of Actual […]

Several feared trapped after building collapses in Mumbai

MUMBAI – Several people are feared to be trapped under debris after a multi-storey building in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, collapsed on Thursday evening amid heavy rains in the city. A dilapidated ground plus five floored structure in the south of the city was already undergoing repairs and […]

India coronavirus cases near one million, driven by surge in rural areas

MUMBAI – The number of coronavirus cases in India neared one million on Thursday as infection numbers rose in the countryside, pushing authorities to reinstate lockdowns across several states. India reported a record 32,696 new cases of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus, bringing the total […]

Two medium-intensity quakes hit Assam, Gujarat

New Delhi, Jul 16: Two medium-intensity earthquakes of magnitude 4.1 and 4.5 hit Assam and Gujarat respectively on Thursday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The epicentre of the quake in Gujarat was Rajkot, and it occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres at 7.40 am. The epicenter of […]

Single-day spike of 29,429 COVID-19 cases in India

New Delhi, July 15: India registered a record single-day jump of 29,429 COVID-19 cases pushing its tally to 9,36,181 on Wednesday, while the death toll climbed to 24,309 with 582 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries stands at 5,92,031, while there are […]

Pilot involved in horse trading, says Gehlot

Jaipur, Jul 15:  Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday accused rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot of involvement in horse trading with the BJP to topple his government in the state. Pilot was removed from the posts of the Rajasthan deputy chief minister and the state Congress president […]

India’s tech hub Bengaluru, other towns back in lockdown amid COVID-19 surge

BENGALURU/MUMBAI – India’s high-tech hub of Bengaluru will go back into a coronavirus lockdown for a week on Tuesday after a surge of infections, threatening to derail government efforts to revive a stuttering economy. Places of worship, public transport, government offices and most shops will close again from […]

BJP leader’s death due to hanging: post-mortem report

Kolkata, Jul 14:  West Bengal BJP leader and Hemtabad MLA Debendra Nath Roy died due to hanging and no other injury mark was found on his body, according to the post-mortem report released on Tuesday. The BJP, however, refused to accept the report and demanded a CBI inquiry […]

Over 20 people test COVID-19 positive in Bihar BJP headquarters

Patna, Jul 14 : More than 20 people, including four senior office-bearers of the BJP, have tested positive for COVID-19 at the party’s headquarters, said its Bihar unit chief Sanjay Jaiswal on Tuesday. Reports in a section of the media here, however, stated that the number of people […]

Pilot sacked as deputy CM, party’s Rajasthan unit chief

Jaipur, Jul 14: The Congress on Tuesday sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister and the party’s state unit chief. Cracking the whip on the rebel party leader, the party also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet. Chief Minister […]

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