MUMBAI, July 18 – At least 30 people died in three Mumbai suburbs after several houses collapsed when heavy rain triggered landslides, officials said on Sunday, and forecasts of further downpours could force authorities to relocate people living in danger zones. Rescuers resorted to using their hands to […]
New Delhi, Jul 16: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that prisoners, who were released by the high powered committees (HPCs) of states during the second wave of COVID-19 following its direction, will not be asked to surrender until further orders. A special bench headed by Chief Justice N […]
Mumbai, July 18: Twenty five people died in house collapses triggered by landslides following incessant overnight rains in Mumbai, which caused severe water logging and disruption of suburban train services and vehicular traffic in the financial capital on Sunday, officials said. The Western Railway and Central Railway briefly suspended […]
MUMBAI, July 16 – Summer-sown crop planting in India has been lagging as central and northern parts of the country received scant rainfall, the government said on Friday, raising concerns about food grain production and inflation in Asia’s third biggest economy. India is the world’s biggest exporter of […]
Lucknow, Jul 17: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday demanded that the recent panchayat elections held in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh be cancelled, and re-polls be held. She was speaking to reporters after reaching Semra village in Pathgava block of the district. On July 9, […]
Amethi (UP) Jul 16: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped for five days by a youth here, police said on Friday. According to the family of the girl, she had gone to fill water from a hand pump near her house on July 9 when the […]
Mumbai, Jul 16: Mumbai police have registered a case against T-Series company’s managing director Bhushan Kumar, son of music baron late Gulshan Kumar, for allegedly raping a woman on the promise of providing a job to her, an official said on Friday. The offence was registered at D […]
New Delhi, Jul 16: India recorded 38,949 new COVID-19 cases, which took the infection tally to 3,10,26,829, while the death toll reached 4,12,531 with 542 more fatalities, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday The active cases have declined to 4,30,422 and comprise 1.39 per cent […]
Summary India bans new Mastercard issuance after data storage row Mastercard counts India as a key growth market Indian banks seen facing the heat as Mastercard is big player NEW DELHI, July 15 – India’s decision to ban Mastercard Inc (MA.N) for non-compliance with data storage rules has unsettled the […]
NEW DELHI, July 15 – A rise in India’s COVID-19 infection rate is worrying authorities who are concerned that pilgrimages and tourism could prove to be “superspreader” events in the battle to douse a devastating second wave of infections that has killed thousands. In a pilgrimage this month, […]
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