Category: India News

India probes suspected use of drones in blast at Jammu air base – officials

Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, June 27: – India is investigating the suspected use of drones by separatist militants after two explosions rocked an Indian Air Force Station in the northern region of Jammu, two senior security officials said on Sunday. The explosions in the early hours of Sunday injured […]

Triple murder in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad, Jun 28:  A cloth merchant and his two sons were shot dead allegedly by some unidentified assailants at their house here early on Monday, police said. The trader’s wife, who also suffered gunshot injuries in the episode, is currently hospitalised, Ghaziabad Superintendent of Police Amit Pathak said. […]

SC closes plea on trial in sexual assault case against Tejpal, says court rendered verdict

New Delhi, Jun 28:  The Supreme Court on Monday closed the case related to extension of time after noting that a trial court in Goa has completed the trial by rendering acquittal verdict in the sexual assault case against Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal. On May 21, a […]

PM Modi urges India to get COVID-19 shots amid Delta variant concerns

NEW DELHI, June 27 – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people on Sunday to overcome their hesitancy and get COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as possible, as concerns grow about the highly infectious Delta variant being detected in some states. After a fall in infections from May’s daily […]

India records 50,040 new COVID-19 cases, 1,258 fresh fatalities

New Delhi, Jun 27:  A single-day rise of 50,040 fresh COVID-19 infections took India’s tally to 3,02,33,183, while the number of active cases dipped to 5,86,403, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 3,95,751 with 1,258 more people succumbing to the […]

Rahul spreading confusion, lies about vaccination: MP CM

Bhopal, Jun 27:  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of spreading “misconceptions, confusion and lies” about COVID-19 vaccines, which was leading to many people “putting their lives in danger” by refusing to take the doses. He was reacting to a […]

India’s richest state shuts malls, cinemas as new variant spreads

BENGALURU, June 25 – India’s richest state on Friday ordered malls and cinema halls to close as it scrambles to control a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that has scuppered plans to ease lockdown measures. At least 20 cases in Maharashtra state have been found linked to […]

Opposition alliance at national level incomplete without Cong: Raut

Mumbai, Jun 26: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that work is on to bring all opposition parties together at the national level, and this alliance will be incomplete without the Congress. He said that the Congress will play an important role in the alliance that aims […]

BJP booth president arrested in UP over rape charges

Ballia (UP), Jun 26: A local BJP worker from Gadwar police station area here was on Saturday arrested for allegedly raping a woman for the last four years, police said. The accused has been identified as BJP booth president Brij Mohan Pandey (30), they said. According to a […]

PM says Ayodhya should manifest finest of our traditions, developmental transformations

New Delhi, Jun 26:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the Ayodhya development plan and asserted that the temple town in Uttar Pradesh should manifest the “finest of our traditions and the best of our developmental transformations”, according to government sources. Speaking at a virtual meeting, which […]

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