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CET exam to be held on August 28, 29 in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 8: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test for various vocational courses, including engineering, is scheduled to be conducted on August 28 and 29. “The CET exam will take place on August 28 and 29. Each subject will carry 60 marks,” Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan […]

Twitter blocks JazzyB, three other accounts

New Delhi, Jun 8: Microblogging platform Twitter has “withheld” the accounts of Punjabi singer JazzyB, hip-hop artist L-Fresh the Lion and two others in response to a legal demand in India, even as it draws flak over delay in complying with the new IT rules in the country. According […]

Indian PM Modi announces free COVID-19 vaccines for all adults

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the Indian federal government would provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge to all adults from later this month in an effort to turn the tide of a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands in India. Modi said in a […]

Dilip Kumar hospitalised for routine tests amid episodes of breathlessness

Mumbai, Jun 6:  Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to a hospital here on Sunday morning after experiencing “episodes of breathlessness”. Kumar, 98, was taken to the suburban Khar-based Hinduja Hospital, a non-COVID-19 facility, around 8.30 AM, his wife and veteran actor Saira Banu said. “He was unwell […]

Tripura HC forms SIT to probe couple s death by suicide

Agartala, June 7: The High Court of Tripura has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of a 23-year old woman after she being allegedly humiliated by a kangaroo court in South Tripura district. A few days later after the victims death, her husband had also […]

Kejriwal appeals to people to follow Covid guidelines as Delhi Metro, markets reopen

New Delhi, June 7: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appealed to people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour amid the unlocking process in the national capital. Kejriwal on Saturday had announced further relaxations in the lockdown, and said Delhi Metro would operate at 50 per cent capacity and markets […]

India records 1,00,636 fresh Covid infections; active case tally drops to 14,01,609

New Delhi, June 7: India reported 1,00,636 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 61 days, taking the infection tally to 2,89,09,975, while the number of active cases dropped to 14,01,609, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Monday The death toll due to coronavirus reached 3,49,186 with […]

Doorstep ration delivery scheme should be implemented across India in view of COVID-19: Kejriwal

New Delhi, June 6:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why the doorstep ration delivery scheme by his government was stalled by the Centre and appealed to him to allow its implementation in the national interest. He said the scheme should be […]

Low-intensity earthquake hits J-K’s Reasi

Jammu, June 6:  A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.5 hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday, an official said. The earthquake occurred 82 km east of Katra at 6.21 am, Director, Disaster Management, Aamir Ali said. He said the epicentre of the tremor was five km below […]

India to Twitter: Comply with IT rules or face ‘unintended consequences’

India has told Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) it has one last chance to comply with new IT rules, or face “unintended consequences” according to a copy of an official letter seen by Reuters. The new rules – which were announced in February and which became effective at the end of last […]

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