The Z-category VIP security cover of West Bengal politician and MLA Mukul Roy, who recently re-joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after a brief stint with the BJP, has been withdrawn, official sources said on Thursday. They said the Union Home Ministry has directed the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to…
Police in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur have registered an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading ”false” information about the medicines being used by the medical fraternity for the treatment of COVID-19, police official said on Thursday. The case was filed on Wednesday night against Ramkrishna Yadav alias…
A newborn girl in a wooden box floating in the Ganga river, along the Dadri Ghat in Ghazipur, was brought home by a boatman. The girl was spotted by local boatman Gullu Chahudhary, who says he wants to bring up the child as it is a gift from the river Ganga. The box carrying the infant was studded with pictures…
The Coast Guard on Thursday rescued 16 crew members of a cargo vessel that got grounded off the Maharashtra coast. The vessel, MV Mangala, began to tilt after water began to flood its lower deck. A statement from the Coast Guard said they deployed a ship and two helicopters to rescue the crew after…
China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay in low Earth orbit by any Chinese national. A Long March 2F rocket transporting the Shenzhou-12, or “Divine Vessel”, bound for the space station module Tianhe blasted…
India reported 67,208 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Thursday. As per the data provided by the Union Health Ministry, the active caseload has declined to 8,26,740 which is the lowest since April 7. The recovery rate further improved to 95.93 per cent as 1,03,570 patients recovered in the last 24…
India recorded 67,208 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall coronavirus tally to 2,97,00,313, showed data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday morning. Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the single-day spike in Covid-19 cases for the 35th consecutive day. The…
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at the residence of former Mumbai Police cop Pradeep Sharma in the Antilia bomb scare case and the murder case of businessman Mansukh Hiran. A team of NIA reached the residence of Pradeep Sharma in Mumbai’s Andheri (east) area on Thursday…
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday named Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella as its new chairman, in place of John Thompson. Nadella, who took over as CEO in 2014 from Steve Ballmer, has been instrumental in scaling up its business including billion-dollar acquisitions like LinkedIn, Nuance Communications and ZeniMax. The…
Six members, including three women, of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) were killed in an alleged exchange of fire with the elite Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh Police in Visakhapatnam district on today, while a fierce gunbattle took place between security forces and Maoists in neighbouring Odisha’s Malkangiri district.…