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Lucknow: Lt Gen Yogendra Dimri on Thursday took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army’s Central Command on Thursday. After assuming charge, he paid tributes at the Smritika War Memorial to all soldiers who...

Mumbai: Veteran actress Rekha gifted singer Neha Kakkar a beautiful Kanjivaram saree when they met on the set of the singing reality show “Indian Idol 12” recently. The actress said a saree was the “most...

New Delhi: The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Indian drug regulator, tasked with vetting Covid-19 vaccine proposals, sought additional data on Russian Covid-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’, while deciding on its emergency use authorisation, a...

Guwahati: As many as 77.21 per cent of the 73,44,631 voters exercised their franchise in the second phase of polling in Assam on Thursday, election officials said, adding that no untoward incident was reported from...

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 129.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning,...

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday passed a Bill to amend the ‘Dharma Swatantrya’ (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 which aims to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as ‘Love Jihad’, on the concluding day...

New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has invested in homegrown short-form video app Chingari, the company announced on Friday. With Salman as global brand ambassador and investor, Chingari said it is looking to augment its...

New Delhi: In a major judgment on gender-related crimes, the Supreme Court on Thursday stressed that courts should not suggest marriage or compromise between the accused and the victim in rape cases. A bench comprising...

New Delhi: Banks might face incremental debt issuance challenges as new norms limiting composition of the Basel III bonds in overall asset under management (AUMs) could affect investment appetite of AMCs, ICRA said on Thursday....

New Delhi: A consignment of 15 kilograms of heroin worth over Rs 60 crores in the international market has been seized by the Delhi police Special Cell. A car which was being used for supplying...

United Nations: More than 1.42 billion people across the world, including 450 million children, live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability. This means one in every five children worldwide does not have...

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 121.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.68 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning,...

Ahmedabad: India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday expressed disappointment over the third umpire’s call that led to the dismissal of a well-set Suryakumar Yadav in the fourth T20I against England, saying that the soft signal...

Ahmedabad: Pace bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/30) and Hardik Pandya (2/16) put in an inspirational performance, using change of pace to good effect, to power India to an eight-run victory in the fourth T20 International against...

Mumbai: Resurgence of Covid-19 infections along with rising global inflation dampened the opening sentiments of India’s key equity indices on Friday. Accordingly, both the indices — the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE and...

Doha: Veteran table tenniVeteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics that starts from July 23 this year. s player Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan,...

Prayagraj: The Inspector General of Police, Prayagraj, has asked the district magistrate to ensure a ban on the use of loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. This is in response to a complaint filed...

Banda: The domestic help of the family of late Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar has been arrested by government railway police (GRP) in Banda district for stealing valuables from their bungalow in Santa Cruz, Mumbai. The...

New Delhi: M Prasidh Krishna has received a maiden call-up to the Indian squad for their upcoming three-match ODI series against England. The 18-member squad, which was announced on Friday, also includes Suryakumar Yadav, who...

New Delhi: Twitter has announced that it is testing a new way to watch YouTube videos directly in the Home timeline of users, without leaving the conversation on the platform. “Starting today on iOS, we’re...