Poonam Singh

Balrampur:  Three persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old journalist and his friend, who died in a fire in his house. The accused had used alcohol-based sanitizer to burn the...

Hyderabad: Amid tight security, polling got underway for the elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Tuesday. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao, Union Minister of State G. Kishan Reddy and...

New Delhi: With 31,118 new coronavirus cases and 482 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 94,62,809 on Tuesday, while the recoveries surged to 88,89,585, according to the Union Health Ministry’s...

United Nations: On World AIDS Day on Tuesday, a latest report from the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic could result in 123,000 to 293,000 new HIV cases...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 63 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.46 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on...

Srinagar: Amid chilly conditions and tight security arrangements, voting for the second phase of the maiden District Development Council (DDC) election in Jammu and Kashmir began on Tuesday, officials said. “Polling began at 7.00 am....

Toronto: Researchers said that having O and rhesus-negative or Rh-, blood was associated with a slightly lower risk for Covid-19 infection and severe illness or death. For the results, published in the journal Annals of...

New Delhi: The Indian economy is forecast to show an average growth of only 0.3 per cent in two years as India enters its first technical recession, GDP could post further decline in 3QFY21. As...

Jaipur: BJP leader and MLA from Rajsamand in Rajasthan Kiran Maheshwari, who had tested positive for coronavirus, died at a hospital in Gurgaon. She was 59. Maheshwari, a three-time MLA from Rajsamand, was undergoing treatment...

Seoul: Samsung is reportedly working on new devices with a triple-folding screen and a rollable display. The South Korean tech giant has currently only revealed the designs as concepts on its display blog, reports GSMArena....

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday extended the Covid-19 lockdown till December 31 with several new relaxations in restrictions. In a statement issued here, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said based on the...

New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 40,000 for the seventh time this month, taking the infection tally to 94.31 lakh, while the recoveries...

Agra: Visitors can now book only five tickets for adults and three for children at a time to the Taj Mahal after a new rule was implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to...

Washington: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis from around the globe on Monday. The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped...

Mumbai: Oscar and Grammy-winning Indian composer AR Rahman has been appointed in as ambassador of the BAFTA Breakthrough initiative in India. “I am happy to be working with BAFTA to discover some of the amazing...

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Deep Deepawali  celebration in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today and light the first diya – earthen lamp – at Rajghat. Dev Deepawali, which is celebrated on every...

New Delhi: Odisha’s ace sprinter Dutee Chand and seven other track and field athletes, have been included in the core group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme while seven others have been included in the...

Kabul:  A car bombing in the Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni killed at least 30 Afghan security force members and 24 others wounded on Sunday, officials said Confirming the casualties and injuries, Baz Mohammad Hemat,...

New Delhi: Even as thousands of farmers rallied on Delhi’s interstate borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh against new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that these agriculture reforms have not only...

New Delhi: In the wake of 41,810 more coronavirus cases and another 496 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, India’s total tally on Sunday neared the 94-lakh mark. Meanwhile the number of people who...