Kotdwar: A local court on Tuesday heard a petition seeking permission to conduct narco and polygraph tests of the accused in the Ankita Bhandari murder case. Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Bhavna Pandey, after hearing the arguments of the prosecution and the defence, fixed January 5 as the next date of hearing. Prosecution lawyer Ajay Pant … Read more
Mumbai: The rupee pared initial gains and settled 8 paise lower at 82.86 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, weighed by a strong greenback overseas and sustained foreign fund outflows. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened on a positive note at 82.69 against the greenback, but pared the gains and fell … Read more
South Korea’s finance ministry said on Tuesday it was easing financial regulations on home buyers in most districts of the capital Seoul, in an effort to support the country’s sharply falling property market. READ | North Korea vexed by US-South Korea military drills, warns of powerful response Among 25 districts in Seoul, only four will … Read more
The Delhi High Court has refused to permit two successful Delhi University aspirants to mutually interchange their chosen course and seats but asked the authorities to consider their grievance as a “one-off case”. Justice Vibhu Bakhru also rejected their claim that this year’s Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) was unconstitutional and observed the change of … Read more
Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will be returning to the IPL fold as Director of Cricket with the Delhi Capitals during the upcoming edition starting in April, sources close to the development confirmed. The former India captain, who stepped down from the BCCI president’s post in October, will also oversee all the cricket verticals of … Read more
New Delhi: All conversions cannot be said to be illegal, the Supreme Court said today while agreeing to hear the Madhya Pradesh government’s plea challenging a high court order restraining it from prosecuting interfaith couples who get married without informing the district magistrate. READ | SC to hear UP govt’s plea against HC order on … Read more
The year 2022 gave Bollywood one of the largest cinema producers in the entire world, quite a bit of both – joy as well as a sense of worry, as Bollywood is looking forward to welcoming another packed year- 2023. The Indian film fraternity recovered soon even after facing the downfall during the Covid-19 pandemic. … Read more
Washington: The SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads throughout the body, including the brain, and lingers for almost eight months, shows an analysis of tissue samples from the autopsies of people who died due to COVID-19. The researchers from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) tested samples from autopsies that were performed from April 2020 to March … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his fifth address to the nation on Tuesday asked Indian scientists to focus on making the country aatmanirbhar or self-reliant by paying special attention to the real-world applications of scientific innovation. READ | Joe Biden offers deepest condolences to PM Modi on his mother’s demise “The focus of … Read more
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has prohibited public meetings and rallies from being held on roads, including national highways, citing public safety. The order comes in the wake of a stampede at a rally held by the main opposition Telugu Desam Party at Kandukuru last week in which eight persons were killed. The prohibitory order … Read more
Vatican City: Tens of thousands of people paid their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state in St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral. They began queueing before dawn to view the German theologian’s body, which was transferred early in the morning from the … Read more
Members of the India cricket team on Tuesday shared heartwarming messages wishing a speedy recovery to their star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who is in hospital after meeting with a near-fatal car accident last week. India cricket team Head Coach Rahul Dravid wished Pant a speedy recovery, recalling how he has played some of the best … Read more
New Delhi: Several members of Delhi University’s statutory bodies wrote to Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Monday raising concerns over the denial of extension of governing bodies (GB) of colleges funded by the Delhi government. In a letter, eight Academic Council (AC) and Executive Council (EC) members accused the university of suggesting GB members’ names … Read more
The wedding speculations of Siddharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani have been much in talk in the year 2022. And now in 2023, the speculations seem to come true. As per the reports of the ‘Shershaah’ couple are all set to walk down the aisle. The duo are reportedly getting married between February 4- February 6, … Read more
Kolkata: The Vande Bharat Express window panes were broken as stones were thrown at the train connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri, within just four days after its launch, according to Indian Railways. The incident took place near Malda station. An investigation is underway. The Indian Railway said that no passengers were injured. Neither did the … Read more