Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, December 28 India’s first deal with a developed economy in a decade, the Australia India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI ECTA), will come into effect from Thursday. As a result, bilateral trade is expected to cross $45-50 billion in five years from the existing $31…
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Russian who fell from Odisha hotel window died of internal injuries, reveals post-mortem report
New Delhi, December 28 The post-mortem report of Russian MP and businessman Pavel Antov has revealed the cause of death as internal injuries after a fall while his roommate Vladimir Bidenov had died earlier due to a heart attack, said the police trying to clear the air over the death…
View More Russian who fell from Odisha hotel window died of internal injuries, reveals post-mortem reportIndia likely to make negative RT-PCR report mandatory for passengers arriving from China, 5 other places from next week: Sources
New Delhi, December 28 The government is likely to make it mandatory for passengers arriving from China and five other places to have negative RT-PCR reports from next week, official sources said on Wednesday. They also cautioned that the next 40 days will be crucial as India may see a…
View More India likely to make negative RT-PCR report mandatory for passengers arriving from China, 5 other places from next week: SourcesDrone activity along International Border in Punjab increased nearly four times over last year, reveals BSF data
Vijay Mohan Chandigarh, December 28 The Punjab frontier remained the most active sector in the year 2022 amongst the four states that share the International Border with Pakistan, which is a nearly four-fold increase in hostile drone activity being reported. The spike in drone activity has prompted the BSF to…
View More Drone activity along International Border in Punjab increased nearly four times over last year, reveals BSF dataFormer Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh walks out of jail after 13 months
Mumbai, December 28 Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was released on bail from Mumbai’s Arthur Road prison around 5 pm on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court had refused to stay its order granting him bail in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Deshmukh…
View More Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh walks out of jail after 13 monthsMan who contested as independent candidate from Patiala Assembly Constituency dies by suicide, blames cops for abetting act
Patiala, December 28 Gurmukh Singh Dhariwal, who contested the recent Punjab Vidhan Sabha polls as an independent and had lost, on Wednesday allegedly died by suicide by resorting to self-immolation at his office in Sanaui Adda. In a video message recorded just prior to the act, he accused three…
View More Man who contested as independent candidate from Patiala Assembly Constituency dies by suicide, blames cops for abetting act11 tourists from Myanmar isolated at Safdarjung Hospital test negative for covid, being discharged
New Delhi, December 28 Eleven tourists from Myanmar, isolated at the Safdarjung Hospital earlier this week after one of them tested covid positive at the IGI Airport here, have turned out to be negative and are being discharged, officials said on Wednesday. “A group of 11 tourists from Maynmar was…
View More 11 tourists from Myanmar isolated at Safdarjung Hospital test negative for covid, being dischargedNoida woman brutally drags domestic help out of elevator, video goes viral
Noida, December 28 A 20-year-old domestic help was rescued on Tuesday from an apartment in a posh society in Noida where she was allegedly held hostage and assaulted by her employer for nearly two months, police said. The employer, Shefali Koul, an advocate, lives in Cleo County society in Sector…
View More Noida woman brutally drags domestic help out of elevator, video goes viralPM Narendra Modi’s mother admitted to Ahmedabad hospital; is stable
Ahmedabad, December 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben Modi, 100, was admitted to a hospital here on Wednesday following health issues. The UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, where she has been hospitalised, said her condition was stable. Security around the hospital has been beefed up amid…
View More PM Narendra Modi’s mother admitted to Ahmedabad hospital; is stablePM Narendra Modi heads to Ahmedabad after mother admitted to hospital
Ahmedabad, December 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben Modi, 100, was admitted to a hospital here on Wednesday following health issues. The UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, where she has been hospitalised, said her condition was stable. Security around the hospital has been beefed up as…
View More PM Narendra Modi heads to Ahmedabad after mother admitted to hospitalPM Modi’s mother Hiraben admitted to hospital, doctors say ‘condition stable’
Ahmedabad, December 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben (99) was on Wednesday admitted to a super-specialty hospital here due to some health issues, and her condition is stable, hospital authorities said. Modi visited the hospital in the afternoon to meet his ailing mother. Hiraben, also called Hiraba, was admitted…
View More PM Modi’s mother Hiraben admitted to hospital, doctors say ‘condition stable’Road transport ministry introduces authorisation certificates for car dealers to check malpractices
New Delhi, December 28 The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has introduced authorisation certificates for the dealers of registered vehicles to identify the authenticity of a dealer, a move that will promote ease-of-doing business and transparency. MoRTH in a notification issued on December 22 has amended Chapter III…
View More Road transport ministry introduces authorisation certificates for car dealers to check malpracticesChina to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs ease
Beijing, December 28 China said it will resume issuing ordinary visas and passports in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of millions of Chinese going abroad for next month’s Lunar New Year holiday. The announcement on…
View More China to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs easeCBI gives clean chit to Oommen Chandy in sexual exploitation case
Thiruvananthapuram, December 28 The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted a report in the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here giving clean chit to former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy in the sexual exploitation allegation levelled by a prime accused woman in the sensational solar scam. The CBI submitted the…
View More CBI gives clean chit to Oommen Chandy in sexual exploitation casePathankot police arrest 2 drug smugglers; seize 10kg heroin, 2 pistols
Chandigarh, December 28 The Pathankot police have arrested two drug smugglers and seized 10kg heroin, two pistols, four magazines and 180 live cartridges from them. Announcing this in a tweet, DGP Gaurav Yadav said the arrested persons were in contact with a Pakistan-based operative who pushed the consignment through the…
View More Pathankot police arrest 2 drug smugglers; seize 10kg heroin, 2 pistols