Category: Latest News

Chandigarh, September 1 The 67th Filmfare Awards were held at Jio World Convention Centre on August 30 in Mumbai. Actor Vicky Kaushal won Best Actor ‘Critics’ for his film ‘Sardar Udham’ while actor Ranveer Singh bagged the Best Actor for ’83’. Vicky Kaushal and Ranveer Singh. Credit: @filmfare/Twitter …

New Delhi, September 1 The Income Tax department has detected “unaccounted” income of more than Rs 250 crore after it recently raided a Kolkata-based group engaged in manufacturing of power transmission and distribution equipment apart from a few other businesses, the CBDT said on Thursday. The searches were carried out…

Chandigarh, September 1 Punjab Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa, Sukhjinder Randhawa, Sukhbinder Sarkaria and Raj Kumar Chabbewal met Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohi here on Thursday, seeking a National Investigating Agency probe into the illegal mining along the international border and finding out the political masters behind it. Bajwa said…

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, September 1 The gross GST revenue collected in August was Rs 1,43,612 crore, the sixth straight month in which revenues on this account have been above the Rs 1.4-lakh-crore-mark. It is lower than the gross GST of Rs 1.49 lakh crore collected in July but higher…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, September 1 India on Thursday unveiled the first indigenous quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) as a primary prevention tool for cervical cancer, the second most common cancer affecting young women, after cancers of the breast. Cancer of the cervix is the second leading cancer among women…

Lisbon, September 1 The tragic death of a pregnant Indian woman in Portugal while being shifted between crisis-hit hospitals here has led to the resignation of the country’s health minister Marta Temido while authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. The 34-year-old Indian woman reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest…

Mumbai, September 1 The National Investigation Agency has announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, an official said on Thursday. The probe agency has also announced a…

New Delhi, September 1 The Delhi Police have invoked stringent anti-terror provision of the law–Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)–against several of gangsters, including those allegedly involved in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, sources said. The move came after a direction was given by the Union Ministry of Home…

New Delhi, September 1 A SpiceJet flight that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday morning returned midway to the city due to an ‘autopilot’ snag, a DGCA official said. The Boeing 737 aircraft landed safely, he said. “SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP,…

Patna, September 1 Bihar minister Kartik Kumar, an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, has resigned amid protests by the opposition, officials said. Kartik Kumar, an RJD MLC, who became the state’s law minister in the new Nitish Kumar government, resigned hours after being moved to a lesser significant sugarcane…

Patna, September 1 Bihar minister Kartik Kumar, an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, has resigned amid protests by the opposition, officials said. Kartik Kumar, an RJD MLC, who became the state’s law minister in the new Nitish Kumar government, resigned hours after being moved to a lesser significant sugarcane…

Washington, September 1US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Indian-Americans Manu Asthana and Madhu Beriwal to his National Infrastructure Advisory Council.The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) advises the White House on how to reduce physical and cyber risks, and improve security and resilience of the nation’s…

Geneva, September 1 China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the UN human rights office has said in a long-awaited report. The report released Wednesday calls for an urgent international response over allegations of torture…

Sandeep DikshitNew Delhi, August 31The Indian economy grew by 13.5 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal, mainly due to the base effect. India remained the fastest-growing major economy as China registered a growth of 0.4 per cent in the April-June quarter.The latest Q1 gross domestic product…

Chandigarh, August 31Four of the six shooters in the singer Sidhu Moosewala murder case hid in agricultural fields at Khyala village, not even 10 km away from the crime spot at Jawaharke village in Mansa district, for an hour after the killing, according to the investigation by the Delhi Police…