India

Jet fuel prices hiked

Jet fuel prices hiked

New Delhi, Jul 1 (UNI) Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices were increased by more than three per cent on Thursday. According to state-run India Oil Corporation, the largest supplier of jet fuel in the country, ATF price in Delhi was hiked by Rs 2,354.07 (3.57 per cent) to Rs. 68.262.35 per kilo litre. In the […]

India reports 48,786 new nCoV cases, 1,005 fatalities

India reports 48,786 new nCoV cases, 1,005 fatalities

New Delhi, Jul 1 (UNI) India reported 48,786 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 3,04,11,634, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. The country witnessed an uptick in its daily COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day. Total 45,951 COVID cases were recorded […]

India reports 45,951 new nCoV cases, 817 fatalities

India reports 45,951 new nCoV cases, 817 fatalities

New Delhi, Jun 30 (UNI): India recorded 45,951 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus and 817 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 3,03,62,848 and fatalities to 3,98,454, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. A total of 60,729 patients recuperated during the past 24 hours, pushing the number […]

Five killed, 3 injured as truck rams into bus on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Firozabad

Five killed, 3 injured as truck rams into bus on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Firozabad

Firozabad, Jun 29 (UNI) Five people were killed and three others injured when a mini truck rammed into a parked bus on Agra-Lucknow Expressway near Magla Khangar police station area in the district on Tuesday morning. Police said that the private double-decker bus was going to Lucknow from Rajasthan when it stopped due to breakdown. […]

Twitter India MD booked by UP police over wrong map

Twitter India MD booked by UP police over wrong map

Bulandshahr, Jun 29 (UNI) Twitter India’s MD Manish Maheshwari has been booked here under various sections of the IPC for showing the wrong map of India. The FIR was registered on the complaint of a Bajrang Dal leader in Bulandshahr.Managing Director Manish Maheshwari has been booked under Section 505 (2) of the Indian Penal Code […]

COVID-19: India reports 37,566 new cases, 970 deaths in last 24 hours

COVID-19: India reports 37,566 new cases, 970 deaths in last 24 hours

India reported less than 40 thousand daily COVID cases after 102 days.Besides, the country also saw 970 deaths, pushing the total number of fatalities to 3,97,637. The fatality rate stood at 1.31 per cent. A total of 56,994 patients recuperated during the past 24 hours, pushing the number of recoveries to 2,93,66,601. With these new […]

India successfully test-fire nuclear-capable ballistic missile “Agni Prime” from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast

India successfully test-fire nuclear-capable ballistic missile “Agni Prime” from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast

Balasore, Jun 28 (UNI) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully flight-tested a New Generation Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile Agni Prime from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. DRDO sources said the new nuclear-capable Agni Prime missile, a new generation advanced variant of the Agni class of missiles and fully made […]

COVID-19: India reports 46,148 new cases, 979 deaths in last 24 hours

COVID-19: India reports 46,148 new cases, 979 deaths in last 24 hours

New Delhi, Jun 28 (UNI) India on Monday recorded 46,148 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours pushing the country’s infection caseload to 3,02,79,331, while the death toll soared to 3,96,730 with 979 more fatalities. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases declined by 13,409 to stand at 5,72,994. It is […]

Govt committed towards zero-tolerance policy against narcotics: Amit Shah

Govt committed towards zero-tolerance policy against narcotics: Amit Shah

New Delhi, Jun 26 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Modi government reiterates its commitment towards the zero-tolerance policy against all kind of narcotics. On the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Mr Shah applauded the efforts of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) personnel towards eliminating the drug […]

Foolish to Expect This Govt Will Restore Article 370: Omar Abdullah

Foolish to Expect This Govt Will Restore Article 370: Omar Abdullah

It is foolish to demand the restoration of Article 370 of the Constitution from the Modi government, said former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Vice President of the National Conference Omar Abdullah. “It took the BJP 70 years to fulfil its political agenda for (Article) 370. Our struggle has just started. We don’t […]