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18 Mar 2021

Arvind Subramanian

After PB Mehta's exit, economist Arvind Subramanian quits Ashoka University

Economist Arvind Subramanian has resigned as professor from Ashoka University, days after noted columnist and political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's exit.

18 Mar 2021

Noida Police

Noida Police invokes CrPC 144 ahead of festivals

Police in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Tuesday invoked Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) till April 30, prohibiting unauthorized protests and warning of action against people not following COVID-19 protocols like social distancing and wearing face masks at public places, according to an order.

18 Mar 2021

Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: 3,500 couples to tie the knot at mass wedding

As many as 3,500 daughters of registered construction workers will get married in a mass marriage program in Lucknow and attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday.

18 Mar 2021

India

Karnataka: Manipal Institute declared containment zone after 52 COVID-19 cases

The campus of the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), an engineering college located in Udupi district, Karnataka, was on Wednesday declared a containment zone by the Udupi district administration.

18 Mar 2021

Vadodara

Fire in Vadodara hospital; 23 patients rescued, none hurt

At least 23 patients, including 17 COVID-19 patients, were evacuated to safety following a minor fire at a private hospital in Gujarat's Vadodara city on Wednesday night, the officials said.

18 Mar 2021

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand: Major accident averted after train moves in reverse direction

A major train accident in Uttarakhand was averted on Wednesday after Purnagiri Janshatabdi Express started running in a reverse direction on the railway tracks, but stopped a few kilometers away.

18 Mar 2021

Suicide

Ritika, Geeta Phogat's cousin, dies by suicide after losing match

In a shocking piece of news, Ritika Phogat, the cousin of famous wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat, allegedly committed suicide after she lost a match.

18 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 11.47 million with 35K+ new cases

India on Wednesday reported more than 35,000 fresh coronavirus infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 11.47 million cases.

17 Mar 2021

India

SC hears plea on 3cr ration cards' cancellation over Aadhaar

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the central government's response on a plea regarding the cancellation of three crore ration cards for not linking them with Aadhaar cards.

17 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani bomb scare: Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh transferred

Amid the investigation into the Mukesh Ambani bomb threat case, Param Bir Singh was on Wednesday removed as the Mumbai Police chief and transferred.

17 Mar 2021

Uttar Pradesh

Two get life term for rape, putting video on internet

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for raping a college student after abducting her at gunpoint, recording the act, and posting the video online.

17 Mar 2021

Agra

Priest found dead in temple in Agra

The blood-soaked body of a priest was found in a temple in a forest in Agra, police said on Wednesday.

17 Mar 2021

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Home guard alleges commandant sought sexual favors

A home guard posted in Shahjahanpur District of Uttar Pradesh has accused the District Commandant of trying to force him into having sex with him, a charge denied by the officer, who claimed that the home guard was leveling the baseless allegations as he was reprimanded for being absent from duty for days.

17 Mar 2021

Madhya Pradesh

Congress leader shot dead in MP's Chhatarpur district, six booked

Indra Pratap Singh Parmar, Block President of Congress Party, was allegedly shot dead by six men in Badamalhara town of Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, police said on Wednesday.

17 Mar 2021

Delhi High Court

Passengers not wearing masks properly will be de-boarded: DGCA

The DGCA informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that action is being taken against passengers not wearing masks properly despite repeated warnings and they will be de-boarded from planes before departure and treated as unruly passengers.

17 Mar 2021

Narendra Modi

Need to stop second wave of COVID-19, Modi tells CMs

In a meeting with Chief Ministers on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed the need to contain the "emerging second peak" of COVID-19.

17 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Rs. 50 lakh compensation for Thane woman whose autorickshaw overturned

A Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Maharashtra's Thane district has awarded a compensation of over Rs. 50 lakh to a woman who met with an accident while traveling in an autorickshaw in 2016.

17 Mar 2021

India

Indian Air Force Group Captain martyred in MiG-21 Bison accident

A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) met with an accident on Wednesday morning while taking off for a combat training mission, the force said in a statement today.

17 Mar 2021

Vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine: India raises raw material export kinks with US

India has raised the issue of hurdles in the export of raw material for COVID-19 vaccines with the United States.

17 Mar 2021

Reliance Industries

Following protest, Reliance Industries denies Nita Ambani's appointment at BHU

Reports of Nita Ambani being invited as a visiting lecturer at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are fake and she has not received any invitation from the university, a Reliance Industries Limited spokesperson said on Wednesday.

17 Mar 2021

IndiGo

Woman gives birth to baby girl in a flight mid-air

A baby girl was born mid-air on-board IndiGo's Bengaluru-Jaipur 6E 469 flight on Wednesday morning with the help of the cabin crew and a doctor, according to an airline statement.

17 Mar 2021

Haryana

Man held in Haryana for hailing Mahmud of Ghazni

Gujarat Police on Wednesday detained a man in Panipat for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by hailing Mahmud of Ghazni, known for plundering the Somnath Temple in Gujarat, and the Arab invader Mohammad bin Qasim, an official said.

17 Mar 2021

Dwarka

Delhi: 76-year-old woman slapped by her son, dies

A 76-year-old woman died after her son slapped her outside their house in Delhi's Dwarka area on Monday.

17 Mar 2021

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani bomb scare: NIA seizes Mercedes car; key recoveries made

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the recovery of an explosives-laden Scorpio SUV car near billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai last month, has seized a black Mercedes-Benz car, reports say.

17 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 11.43 million with 28K+ new cases

India on Tuesday reported more than 28,000 fresh coronavirus infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 11.43 million cases.

16 Mar 2021

Madhya Pradesh

MP to impose night curfew in Bhopal, Indore from tomorrow

In light of a rise in the number of coronavirus infections, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday ordered fresh curbs.

16 Mar 2021

Kolkata

One more death due to contaminated drinking water in Kolkata

A five-year-old girl died in South Kolkata's Bhowanipur area on Tuesday morning after falling sick allegedly because of the consumption of piped drinking water which has been contaminated, taking the toll to two, an official of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) said.

16 Mar 2021

India

Not all banks will be privatized: FM amid employees' strike

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today assured that not all the banks will be privatized and wherever it may happen, the interest of the employees will be protected.

16 Mar 2021

Delhi High Court

Wife seeks mortal remains of Hindu man buried in Saudi

A peculiar case came up before the Delhi HC on Tuesday wherein the mortal remains of a Hindu man, an Indian citizen, were wrongly buried in Saudi Arabia as per Muslim rites due to incorrect translation of his religion on the death certificate by Indian Consulate officials in Jeddah.

16 Mar 2021

Gujarat

Night curfew increased by two hours in four Gujarat cities

To contain the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Gujarat government on Tuesday decided to increase the night curfew timings in four major cities of the state by two hours.

16 Mar 2021

Road Rage

Horrific double murder on Delhi street caught on camera

Two men were brutally beaten and stabbed to death after a fight broke out on a Delhi street last night, horrifying visuals captured by a CCTV installed in the area show.

16 Mar 2021

India

Maharashtra 'in beginning of second COVID-19 wave,' warns Centre

Maharashtra is at the beginning of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the central government has warned in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led government, urging the state to focus on containing the virus' spread.

16 Mar 2021

Zomato

Zomato fiasco: Bengaluru-based influencer booked for assaulting delivery man

An FIR has been filed against Bengaluru-based software engineer and beauty influencer, Hitesha Chandranee, for assaulting Zomato's employee Kamaraj.

16 Mar 2021

Madhya Pradesh

Flying to MP from Maharashtra? Carry a negative COVID-19 report

Indore District Magistrate Manish Singh, on Monday, issued guidelines which said air passengers coming from Maharashtra must produce a negative RT-PCR test carried out no more than 48 hours before, on arrival at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

16 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Coronavirus: India's tally reaches 11.4 million with 25K+ new cases

India on Monday reported more than 25,000 fresh coronavirus infections, pushing the nationwide tally to 11.4 million cases.

15 Mar 2021

Karnataka

Karnataka sex CD scandal: SIT serves notice to involved woman

The Karnataka Government-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the sex CD scandal involving the state's former Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, intensified search for a woman who purportedly features in the video and two suspects, too.

Prioritizing lawyers, judges for COVID-19 vaccines discriminatory: Centre to SC

Giving priority to lawyers and judges in the COVID-19 vaccination drive could be discriminatory to other professions, the central government told the Supreme Court on Monday.

15 Mar 2021

Delhi Court

2008 Batla House encounter convict Ariz Khan sentenced to death

Ariz Khan, the alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorist convicted in the 2008 Batla House encounter case, was on Monday sentenced to death by a Delhi court in connection with the murder of Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and other offenses.

15 Mar 2021

Maharashtra

Fed up of caring for ailing wife, man kills her

A 45-year-old unemployed man allegedly killed his wife after being unable to handle her illness and medical treatment in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, a police official said on Monday.

15 Mar 2021

Oxford University

#OxfordUniversity racism row: India to raise the issue when required

Weighing in on the Oxford University racism row, External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, on Monday said India will take up the matter with the UK when required. He was responding to BJP MP Ashwini Vaishnaw's query in the Parliament.