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21 Feb 2022

Anil Ambani

Who is Khrisha Shah, wife of Anil-Tina Ambani's son Anmol?

Jai Anmol Ambani, the elder son of businessman Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, got married to Khrisha Shah in a dreamy affair on Sunday in Mumbai.

21 Feb 2022

Haryana

Haryana board exams for classes 5, 8 canceled

The government of Haryana has said there will be no board exams for classes five and eight this year.

21 Feb 2022

Delhi

Delhi, Haryana weather update: IMD predicts light rains tomorrow

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted fresh rainfall in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, and North Rajasthan over the next two days.

21 Feb 2022

Karnataka

Bajrang Dal member killed in Karnataka's Shivamogga; Section 144 imposed

A 26-year-old member of the right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal was stabbed to death in Karnataka's Shivamogga on Sunday night.

21 Feb 2022

India

COVID-19: India records 16,051 new cases; 206 more deaths

India on Monday reported over 16,000 new COVID-19 cases, a decline of nearly 4,000 cases from the previous day.

20 Feb 2022

India

India advises citizens to leave Ukraine amid Russian invasion fears

Amid heightening tension between Russia and Ukraine, India has asked its citizens, including students, to leave Ukraine if their stay is "not essential."

20 Feb 2022

Kanpur

UP elections: FIR against Kanpur Mayor for sharing EVM photos

An FIR has been registered against BJP's Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey after she took and shared photos of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) inside the polling booth.

UP government to refund Rs. 22.4L collected from anti-CAA protesters

The Uttar Pradesh government will refund Rs. 22,37,851 that was collected from protesters for allegedly damaging public property during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests (CAA) in 2019.

20 Feb 2022

Mumbai

FIR filed against NCB's Sameer Wankhede for faking age

The Thane Police on Saturday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Narcotics Control Bureau's former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede for willful misrepresentation of his age to obtain a bar license.

20 Feb 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India reports less than 20,000 new cases; 673 deaths

India on Sunday reported less than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases, a decline of over 2,000 cases from the previous day.

20 Feb 2022

Punjab Elections

Punjab Election 2022: Voting for 117 assembly seats underway

Voting for 117 seats in the Punjab Assembly Election 2022 began at 8 am on Sunday.

19 Feb 2022

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh lifts night curfew as COVID-19 cases drop

The government of Uttar Pradesh has decided to lift the night curfew imposed due to COVID-19, with effect from Saturday (February 19).

19 Feb 2022

Madhya Pradesh

PM Modi to inaugurate Gobar-Dhan plant today. What is it?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will, on Saturday (February 19), inaugurate Gobar-Dhan—a Bio-CNG plant based in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

18 Feb 2022

Delhi

Delhi's ban on diesel generator sets lifted as AQI improves

The central government's expert panel on air quality has decided to lift the ban on the use of diesel generator sets in the national capital region (NCR), including Delhi, with immediate effect.

UP government withdraws recovery notices issued to anti-CAA protesters

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it had taken back over 270 notices issued for the recovery of damages to public properties during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in 2019.

18 Feb 2022

Gujarat

38 awarded death sentence in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

A special court on Friday (February 18) pronounced death sentence for 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bombings case.

17 Feb 2022

Sexual Harassment

Court rejects injunction plea against ex-ScoopWhoop anchor Samdish Bhatia

A court in Delhi has refused to grant an injunction stopping Samdish Bhatia—a former anchor at ScoopWhoop—from talking about his sexual harassment complaint against the company's co-founder Sattvik Mishra.

17 Feb 2022

Government of India

'Fallacious': Centre slams paper claiming higher COVID-19 deaths in India

The central government on Thursday rejected a research paper claiming that India had a much higher COVID-19 death toll than officially reported.

17 Feb 2022

India

Centre lifts restrictions on number of flights between India, Ukraine

Amid the ongoing tension between Russia and Ukraine, India has removed the restrictions on the number of flights and seats between India and Ukraine under the Air Bubble arrangement.

17 Feb 2022

Haryana

Haryana's 75% job quota to stay for now, rules SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a recent order by the Punjab and Haryana High Court that temporarily stayed the Haryana government's private job reservation law for locals.

17 Feb 2022

India

COVID-19: India reports 30,757 new cases; 541 more deaths

India on Thursday reported over 30,000 new COVID-19 cases, a marginal increase of around 100 cases from the previous day.

17 Feb 2022

Narendra Modi

Uttar Pradesh: 13 dead after falling into well in Kushinagar

Thirteen women and girls died in a village in the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh after they accidentally fell into a well during a wedding celebration late on Wednesday.

16 Feb 2022

Karnataka

Karnataka High Court adjourns hijab row hearing until tomorrow

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on petitions against a ban on hijabs (headscarves) in schools and colleges until the next day.

16 Feb 2022

India

Man tries to break into NSA Ajit Doval's residence; detained

The Delhi Police has detained a man after he forcibly tried to enter the residence of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Delhi on Wednesday morning.

16 Feb 2022

Delhi

Uphaar Cinema fire case: Ansal brothers' jail term to continue

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected petitions filed by the Ansal brothers—real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal—seeking a suspension of their seven-year prison term in the Uphaar Cinema fire case.

16 Feb 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India reports 30,615 new cases, 514 more deaths

India on Wednesday reported over 30,000 new COVID-19 cases, a marginal increase of around 3,000 cases from the previous day.

15 Feb 2022

India

Actor Deep Sidhu, accused in R-Day violence, dies in accident

Actor Deep Sidhu, who was an accused in the last year's Red Fort violence case, has died in a road accident on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway on Tuesday.

15 Feb 2022

India

Rajasthan: 10-year-old sees mother in intimate position with 14-year-old; murdered

A 24-year-old woman was arrested and a 14-year-old boy was detained in connection with the murder of the 10-year-old son of the woman in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district.

15 Feb 2022

YouTube

Sansad TV's YouTube account hacked, renamed to Ethereum

Sansad TV's YouTube account was "terminated" on Tuesday by the platform "for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines."

15 Feb 2022

Karnataka

Which states have or haven't lifted night curfew? Details here

As the COVID-19 situation is improving in the country, many states have eased the restrictions that were imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus infection, driven by the Omicron variant.

15 Feb 2022

Odisha

Odisha: Man arrested for marrying, duping 14 women

A man was arrested on Monday in Odisha's Bhubaneswar for allegedly marrying 14 women and fleeing with their money, said a senior police officer.

15 Feb 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India logs 27,409 new cases; 347 more deaths

India on Monday reported over 27,000 new COVID-19 cases, a decline of around 7,000 cases from the previous day.

14 Feb 2022

India

Hijab row: Karnataka HC adjourns hearing till tomorrow

The Karnataka High court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the petition challenging the ban on hijab (headscarves) in colleges till Tuesday.

14 Feb 2022

India

LIC files papers for India's biggest IPO

The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has filed the draft share sale documents for its initial public offering (IPO) with the markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

14 Feb 2022

India

Karnataka HC lifts ban on online gambling in state

In a big relief for the fantasy sports industry, the Karnataka High Court on Monday struck down the provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021, which prohibit online gambling.

TN suicide case: Supreme Court refuses to stay CBI probe

The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Police against a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the suicide of a 17-year-old schoolgirl.

14 Feb 2022

Andhra Pradesh

ISRO successfully launches EOS-04, two more satellites

The Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched the EOS-04, an earth observation satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre's First Launch Pad at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

14 Feb 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India reports 34,113 new cases; 346 more deaths

India on Monday reported over 34,000 new COVID-19 cases, a decline of around 10,000 cases from the previous day.

14 Feb 2022

Uttarakhand

Voting underway for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Goa today

Voting to elect the representatives of state assemblies in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Goa began on Monday morning.

13 Feb 2022

India

Ex-IAS officer's son arrested for hit-and-run in Delhi's Greater Kailash

The Delhi Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Friday for hitting a pedestrian and dragging him on the bonnet for over 100 meters.