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Meet 26-year-old Abhilasha Barak, Indian Army's first woman combat aviator

Captain Abhilasha Barak (26) became the first woman to join the Army Aviation Corps as a helicopter pilot on Wednesday, 30 years after the forces began inducting women as officers outside the medical stream in 1992.

26 May 2022

Vaccine

COVID-19: India logs 2,628 fresh cases, 18 more fatalities

India on Thursday reported over 2,600 new COVID-19 cases, an increase of more than 500 cases from the previous day.

25 May 2022

Monsoon

Southwest monsoon advancing over Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea: IMD

The southwest monsoon is expected to move over areas of the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea during the next 48 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

25 May 2022

Jammu And Kashmir

Yasin Malik sentenced to life imprisonment in terror funding case

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in a terror funding case.

25 May 2022

Vaccine

COVID-19: India logs 2,124 fresh cases, 17 more deaths

India saw a single-day rise of 2,124 new COVID-19 infections, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Wednesday.

25 May 2022

Mathura

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Mathura court defers hearing till May 31

Mathura's district court on Wednesday deferred hearing on petitions filed in connection with the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi issue.

25 May 2022

Andhra Pradesh

Renaming district: Violent protesters in Andhra set minister's house ablaze

Andhra Pradesh's Amalapuram is on the edge after demonstrations against the renaming of the Konaseema district turned violent.

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court to hear maintainability plea on Thursday

The Varanasi district court will begin its hearing on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case on Thursday.

24 May 2022

Delhi

Can't revive temple at Qutub Minar, a protected monument: ASI

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday submitted its response to Delhi's Saket court, opposing a plea to revive a temple at the site of the Qutub Minar.

24 May 2022

Jammu And Kashmir

Srinagar: J&K cop killed by terrorists, daughter injured

A Jammu and Kashmir Police cop was killed on Tuesday when terrorists opened fire at him in Srinagar's Soura area.

24 May 2022

India

Centre reconstitutes Inter-State Council; Modi to be chairman: Details here

The central government has reconstituted the Inter-State Council (ISC) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its Chairman to promote and support cooperative federalism in the country.

24 May 2022

Delhi

Weather update: Rains in north India, flood fury in Assam

Heavy rains, accompanied by lightning and thunderstorms, lashed Delhi-NCR on Monday bringing down the minimum temperature to 17.2 °C.

24 May 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India logs 1,675 fresh cases, 31 more deaths

India on Tuesday reported over 1,600 new COVID-19 cases, a decline of more than 300 cases from the previous day.

24 May 2022

India

Monkeypox: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan prepare to fight against virus

Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra are reportedly gearing up to prevent monkeypox from entering their territories.

24 May 2022

Air India

Air India employees asked to vacate colonies by July 26

Nearly 2,000 employees of Air India (AI) have been asked to vacate the government-owned housing colonies in Delhi and Mumbai by July 26.

Gyanvapi Mosque case: Varanasi court reserves judgment till Tuesday

A local court in Varanasi on Monday reserved its judgment on the Gyanvapi Mosque case after hearing the petitions.

Pakistan's ISI planning to blow up Indian railway tracks: Report

The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan has allegedly organized a large plot to target railway lines in many Indian states, India Today reported quoting intelligence sources.

23 May 2022

COVID-19

First cases of new Omicron subvariants detected in India

The first cases of the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 have been found in Tamil Nadu and Telangana, respectively, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) confirmed on Sunday.

23 May 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India reports 2,022 fresh cases, 46 more deaths

India on Monday reported over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, a decline of around 200 cases from the previous day.

23 May 2022

Delhi

Delhi: Heavy rains, thunderstorm cause power blackout; flight operations affected

Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds caused power blackouts in several parts of Delhi on Monday morning.

22 May 2022

Assam

Assam: After mob torches police station, homes of accused demolished

Bulldozers demolished the homes of "those who were involved in setting fire to the police station," police officers said, a day after a mob of 40 people set fire to a police station in Assam's Nagaon district over an alleged custodial death case of a local resident.

22 May 2022

Delhi

Qutub Minar Excavations: Culture Ministry denies giving orders to ASI

The officials at the Union Ministry of Culture have rubbished reports stating it had ordered the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct excavations at Qutub Minar in Delhi.

22 May 2022

Delhi

Woman, daughters found dead in Delhi; chilling note found

Three members of a family were found dead in an apartment in Delhi's Vasant Vihar neighborhood on Saturday in what appeared to be a case of multiple suicides.

22 May 2022

Ludhiana

NIA, Punjab Police crack Ludhiana court blast case, arrest mastermind

The Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have solved the Ludhiana court blast incident that took place last year.

22 May 2022

Bihar

Heatwave shrivels mango crop for Bihar's farmers; heavy loss expected

Mango crops in Bihar have suffered huge losses due to the severe heatwave conditions in the state.

22 May 2022

Assam

Assam floods: 4 more deaths take toll to 18

As the floodwater entered new areas in Assam, four more deaths were reported on Saturday, taking the total death toll to 18.

22 May 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India reports 2,226 fresh cases, 65 more deaths

India on Sunday reported over 2,200 new COVID-19 cases, around 100 cases less than the previous day.

21 May 2022

Jammu And Kashmir

J&K tunnel collapse: 10 bodies retrieved; negligence case registered

The death toll from the under-construction tunnel collapse in Jammu and Kashmir Ramban district rose to 10 on Saturday.

21 May 2022

West Bengal

Calcutta HC orders CBI-NIA probe in Malda's religious conversion case

The Calcutta High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation and the National Investigation Agency to investigate an alleged forced conversion case in West Bengal's Malda district.

Did Nawab Malik conspire with D-Company to usurp Kurla property?

Did the National Congress Party (NCP) senior leader Nawab Malik conspire with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company to usurp property in Kurla Mumbai?

21 May 2022

Bihar

Bihar rain fury: 33 killed amid rains, lightning, thunderstorms

As many as 33 people were killed in 16 districts after gale storms, lightning, and heavy rains wreaked havoc in Bihar on Thursday.

21 May 2022

Monsoon

Assam: Floods compel 500 families to live on railway tracks

Floods in Assam have forced more than 500 families to live on the railway tracks with not much support from the government.

21 May 2022

India

10,000 people stuck as Rishikesh-Yamunotri Highway safety wall collapses

Around 10,000 people are reportedly stuck at different places on the Rishikesh-Yamunotri Highway in Uttarakhand after a portion of the security wall of the highway leading to the Yamunotri temple collapsed on Friday.

Tough days ahead for Navjot Singh Sidhu in Patiala jail

Tough days are ahead for the former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu lodged in the Patiala Central Jail as he will undergo rigorous imprisonment with no special treatment or food.

21 May 2022

Delhi

Respite from blistering heatwave in sight for north India: IMD

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), many parts of north India, including Delhi, will experience a respite from the scorching heatwave over the next week.

21 May 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19: India reports 2,323 fresh cases, 25 more deaths

India on Saturday reported over 2,300 new COVID-19 cases, a slight increase of around 70 cases from the previous day.

Gyanvapi: DU professor arrested over 'derogatory' Shivling post gets bail

Delhi University's associate professor Ratan Lal, who was arrested on Friday for posting derogatory remarks on the Shivling found inside Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque complex, was granted bail after furnishing a bond of Rs. 50,000.

21 May 2022

Ladakh

Pangong Tso: MEA confirms 'illegal' Chinese construction of two bridges

The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday confirmed reports of a second bridge constructed by China across Pangong Tso in the eastern Ladakh region.

Gyanvapi case to be heard by 'experienced' district judge: SC

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday said that it would not interfere with the survey order passed by the Varanasi court in the Gyanvapi Mosque case, adding that an experienced district judge must now hear the case.

2019 Hyderabad Disha case accused encounter 'fake,' says SC panel

In a startling revelation, a Supreme Court-appointed commission on Friday declared the police encounter of the accused in the 2019 Disha gang-rape and murder in Hyderabad as "fake."