Hyderabad's rain-hit areas remain inundated

Hyderabad (IANS) Dozens of colonies in Hyderabad and nearby areas remained inundated for the fourth consecutive day on Friday even as authorities scrambled to pump out floodwaters from waterlogged areas and provide relief to rain-hit people.

National…

'Exploiting creative liberty': PIL in SC says OTT platforms abusing right to expression

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre on a PIL seeking establishment of a proper institution for monitoring and management of content on different OTT/Streaming and digital media platforms.

None of the…

Package to J&K and Ladakh to empower 10 lakh women: Shah

New Delhi (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a series of tweets has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on two key Cabinet decisions taken on Wednesday.

Shah said the special package of Rs 520 crore under the Deendayal…

India, China talks to de-escalate border tensions ends in deadlock

New Delhi (IANS) The seventh round of India and China military talks to resolve border disputes in Eastern Ladakh have ended in a deadlock.

The de-escalation of forces at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during winter is highly unlikely and…

AG to SC: Media freely commenting on pending cases amounts to contempt

New Delhi (IANS) Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that media comments on pending cases are an attempt to influence judges and their outcome, which is equivalent to contempt of court.

The Centre's…

55,342 new cases recorded as India shows declining trend of daily spike

New Delhi (IANS) India's tally on Tuesday mounted to 71,75,880 with a spike of 55,342 coronavirus cases, the lowest since August.

India recorded around 55,000 cases on July 31 (55,078), August 4 (52,050) and August 18 (55,079).

India…

Special interest-free festival advance of Rs 10K for govt employees

New Delhi (IANS) Coming festive season government employees will receive interest-free advance of Rs 10,000 each that will help generate demand worth Rs 8,000 crore in the Covid affected economy. Employees will get pre-loaded Rupay Card of the advance…

Govt capex increased by Rs 25K Cr, total FY21 spend rises to Rs 4.38L Cr

New Delhi (IANS) The government has increased its capital expenditure budget to step up expenditure on projects that generate employment and spur economic activity and growth.

Accordingly, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced…

Top Pak LeT man Saif-ul-lah killed in Kashmir encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Top Pakistani Lashkar e Taiba militant Saif-ul-lah, involved in a number of fatal attacks on the Central Reserve Police Force troopers, was killed along with one more terrorist, in an encounter in Srinagar on Monday.

The gunfight…

Cong's Khushboo joins BJP, praises Modi

New Delhi (IANS) Congress spokesperson until Monday morning, southern movie star Khushboo Sundar, by afternoon changed sides and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi and even suggested if the nation has to "move forward" it needs the…