BREAKING: Two terrorists eliminated in an encounter in Pulwana, says Kashmir Police

Govt rebuts Lancet report on high Covid deaths in India, calls it ‘misinformed’

The Lancet reported that although excess mortality rates due to Covid among Indian states are not the highest in the world, the country accounted for around 22.3 per cent of global excess deaths as of December 31, 2021.

After dramatic scramble, 600 Sumy evacuees return

Two years since first Covid death: Vaccination keeps toll under check

On Friday, there were now 515,871 confirmed deaths in the country, a bulk of which occurred less than a year ago when the Delta variant triggered a devastating second wave of infections that pushed the country’s medical infrastructure over the brink.

‘She is a man’: Plea in Supreme Court demands cheating case against wife

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a man’s plea that his wife should be criminally prosecuted for cheating since she has a male genital.

Congratulate Punjab’s voters for their good decision: Sidhu

The AAP romped home in 92 of Punjab’s 117 assembly constituencies while the Congress slumped to a mere 18 seats in the assembly, far below the 77 it won in 2017

Farmer protesting over Chhattisgarh new capital land acquisition dies

Chhattisgarh BJP president Vishnudeo Sai held chief minister Bhupesh Baghel responsible for the farmer’s death.

₹2.56L crore Andhra budget focusses on welfare schemes

The revenue expenditure was pegged at ₹2,08,261 crore and capital expenditure at ₹ 47,996 crore. The estimated revenue deficit is around ₹17,036 crore and fiscal deficit around ₹ 48,724 crore, said Reddy.

Isro case: Supreme Court to hear CBI’s plea against bail to 4 on March 25

The high court had on August 13 last year granted anticipatory bail to former Gujarat DGP R B Sreekumar, two former police officers of Kerala — S Vijayan and Thampi S Durga Dutt, and a retired intelligence official P S Jayaprakash — in connection with the case.

Supreme Court names AK Sikri as chairman of Char Dham panel

The Supreme Court on Friday accepted the resignation of Professor Ravi Chopra as chairperson of a panel formed to oversee widening of roads under the Centre’s ₹12,000 crore ambitious Char Dham project, and appointed its former judge A K Sikri as the new chairman.

AIADMK leader to walk out of jail as HC grants bail in land-grab case

The latest case pertains to a property dispute between Jayakumar, his son-in-law Naveen Kumar and another family member. CCB had booked Jayakumar on charges of land-grabbing on February 25.

‘Preferential treatment’ in jail case:Bengaluru court grants bail to Sasikala, kin

In July 2017, then deputy inspector general (DIG) prisons, D Roopa, had submitted a report of widespread corruption, drug abuse, mismanagement and an alleged bribe paid by Sasikala, who was then the AIADMK general secretary, for preferential treatment while housed in Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara jail.

No info on IS fighter ‘killed’ in Afghanistan province: Kerala police

A senior official said a missing case was registered in Malappuram in 2017 after his mother complained that she got a message from abroad saying he joined the IS and urging her not worry about him.

Education should be back on state list, says CM Stalin

On February 28, when Stalin released the first part of his autobiography, he had sought the support of anti-BJP parties to amend the Constitution to ensure greater power for the states.