Around 40 activists of the ABVP, the student wing of RSS, breached police security and tried to enter the official residence of Karnataka home minister Araga Jnanendra on Jayamahal Road here on Saturday morning. They were demanding a ban on Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates. The minister was in Shivamogga at the time of the incident and only his staff were at his residence.
In a suspected case of monkeypox infection, a 22-year-old man from Kuranjiyur near Guruvayur in Kerala died on Saturday morning. He had returned from the UAE a couple of days ago, and had no external symptoms commonly associated with monkeypox. He was admitted to a hospital in Thrissur on July 27.
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone looked like a dream as they walked the ramp for ace designer Manish Malhotra's fashion show.
Monkeypox symptoms being seen in the current outbreak are significantly different from those reported during the previous outbreaks in African regions, a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has claimed. It says rectal pain and penile swelling (oedema) are being commonly seen in the current outbreak as compared to the previous outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007-11 and Nigeria in 2017-18.
Vijay Deverakonda who appeared on Karan Johar's 'Koffee With Karan 7' revealed that the most public place he has had sex is "a boat".
Ananya Panday graced the 4th episode of Karan Johar's 'Koffee With Karan 7' show along with her 'Liger' co-star Vijay Deverakonda. During the show, the actress opened up about her love life, friendship with Suhana Khan and Shanaya Kapoor and more.
The SC order upholding the constitutional validity of the provisions of the PMLA will provide for speedier trial of some high-profile money laundering accused that includes Congress Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram, his father P Chidambaram, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, industrialist Shivinder Mohan Singh besides fast tracking investigation in other politically sensitive ones.
Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday tried to broker peace during a meeting with Opposition leaders, assuring them that a discussion on price rise is likely next week. It came a day after the unprecedented suspension of 19 Opposition MPs from the upper House on Tuesday. The Opposition leaders sought revocation of the suspension and a specific date for discussion on price rise.
The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 203.17 crore-mark on Wednesday with over 36 lakh vaccine doses being administered till 7 pm, the Union health ministry said. More than 32 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm on Wednesday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday made new appointments for the Shiv Sena faction led by him.
Actor Ratna Pathak Shah feels that India 'is becoming extremely conservative', 'superstitious' and might become 'like Saudi Arabia'. The actress went on to add how women in the 21st century are still observing age-old traditions.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has expressed her inability to explain the transactions that facilitated the takeover of the assets of AJL, the publisher of National Herald and other party publications, by Young Indian in which she and son Rahul hold a controlling stake. She said that Motilal Vora, the late former party treasurer, alone knew about the details of the transactions between Congress, AJL and Young Indian, ED sources said.
Law minister Kiren Rijiju in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday said that the government subscribes to the BJP's demand for the promulgation of Uniform Civil Code. "Let me tell you uniform civil code is our party ideology and it should be considered as the ideology of the country,” Rijiju said.
Marking an incredible journey from Rairangpur to Raisina Hills, Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as the 15th President of India on Monday. Murmu, 64, the youngest President yet, and the first to be born in independent India, was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana in the Central Hall of Parliament. "My election is proof of the fact that the poor in India can have dreams and fulfil them too,” she said.
Ranveer Singh has been praised and trolled in equal measure for his bare-it-all photoshoot by Paper Magazine. While most of peers have supported the 'Jayeshbhai Jordaar' actor, Ranveer has the support of filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, too. The veteran filmmaker who recently released the very risque, martial arts movie 'Ladki' feels Ranveer's nude photos are a great example of gender equality.
The Rajya Sabha functioned on Monday for the first time since the start of this monsoon session, even as the Opposition continued to disrupt the proceedings with noisy protests and sloganeering, forcing three adjournments.
Karan Johar's chat show Koffee With Karan is in its seventh Season and it has always featured the crème de la crème of the film industry. The biggest stars have always featured on the couch with Karan and spoken their minds. But this season, one big name is missing from the illustrious guest list. That name is Deepika Padukone.
The children of unwed mothers and rape victims can live in this country with the fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity, the Kerala high court has said and allowed a person to include his mother’s name alone in the birth certificate, identity certificates and other documents.
UP stole a march over the rest of the country with seven of 18 toppers in the CISCE Class XII examination, the results of which were declared Sunday. Eighteen students shared the top rank with a score of 99.75%. Bengal came second with six toppers (three from Kolkata), Tamil Nadu third with three—all of them from Chennai. A student each from Maharashtra’s Thane and Haryana’s Gurugram made it to the top rankings.
After the detection of a monkeypox case in the national capital on Sunday, which took the nation’s case tally to four, the Centre called a high-level meeting to discuss the situation in the country. The meeting was chaired by the directorate general of health sciences (DGHS), Dr Atul Goel, and attended by officials from the health ministry, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), among others.
Delhi reported its first case of monkeypox, and India’s fourth, on Sunday with a 34-year-old man testing positive for the disease that is spreading across the world for the first time. The man is a resident of Paschim Vihar in west Delhi and has no history of travel to countries affected by the disease, unlike the other three cases reported from Kerala, officials said.
In a move that is expected to bring relief to many patients by bringing down cost of healthcare, the Centre may announce a crucial decision on August 15 to significantly bring down prices of some critical medicines such as those for cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, official sources said.
A 20-hour interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) culminated in the arrest of Bengal cabinet minister and TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee at 2.10am on Saturday and his alleged “close associate” Arpita Mukherjee later in the day, capping a run of events starting with Friday’s swoop on the latter’s south Kolkata apartment that yielded a cash stash of Rs 21.9 crore.Legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal passed away at 90. Actor Shreyas Talpade reminisces about working with him in Welcome To Sajjanpur, praisi...
