India
BFI Postpones Elections Due To Pandemic, Office-bearers Get Three-month Extension
The COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday forced a postponement of the upcoming Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, resulting in a three-month tenure extension for president Ajay Singh and his executive committee. During its Special General Meeting (SG...
TDP MLA Switches Over To Ruling YSR Congress In AP
: Yet another MLA of the opposition TDP crossed over to the ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, taking the total to four so far. Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar from Visakhapatnam met Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy at the latter's camp offic...
Smith, Archer, Buttler Clear Mandatory COVID-19 Tests
Captain Steve Smith along with star players Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler have cleared the mandatory COVID-19 test on arrival and are available to play Rajasthan Royal's IPL opener against Chennai Super Kings at the Sharjah Cricket ground on September 22....
Rajasthan Man Held In Social Media Influencers Fraud Case
The Mumbai police's crime branch nabbed a 21-year-old IT professional from Rajasthan for his alleged involvement in the social media marketing influencers fraud case, an official said on Saturday. The SIT arrested Vijay Banthia, a resident of Jodhpur, o...
22 Cong Workers Booked For 'Blackening' Official's Face In MP
A case has been registered against 22 Congress workers in connection with the incident in which the face of a senior district official was allegedly blackened during a protest in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara, police said on Saturday. The action was taken...
Arrested Delhi Journalist Was Passing Details About India's Border Strategy to China, Say Police
A Chinese woman identified as Qing Shi, and her Nepalese associate Sher Singh alias Raj Bhora, had been paying Sharma a hefty amount for sensitive information.
'Govt Should Admit that Country is at Community Spread Stage': Delhi Health Minister Takes Dig at Centre
India recorded 93,337 new infections in the last 24 hours, and has been posting the highest single-day caseload in the world since early August.
Maha: Minister Reviews Exam Preparations In Marathwada Varsity
Maharashtra Minister for Higher and Technical Education Uday Samant on Saturday reviewed the preparations afoot at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University here to conduct exams scheduled to start from October 1. A total of 1.14 lakh students wil...
Body of Soldier With Bullet Injury Found In Camp, Suicide Suspected
Police said preliminary investigations suggest the soldier took his own life with his service rifle.
Expertise Of WHO Chief Scientist To Be Sought: Puducherry CM
Jolted by the two per cent COVID-19 fatality rate here, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday said the territorial government would consult the World Health Organisation (WHO) for steps to reduce the rate. Addressing reporters here, the Chief Mi...
Firm Gets Recovery Notices For Illegal Mineral Extraction
Tehsildars of Jalna and Badnapur have served recovery notices of Rs 242 crore to a construction company for allegedly illegally extracting minerals and using them in the construction of Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway in Maharashtra, an official said on Saturd...
Bopanna-Shapovalov Bow Out Of Italian Open, Suffer Defeat In Quarterfinals
India's Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov of Canada bowed out of the men's doubles event of the Italian Open tennis tournament here after losing to the French duo of Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in quarterfinals. The unseeded Indo-Canadian pair fo...
Horoscope Today: This is What Your Stars Say on September 19
Find out the astrological prediction for Aries, Leo, Virgo, Libra, and other zodiac signs for September 19.
COVID-19 Case Count In Pune Rises By 4,093, Death Toll By 85
The coronavirus infection count in Pune district of Maharashtra reached 2,44,516 with the single-day spike of 4,093 cases, a health official said. These new cases were recorded on Friday.
McConnell Pledges Quick Vote On Next Justice; Biden Says No
Washington (AP) The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just over six weeks before the election cast an immediate spotlight on the high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever Pre...
Showers Bring Relief To Fire-ravaged Oregon As Death Toll Rises In California
Intermittently heavy showers brought some relief to flamestricken western Oregon on Friday, helping firefighters to further subdue deadly blazes that have ravaged much of the state and choked its air with smoke for the better part of two weeks.
