India

New Delhi, Dec 24: India has temporarily suspended its Vande Bharat flights from the United Kingdom due to the emergence of new strain of coronavirus, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday. Speaking during the weekly virtual press conference, Anurag Srivastava, MEA Spokesperson, said that as many as 1,005 international flights have been operated under Phase 8 Plus of India's

New Delhi, Dec 24: The Election Commission of India has clarified that it has not made any proposal to introduce postal ballots system for non-Gulf countries and categorical denied the media reports on the issue. In its reply to a Member of Parliament’s query, dated December 23, the commission has unequivocally denied reports that postal ballot facilities will be extended to select non-Gulf

Lucknow, Dec 24: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to withdraw riot cases against three BJP lawmakers, including two ministers, who were accused in 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal violence. According to the sources in the government, an application seeking the withdrawal of riot-related cases against saffron party MLAs Sangeet Som, cane minister Suresh Rana and Minister of State Kapil Dev

New Delhi, Dec 24: Air India pilots have refused to accept the paltry 5 per cent roll back in "illegal pay cut" and asked Air India CMD to donate it towards funds for building the Parliament or PM CARE. In a letter to Rajiv Bansal, Air India Chairman and Managing Director, the two pilot associations -- Indian Pilots' Guild and Indian Commercial Pilots' Association -- said: "We do not accept this

New Delhi, Dec 24: In a surprise revelation under the RTI, the Centre has stated that it has no records of any kind pertaining to meetings or discussions with farmers' organisations before finalising the three farm bills, an activist said on Thursday. Mumbai-based RTI activist and social campaigner Jatin Desai had filed a query with the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare

Mumbai, Dec 24: The economy is coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic's deep abyss faster than most of the predictions, and the growth will enter positive zone in the third quarter of the current financial year, said an article on the 'state of economy' in the RBI bulletin. "...more evidence has been turned in to show that the Indian economy is pulling out of COVID-19's deep abyss and is breaking out

Kanhangad (Kasaragod), Dec 24: A DYFI worker was stabbed to death at Old Kadappuram here. The deceased was identified as Ouf Abdul Rahiman (30). His friend Shuhaib also was injured in the attack. The incident took place on Wednesday at 10.30 pm. When both Ouf and Shuhaib were coming to Kadappuram on a bike, a group of criminals blocked them on Kallooravi-Old Kadappuram road and stabbed them. Their

Nagpur, Dec 24: A 28-year-old man in Nagpur, who tested positive for COVID-19 on December 15, is suspected of carrying the new strain of COVID-19 found in the United Kingdom, administration of Government Medical College, Nagpur said on Thursday. As per Dr Avinash Gawande, Superintendent, Government Medical College Nagpur, the patient, who returned from the UK on November 29, was tested at the

Mumbai, Dec 23: Passengers flying into India's biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus. Like many countries, India has suspended flights from Britain, where cases have soared because of the variant. People arriving from Britain before the ban came into

Lucknow, Dec 23: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member Zafaryab Jilani said on Wednesday said the mosque which is planned to come up in Ayodhya following last year's Supreme Court verdict was against the Waqf Act and "illegal" under the Shariat laws. Athar Hussain, the secretary of a trust formed to build the mosque in Ayodhya, however, said everyone interprets the Shariat in their