India’s COVID-19 death rate down to 2%, decreasing

India’s COVID-19 death rate down to 2%, decreasing

   As the total coronavirus patients across the country crossed the 22-lakh mark, India’s fatality rate dropped to its lowest two per cent in the last 24 hours whereas the recoveries reached a new peak of over 15 lakh so far. The latest data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reveals […]

ED grills Rhea’s brother; both to be quizzed again on Monday

ED grills Rhea’s brother; both to be quizzed again on Monday

Continuing its probe in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has grilled Showik Chakraborty, brother of actress Rhea Chakraborty, for the second time in connection with their financial transactions. Showik, who went to the ED office around noon on Saturday, was seen leaving after more than 18 hours around 7 am on […]

‘Sathe was a great human being, excellent pilot’

‘Sathe was a great human being, excellent pilot’

I have lost a good friend who was a great human being and a pilot par excellence, says retired naval commander Sam T.Samuel recalling Deepak Vasant Sathe, the pilot of the ill-fated Air India Express flight that crashed killing 18 on board including the two pilots. Sathe lost his life along with 17 others on […]

Ex-Maha CM Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar dies at 90

Ex-Maha CM Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar dies at 90

Veteran Congressman and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar, died due to old-age related problems in Pune on Wednesday, family sources said here. He was 90. Last month, Patil-Nilangekar tested Covid-19 positive and fully recovered from it. He is survived by four sons Dilip, Ashok, Vijay, Sharad, and a daughter Chandrakala Dawle, besides grandchildren […]

Centre agrees to CBI inquiry into Sushant’s death

Centre agrees to CBI inquiry into Sushant’s death

In a big development in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case on Wednesday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that the Union of India has in principle accepted the recommendation by Bihar government to order a CBI inquiry into the case. Mehta, appearing for the Centre, submitted before Justice Hrishikesh Roy that the […]

Rs 1,700 cr project for J&K panchayats

Rs 1,700 cr project for J&K panchayats

In order to strengthen the grassroots democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration has decided to spend Rs 1,700 crore to empower the newly constituted panchayats and give them control of 21 departments to be headed by Panchs and Sarpanchs. On the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, the UT administration shared the […]

Rooted in classical, branching in experimental

Rooted in classical, branching in experimental

Even as twin brothers Murad Ali Khan (sarangi) and Fateh Ali Khan (sitar) represent the illustrious Muradabad Gharana, it does not really stop them from experimenting — be it with their two bands — ‘Soul Samvad’, in which they fuse Indian classical with western or ‘Essence’, which is about classical music, dance (Kathak) & storytelling. […]

Soldier killed in Pak ceasefire violation on LoC in J&K

Soldier killed in Pak ceasefire violation on LoC in J&K

An Indian soldier was killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops on the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday. Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Devender Anand said that Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Rajouri Sector. “Own troops responded strongly to the enemy fire. In the incident, […]

1 82 83 84 85 86 698