Mahakumbh Nagar (UP): Thirty people were killed and 60 others injured in the stampede that happened just before dawn at the Maha Kumbh venue in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, the police chief that oversees security at the massive religious gathering told reporters today. Twenty-five bodies have been identified, police officer Vaibhav Krishna told reporters, adding 60…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the Union Cabinet’s decision related to revised ethanol procurement price will help boost ethanol production and blending targets. In a post on X, he said it will also help reduce crude imports empower farmers, and promote clean energy. The Union Cabinet earlier in the day…
Secunderabad: The trustees of the Arangamanna Sanathi temple in Secunderabad are raising concerns over the continued closure of their temple despite winning a legal battle in the state high court. The temple, which dates back to 1874, has been at the center of a dispute with the Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME),…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre for a legal framework to provide a safeguard to domestic workers observing their exploitation and a “legal vacuum” over the protection of their rights. In the opinion of a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, for now, there seemed no effective legislative or…
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel examining the Waqf Amendment Bill on Wednesday adopted by a majority vote its report that contained changes suggested by ruling BJP members, prompting the opposition to dub the exercise as an attempt to destroy the Waqf boards. The Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, chaired by…
Dubai: Fifteen workers, including nine Indians, reportedly lost their lives in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on Monday. One of the deceased was identified as an Indian worker from Telangana, 32-year-old Kapeli Ramesh from Metpali mandal in Jagtial district. According to Indian community workers, the victims were traveling in a bus to their worksite…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed hospitals, including AIIMS New Delhi, to regularise the unauthorised absence of doctors who were part of protests against the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Hospital, Kolkata. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar took note of the submissions of…
New York: Billionaire inventor Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and now X (previously Twitter), has regularly shaped the crypto market. His most recent endeavor, Grok AI—a futuristic artificial intelligence meant to offer consumers smart forecasts and recommendations—has weighed in on the crypto market for 2025. With a particular eye toward Dogecoin (DOGE), Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP), and…
New Delhi: Slamming AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks that “poison” is being mixed in the Yamuna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that fearing their defeat in the Delhi polls, “AAP-da people” have turned desperate. Addressing a public meeting in Kartar Nagar here in the run-up to the February 5 assembly polls,…
Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh): The father of a 23-year-old stained woman software engineer from Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday reacted to the Supreme Court acquitting his daughter’s alleged killer, saying he will “leave it to God,” and wondering what he can do. The apex court on Tuesday, acquitted Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap, citing “gaping holes” in the prosecution…
