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Five Indian students killed in road mishap in Canada

In a heartbreaking tragedy, five Indian students were killed in a road accident in Canada, said India’s High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria on Monday, adding that two others were injured and were hospitalized. The accident occurred on Saturday on the Ontario highway and two injured students were rushed to the hospital. Taking to Twitter, Ajay Bisaria expressed deepest…
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Sonia Gandhi to Stay on as Congress Chief, No Resignation in Party, CWC Decides After 4-hour Meet

Four hours after a key meeting on Sunday, the Congress Working Committee “unanimously reaffirmed” faith in president Sonia Gandhi’s leadership, as well as called for large-scale reforms and corrective measures for an organisational revamp. The CWC asked Sonia Gandhi to address weaknesses and effect necessary changes, as per a statement released after the meeting that was held…
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India to temporarily shift its embassy in Ukraine to Poland

India has decided to temporarily relocate its embassy in Ukraine to Poland, the government said on Sunday. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that the decision to move the embassy from Kyiv was being taken in view of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Ukraine, including attacks in the western parts of the country.…
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Four JMB men arrested in Bhopal: Police

According to senior police officers investigating the matter, literature advocating the establishment of ‘khilafat’ were seized from the four arrested. The Anti-Terrorist Squad of Madhya Pradesh has arrested four people allegedly affiliated to the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from different areas of Bhopal, police said on Sunday. According to senior police officers investigating the matter, literature advocating…
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CRPF Trooper On Leave Shot Dead By Militants In South Kashmir’s Shopian

The deceased has been identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Dohi, a resident of Shopian. A CRPF trooper was shot dead by some unidentified militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Dohi, a resident of Shopian. Breaking News : कश्मीर के शोपियां में CRPF जवान की गोली मारकर हत्याhttps://t.co/p8nVQWYei7#JammuKashmir #Breaking pic.twitter.com/S2GhayuuWz…
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5 kids among 7 killed in northeast Delhi slum inferno

A cluster of 60 hutments in north-east Delhi’s Gokulpuri turned into a death trap for seven, including five children, early Saturday morning when a fire at the entrance of the settlement cut off their escape, sealing their fate. Having probably started from a heap of trash, the blaze spread across the entire area with people – jolted out of sleep…
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Auto firms will begin manufacturing flex-fuel vehicles within 6 months: Nitin Gadkari

Most vehicles in India to run on 100 percent ethanol soon, the minister said. Last year, the government had issued an advisory to carmakers to introduce flexible-fuel engines in vehicles. Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said top officials of automobile companies have promised him that they will start manufacturing vehicles of flex-fuel variants within six months.…
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Actor Sonam Kapoor’s Father-In-Law’s Firm Cheated Of ₹ 27 Crore

Police said the cybercriminals had been duping the firm by misappropriating Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies licences, meant for the firm of Sonam Kapoor’s father-in-law Harish Ahuja. The Faridabad police has busted a gang of highly-sophisticated cybercriminals involved in duping an export-import firm of the father-in-law of film actor Sonam Kapoor here of over ₹ 27…
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Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek, Aishwarya Rai pose for Ambani-Bachchans group pic shared by Tina Ambani. See her post

Tina Ambani shared a photo from her son Anmol Ambani’s wedding on Instagram. In the photos, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were seen posing with the Ambani family. On Friday, Tina Ambani shared a series of photos from her son Anmol Ambani and Krishna Shah’s wedding on her Instagram handle. In the pictures, apart from the Ambanis,…
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Jammu and Kashmir: Sarpanch shot dead by militants in Kulgam; third local panchayat member killed in a month

On 9 March, an independent sarpanch, Sameer Bhat, was shot dead on the outskirts of Srinagar and on 2 March, an independent panchayat member, Mohammad Yaqub Dar was killed in Kulgam Srinagar: Militants shot dead a sarpanch in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. This is the third killing of a local elected representative…
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Pak JeM commander among four terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir encounters

Two terrorists of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed were killed after an encounter broke out at the Chewaklan area of Pulwama. Four terrorists have been neutralised in three separate overnight operations in Jammu Kashmir. Two terrorists of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed after an encounter broke out in the Chewaklan area of Pulwama, police said. One…
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict | No Alternatives Except Path Of Diplomacy & Dialogue: India At UNSC

India’s Permanent Representative to UN further said that it is important to ensure full and effective implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) in letter and spirit. New Delhi: At the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Friday, India called upon the member states to adhere to the principals of the UN Charter and respect…
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The Indian wrestling champion who inspired Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a versatile martial arts who was always eager to expand his knowledge about the world as well as his own discipline. A true icon of the last century, Lee managed to achieve the highly difficult task of bridging the cultural differences between the East and the West by making martial arts film projects that…
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LIC receives SEBI nod for IPO to sell 31 crore shares but IPO dates not determined yet

State-owned insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has received market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) nod ahead to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO), according to several media reports. The government is selling 31 crore equity shares through the IPO as per the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) while 10% of…
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‘Bed-ridden’ man in Jharkhand starts walking after receiving Covid vaccine

A man in Jharkhand has claimed that he started walking again after he received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. A man in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district, who was reportedly bed-ridden for four years, claimed that he started walking again after he received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Dularchand, 44, a resident of Bokaro’s Petarwar village, reportedly…
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Who needs to get tested for COVID-19? ICMR issues advisory on ‘purposive testing strategy’

New Delhi: As India’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the Indian Council of Medical Research has released an advisory on “Purposive Testing Strategy”, suggesting that some individuals need not be tested for infection. The guidelines come even as India’s daily COVID-19 tally hovered near the 1.8 lakh mark on Monday morning. The ICMR document makes no mention of…
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