Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:37:28
Reigning world champion P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of women's singles badminton event at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Hong Kong's NY Cheung in a group J match here on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old Indian, who had claimed a silver medal in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over world No.
34 Cheung 21-9 21-16 in a 35-minute match to top the group.
This was Sindhu's sixt
View more
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:30:14
Bengaluru : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Basavaraj Somappa Bommai took oath as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday.
He was administered the oath of office by Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot at a swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Bhavan here today.
Son of former Chief Minister of Karnataka SR Bommai, a mechanical engineering graduate and former Janata Dal (United) leader Bommai w
View more
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:16:00
At least 18 people were killed and 25 injured after a truck rammed into a stationary double-decker bus here, police said on Wednesday.
The accident took place on the Lucknow-Ayodhya highway under Kotwali Ramsanehighat area late on Tuesday night. The private bus was carrying over 130 passengers to Bihar from Ludhiana in Punjab, they said.
The axle of the bus broke down and it was parked on th
View more
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:13:26
In a major administrative reshuffle, 283 Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officers have been transferred.
The department of personnel issued the transfer list on Tuesday night.
View more
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:11:57
India logged 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases taking its tally to 3,14,84,605, while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022, according to Union Health Ministry data on Wednesday.
The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a span of 24 hours, and comprises 1.27 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per ce
View more
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:10:09
Six people, including a fireman, were injured after a part of a four-storey building collapsed in suburban Andheri shortly after midnight on Wednesday, a fire brigade official said.
A portion on the north side of Mehta Babu Chawl near Salami hotel in Juhu Galli crashed around 12.30 am, he said.
Five persons, including a senior citizen, from the building and a fireman from the rescue team wer
View more
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:08:41
Five bodies were recovered on Wednesday after some houses were swept away by flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in a remote village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior official said.
Over 25 people are reported missing in the cloudburst which struck Honzar village in Dacchan tehsil around 4.30 am, officials said, adding a joint rescue operation by police, army and State Dis
View more
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:58:44
Karnataka Chief Minister-designate Basavaraj Bommai will chair a meeting of the Cabinet later today. He will also to review COVID-19 and the flood situation in the state. Bommai is scheduled to take oath at 11 am today.
"I will chair a meeting of the Cabinet later today. After that, I will hold a meeting with senior officers to review COVID-19 and the flood situation in the state," said Basava
View more
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:21:32
Shortly after his election as Karnataka Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that he will strive to work for the welfare of the poor.
"It is a big responsibility in the given situation. I will strive to work for the welfare of the poor. It will be pro-people and pro-poor people governance," he said.
Bommai, who held the portfolio of the state home minister, was elected as chief mini
View more
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies
Cookie Policy
