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UP: Minor girl's nose chopped off for resisting rape, critical now

In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat district, a minor girl's nose was chopped off by miscreants who had barged into her house and were trying to pull her away with them.

Jul 1, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reach Hyderabad on Saturday for BJP's national executive meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be arriving in Hyderabad on Saturday to attend the two-day meeting of the BJP's national executive.

Jul 1, 2022

Musk taking longest-ever Twitter break, leaves behind suspense among his 100 million followers

It has been nine days since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took digital detox from Twitter -- a longest stretch without posting anything in nearly five years -- leaving his more than 100 million followers and the media speculating a lot.

Jul 1, 2022

6.0-magnitude quake jolts Cagayan province in northern Philippines

An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Cagayan province in northern Philippines on Friday, authorities said.

Jul 1, 2022

Covid Update: India reports 17,070 new cases, 23 deaths in 24 hrs

The active caseload has also surged to 1,07,189 cases, accounting for 0.25 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

Jul 1, 2022

Tremors for 5th time in K'taka's Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts

This was the fifth time the people of Kodagu-Dakshina Kannada district border hilly areas experienced tremors in one week, bringing them memories of 2018 tremors followed by floods and landslides

Jul 1, 2022

Eknath Shinde: Humble auto-rickshaw driver catapulted to CM's driving seat

Decades ago, when Eknath Sambhaji Shinde was driving an auto-rickshaw, he may have never dreamt that one day he would change the course of state politics and zoom straight to the top driving seat of Maharashtra as its 20th Chief Minister.

Jun 30, 2022

National seminar on modern statistics held in J&K; commemorates P.C.Mahalanobis birth anniversary

Commemorating the 129th birth anniversary of Professor P.C.Mahalanobis, popularly known as the father of statistics in India, a national seminar was held at Vishwa Bharti Womens College in Rainwari, Srinagar.

Jun 30, 2022

Presumed extinct plant species "Brachystelma attenuatum" rediscovered after 188 years in Himachal Pradesh

Researchers from the Botanical Survey of India in Dehradun and Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla on Thursday said they have rediscovered a rare, threatened and presumed extinct species Brachystelma attenuatum after a gap of 188 years.

Jun 30, 2022

Dozens buried alive in massive Manipur landslide; rescue underway [details]

Rescue operations by the central and state agencies were underway on Thursday after a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains during the past few days in Manipur's Noney district buried dozens of people alive, officials said.

Jun 30, 2022

Over 200 orderlies repatriated in TN; Madras HC lashes out at senior officers [details]

Tamil Nadu Police have so far repatriated 210 policemen who were working as orderlies at the residences of IPS officers and other senior police officers. Even retired police officers were using the services of these policemen.

Jun 30, 2022

NASA's sun gazing spacecraft captures solar eclipse in space [details]

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured the Moon passing in front of the Sun.

Jun 30, 2022

Medicines found in wastewater may signal COVID spread [details]

Measuring the concentrations of medicines in wastewater could add another layer to disease-monitoring efforts and help curb spread of Covid-19, suggests a study.

Jun 30, 2022

Who is Eknath Shinde; Shiv Sena leader to be next Maha CM [details]

In a dramatic twist to the ongoing political upheavals in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena's rebel group leader Eknath Shinde will take oath as the new Chief Minister of the state at the Raj Bhavan here on Thursday evening.

Jun 30, 2022

J&K LG marks beginning of Amarnath Yatra; performs Puja of Baba Barfani [details]

The 43-day-long celebrations of Amarnath Yatra begin from Valley; the second batch of 5700 pilgrims leaves from Jammu.

Jun 30, 2022