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HDFC Bank Q1 results: Profits surge 20% to Rs 6,658 crore

Lending major HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 19.6 per cent increase in standalone net profit for the quarter ended June 30 of FY21 on the year-on-year basis.

Jul 18, 2020

Mexican cartel shows off might in viral video; armoured vehicles, machine guns & more

"Only Mencho's people," members of the cartel shout, pumping their fists and flashing their long guns. The cry was a salute to their leader, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, one of the country's most-wanted drug lords.

Jul 18, 2020

Shocking: Manipur IPS officer ADGP Arvind Kumar shoots self; critical

ADGP (Law and Order) Arvind Kumar, IPS, allegedly shot himself with his service gun at his official quarter at 2nd Manipur Rifles Complex in Imphal. He has been taken to a hospital.

Jul 18, 2020

Ram Janmabhoomi Trust meeting may decide on date of bhoomi pujan, PM Modi likely to attend event

The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet in Ayodhya on Saturday and people expect that the date for bhoomi pujan (land worship) for the construction of the Ram temple will be announced at the meeting.

Jul 18, 2020

25th Maharaja of Mysore: Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar who turned monarchy into democracy

Today marks the birth anniversary of Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, the last official king of Mysore. The 25th Maharaja's centenary celebrations concluded today with the Vice President of India in attendance.

Jul 18, 2020

BBMP gets new commissioner; Manjunatha Prasad is back, Anil Kumar out

The Government of Karnataka has issued a new order on 18th July stating that the current BBMP commissioner in Bengaluru BH Anil Kumar has been transferred. He will be replaced by IAS officer Manjunatha Prasad.

Jul 18, 2020

BJP demands CBI probe into audio tapes released by Congress amid Rajasthan crisis

The BJP on Saturday hit back on the Ashok Gehlot Government when it not only denied charges of alleged bid to break the Congress party but also alleged that the dessert state is witnessing an "indirect emergency".

Jul 18, 2020

Scientists identify six distinct types of coronavirus, could help flag high-risk patients

With more than 14.2 million positive cases and 6,00,000 deaths, coronavirus is continuing to wreak havoc in all nooks of the globe

Jul 18, 2020

BBMP ramps up health checkups for Pourakarmikas after 5 sanitation workers succumb to COVID

In Bengaluru so far five Pourakarmikas have lost their lives due to COVID-19 after pressure from the union the BBMP is now ramping up health checkups and providing gears for their safety.

Jul 18, 2020

Breaking: Sikh man kidnapped by Taliban has been rescued

Nidan Singh Sachdeva who was kidnapped from Gurdwara Tala Sahib, Chamkani, Paktika in Afghanistan by Taliban has been rescued Afghanistan's Security Forces.

Jul 18, 2020

Banned due to COVID-19, US passenger flights to India can resume July 23

The government of India has agreed to allow U.S. air carriers to resume passenger services in the U.S.-India market starting July 23, the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday.

Jul 18, 2020

Spain orders culling of 100,000 minks after animals test positive for coronavirus

The WHO acknowledges that the infection of coronavirus from minks to farmworkers could be the "first known cases of animal-to-human transmission" after similar cases were reported in Denmark and Netherlands.

Jul 18, 2020

Three civilians killed in Pakistan ceasefire violation in J&K's Poonch

Three civilians were killed overnight in Pakistan shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Saturday.

Jul 18, 2020

Over 1 million: India joins US, Brazil in grim coronavirus club

India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million cases of the new coronavirus, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further into the countryside and smaller towns.

Jul 18, 2020

'90ml rum, 2 half-fried eggs'; K'taka Congress councillor swears by home remedy for COVID

A viral video shows a Karnataka Congress councillor recommending Old Monk-branded rum and half-fried eggs as a cure for COVID-19.

Jul 18, 2020