BREAKING: Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
Rushdie's book 'The Satanic Verses' has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie's death
12 August,2022 09:36 PM IST | Chautauqua | APProtest by people with HIV alleging shortage of drugs continues
The protestors are alleging complete unavailability of certain drugs including those for children living with HIV and random shifting to another class of drugs for most of the patients
12 August,2022 06:36 PM IST | New Delhi | PTITejashwi Yadav meets Oppn leaders in Delhi, says Bihar has shown way to country
Yadav's visit to Delhi holds significance as Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad is here and the finalisation of names of ministers is set to be high on the agenda during discussions between the two
12 August,2022 06:08 PM IST | New Delhi | PTITug of war in Eknath Shinde government over portfolios: Sena MLC Ambadas Danve
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Taiwan issue: India calls for de-escalation of tensions
12 August,2022 04:49 PM IST | New Delhi | PTIBJP appoints Bawankule Maharashtra unit chief, Ashish Shelar head of Mumbai unit
12 August,2022 04:40 PM IST | New Delhi | PTINitish defends 'Z-plus' security for Tejashwi, backs 10-lakh jobs promise
12 August,2022 04:36 PM IST | Patna | PTIJust In
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World Elephant Day
India home to about 60 per cent of all Asian elephants: PM Modi
Successes in the animal's conservation must be viewed in the context of the larger efforts underway in India to minimise human-animal conflict, said PM Modi
12 August,2022 12:23 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Independence Day
Avoid large gatherings while celebrating in view of Covid: Centre tells states
The Union Home Ministry has also conveyed to all States and Union Territories (UT) to carry out a 'Swachh Bharat' campaign at a prominent location of each district in the state and UT and carry out a fortnight and month-long campaign to keep it 'Swachh' through voluntary civil action
12 August,2022 12:01 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Active Covid-19 cases in India decline to 1,23,535
The death toll climbed to 5,26,928 with 49 fatalities which include 10 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated
12 August,2022 10:49 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Eknath Shinde visits his village in Satara for first time since becoming Maha CM
12 August,2022 10:23 AM IST | Pune | PTI
Andhra Pradesh: Many districts face flood threat as Godavari, Krishna in spate
11 August,2022 09:46 PM IST | Amravati | PTI
Uttar Pradesh: Four drown, several missing after boat capsizes in Yamuna
11 August,2022 09:39 PM IST | Banda | PTI
Maharashtra: 20-year-old student dies by suicide in Nagpur
11 August,2022 09:19 PM IST | Nagpur | PTI
Jammu and Kashmir: 2 women washed away in flash floods in Ramban
11 August,2022 07:43 PM IST | Jammu | PTI
Corbevax likely to be available at vaccination centres from tomorrow
11 August,2022 07:35 PM IST | Hyderabad | PTI
PM celebrates "Har Ghar Tiranga" Campaign by Distributing flags among children
India is all set to celebrate the 75th year of Independence and if there is one thing that is taking the country by storm, it’s the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign by the Modi government. Recently, following the Raksha Bandhan celebrations, Prime Minister on August 11 gave a ‘Tiranga’ to every child to mark the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign in a unique way at his residence.
China puts hold on proposal by US and India to blacklist JEM chief Masood Azhar'
Abdul Rauf Azhar, born in 1974 in Pakistan, was sanctioned by the US in December 2010
11 August,2022 11:46 AM IST | United Nations | PTI
‘Shelling kills 13 in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region’
The attack damaged a hostel, two schools, a concert hall, the main council building and other administrative bases, he added
China withdraws promise to Taiwan after unification
That line, meant to assure Taiwan it would enjoy autonomy after becoming a special administrative region of China, did not appear in the latest white paper
Uttar Pradesh
Snakebite victim's brother visits for funeral, gets killed by another snake
Govind Mishara (22) attended the last rites of his brother Arvind Mishra (38) held in Bhawanipur village on Wednesday
05 August,2022 03:48 PM IST | Balrampur | PTI
Swiggy identifies viral man on horseback in Mumbai, says 'hunt' has ended
In the press release, Swiggy said, man in the video is not a Swiggy delivery executive
Chinese man finds out he has ovaries, uterus after 20 years
Chen from China's Sichuan province, had surgery to correct irregular urination during puberty. Since then, for more than 20 years, he had experienced recurrent blood in his urine
Let’s do our bit to help cops reunite missing kids
During the month-long exercise, the police will also look for the parents of such children and help them reunite with their families, the official said
11 August,2022 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
