MUMBAI: Singer Anuradha Paudwal showered praise on contestant Shubh Sutradhar in the singing-based reality show 'Superstar Singer 3' after his performance of the songs ‘Tumhe Apna Banane Ki Kasam’ and ‘Saanson Ki Jarurat Hai Jaise’.

NEW DELHI: Led by artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and neuro-technology, India witnessed 83,000 patents being filed by deep-tech startups in FY2023, marking an annual growth rate of 24.6 per cent which is highest since the last two decades, a Nasscom report showed on Friday.

KYIV: Ukraine's highest anti-corruption court has ordered the pre-trial detention of Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi on suspicion of misappropriation of state land worth millions.

BEIJING: On the last day of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China, Beijing has warned of a deterioration in relations between the two powers.

LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has asked municipal commissioners of major cities in the state to deal with the problem of beggary.

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Mamata government, saying that the massive corruption unleashed by Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has ultimately resulted in the loss of peace and happiness of around 26,000 families in the state.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought the issuance of guidelines for the release of undertrial prisoners on bail under judicial oversight.

MUMBAI: Nearly two decades have passed since the release of the song 'Kabhi aana tu meri gali' by pop band Euphoria, featuring Vidya Balan.

MUMBAI: A galaxy of stars, including names such as Rajkummar Rao, Tiger Shroff, Nayanthara, Navya Naveli Nanda, and Khushi Kapoor, among many others, illuminated the red carpet of the GQ Most Influential Young Indians event.

LUCKNOW: A cashier at Lucknow Electric Supply Authority’s (LESA) Mahanagar sub-divisional office allegedly vanished after stealing over Rs 52.5 lakh in collected revenue from customers.

AMRITSAR: While campaigning in Amritsar, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann praised the Majha region and said that when the people of Majha make up their minds about something, they do not and cannot be swayed and this time the people here have made up their mind to make the Aam Aadmi Party win.

SULTANPUR: A 52-year-old man named Afaq allegedly murdered his wife Kismat ul Nisha (46) before ending his life at a village in UP's Sultanpur district on Thursday.

SHANGHAI: With three consecutive wins, the Indian men's recurve team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Ramesh Jadhav, secured a spot in the final of the Archery World Cup here on Thursday.

MUMBAI: Actor-rapper Chaitnya Sharma, known by his stage name SlowCheeta, released the music video for his latest track titled ‘Kar De Kaa?’ on Thursday.

DHARAMSALA: Former Chief Minister and Union Minister Shanta Kumar described the ongoing Lok Sabha elections as "historic," attributing this to the transformative leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking from his extensive experience in Indian politics, Kumar highlighted several groundbreaking achievements he anticipates will mark these elections.

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has upheld Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) admission policy allocating an 80 per cent quota for students, who have recently completed their Class 12 exams, in the First Year of the three-year B.A. (Hons.) programme in Foreign Languages.

NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta heaped praise on Kuldeep Yadav’s performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 and called it the peak of his skills and ability

NEW DELHI: In a suspected gang war and fight for supremacy inside the prison, two groups of inmates clashed inside Tihar’s jail number 3, an official said on Thursday, adding that four inmates sustained injuries.

MUMBAI: Veteran Bollywood star Anupam Kher, at the age of 69, has redefined fitness goals with his latest workout video, where he is seen lifting weights for a back workout.

MUMBAI: Actress Rashmika Mandanna shared a glimpse from her upcoming film 'Kubera' starring Dhanush.

MUMBAI: Actress Neha Dhupia shared that she is "not a morning person", yet she switched on her "flight mode" as she is all set to travel.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday for the Lok Sabha elections.

SHAHJAHANPUR: Two people were killed and 20 injured when a tractor-trolley overturned here, the police said.

MUMBAI: Actress Madhuri Dixit Nene, who is a judge on 'Dance Deewane', will be seen speaking about the bond she shared with her mother.

SITAPUR: Prachi Nigam, who topped the Class 10 UP Board examinations this year by securing 98.5 per cent marks, has finally responded to trollers who have been trolling her for her facial hair.

MUMBAI: Actor Gulshan Devaiah has shed light on his unique approach to nutrition, advocating the practice of 'one meal a day' (OMAD). He also shared that he has excluded soups and spicy foods as they are "not ideal."

ROME: Juventus sealed a berth in the Italian Cup final with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Lazio in the semifinal.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested a Delhi Police constable on Tuesday for arranging a resort in Haryana's Gurugram for aspirants to read and solve question papers of the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Examination, said senior police officials.

MUMBAI: Randeep Hooda shared that he won't confine himself to one theme and will explore various genres.

HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K. T. Rama Rao on Tuesday said any alliance would have to seek the support of parties like BRS to form the government at the Centre and also claimed that the Congress-led INDIA bloc will not win more than 100 to 150 seats.

MUMBAI: Acclaimed filmmaker Hansal Mehta is currently occupied with the shooting of his upcoming series 'Gandhi', starring Pratik Gandhi in the titular role.

NEW DELHI: Fintech major Razorpay on Tuesday launched its own Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure with 'UPI Switch' -- a next-generation cloud-based innovation, in partnership with Airtel Payments Bank.

DHARAMSALA: Superintendent of Police Balbir Singh HPPS of the SV&ACB, NR in Dharamshala , informed that in a significant development in Haroli of Una an arresthas been made of ASI Nirmal Patial for corruption charges. On April 21, 2024, ASI Patial, originally from Palampur in Kangra District and currently posted at Police Station Haroli in Una District, was caught red-handed demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 3,000.

MUMBAI: Umashankar Singh, the writer of two hit streaming shows -- 'Maharani' and 'Khakee: The Bihar Chapter' -- made his foray into Hindi cinema with Arbaaz Khan's forgettable 2015 film 'Dolly Ki Doli' with Sonam Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao in the lead roles.

BAHRAICH: A probe has been ordered into a viral video of a lady officer, allegedly getting drunk and 'bullying' the Bahraich police.

CHANDAULI: Violence erupted in Manrajpur village under the limits of Saiyyedraja police station in Chandauli district late on Sunday night after a 21-year-old girl Nisha Yadav died due to alleged thrashing by police during a raid.

MOHALI: Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri organized third Annual Convocation at it’s Campus. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayar, Education Minister, Punjab was the Chief Guest at the moment. As many as 1307 Degrees conferred and 96 topper of PTU were honored with medals.

CHENNAI: One more Okinawa electric scooter went up in flames in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district on Saturday morning.

PUNE: When newbies Lucknow Super Giants acquired the services of left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan in the mega auction, it didn't cause much excitement. After all, the 23-year-old tall left-arm pacer from Uttar Pradesh had been a member of Mumbai Indians for the last three seasons but had been warming the bench.

SAN FRANCISCO: The ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China are set to make a huge dent in Apple revenue for the April-June quarter as the company has indicated up to $8 billion loss in sales especially owing to the Shanghai lockdown.

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has reportedly lined up a new CEO to take over from Indian-origin Parag Agrawal, as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorseys name was making the rounds who quit in November last year to focus on his financial payments company Block.

MALAPPURAM: Two quick-fire goals at the start of the game helped West Bengal thrash Manipur 3-0 in the second semi-final of the 75th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy at the Manjeri Payyanad Stadium, here on Friday.

LONDON: A cloud of uncertainty confronts Northern Ireland, one of the four constituents comprising the UK, as it goes to the polls to elect 90 members to its regional Assembly on May 5.

PATIALA: The Patiala district magistrate today imposed curfew from 7 PM to 6 AM in Patiala as a precautionary measure after two groups belonging to Shiv Sena and some Sikh organisation clashed. Several persons were injured.

BAREILLY: A man purportedly hanged himself after killing his wife and infant daughter in Bareilly on Friday, the police said.

MUMBAI: Actress Rasika Dugal is quite excited about her upcoming show 'Adhura' in which she has got a chance to explore a new genre of horror.

NEW DELHI: Industry leaders and experts on Friday raised alarm over the failing corporate governance in the Indian startup ecosystem, after another startup Zilingo suspended its CEO and co-founder, Ankiti Bose, over alleged financial irregularities, and she is now gearing up to fight back.

MATHURA: In a shocking incident, a young bride was shot dead allegedly by a jilted lover during her wedding ceremony, police said on Friday.

CHANDIGARH: Without any provocation from Sikhs, the members of Shiv Sena Bal Thakrey today held an anti-khalistan protest in Patiala which led to clash with the Sikh groups who opposed Shiv Sena's action.

ETAWAH: A 20-year-old youth ended his life by allegedly committing suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district after he allegedly shot dead his girlfriend, police said on Friday.

MUMBAI: It seemed that Kolkata Knight Riders were on the path to recovery in Match 41 of IPL 2022 with skipper Shreyas Iyer and Nitesh Rana at the crease on Thursday.

NEW YORK: Meta surged 17.6 per cent on Thursday after a buoyant update for the first time since Q4 in February had sent the stock reeling 26 per cent, its worst-day ever.

NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc. has delivered a slow quarter and outlook.

LUCKNOW: Tight security is in place in state capital Lucknow for the 'Alvida namaz' offered on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan.

SHAMLI: Two accused persons, who were arrested and later released on bail, in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district are now charged with the alleged killing of a 25-year-old youth whom they suspected to be a police informer,

BHUBANESWAR: A couple along with their 15-month-old girl child from Maharashtra were found hanging in their rented house in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, police said on Thursday.

NEW YORK: Ahead of Twitter's imminent takeover by Elon Musk, the world's richest man, its CEO Parag Agrawal replied to a quip by a parody account. "I thought we were fired", with a "nope! we are still here".

MUMBAI: Actor Anurag Vyas, who was previously seen in 'Rakshabandhan... Rasal Apne Bhai Ki Dhal', enjoys writing.

BENGALURU: Support poured in for Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep over the Hindi row and his Twitter conversation with Bollywood star Ajay Devgn as the Kannada film industry and top political leaders backed Sudeep.

MUMBAI: 'Superstar Singer 2' captain Pawandeep Rajan opens up about his journey from being an 'Indian Idol' winner to becoming a captain and the kind of talent he has come across so far.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana are both facing a power shortages of about 2000 MW leading to the imposition of long power cuts for 6 to 8 hours on rural domestic consumers and of lesser duration in cities.

BANDA (Uttar Pradesh):  A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and zila panchayat member has been found allegedly hanging from the ceiling of a room in her house under the Sadar Kotwali police circle in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said.

LAKHIMPUR: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan has been booked for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.

MUMBAI: Veteran actress Supriya Pathak, who will be soon seen in the upcoming family drama-comedy series, 'Home Shanti', recently opened up about her character in the web show.

CHENNAI: At a time when some electric two-wheelers are catching fire spontaneously, a Tamil Nadu physiotherapist, fed up with his Ola scooter's poor performance and service, set the vehicle on fire.

CHENNAI: Vellore district police have installed Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at border check posts to auto-detect traffic offenders.

NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma surprised the world as he walked onto the pitch in a pair of customized adidas shoes. The brand has been an advocate of ending plastic waste in the oceans for many years now.

NEW DELHI: Bitcoin investors are likely to lose up to $545 million this year, owing to various reasons like forgetting passwords to their wallets or making a mistake in recording their "seed phrases", according to a new report.

NEW DELHI: The $31 billion fintech market in India is set for a disruption with the emergence of neobanks and to scale and secure a foothold, these digital-only banks should acquire primary bank accounts, a new report said on Wednesday.

PATIALA: To meet with the rising demand of electricity in the ongoing paddy season, the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), A. Venu Prasad on Tuesday visited the state load dispatch center (SLDC) and reviewed the power supply situation for all categories of consumers.

NEW DELHI: India's gross GST revenue collection fell below the psychological mark of Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time this year, clocking Rs 92,849 crore in June 2021, as collections fell due to disruptions caused by the fresh wave of Covid-19.

DHAKA: Urgent actions were required to increase Covid-19 vaccine supplies for Bangladesh as hospitals have reached their capacity and oxygen supplies were running short due to an ongoing rapid Covid-19 resurgence, a global humanitarian organisation said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Inflation risks for 2021 remain skewed to the upside, especially core readings, on higher commodities' prices, said DBS Group in a research report.

MANILA: The Philippines has reported a 57.3 per cent increase in the country's suicide rate in 2020 from 2019, according to an official report.From the 2,810 registered deaths due to intentional self-harm in 2019, this spiked to 4,420 in 2020," Xinhua news agency quoted the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report released on Monday as saying.

 NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday introduced India's first FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based parking facility to reduce the time for entry and payment. This has been done to come up with similar facilities at more of Delhi Metro's parking spaces across the city and the National Capital Region (NCR).

CHENNAI:The AIADMK leadership has expelled nine middle-level functionaries of the party for having openly issued support to former interim general secretary of the party, V.K. Sasikala.

LUCKNOW:The political stage is set for another grassroots election with the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) announcing the schedule for block pramukh (chairperson of the kshetra panchayats) polls.

SAMBHAL(Uttar Pradesh): A 22-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her husband's house, barely three days after the wedding.

LUCKNOW: A madrasa in Lucknow will convert into a Covid care clinic from Wednesday, paving the way for more such initiatives.The charitable clinic at Madrasa Abu Talib in the densely populated Kashmiri Mohalla area will be inaugurated by its patron, Maulana Saif Abbas and will provide timely and free medical facility to patients.

LUCKNOW:A total of 50.09 lakh people in Uttar Pradesh have become fully vaccinated against the pandemic virus.
Over 8.38 lakh vaccinations took place on Monday alone.

SYDNEY: Australian Test skipper Tim Paine has said he will go with Steve Smith's decision if he desires to skip the ICC T20 World Cup in order to be fit for the gruelling Ashes series beginning in December.

SAMBHAL (Uttar Pradesh): A 22-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her husband's house, barely three days after the wedding.

PHAGWARA: One Newly Wedded Young Couple of Ludhiana was killed in a road mishap near Phillaur on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The worst fears are coming true. Terror outfit—the Taliban has imposed new rules and regulations in districts which it has snatched from the Afghan forces.

NEW DELHI/LAHORE:There are sections in the Pakistani society who feel that those of the likes of Hafeez Saeed, Sajid Mir, Asghar Rauf, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi are elements who are solely responsible for the ever deteriorating relations between New Delhi and Islamabad. Hence the possibility of internal groups targeting Saeed cannot be ruled out, sources said.

PATIALA:The Construction of water treatment plants and laying of transmission pipeline under Canal based Water Supply Project coming up at MANDOLI, PABRA and NANOWAL, is going on full swing and the project would be completed within stipulated time, said officials of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (Public Health) Department, here, today.

 CHANDIGARH:Continuing its all-out efforts to enhance quality power supply hours to farmers, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Sunday supplied on average 10.3 hours of electricity across the state for paddy operations.

NEW DELHI: In a massive action, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday carried out searches at over 40 locations in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a fresh case it registered in the alleged irregularities in the Gomti Riverfront project.

MEERUT(Uttar Pradesh):In a case of 'honour' killing, a man allegedly shot dead his daughter and her friend after spotting them together, police said on Monday.
The teenagers, aged 16 and 18, were friends for the past few months and the girl's father had strongly objected to their relationship.

LUCKNOW:Uttar Pradesh has planted a massive 25.5 crore saplings across the state in a single day, as part of a mega plantation drive.The Yogi Adityanath government had fixed the target of planting 30 crore saplings in July, out of which 25.5 crore were planted on Sunday alone.

RAE BARELI(Uttar Pradesh):An undertrial, accused of raping a minor, allegedly hanged himself in the washroom of a hospital in Rae Bareli, police said.
The deceased, Ram Baran Yadav, 38, was suffering from depression and had been admitted to the hospital on Friday. He was found hanging on Sunday.

LUCKNOW: Eight staff members of a shelter home in Motinagar area in Lucknow, including an art and craft teacher, have been booked after five girl inmates escaped.

MUMBAI: Screenwriter Kanika Dhillon, whose new film "Haseen Dillruba" is out, has opened up about what draws her towards complex and grey characters. She says she does not understand straightlaced people in real or in reel life.

NEW DELHI: Around 50 per cent of the schools being run by the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCDs) in the capital have failed to maintain pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.

CHANDIGARH: On the directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is ensuring uninterrupted 8-hour electricity supply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hike across domestic sector.

LUCKNOW:The results of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh may have left the ruling BJP in an elated mood, but it also serves as a lesson for the opposition that is hopeful of toppling the incumbent Yogi Adityanath government in the next assembly elections.

HYDERABAD:July 4 (IANS) Continuing its special drive for vaccination for the 18-44 year age group, Telangana has administered over 1.17 lakh doses for this beneficiary group.

KOLKATA:Former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Deep Dasgupta feels India Test team vice-captain, Ajinkya Rahane, is "not the same player" he used to be five-six years ago when he scored tons of runs at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium batting at No. 3.

CHANDIGARH:On the directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is ensuring uninterrupted 8-hour electricity supply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hike across domestic sector.

CHENNAI:MDMK leader and MP Vaiko on Sunday called upon the Tamil Nadu government to immediately act on the dam being constructed by the Karnataka government on the Markendeya river and take up the issue with the Centre.

LUCKNOW: Nine new medical colleges will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month. The final date for the event is yet to be decided.According to a government spokesperson, the new medical colleges are in Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh and Siddhartha Nagar districts.

BADAUN: In a bizarre incident, a young man has found that his ex-wife is now his step mother and what is more, he even has a 'brother', fathered by his father.

MUKERIAN: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today asked chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Mining department minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria to disclose which rules permitted excavations up to 200 feet to extract sand, adding land along several villages in this constituency had been ravaged by the sand mafia in active connivance with the district police and mining department.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Water Resources Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria on Friday lashed out at Sukhbir Singh Badal for his misleading and distorted statement regarding the supply of canal water to the farmers and presented a true picture of the situation.