NEW DELHI: Air India on Friday extended the suspension of its flight services to Israel's capital Tel Aviv till April 30, in the wake of prevailing conflict and tension between Israel and Iran.

NEW DELHI: Indian Railways will operate a record-breaking 9,111 trips across the country to cater to the anticipated surge in travel during the summer season, the Ministry of Railways said on Friday.

KIEV: At least eight people were killed and 15 injured in southern Ukraine due to heavy bombardment by Russia early on Friday, authorities said.

SEOUL: South Korea is set to fully shift to an "endemic" approach to the Covid-19 pandemic, lifting some last-remaining mandates, including indoor mask requirements for hospitals, from next month, officials said on Friday.

WASHINGTON: US officials have met Israeli leaders to discuss the situation in the embattled city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has confirmed.

UNITED NATIONS: An isolated US has shot down Palestine's bid to get full UN membership using its veto at the Security Council undermining the keystone of a two-nation solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

ITANAGAR: Voting for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh began on Friday morning under heavy security blanket, officials said.

KARNATAKA: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal, and Mines, Pralhad Joshi, asserted on Thursday that Rahul Gandhi's act of holding the flag of Muslim League in Wayanad is inciting anti-Hindu sentiments.

MUMBAI: Actress Huma Qureshi took a stroll down memory lane and reminisced about her father Saleem Qureshi, sharing how he used to work on every occasion as he was in the restaurant business, adding that she used to argue for his time.

MUMBAI: Vicky Kaushal has opened up about shooting the biographical war drama film 'Sam Bahadur' in front of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's daughter, Maya, expressing his fear and nervousness.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday extended AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's judicial custody till April 26 in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

MUMBAI: In a heartwarming video, actor Aayush Sharma, who is awaiting the release of 'Ruslaan', was seen matching tunes to the melodious beats of 'Pehla Ishq' from the movie with his daughter Ayat.

MUMBAI: The judges of 'Dance Deewane', Madhuri Dixit Nene and Suniel Shetty, couldn't stop gushing over the 'Ashta Laxmi' act performed by contestants Anjali and Sharvari, calling it as a 'khoobsurat' (beautiful) performance.

MUMBAI: Renowned for her work in Punjabi films such as 'Qismat', 'Kala Shah Kala', and 'Saunkan Saunkne', actress Sargun Mehta treated her fans to stunning pictures from her latest photoshoot, accompanied by a quirky caption.

CANBERRA: Australia's unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.8 per cent in March, official data has revealed.

NEW DELHI: The upcoming week on OTT platforms promises to be a delight for audiences, offering a diverse array of captivating stories ranging from the coming-of-age drama 'All India Rank' to 'Tiger', a tale of conflict, hunger, and survival.

MUMBAI: Actress Vidya Malvade, who will be soon seen in the upcoming film ‘Ruslaan’, which stars Aayush Sharma in the lead, has said that she developed a very good camaraderie with Aayush and the film’s director Karan L Butani.

MUMBAI: The makers of 'The Great Indian Kapil Show' (TGIKS) on Wednesday shared the new promo of the show, featuring the Kaushal brothers – Vicky and Sunny.

DALLAS: Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law has been appointed as the head coach of its USA men's national cricket team ahead of their T20I series against Bangladesh scheduled next month just before the ICC T20 World Cup, the country's cricket board has announced.

KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for more air defence support from Western partners after a Russian missile attack killed at least 17 people in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday. There were also more than 60 injured, including several children.

BIJNOR: A groom and two others sustained multiple injuries after a high-tension power line fell on their makeshift dwelling, causing a fire in Madhovala village of Rehar area in Bijnor.

LUCKNOW: Two student groups clashed over "loud music" during Ram Navami celebrations at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have registered an FIR for rash driving and apprehended 35 individuals on 28 bikes while they were making reels for social media, riding bikes in a group, an official said on Wednesday.

KAITHAL: As per the instructions of SP Upasana, in a case of cheating and duping a youth of Rs 30 lakh in the name of sending him abroad. The team of ASI Rajkumar under the leadership of Economic Cell in-charge Inspector Rajkaran, tightening the noose against the accused of cheating on the pretext of sending boy abroad.

KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more air defence support from Western partners after a Russian missile attack killed at least 10 people on Wednesday.

CHENNAI: It is too close to predict who will come out on top of the Open category in the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Toronto with five players, including two young Indian chess Grandmasters (GM), D. Gukesh and R. Praggnanandhaa, in the race, said former women’s world champion (1996-99), GM Susan Polgar.

NEW DELHI: With just 100 days remaining until the start Paris Olympics, the Indian men’s hockey team skipper Harmanpreet said the team is "hungry, focused and ready to shine".

MUMBAI: In the recent episodes of 'Vanshaj', Neel (Mohit Kumar) wants to learn more about Yuvika’s doppelganger Yukti’s background, while Yukti (Anjali Tatrari) uses a burner phone to send messages to Gargi (Parinitha Seth) and Koel (Nisha Nagpal), hoping to cause trouble between them and ruin DJ and Koel's marriage.

MUMBAI: Actor Aayush Sharma, who is on a promotional spree for his upcoming film ‘Ruslaan’, visited the Gordhan Thal. The ambience and aroma of authentic Gujarati cuisine transported him back to the memories of his last visit during the promotion of his debut film, ‘Loveyatri’ in 2018.

MUMBAI: A special video from the upcoming Tamil film ‘Thangalaan’, paying tribute to Tamil star ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram on his birthday, was unveiled on Wednesday. The video shows glimpses of the film and celebrates Vikram's stunning transformation.

MUMBAI: The teaser of the upcoming Janhvi Kapoor and Gulshan Devaiah-starrer film 'Ulajh' was unveiled on Wednesday. It shows Janhvi’s character, a diplomat called Suhana, caught up in an internal conflict.

ISLAMABAD: Farzana Begum, an Indian national hailing from Mumbai, is currently in Pakistan fighting for the custody of her children, has refused to return to her native country, stating that her children's lives are in danger.

BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) leaders are in Brussels for a two-day summit starting from Wednesday to discuss the EU's economic future, the Ukraine war and major tensions between Israel and Iran.

SEOUL: Samsung on Wednesday said that it has developed the industry's first low-power double data rate 5X (LPDDR5X) DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) chip, a memory solution tailored for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

MUMBAI: The twin singing sensation, Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar, who are all set to release their debut song 'Saath Tere' for their label SuPra, said that it is a snippet of their New Year's holiday.

VILNIUS: Lithuania has ended the Covid-related "extreme situation", changing the pandemic's management strategy, according to the Ministry of Health.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Police have formed seven teams to nab the man who threw acid on a woman for refusing his marriage proposal, said officials on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Light rain with gusty winds are likely in parts of Delhi-NCR on Sunday, a much needed respite from the blistering heat, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh today condemned the murderous attack on party spokesman, Sandeep Gorsi. Gorsi was attacked by over a dozen people while he along with his wife was sitting in his office on busy Lawrence Road, Amritsar.

CANBERRA: Health authorities of Australia's Victoria state confirmed that the Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1 has been traced in wastewater in Melbourne.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates discussed Islamabad's commitment to polio eradication and the Covid-19 situation in the country in a telephone call, the military's media affairs wing said.

MUMBAI: In a development that could be a game changer for the game of cricket in the United States, a world class cricket stadium is to be built in the city of Los Angeles.

THIRUVANANTHAPUR: Malayalam movies had been in the limelight through the works of acclaimed moviemakers such as Adoor Gopalakrishnan, who was one of the most known faces of the Malayalam film industry to a global audience. He is a respected figure in the international film festival circuits, winning acclaim as a filmmaker as well as being on a jury in major film festivals.

WASHINGTON: Roughly 300 structures have been destroyed in the US state of New Mexico as massive wildfires are feared to be strengthened by high winds, dry air and warmer temperature in the coming days, authorities said.

WASHINGTON: Due to a megadrought gripping the western US, the water levels at Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir serving 40 million Americans, have dropped to a historic low.

NEW DELHI: At least six people were severely injured after a DTC bus rammed into shops in the national capital's Jangpura area on Saturday, police said.

NEW DELHI: The OnePlus Nord series that crossed 4.4 million cumulative unit sales in 2021 will be available across price points in India this year, delivering the core Nord experience to its growing community, the company's top India executive said here on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: The equity market is likely to kick off next week on a sombre note after a sharp fall in the US market overnight and the focus will shift to the outcome of the US' Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, said financial advisory firm Swastika Investmart.

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana on Saturday said the Constitution provides for separation of powers between the three organs and added that while discharging duties, one should be mindful of the 'Lakshman Rekha'.

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.

MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged his US counterpart, Joe Biden, to organise the upcoming Summit of the Americas without exclusions.

MOSCOW: The Central Bank of Russia announced that it has reduced its key interest rate by 300 basis points to 14 per cent.

MUMBAI: Royal Challengers Bangalore pace bowler Harshal Patel has revealed that Zaheer Khan's knuckle balls and the potent slower ones he bowled during the 2011 World Cup were what inspired him to take up pace bowing in his formative years.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Congress MLA and former Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmad Khan on Saturday clarified that there are no plans to distribute food kits and cash aid for families of the accused persons involved in Hubballi violence.

NEW DELHI: A novel way to smuggle in heroin - through cloth threads - has been detected with the DRI and ATS Gujrat, in a joint operation, seizing a container at Gujarat's Pipavav port with 9,760 kgs of such thread.

GURDASPUR: District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee Gurdaspur (District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee) under the chairmanship of Mr. Som Prakash, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India-cum-Chairman, District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee.

MUMBAI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pace bowler Harshal Patel has revealed the struggles he and his family had to go through when they decided to move to the United States just after the global financial crisis, saying that he even had "work at this Pakistani guy's perfume shop in Elizabeth, New Jersey" to earn a livelihood.

MUMBAI: Actress Chhavi Mittal, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer after undergoing six hours of surgery, was finally cancer free.

NEW DELHI: The much-awaited 47th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting, with its focus on GST rate restructuring and extension of GST compensation cess, will now possibly be held in the first week of May, once the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman returns from her 10-day visit to the US after attending the World Bank-IMF meeting earlier this month.

NEW DELHI: The US Fed has fallen significantly behind the curve and that substantial monetary restraint is now needed, said Deutsche Bank in a report.

NEW DELHI: M3Ms Pankaj Bansal says, "no doubt, real-estate developers with sufficient land-parcels and holistic business-model will carry an edge for buyers. Uniquely, M3M India has a bank of over 2,200 acres of land-parcels that has given the company a well-defined advantage and will always remain".

LONDON: Head coach Ralf Rangnick admits that it is important to find out Cristiano Ronaldo's future as he expects Manchester United to be in the market for a "couple of new strikers".

SYDNEY: Health authorities in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) confirmed on Friday that the Omicron sub-lineage BA.4 was detected in the state.

KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said his country is willing to seize Russian assets to finance Kiev's post-war recovery.

KOLKATA: A PIL was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Friday challenging the use of red beacon light on a vehicle belonging to Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mandal.

SAN FRANCISCO: Tech giant Amazon uses voice data from its Echo devices to serve targeted ads on its own platforms and the web, says a new report.

SAN FRANCISCO:  Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold around 4.4 million shares of the company worth around $4 billion, as he prepares to take over Twitter for nearly $44 billion.

NEW DELHI: A local court on Friday granted Delhi police two-day remand of Farid, alias Netu, who was arrested in connection with the April 16 Jahangirpuri violence case.

MELBOURNE: Despite rumours and calls for his selection for Test-match cricket, Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will remain an exclusively white-ball player, as Cricket Australia (CA) announced its sides for the multi-format, five-week tour of Sri Lanka.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab leader and MLA from Amritsar east Jeevan Jyot Kaur blamed the previous Congress and Akali governments for current power crisis in Punjab. She said that their lack of vision and self-serving decisions are costing the people of Punjab. But, Aam Aadmi Party government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, is working tirelessly to improve this situation and as a result Ropar thermal plant’s unit, which was shut earlier, is now functioning and Talwandi thermal plant’s effected unit will be working from tomorrow morning.

WASHINGTON:The highly transmissible Delta strain has overtaken the Alpha variant to become the dominant variant in the US, according to new estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

NEW DELHI: Piyush Goyal, who has been among the few ministers in Narendra Modi government holding charge of more than two ministries, has again been reloaded with an additional responsibility in Wednesday's Cabinet reshuffle.

NEW DELHI:The Narendra Modi cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday did not see any Muslim being inducted, despite a few aspirants in the fray, and Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi remains the community's lone representative in the Union Cabinet.

NEW DELHI: Former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has been given charge of two ministries of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, and Ayush after being inducted in the Narendra Modi government in Wednesday's reshuffle.

AMRITSAR:Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President (SGPC) Bibi Jagir Kaur has targeted the Government of India for not reopening the corridor of Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan

NEW DELHI:As the government plans to go full throttle on disinvesting several public sector assets and enterprises in non-core sectors along with strengthening PSUs in the strategic sectors, it has decided to bring the Department of Public Enterprises under the Finance Ministry.

PATNA: A woman was raped in front of her husband in Bihar's Saran district, an official said. The incident came to light when a video of the incident went viral on social media. Saran SP Santosh Kumar, has ordered an inquiry.

CHANDIGARH:It may sound unbelievable but a cero survey conducted by the PGI has revealed as
how those wallowing in poverty and ignorance have beaten their blessed brethren in urban sectors
to better anti-bodies against COVID-19 honours.

NEW DELHI: Kitty Kumaramangalam, 68, wife of former Union minister P.R. Kumaramangalam, was found murdered inside her house in south Delhi's Vasant Vihar on Tuesday night, Delhi Police said on Wednesday.

PATIALA: Following the directions of the District and Sessions Judge, Rajinder Aggarwal, the Panel Advocates attached with various Courts,in wake of the upcoming National Lok Adalat on July 10 have started to identify the cases in which compromise can be effected.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police on Tuesday has busted another targetted killing module backed by Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) handlers based abroad with the arrest of its 4 operatives, including a former Indian Army Sepoy, who had managed to escape from Patiala Jail in April 2021.

KAPURTHALA: The continuous close vigil in vehicle theft prone areas by Kapurthala police led to busting of a gang involved in stealing the bikes and recovered 14 stolen bikes hidden in the forest area of Jhall lai wala in Sultanpur lodhi besides arrest of two accused.

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.

LAHORE: Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has termed Sri Lankan great Arjuna Ranatunga's statement that India had insulted the island nation by sending its 'second-string' team for a white-ball series, as a gimmick to hog the "limelight".

SYDNEY: Australia's state of Victoria on Tuesday announced the cancellation of the 2021 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix and Australian MotoGP citing low rates of vaccination that has made it impossible to stage the events.

KAPURTHALA: In a major crackdown against the illegal counterfeit currency trade going on in the city, the district police arrested six persons in the operation and seized Rs 1,47,000 fake notes of Rs 2000 and Rs 500, Rs 7500 in cash along with 30 packets of chemically treated paper used as raw material for making counterfeit currency, bottles filled with chemical and dyes and packets of chemical powder as well as three vehicles used to transport counterfeit currency.

CANBERRA:A local Australian news channel presented the weather forecast using traditional names for cities marking the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week.

MUMBAI:The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has adjourned its hearing on the matter of PNB Housing's proposed preferential issue worth Rs 4,000 crore to entities led by The Carlyle Group Inc for July 12, Monday.

MUMBAI: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party boycotted the proceedings of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and conducted a 'parallel session' outside Vidhan Bhavan here on Tuesday to protest against the suspension of 12 of its MLAs by the Speaker.

CHANDIGARH: As soon as dawn arrives in Chandigarhs Panjab University sports ground, chances are you may come across young men and women wrestling each other with a rugby ball. It can be quite a sight considering that the game has never enjoyed a popular appeal in the country. But for those playing here, not only is it a serious activity, it is hardly ejust a game. A closer look, and you will notice that the participants are not just those from the middle and upper-class.

MANGALURU:The local police have issued a notice to the suspect to appear for the investigations into the shooting of a 'community dog'.
The shocking incident, which made national news, had taken place on July 1 near Shivbagh New Road in Kadri.

NEW DELHI: With 34,703 fresh Covid cases, India on Tuesday recorded lowest spike since March 17, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, as only 553 deaths were reported in the biggest relief since April 6.

MUMBAI: Actress Gauahar Khan took to Instagram on Monday evening and shared her honeymoon pictures in an Instagram reel.
Gauahar Khan and her husband Zaid Darbar are currently honeymooning in Russia after seven months of being married.

NEW DELHI: Oil marketing companies kept the retail price of petrol and diesel unchanged on Tuesday to analyse the global oil price movement before making further revisions.

NEW DELHI:A series of photographs on the Indus river in the Ladakh region, taken by artist-photographer Isaac Tsetan Gergan, follow the length and breadth of Ladakh, from Nubra to Zanskar and Leh to Kargil telling the story of the river and of the state. On view till July 11 online, the exhibition titled 'Two Banks of a River -- The Indus in Ladakh' brings to light the traditional practices followed by the locals and how the region's waterways are imperiled by pollution and commercialisation.

INDIANAPOLIS: The newly constructed Paramveers Sports Complex in Cartersville, Georgia, was inaugurated with the blessing of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and puja was performed by Pujya Yoginayandas Swami and Pujya Yagnanand Swami from BAPS Temple, Atlanta. The complex, owned by NRIs Jayesh Patel and Seema Desai Patel, have five cricket fields.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Sunday busted another major drug supply chain with the arrest of four Afghan nationals and heroin seizure of 17 kgs, worth Rs 90 crore in the international market, from a unit in South Delhi.

CHANDIGARH: All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in a letter to the Prime Minister
has stressed that the proposed electricity amendment bill 2021 should
not be rushed to the Parliament during the pandemic period and
before detailed discussion with power sector engineers and employees.

 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.

GROS ISLET(St Lucia):Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc says that the newcomers in the squad have the opportunity to impress the selectors in the five-match T20I series against the West Indies.

SYDNEY:The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on Monday declared the list of 472 athletes who will represent the country in the Tokyo Olympics starting July 23.
The list features the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras, world No. 1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty, young freestyle swimmer Arianne Titmus, javelin thrower Kesley Lee-Barber and footballer Sam Kerr captaining the Matildas.

NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw has said that Rahul Dravid's coaching experience is "just amazing" and that his knowledge of the playing conditions is "out of this world".

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court was taken aback on Monday after learning that people are still being booked and tried under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, even six years after the top court struck down the provision as "unconstitutional and a violation of free speech".

LONDON: Britain has reported another 24,248 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,903,434, according to official figures released on Sunday.

MOSCOW:Russia logged 25,142 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,610,941, the official monitoring and response centre said on Sunday.