NEW DELHI: Cases against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi government and the AAP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, making Monday the most eventful day for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

WELLINGTON: Kane Williamson has been named captain as New Zealand announced an experienced 15-man squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, starting from June 1 in the USA and the West Indies.

LUCKNOW: The body of a 19-year-old girl, Manisha Khan, who slipped into the Indira Canal in Lucknow while filming reels with her sisters and friends, remains untraced.

AMARAVATI: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Sunday that the 'Super Six' promises of the party for the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha elections are proving a "super hit".

BHUBANESWAR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Sunday upped the ante against the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha, urging the voters to throw out the "corrupt" Naveen Patnaik-led state government.

CHANDIGARH: BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh, Sanjay Tandon, on Sunday joined the brigade of youngsters on motorcycles to lend a new hue to his campaign.

LUCKNOW: The third phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh will pose a major challenge for the Samajwadi Party since this phase marks a shift from the Jat belt to Yadav land where Yadav-Muslim equations will be on the test.

JAKARTA: The Ibu volcano on Halmahera Island in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku erupted early Sunday, according to the country's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG).

MUMBAI: As actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu celebrates her 37th birthday on Sunday, her 'Kushi' co-star Vijay Deverakonda and close friend Upasana Konidela extended their heartfelt wishes for her good health and happiness.

LOS ANGELES:'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston, though not very active on Instagram, recently offered her followers a glimpse into her busy life.

AHMEDABAD: In a bid to accelerate digital infrastructure growth in India, AdaniConneX, a JV between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, on Sunday said it has established the country’s largest sustainability-linked financing to raise up to $1.44 billion.

GAZA/TEL  AVIV: More humanitarian aid is reaching the Gaza Strip, with more than 400 lorries arriving on some days last week, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman has said.

LUCKNOW: Accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and BJP’s UP president Bhupendra Chaudhary, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will file his nomination papers in Lucknow on Monday.

MUMBAI: The Washington University in St. Louis and India's Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment have finalised a partnership for academic research, student exchange and generating global leaders in different fields of social justice, according to top officials.

VARANASI (UP): A notice will soon be issued to AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for making alleged communal statements during a speech at a public meeting of PDM Nyay Morcha in Varanasi on April 25.

LUCKNOW: A 29-year-old singer has accused her male acquaintance of spiking her drinks and raping her on the pretext of extending monetary help in the Para police station area of Lucknow.

SHANGHAI: Jyothi Surekha Vennam won the gold medal in the women’s individual compound category after beating Andrea Becerra 146(9*)-146(9) of Mexico to win her third gold at World Archery on Saturday.

PHAGWARA: The Shahkot police have booked three travel agents including a woman for allegedly duping a Shahkot villager of Rs.23..70 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

BOGOTA: Colombia and Bolivia will play a friendly in June as they finalize preparations for this year's Copa America in the United States, the Colombian football federation (FCF) said on Friday.

CHINA: Ashmita Chaliha (world rank 53) beat former Commonwealth Games champion Michelle Li (world rank 25) of Canada in straight games 26-24, 24-22 at the Uber Cup 2024, here on Saturday.

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu school education department has directed district education officers to constitute school-specific monitoring committees to prevent corporal punishment.

IMPHAL: Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including a Sub Inspector, were killed and two others have been injured after armed groups attacked a camp of security forces in Manipur’s Bishnupur district early on Saturday, police said.

LUCKNOW: Lashing out at the Congress on Friday, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Congress manifesto is harmful to India, the world's largest democracy.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: K.M. Abraham, former chief secretary of Kerala and present principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday suffered a rude jolt when after standing in the queue to cast his vote he failed to press the button on the electronic voting machine, as he was told that the number on his Electors Photo Identification Card (EPIC) had already been cast.

KARNATAKA: BJP is going to get total support in the elections to 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi stated in Hubballi on Friday.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the May 1 deadline for teams to submit their Men’s T20 World Cup squads, the discussion around who makes it to India’s squad for the mega event happening in the West Indies and USA from June 1 is at an all-time high.

CHHATTISGARH: Telangana came from behind to beat Sikkim 2-1 and qualify for the quarter-finals of the Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men's National Football Championship at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Ground on Friday.

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.

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.