India

Lucknow, Oct 6: Uttar Pradesh police said they have arrested four people suspected to have links with the Popular Front of India Mathura when they were on their way to Hathras district. Hathras has been in the news following the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped on September 14 in a village in the district. And her cremation at night, allegedly without the parents'

New Delhi, Oct 5: The Education Ministry released guidelines on Monday for reopening schools, which included thorough cleaning and disinfection of premises, flexibility in attendance, no assessment for up to three weeks and ensuring smooth transition from home-based schooling during COVID-19 lockdown to formal schooling. It also asked states and union territories to frame their own Standard

New Delhi, Oct 5: The union government on Monday told the Supreme Court that a "secret" extradition process was going on to bring fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to the country but it was not aware about its status. The Centre also told the top court that it was not a party to the proceedings. A bench of Justices UU Lalit and Ashok Bhushan asked Mallya's lawyer to inform the court what kind of

New Delhi, Oct 5: A Delhi court has directed the Tihar Jail authorities to provide security to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in the jail premises, after he was sent to 14-days judicial custody in connection with a case relating to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February. Khalid was arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on October 1 and sent to

Lucknow, Oct 5: An FIR has been registered against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and 400 others on charge of violating Section 144 of CrPC while visiting the kin of the Hathras woman who died after she was allegedly gangraped and brutally assaulted by four upper caste men last week. The police claimed that the Azad Samaj Party leader and his supporters had created a law and order situation

New Delhi, Oct 5: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on Monday said it has completed the acquisition of Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL) for an enterprise value of Rs 12,000 crore. The company acquired a controlling stake of 75 per cent in India's second-largest private-sector port and said the acquisition will accelerate the handling of 500 million tonnes (MT) throughput by 2025

New Delhi, Oct 5: India has exceeded the 140 tests per day for per million population, as advised by the World Health Organization (WHO) for comprehensive surveillance, of COVID-19 by nearly six times, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday. "WHO in its Guidance Note on "Public Health Criteria to Adjust Public Health and Social Measures in the Context of COVID-19" has

Mumbai, Oct 4: In a surprise development, a senior opposition BJP leader in Maharashtra on Sunday attacked the Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly roughing up Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. "How did the UP Police even dare to touch the clothes of a woman leader like this? If women are coming forward, then wherever it maybe, the police must not cross their limits," BJP Vice-President Chitra K

Hathras, Oct 4: Hathras, Balrampur, Azamgarh, Bulandshahr, Kanpur -- as the list of crime against Dalit women gets longer in Uttar Pradesh, BJP leaders in the state are worried over the impact this might have on the upcoming by-elections on seven assembly seats where polling is due on November 3. The party strategists are now putting their heads together to counter the anti-Dalit narrative that is

New Delhi, Oct 4:The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Sunday said that the RBI had affirmed the possibility of currency notes as potential carriers of novel coronavirus and demanded government incentives for digital payments. The development comes after CAIT wrote a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman on March 9, 2020 seeking clarification whether or not currency notes