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New Delhi, Aug 23: Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi, 73, is learnt to have asked her colleagues to find new party chief and expressed her desire to step down in a letter in the wake of many senior leaders questioning the party’s top brass. Though the contents of Ms. Gandhi’s letter have not officially been made public, the move has prompted several other seniors leaders like Punjab Chief Minister

New Delhi, Aug 23: A Delhi-based mushroom farmer, who had sent 10 of his workers to their home state Bihar by plane in May during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, has now booked air tickets for them and 10 other migrant labourers to return and join work here. Pappan Singh has booked tickets worth over Rs 1 lakh so that the workers, who have toiled for him, some for over 20 years, can join him in

New Delhi, Aug 23: Petrol prices across the four metros rose for the fourth straight day on Sunday. In Kolkata, petrol was sold for Rs 83.01, higher by 14 paise from its previous level of Rs 82.87 per litre. imilarly, in Delhi and Mumbai, price of the fuel increased by 14 paise to Rs 81.49 and Rs 88.16 per litre respectively on Sunday. The price of the transportation fuel in Chennai was at Rs 84

New Delhi, Aug 23: India's COVID-19 cases tally crossed 30-lakh mark with a single-day spike of 69,239 cases, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Sunday. The COVID-19 tally in the country stands at 30,44,941 including 7,07,668 active cases, 22,80,567 cured/discharged/migrated patients, and 56,706 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. 912 deaths have also been reported

Islamabad, Aug 23: Pakistan has for the first time acknowledged the presence of Dawood Ibrahim on its soil after the government imposed sweeping sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders which also included the name of the underworld don wanted by India. There was no official confirmation on Pakistan government including Ibrahim's name in the list of terror groups and its leaders on

Mumbai/Bengaluru, Aug 22: Physical gold dealers in India this week offered the highest discounts in more than one and a half months, as buyers stayed away even as more bullion flowed in from the United Arab Emirates. On Friday, gold futures in India, traditionally the world's second biggest gold consumer after China, were trading around 51,800 rupees ($691.24) per 10 grams, having surged to a

In a strongly-worded judgment, the Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the FIRs filed against a total of 29 foreign nationals who were booked under various provisions of IPC, Epidemic Diseases Act, Maharashtra Police Act, Disaster Management Act and Foreigner's Act for allegedly violating their Tourist Visa conditions by attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin in Delhi. Apart from

New Delhi, Aug 22: India's COVID-19 tally neared the three million mark after 69,878 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. With this latest spike, India's coronavirus cases stand at 29,75,702. The total cases are inclusive of 6,97,330 active cases, 22,22,578 patients who have been cured/discharged or have migrated. 945

New Delhi, Aug 22: As the grand celebrations of the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi have started today, the idol makers across the national capital have prepared Ganesh idols, in expectations of meeting demand amid the pandemic. Albeit artists have opened their stalls, the business of these idol makers has been strongly hampered due to the uncertainties around coronavirus. Let's take a look at how the

Hyderabad, Aug 21: Nine people died in a fire mishap in the Srisailam hydroelectric plant on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border on Friday, a senior government official said. Six bodies of victims have been recovered by rescue teams so far and efforts were on to pull out the others from the underground plant, Nagarkurnool District Collector L Sharman said. Two of them were assistant engineers at