India

New Delhi, Dec 24: In a surprise revelation under the RTI, the Centre has stated that it has no records of any kind pertaining to meetings or discussions with farmers' organisations before finalising the three farm bills, an activist said on Thursday.

Mumbai, Dec 24: The economy is coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic's deep abyss faster than most of the predictions, and the growth will enter positive zone in the third quarter of the current financial year, said an article on the 'state of economy' in the RBI bulletin.

Kanhangad (Kasaragod), Dec 24: A DYFI worker was stabbed to death at Old Kadappuram here. The deceased was identified as Ouf Abdul Rahiman (30). His friend Shuhaib also was injured in the attack. The incident took place on Wednesday at 10.30 pm.

Nagpur, Dec 24: A 28-year-old man in Nagpur, who tested positive for COVID-19 on December 15, is suspected of carrying the new strain of COVID-19 found in the United Kingdom, administration of Government Medical College, Nagpur said on Thursday.

Mumbai, Dec 23: Passengers flying into India's biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus. Like many countries, India has suspended flights from Britain, where cases have soared because of the variant. People arriving from Britain before the ban came into

Lucknow, Dec 23: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member Zafaryab Jilani said on Wednesday said the mosque which is planned to come up in Ayodhya following last year's Supreme Court verdict was against the Waqf Act and "illegal" under the Shariat laws.

Kochi, Dec 23: Eminent Malayalam poet, conservationist and women's activist, Sugathakumari, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment, passed away at the government medical college hospital on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Dec 22: India stopping flights to and from Britain after a new strain of Covid-19 with high transmissibility was reported in the UK has upset plans of many who were to come back home before the New Year or return to universities there for pending research work.

The Uttar Pradesh authorities have cut over 1.89 trees for the construction of the Bundelkhand expressway, an RTI query has revealed.

New Delhi, Dec 22: Former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a north-east Delhi riots case, alleged before a court on Tuesday that she was beaten badly by inmates at Mandoli jail and was continuously facing harassment in prison.