Composer Ilaiyaraaja, sprinter PT Usha and director V Vijayendra Prasad nominated to Rajya Sabha; PM congratulates

A lawyer representing actor Salman Khan in a blackbuck poaching case here claimed that he has received a death threat from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Read More

UK private parliamentary secretary Claire Coutinho joins other cabinet ministrs to resign in protest against the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Reuters has reported.

Saji Cheriyan resigned as Kerala's culture minister on Wednesday, a day after he courted controversy over his remarks on the Constitution, triggering a huge political row in the southern state. Read More

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigns as Union minister of minority affairs, reports news agency ANI. 

China-bound SpiceJet cargo plane returned to Kolkata on Tuesday due to faulty weather radar, an airlines spokesperson said on Wednesday. Read More

Three persons injured in a landslide at Narayan Hadke Chawl in Sion after portions of a nearby hill crashed on an adjoining ground plus one structure located in the chawl. The injured have been sent to Sion Hospital for treatment and is undergoing treatment. The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) has evacuated the adjacent rooms as a precautionary measure.

SpiceJet issued show-cause notice by civil aviation regulator DCGA over series of mid-air incidents, written explanation sought.

After Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, two more ministers quit UK govt in fresh blow to Boris Johnson, reports AFP.

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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says the bloc needs to prepare for a 'complete cut-off' from Russian gas, reports AP

China-bound SpiceJet cargo plane returned to Kolkata on Tuesday due to faulty weather radar: Airlines spokesperson

A 30-day Delhi Shopping Festival will be organised from 28th Jan to 26th Feb (in 2023). This will be the biggest shopping festival in India. We are starting it now. I expect that in a few years, we will make it the biggest shopping festival in the world: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Police arrest a man who allegedly molested a woman at the Jor Bagh metro station in June. The police had registered a case after the woman narrated her ordeal on social media.

Cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, six people missing: Disaster management official.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dialed the Dalai Lama on his 87th birthday and extended his wishes to the Tibetan spiritual leader. In a tweet, the Prime Minister wrote: “Conveyed 87th birthday greetings to His Holiness the @DalaiLama over phone earlier today. We pray for his long life and good health.”

Indian Air Force has witnessed the highest number of applications for recruitment into the Force surpassing the previous best recruitment cycle numbers, after the completion of the registration process under the new Agnipath scheme on Tuesday.

According to the IAF, the highest number of applications in any recruitment cycle was 6,31,528 which was overtaken this year under the Agnipath scheme which attracted 7,49,899 applications.

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday enquired about the health of Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was admitted to Patna's Paras Hospital after sustaining multiple injures after falling down the stairs of his wife Rabri Devi's home.

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The Ferozepur-Shipki La National Highway-5 has been blocked for traffic at Jhakri in Rampur Bushar tehsil here on Wednesday, a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) official said.

The highway has been blocked since 2 am as the flow of water increased in Broni nullah during heavy rains which also brought the debris on to the road, NHAI executive engineer KL Suman said.

Efforts are on to clear the highway for traffic by removing the debris as soon as possible, he added.

Karnataka Police nabbed the two assailants who stabbed Vastu expert Chandrashekhar Angadi popularly known as Chandrashekhar Guruji to death at a hotel in Hubballi on Tuesday.

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The number of daily Covid cases in India went up by 23% as the country logged 16,159 new infections in the last 24 hours. 

Active cases on Wednesday stood at 1,15,212.

28 new deaths were also reported, taking the total toll to 5,25,270.

NIA's FIR in Udaipur case mentions that assailants also circulated the video of murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli on social media with assertion, promoting enmity on religious grounds & creating panic & terror amongst masses across the country: National Investigation Agency(NIA)

Property developers would allow home buyers to make a maximum payment of 5,000 kilograms of watermelon, valued at 100,000 yuan.

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> Domestic 14.2 kg LPG cylinder's prices increased by ₹50/cylinder with effect from today. 

> Domestic LPG cylinder will now cost ₹1053 in Delhi. 

> 5kg domestic cylinder price increase by ₹18/cylinder. 

> 19kg commercial cylinder prices decreased by ₹8.50.

J&K | Security forces find a suspicious object believed to be an IED at Kutta Mod Pattan in north Kashmir's Baramulla District. A BDS team has been called to the site, an official said adding that vehicular traffic along the road has been suspended till further order: Indian Army

While rain was easing across Sydney, several waterways including the Hawkesbury-Nepean rivers system on Sydney’s northern and western fringes remained at major flood levels, Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said.

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Punjab | Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi brought to Amritsar court by Punjab police in connection with Rana Kandowalia murder case.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur to be the Chief Guest on the 87th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama - today, news agency ANI reported.

Polling across 44 districts for the first phase of elections to urban bodies in Madhya Pradesh will begin at 7am today. A total of 1.04 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the first phase of polling, an official informed news agency PTI. Voting will go on till 5pm, he added.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson late Tuesday named his Iraqi-born education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, as finance minister after the shock resignation of Rishi Sunak.

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Twitter has moved the Karnataka high court against the legality of the government’s content takedown orders. The move, which news agency Reuters first reported, comes after the Union electronics and information technology ministry warned it of penal action in case the tweets asked to be taken down last year in January and April were not blocked.

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Researchers from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) examined brain changes in nine people who died suddenly after contracting the virus.

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“Encounter has been started at Hadigam area of Kulgam,” informs Jammu & Kashmir Police. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow.