In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown in the country to fight the coronavirus outbreak.  Delivering his second address to the nation in less than a week PM Modi said that: Every State of the country, every Union Territory, every district, every municipality, every village, every street, every locality is …

It seems like Indians are yet to realize the magnitude of the coronavirus crisis. Somehow a large section of the population is still convinced that it is not going to affect them. So, they lie about their travel history, ignore warnings and will use their influence to avoid mandatory home isolation.  An 18-year-old who became the first Covid-19 case in …

The Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak which has now been officially recognized as a pandemic is unprecedented in many levels and countries across the world are taking unprecedented steps to contain it. In India too, the situation is no different. With the recent spike in the number of people testing positive for the virus the country too is resorting to unprecedented measures. BCCL …

The Karnataka Forest Department has dismissed a staffer and initiated action against another employee, after a video of them firing a bullet at an elephant went viral. The video which was shot on the peripheries of the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka showed two guards on a jeep taking a shot at a charging tusker.  While one of them takes …

A large portion of a flyover at the Delhi-Jaipur rail line near Pataudi in Gurugram, collapsed on Saturday, allegedly due to poor construction. The flyover caved in on Saturday after seasonal rains.  While no loss of life has been reported, the flyover has now been closed for vehicular traffic. What is even more shocking is that it was newly-constructed and …

Maruthi Rao, the prime accused in the sensational Pranay Perumalla honour killing case in Telangana, was found dead in what appears to be a case of suicide. According to the police, the body of Rao was found in the Arya Vaishya Bhavan in Khairatabad on Sunday morning.  The wife of Rao had claimed that he had been missing since Saturday. …

Even as India is struggling to combat the rising number of Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country, a shocking case has emerged where a three-member family from Kerala hid their recent travel history to Italy and passed on the deadly virus to two more people. The incident came to light on Sunday after the Kerala Government confirmed that five more …

The prosecution has moved the court seeking issuance of fresh death warrant of execution against convicts of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case. Hours after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four convicts, the Tihar Jail authorities had said that they will move Patiala House court …

Uttar Pradesh is all set for a gold rush of modern times after tonnes of gold reserves were found in Sonbhadra district of the state. The Uttar Pradesh government has confirmed that the gold mines were found in Son Pahadi in Mahuli and Hardi village in the tribal district of Sonbhadra. AFP/ REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE The discovery of gold ore was …

Police in Lucknow has arrested Aman Bahadur, the prime suspect in the murder of an engineering student at Babu Banarasi Das (BBD) University in UP’s capital. Prashant Singh, an undergraduate engineering student was stabbed to death Bahadur at the Alaknanda apartment in Lucknow’s Gomtinagar on Thursday.  According to police, the duo had got into a verbal altercation at a party in Lucknow …