NEW DELHI — India’s power ministry urged careful use of electricity on Friday, a day after breaking records for power generation during an intense heatwave in the world’s most populous nation. Peak power usage this week has broken records for four straight days, with temperatures hitting 47C, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Workers […]
CHHATRAPATI, SAMBHAJINAGAR — The meteoric rise of satirical digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party on social media has left the parents of its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, overwhelmed by fears that he could land in trouble or even face arrest. The outfit, now popular as CJP, has garnered over 19 million followers on Instagram since it was […]
KATHMANDU — Two Indian mountaineers who summited Everest have died while descending, an official said on Friday. The climbers, identified as Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, were exhausted while they were coming down from the peak and could not be saved despite the best efforts of their guides, said Rishi Bhandari, secretary general of […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi riots conspiracy case accused Umar Khalid for three days to visit his mother in hospital during her medical surgery A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain passed the order. “Taking an empathetic view of the matter […]
NEW DELHI — The X account of Cockroach Janata Party, the satirical digital outfit that came up last week and took social media by storm, was withheld in India on Thursday. Soon after, came up another handle – ‘Cockroach is Back’. “This was expected since there were attempts to hack the account yesterday. But this […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 90 paise per litre on Tuesday, the second increase in less than a week. Petrol price was hiked to Rs 98.64 a litre from Rs 97.77 per litre in the national capital. Diesel now costs Rs 91.58 a litre against Rs 90.67 previously, according to […]
NEW DELHI — India may be the world’s most populous country, with 1.42 billion people and challenges like high youth unemployment, opens new tab, but powerful allies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are championing larger families to counter a declining fertility rate. Even though the United Nations projects India’s population will keep rising for about […]
NEW DELHI — Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated in India on May 28 as the crescent moon marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Zil Hijja was not sighted on Sunday evening in most parts of the country, Muslim clerics said. Unlike Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha is observed on the 10th day after the sighting of the […]
MORADABAD — In a rare medical event, a woman gave birth to four babies – two boys and two girls – over a span of five days through normal delivery at a private hospital here, doctors said on Friday. According to officials at the Teerthanker Mahaveer University Hospital in the Lodhipur area, Amina, a resident […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a five-nation tour on Friday, heading to the United Arab Emirates before Europe, overshadowed by energy and supply-chain worries due to the Iran war. Modi received a guard of honour and was welcomed by President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on his brief visit en route […]