The United States edged close to registering 200,000 Covid-19 deaths on Monday, the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if President Donald Trump stays in office....

Two more persons died of COVID19 infection in Kokrajhar district on Monday. The COVID19 victims have been identified as 57-year-old Ajoy Roy, a resident of Titaguri in Kokrajhar and 58-year-old Shankar Biswas, a resident of Ward 1, Santinagar in Kokrajhar town. While Roy expired in the evening in t...

Washington, Sep 21 (AP) Americans' household wealth rebounded last quarter to a record high as the stock market quickly recovered from a pandemic-induced plunge in March. Yet the gains flowed mainly to the most affluent households even as tens of millions of people endured job losses and shrunken i...

Kathmandu: Some banks and companies in Nepal are allegedly involved in transferring money obtained suspiciously from oversees, an investigation made by the Center for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), Nepal along with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and BuzzFeed has r...

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Monday underscored the commitment of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) across the world, for the conduct of timely, free, fair and participatory elections to foster democracy in the world. Speaking at the conclusion of the International Webinar on "Is...

New Delhi: In an attempt to assuage the raging farmer protests over the contentious farm bills passed in the Parliament, the Union government on Monday decided to raise the minimum support price (MSP) by six per cent, only to further increase the furore of the Opposition parties who now plan to hit ...

Jaipur, Sep 21: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said construction labourer card should be issued to such people who have completed 90 days of work under the MGNREGA scheme. This will provide facilities of various social security schemes, including accident insurance and health treatment, Gehl...

PARIS: A Marseille prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected doping during the Tour de France and two members of the Arkea-Samsic team were being held for questioning, the French press reported on Monday. A day after the end of the three-week Tour in Paris, a probe reportedly...

New Delhi, Sep 21: Former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, activist Khalid Saifi, suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association President Shifa Ur Rehman and Jamia student Meeran Haider allegedly received Rs 1.61 crore for managing protest sites against the Citize...

Jammu, Sep 21: Amid rise coronavirus cases in Jammu, a top government official on Monday directed heads of departments to adopt proactive approach in dealing with COVID-19, besides monitoring the situation round-the-clock. Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, called up...

BIRMINGHAM, England: Emiliano Martinez saved a penalty on his debut for Aston Villa to help his new team beat 10-man Sheffield United 1-0 in its first English Premier League game of the season on Monday. Signed from Arsenal last week, Martinez dived to his right to tip aside a penalty from John Lun...

Dubai, Sep 21: Royal Chellangers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Monday credited wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's three-wicket burst for his side's 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL match here. Chahal (3/18) removed in-form Englishman Jonny Bairstow (61) and Vijay Shankar in...

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The Lok Sabha on Monday gave its ascent to the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 through a voice vote. Shiv Sena, RLP and JD (U) also extended support to the legislation extends protection to frontline workers, including healthcare professionals. The bill has alr...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the convocation of IIT, Guwahati through video-conferencing at on Tuesday (September 22) at 12 noon. A total of 1,803 students including 687 B Tech and 637 MTech students will receive their degrees. The event will be live on both YouTube and Facebook. Union...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Special Cell on September 16 had filed over a 17,000-page charge sheet in connection with the Delhi riots case against 15 accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Indian Penal Code, and Arms Act, and the recent reports reveal shocking details about the sam...

India on Friday summoned a senior Pakistan High Commission official in New Delhi and raised the issue of increasing accounts of abduction of women and minor girls of minority communities in Pakistan. A protest was organised outside the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi on Monday morning by peo...

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In a bid to contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aim to make India a USD 5 trillion economy, the Uttar Pradesh government has targetted to become USD 1 trillion dollar economy, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday....

Royal Challengers Banaglore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli was all smiles after his team's sensational comeback win against the 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). David Warner's SRH were once crusing to a comefortable victory when but Yuzevendra Chahal-inspired RCB bowling unit made an epic comeba...

The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) had detained 49 fishermen and seized eight boats off the Gujarat coast on September 15, the state government told the Legislative Assembly on Monday....

New Delhi, Sep 21: Kings Xi Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia wants the BCCI to ensure better umpiring standards and optimal use of technology in the IPL, following an umpiring howler which cost his team the match against Delhi Capitals. Wadia expressed his views after KXIP appealed against on-field umpir...

New Delhi, Sep 21: A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly burgling the house of a World Bank official in south Delhi, police said on Monday. The accused has been identified as Ashwani, a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, they said. On September 7, police received information regarding a...

Chandigarh, Sep 21: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday night announced that market fee and rural development cess on cotton and a paddy variety will be reduced from 2 per cent each to half per cent. The chief minister made the announcement during a meeting held late this evening w...

Fast, accurate and accessible testing can transform the way India is dealing with tracking and halting the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and Tata Sons has deployed the investigative skills of a homegrown Feluda, much like the fictional Bengali sleuth it is named after, to help India solve the myst...

Breaking News LIVE: Top Headlines This Hour The total number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed 30 million, including more than 945,000 fatalities. More than 21,797,000 patients are reported to have recovered. Follow this breaking news blog for live updates on the coronavirus pandemic as it ...

Jaipur, Sep 21: Ashok Gehlot directed on Monday that the number of oxygen-supported beds, ICU and ventilators should be increased in view of the coronavirus situation. At a review meeting at his residence, the chief minister said people come from for treatment in Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Udaipur and...

Shimla, Sep 21: Former Himachal minister Shyama Sharma and six others died of COVID-19 in the state, which recorded 309 fresh cases on Monday, pushing the infection count to 12,439. So far, the state has reported 125 deaths due to the disease. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said thr...

New Delhi, Sep 21: Two deaths were reported in rain-related incidents in Kerala, where heavy rainfall continued to wreak havoc, while parts of Madhya Pradesh are likely to receive downpour till Tuesday morning. Fishermen have been warned not to venture out to the sea as strong winds with speed reac...

Bamako, Sep 21 (AP) The head of Mali's military junta said Monday he will serve as the vice president in a transitional government that is supposed to bring about a return to democracy more than a month after a coup. The move is likely to be immediately rejected by the international community, whic...

In Sunrisers Hyderabad's 10-run loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai on Monday, there were a couple of injuries for the SRH players. First it was Mitchell Marsh, who suffered an ankle injury while bowling and had to be taken off the field. But in another nasty clash, it was the ace spinner R...

Image Source : IPLT20.COM IPL 2020, SRH vs RCB: Twitter hails Chahal, De Villiers as Bangalore start tournament on winning note Clinical Royal Challlengers Bangalore beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 10 runs in their first game of IPL 2020 at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai. Chasing the target of 164 ...

Jerusalem, Sep 21 (AP) Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz headed to Washington on Monday for talks with his US counterpart on maintaining Israel's qualitative military edge in the Middle East following its historic normalisation agreement with the United Arab Emirates. Since the agreement was ann...

Royal Challengers Bangalore ended their 3-year wait for a win in the opener of the Indian Premier League with a 10-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai on Monday. RCB got off their IPL 2020 with 2 points, courtesy of a massive collapse triggered by Yuzvendra Chahal. However, as usual, it wa...

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday urged the government to give Bengali language the status of a "classical language" in the country....

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday launched the AP Police Seva app in an event which saw a participation of 46,000 police personnel from about 1,000 locations across the state via a video conference which he chaired from the Tadepalli Camp Office. The motive of the app is t...

India's first secretary at the Indian mission in United Nations in Geneva, Senthil Kumar, said that Pakistan should first introspect before pointing fingers at others. "Pakistan has twice chosen to divert the attention of the Council with its imposturous political propaganda full of disinformat...

New Delhi: Condemning the opposition's conduct during the passage of the farm bills on Sunday as "shameful", the government on Monday said Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh was "nearly assaulted" by opposition members even when he was ready to take up their motion to move th...

Rashmi Belur, Despite the state government deciding against the Centre's order on allowing kids to visit schools, various schools across the state were open for 'consultation' with students on Monday. Further, in some of the schools, children had gathered on the premises in the morning waiting to m...

DHNS, Congress workers led by former MLA J R Lobo staged a dharna protesting against the inordinate delay in completion of Kadri Park road work. The activists held placards which stated that funds were being misused in the name of Smart City Mission and accused the authorities over delay in complet...

Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC), created with a vision to transform the state into skill hub by skilling the youth, has partnered with Coursera, the world's leading online learning platform, to train 50,000 unemployed youth during the COVID-19 crisis. The partnership is part of Cour...

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Jaipur: A 29-year-old woman allegedly hanged herself to death after feeding poisonous food to her two minor children in Banswara district of Rajasthan. Pari mixed some poisonous substance in the food of her daughter Alka (7) and son Alpe (4) on Sunday night and fed it to them before hanging herself...

New Delhi:An NGT-appointed panel for monitoring pollution in the Yamuna on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh administration to investigate the disappearance of a water body on the river floodplains near Noida morh due to alleged illegal construction activity. In a letter to the principal secretary, Ut...

Mathura: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been promulgated in the Nagar Nigam area of Mathura, officials said on Monday. The action has been taken owing to a series of forthcoming celebrations, including Gandhi Jayanti, Ram Barat, Dashahara, Ram Navami, Deepavali, Govardhan Puja, C...

New Delhi: India on Monday pressed for an early and complete disengagement of Chinese troops from friction points in eastern Ladakh as their senior army commanders held a sixth round of talks that primarily focused on implementing a five-point bilateral agreement to ease the prolonged border standof...

President Donald Trump said Monday that he was imposing sanctions on Iranians for violating a UN arms embargo and demanded enforcement by US allies, who roundly dispute that he has any such authority....

If you live in an area where there is high level of humidity then you can consider buying a dehumidifier. More than 50 per cent of humidity can serve as a breeding ground to dangerous bacteria, mold, termites and other unwanted microorganisms that can cause fatal health issues. A dehumidifier helps ...

Reuters, Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists announced Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly transforming the region. Satellites recorded this year's sea ice minimum at 3.74 million squar...