breaking news
- Two rape and murder accused were killed in separate incidents in Assam’s Guwahati and Udalguri on Tuesday night and Wednesday while allegedly trying to flee police custody while being taken for crime scene reconstruction.
- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear the appeals against the Karnataka high court ruling that hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and said the matter will be listed after the Holi vacations.
- Karnataka HC tells BBMP to repair roads in 15 days after pothole death in Bengaluru.
- India has expanded its Covid-19 vaccination drive by including children in the age group of 12-14 to be vaccinated beginning today.
- Jhulan Goswami becomes first women’s cricketer in history to achieve incredible milestone, she reached the feat during the Women’s World Cup match against England on Wednesday.
- China’s foreign minister Wang Yi is likely to visit India at the end of this month, though the trip is not yet fully locked in and dates have not been confirmed, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced half-day special leave for all government staff in his state if they want to watch Vivek Agnihotri’s latest release The Kashmir Files.
- India on Wednesday saw a marginal increase in new Covid-19 cases after 2,876 were recorded in the previous 24 hours.
- Nine out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on over the next year, wiping out two decades of economic gains, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said on Wednesday.
- Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, involved in the recent killing of a sarpanch in Khonmoh, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Srinagar today.
