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Mahindra XUV700 Is The Company’s New SUV; Launch In Q2 FY22
The XUV700is slated to be launched in Q2 FY2022 andwill be manufactured at the companys manufacturing facility at Chakan in Maharashtra. By Ameya Naik | Published: 08-Apr-21 10:35 AM IST 1,606 Views Mahindra has unveiled the brand name of its new upcoming SUV which will be built on the...
1,26,789 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India In New One-Day Record
New Delhi: India posted 1,26,789 fresh Covid cases, setting another grim one-day record as the county battles the second wave of infections. 685 deaths in the last 24 hour pushed the total count to 1,66,862. The total number of cases since the first recorded infection in India in January...
Only 3 Days’ Vaccine Supply Left In Maharashtra
Mumbai: Vaccination was stopped in Maharashtra’s Satara late Wednesday night after district authorities ran out of doses. So far around 2.6 lakh people over the age of 45 in Satara have received at least one dose each. This comes hours after state Health Minister Rajesh Tope flagged the...
Maharashtra Reports Nearly 60,000 Covid Cases In Highest Single-Day Spike
With recovery of 30,296 patients today, the total number of active cases in Maharashtra is 5,01,559. Maharashtra reported 59,907 new COVID-19 cases in highest ever single-day spike today, taking the overall caseload to 31,73,261. The state also reported the highest single-day death count due to coronavirus since the beginning...
Sachin Waze’s Posting Was On Ex-Top Cop’s Orders: Mumbai Police Report
Sachin Waze has also been linked to the death of auto parts dealer Mansukh Hiran (File) Mumbai: Sachin Waze – the police officer suspended since 2003 over the alleged custodial death of a bomb blast accused – was appointed to the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) in June last year...
Mamata Banerjee Gets Election Commission Notice For Appealing To Muslims In Bengal
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday evening issued a notice to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over comments “openly demanding votes on communal grounds” that were made while campaigning in Tarakeshwar in Hooghly district on April 3, ahead of the third phase of elections. Ms Banerjee, 66,, has...
Health Minister After Maharashtra Vaccine Stocks SOS
New Delhi: After Maharashtra’s SOS on vaccines, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today slammed what he called “deplorable attempts by some state governments to distract attention from their failures and spread panic among the people”. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said this morning that the state may run out...
Bengaluru police bans use of swimming pools, gyms, party halls in residential complexes as coronavirus cases rise
Overall, Karnataka is the third worst-hit state in the country till now, behind Maharashtra and Kerala. The Bengaluru police today banned the use of swimming pools, gyms, party halls, and other such amenities in apartment buildings within the city limits amid a worrying rise in cases of infection in...
UP After Gangster-MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s Brother’s Charge
Mukhtar Ansari was lodged in Rupnagar jail in January 2019 in connection with an extortion case Ballia, Uttar Pradesh: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s brother has alleged inhuman treatment being given to the jailed MLA while being transferred to Uttar Pradesh’s Banda jail from Punjab, saying it could have been better...
Night Curfew In Punjab, Ban On Political Gatherings
Punjab has declared a series of restrictions including night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am till April 30 to deal with the spike in Covid infection. It has also declared a ban on political gatherings. Anyone violating this rule will face action under the DMA and Epidemics Act....
England Cricketers Rally Behind Moeen Ali After Taslima Nasreen’s Controversial Tweet
England cricketers like Jofra Archer and Sam Billings have come to Moeen Ali’s defence after he was targeted by Taslima Nasreen in a widely-condemned tweet in which she wrote: “If Moeen Ali were not stuck with cricket, he would have gone to Syria to join ISIS”. Taslima Nasreen later...
Mask Must Even If Driving Alone, Car A “Public Place”: Delhi High Court
Mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, Delhi High Court ruled (Representational) New Delhi: A mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, the Delhi High Court said today, terming the car a “public place”. The mask is...
How Saudi Arabia Can Thrive In A Post-Oil World: David Fickling
On the face of it, no country has more to lose from the transition away from fossil fuels than Saudi Arabia. Before the discovery of oil, it barely existed as a nation. Its founding monarch Ibn Saud’s 1933 oil concession to Standard Oil Co. of California came just months...
Russia, India Non-Committal On S-400 Missile System Delivery
S Jaishankar said the S-400s would be discussed at a meeting of defense ministers later in the year. India and Russia’s top diplomats sidestepped questions on the pending delivery of Moscow’s controversial S-400 weapons system to India and vowed to deepen military-technical cooperation following a meeting in Delhi on...
All Americans Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccine, US President Joe Biden To Announce Today
If the target is met, this would mean an end to restrictions by age, health issues or other categories. Washington: US President Joe Biden will announce Tuesday that all adults across the United States will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by April 19 — well ahead of the already...
DMK’s Kanimozhi, Covid Positive, Votes In PPE Suit In Chennai
Kanimozhi had campaigned extensively for the DMK. Chennai: DMK MP Kanimozhi, who tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month, today voted in a PPE (personal protective equipment) suit in south Chennai’s Mylapore. The senior DMK leader, who is the daughter of late party founder M Karunanidhi, is undergoing...
Dreaded Maoist Madvi Hidma Suspected Behind Attack In Which 22 Soldiers Died In Chhattisgarh
Dreaded Maoist Madvi Hidma has emerged as the mastermind of the last weekend’s attack on soldiers Raipur: Dreaded Maoist Madvi Hidma has emerged as the mastermind of the last weekend’s massacre of 22 security personnel by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region and the audacious attack has brought him into...
Man Burns Bribe Money To Evade Arrest In Telangana: Anti-Corruption Bureau Official
Rs 500 notes and few Rs 2,000 one were partially burnt, officials said (Representational) Hyderabad: A man, who was instructed by a Tahsildar to collect “bribe” amount of Rs 5 lakh, allegedly burnt the currency notes at his house in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district on Tuesday to escape being caught...
