October 2021

Kylian Mbappe redeemed himself with a goal and an assist as France came from two goals down to beat Belgium 3-2 Thursday and reach the Nations League final. Theo Hernandez scored the last-minute winner to complete the comeback and send…

The third round of e-auction of gifts and mementos presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded on Thursday evening with Olympian Neeraj Chopra’s javelin being the top favourite in terms of the highest bid value at Rs 1.5 crore…

At a time the Opposition is criticising BJP for changing two chief ministers in the hill state within months, which they claim shows instability in leadership in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the Pushkar Singh…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) The BJP on Thursday dropped party leader Varun Gandhi, and Maneka Gandhi from its National Executive Committee, a key decision making body of the party, hours after the Pilibhit MP demanded justice for the victims of…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) The conversations between India and the US have “gone well beyond general arguments and are now expressed as specific initiatives or programmes” and on many of the big challenges of the day, including terrorism,…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) The prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2021 was conferred on Salil Panigrahi, Founder, Atmosphere Resorts, in acknowledgement of his pioneering work in the tourism industry in the Maldives. This is the first time…

Hyderabad, Oct 7 (UNI) A US-based EV Company Triton to construct the world class EV manufacturing facility at NIMZ Zaheerabad, outskirts of the city, with an investment of Rs 2100 crores. The EV Company on June 24 this year, entered into…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) Gathering intelligence for the last six months, the Income Tax (I-T) department has conducted search and seizure operations on a Maharashtra-based syndicate which operated out of Mumbai's Oberoi hotel and other…

Tokyo, Oct 8 (UNI/Sputnik) The number of injured people as a result of a powerful earthquake in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area has grown to 28, media reported on Friday. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, there is no threat to the…

Dhaka, Oct 7 (UNI) Abdul Awal Mintoo, vice chairman of Bangladesh's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday said India must play a role in maintaining democratic environment in neighboring countries. We consider…

Chandigarh, Oct 7 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab president and Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann on Thursday alleged that the Congress government is neither honoring nor giving honorarium to the sarpanches and Panches of the state, while the…

Nurmahal, Oct 7 (UNI) Jalandhar District and Sessions Judge Rupinder Jit Chahal on Thursday visited Nurmahal Dera to inquire about village Diviya Gram. Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Justice Anil Kshetarpal on Wednesday directed…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (UNI) All arrangements are being made for the reopening of schools from November 1 in Kerala, Education Minister V Sivankutty told the State Assembly on Thursday. "Noon meals will be given to students to avoid…

Hyderabad, Oct 7 (UNI) Hyderabad based Development and Welfare Association of the Blind(DWAB) which runs Nalgonda School for Blind at Nalgonda, on Thursday requested the Telangana Government to bail them out as it is unable to pay staff…

Shimla, Oct 7 (UNI) BJP candidate Brig. (Retd.) Khushal Thakur filed nomination for Mandi parliamentary by-election on Thursday. He filled the nomination papers in the presence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, State BJP President Suresh…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) Ending the brewing row over vaccination certification, the UK on Thursday night announced that from Monday, October 11, Indian travellers to Britain double-jabbed with Covishield do not have to quarantine on…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) India said on Thursday that it attaches importance to the issue of the Trincomalee oil tank farm in Sri Lanka, as it does to other economic projects which it believes are beneficial to both countries, and the oil tank…

Russia’s daily coronavirus death toll surpassed 900 on Wednesday for the first time in the pandemic, a record that comes amid the country’s low vaccination rate and the government’s reluctance to impose tough restrictions to control new…

Indian Railways has given jobs to more than 2,800 people, who are next of kin of employees who died from Covid-19 while working during the pandemic, on compassionate grounds. The deceased persons’ minor children will get a job when they…

Devdutt Padikkal tapped a Rashid Khan delivery to cover and ran without looking at his partner. Glenn Maxwell responded and it was misjudgement on both batsmen’s part. Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson swooped on the ball and ran…