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• Apr 17, 2022 10:46 PM IST

  Shiv Sena MLA Mangesh Kudalkar’s wife found dead at home

  Shiv Sena MLA Mangesh Kudalkar’s wife found hanging at her Mumbai residence, body sent for postmortem, reports ANI quoting city police.

• Apr 17, 2022 09:53 PM IST

  Delhi logs 517 fresh Covid-19 cases, no new death

  Delhi reports 517 new Covid-19 cases, up from 461 a day ago. City sees no fresh fatality as positivity rate recorded at 4.21{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9}, down from 5.33{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9} on Saturday.

• Apr 17, 2022 08:23 PM IST

  Corruption and Congress are synonyms, says JP Nadda

  Corruption and Congress are synonyms. Where there is BJP there is a mission, where there is Congress there is a commission. Corruption and Congress are two sides of one coin: JP Nadda, BJP chief, in Hosapete, Karnataka

• Apr 17, 2022 08:10 PM IST

  Fire breaks out in chemical factory in Haryana’s Sonipat

  A fire has broken out in a chemical factory in the Kundli area of Sonipat, Haryana. On the special request of Haryana, the Delhi fire Service also sent its firefighters for the operation. The cause of the fire is not yet known: Delhi Fire Service

• Apr 17, 2022 07:30 PM IST

  Delhi: Uttarakhand CM meets migrants residing in state

  Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami met migrant residents of the state in Delhi. CM expected everyone to be cooperative in the development of Uttarakhand: Chief Minister’s Office (CMO)

• Apr 17, 2022 06:26 PM IST

  ‘KS Eshwarappa’s issue is over’: HD Kumaraswamy

  KS Eswaraapa’s issue is over. Congress is asking to arrest him, what is the need to do that? Congress wants to create a vote bank using such issues. Congress and BJP are using communal issues to get the votes of one particular community: HD Kumaraswamy, JDS leader and former Karnataka CM

• Apr 17, 2022 05:35 PM IST

  Met dept projects light to moderate thundershowers in Telangana

  Light to moderate rains or thundershowers accompanied by lightning and gusty winds to occur in isolated places in Telangana for the next three days. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 42.3°C: Dr A Sravani, scientist C, MET-Telangana

• Apr 17, 2022 04:49 PM IST

  Former Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora joins TMC

  Former Rajya Sabha MP and ex-Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora resigns from the party, joins Trinamool Congress

• Apr 17, 2022 03:18 PM IST

  Students who returned from Ukraine protest at Jantar Mantar

  Students who returned from war-ravaged Ukraine protest with their parents at Jantar Mantar demanding admission to Indian institutions to complete their education.

• Apr 17, 2022 02:26 PM IST

  ‘People should inform police of suspicious activities’: Delhi Police

  People are requested to inform police if suspicious activities take place in their area or any group indulge in argument. We’ve arrested 14 people, 7 cases were filed and weapons were recovered: Dependra Pathak, Special CP, Law & Order, Delhi Police on Jahangirpuri violence

• Apr 17, 2022 01:39 PM IST

  ‘Eliminated’ rioters from Khargone, says Madhya Pradesh minister

  “We have eliminated the rioters from Khargone. Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt is ensuring that such incidents do not occur again. We are not only eliminating the rioters but will also end such mentality,” ANI quoted Madhya Pradesh Minister Vishwas Sarang as saying.

• Apr 17, 2022 12:25 PM IST

  MNS chief Raj Thackeray to visit Ayodhya on June 5

  MNS chief Raj Thackeray announced his plans to visit Ayodhya on June 5. His announcement comes a day after Aaditya Thackeray announced he would visit Ayodhya in the first week of May.

• Apr 17, 2022 11:39 AM IST

  5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Biak region in Indonesia

  An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on the Richter scale has struck the Biak region in Indonesia, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The quake was at a depth of 5 km (3.11 miles), EMSC said.

• Apr 17, 2022 11:16 AM IST

  Accused who opened fire during Jahangirpuri violence arrested: Delhi Police

  Delhi Police said that one of the accused who opened fire has also been arrested. The pistol used in the commission of the crime has been recovered from his possession.

• Apr 17, 2022 10:11 AM IST

  Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC to deliver verdict tomorrow on plea seeking cancellation of bail to union minister’s son

  Supreme Court will deliver its order tomorrow at 10.30am on cancellation of bail to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. Victims’ families have sought the cancellation of his bail.

• Apr 17, 2022 10:05 AM IST

  Cyclopean wall at Rajgir recommended 2nd time for World Heritage Site status

  For the second time, the Bihar government has taken efforts to bring the cyclopean wall at Rajgir into the coveted list of World Heritage Sites of Unesco. In 2019, a proposal in this connection was sent to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), but things did not materialise.

• Apr 17, 2022 09:28 AM IST

  Nine arrested in connection with violence in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri on Hanuman Jayanti

  Nine accused persons in Delhi Jahangirpuri violence have been arrested so far, DCP (north-west) Usha Rangnani said on Sunday. Rangnani added that a total of nine persons, including eight police personnel and one civilian were injured in the incident and are being treated in Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital.

• Apr 17, 2022 08:57 AM IST

  Congress MLA’s son booked for assaulting constable, truck driver

  Chhattisgarh police registered a case against the son of a Congress MLA for allegedly assaulting a policeman and truck driver inside a police station in Raigarh, police said on Sunday.

• Apr 17, 2022 08:43 AM IST

  India sees nearly 18{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9} rise in daily Covid cases with 1,150 fresh infections, 4 deaths

  India recorded 1,150 new Covid cases and four related deaths, a nearly 18 per cent increase in daily infections from the previous day.

• Apr 17, 2022 08:30 AM IST

  Modi pays tribute to former PM Chandra Shekhar on his birth anniversary

  “Chandra Shekhar Ji was a towering personality who was widely admired for his commitment to democratic values and efforts to remove poverty. He always worked for the welfare of the downtrodden and marginalised. Tributes to his on his birth anniversary,” PM Modi tweeted.

• Apr 17, 2022 08:10 AM IST

  India visit will deliver on job creation, energy security, defence: UK PM

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his visit to India will deliver on the “things that really matter to the people of both our nations – from job creation and economic growth to energy security and defence.” The UK PM will be on a two-day visit to India from April 21.

• Apr 17, 2022 07:37 AM IST

  Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth to arrive in India today

  Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will arrive in India for an eight-day visit starting Sunday. He will be accompanied by his spouse Kobita Jugnauth and a high-level delegation.