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10:08 PM

Protesting wrestlers hit back at PT Usha

10:05 PM

German Envoy to India on cartoon published by German magazine Der Spiegel, about India's population

In my personal opinion, the cartoon was neither funny nor appropriate. I would like to invite this cartoonist to come on a metro ride with me in Delhi. I think many metros in Germany are not as good as Delhi Metro and same for the train system. He should inquire a little more about India and know how state-of-the-art their railway system is: Philipp Ackermann, German Envoy to India on cartoon published by German magazine Der Spiegel, about India's population overtaking China

 

10:02 PM

SpiceJet appoints Arun Kashyap as chief operating officer

10:01 PM

Seventh batch of stranded Indians reached Jeddah from Port Sudan

10:00 PM

Seventh batch of stranded Indians reached Jeddah from Port Sudan

9:58 PM

Delhi witnesses further dip in Covid cases, reports 865 fresh cases and 3 deaths in last 24 hours

8:07 PM

Delhi excise case: Court extends Sisodia's judicial custody till May 12, tells CBI to supply chargesheet copy

8:05 PM

"Sports Minister sat with athletes only for a few minutes..."

8:04 PM

Wrestlers Protest: Sakshi Malik hit back at PT Usha

"Being a woman athlete, she (PT Usha) isn't listening to other women athletes. Where's indiscipline here, we are sitting here peacefully...She herself cried in front of the media regarding her academy", protesting wrestlers hit back at PT Usha.

 

7:09 PM

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart

4:03 PM

MoS MEA V Muraleedharan meets Indian evacuees from Sudan in Jeddah

3:26 PM

Reliance Jio begins 5G services at Char Dham temples

Reliance Jio on Thursday announced the beginning of its True 5G services at the Char Dham temples in Uttarakhand as the doors of Badrinath were opened for devotees. It will enable all Jio True 5G users from across the country visiting Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri dhams to latch on to Jio's True 5G network and experience its limitless possibilities, Reliance Jio press release said

2:46 PM

Over 11.84 cr rural households got tap water connection since 2019: Govt

More than 11.84 crore rural households have been provided tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission over the last four years, the Government of India said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August 2019 launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) with the aim of providing safe and adequate drinking water to all rural households in the country.

2:22 PM

PM Modi to inaugurate 91 FM radio transmitters in 84 districts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday inaugurate 91 FM transmitters spread across 18 states and two union territories, in a move that will boost FM radio connectivity in the border regions and aspirational districts.

An official statement said aspirational districts and border areas are at the centre of the endeavour.

Radio services will reach an additional two crore people who did not have access to the medium so far, with coverage further increasing in about 35,000 sq km area.

2:22 PM

Expelled BJP leader Siddharth Malaiya re-inducted into party

BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit on Thursday re-inducted expelled party leader Siddharth Malaiya into party fold in view of the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.

Anticipating "potential rebellion" and to avoid upheavals like in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka recently, where many party bigwigs switched to other parties, the ruling BJP is leaving no stone unturned to bring back the "rebels" into the party fold.

Siddharth Malaiya, who is the son ex-minister Jayant Malaiya, was expelled from the BJP for his alleged anti-party activities in 2022.