No casualties have been reported so far. (Representational) An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter Scale struck Manipur's Chandel in the early hours of Sunday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The epicentre of the earthquake was located at Latitude 23.9 N and Longitude 94.10 E and …...Read More

Anthrax is a disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. (Representational) Three persons have been found infected with anthrax in Odisha's Koraput district, a health department official said today. The three cases have been reported in the Laxmipur block between Tuesday and Thursday, he said. Anthrax is a disease …...Read More

The blaze started from across the LoC and spread to this side, officials said. (Representational) Several mines exploded due to a forest fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Thursday and blaze also erupted in the forest areas of Samba and Jammu districts, causing significant damage, …...Read More

A group of devotees were celebrating the festival with crackers. (Representational) Fifteen people received burn injuries after a heap of firecrackers exploded during Lord Jagannath's Chandan Jatra festival in Odisha's Puri on Wednesday night, police said. Hundreds of people had gathered on the banks of Narendra Pushkarinee, a waterbody, to …...Read More

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim was today acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the murder case of a former Dera official. Ranjit Singh, former manager of the Dera, was murdered in 2002. A CBI court convicted Ram Rahim and four others in 2021 and sentenced …...Read More

The primary reason for the explosion was the illegal refilling of the gas (Representational) A massive explosion took place in a gas tanker in Chakan area of Pimpri Chinchwad of Pune district at around 5 am. The intensity of the explosion was so high that it damaged nearby hotels, houses …...Read More

At least four hospitals in Delhi received bomb threat calls this morning, weeks after several schools in the national capital as well as major Indian cities reported bomb hoax emails. GTB Hospital, Dada Dev Hospital, Hedgewar Hospital, and Deep Chandra Bandhu Hospital have received bomb threat calls, the Delhi Fire …...Read More

Scrap dealers in the area often pick up waste materials from a fire range, say cops. (Representational) Eight people were injured, two of them severely, in an explosion on Thursday at a scrap dealer's shop in the Raipur area of the city, police said. The blast occurred when a partially …...Read More

Union minister Smriti Irani, who unseated Congress's Rahul Gandhi from his family bastion Amethi, is trailing in the constituency. The Congress candidate, Gandhi family loyalist KL Sharma, is leading by over 28,000 votes. The Congress is still smarting from the BJP victory of 2019, when MP Rahul Gandhi lost to …...Read More

The FMCG major said it will be challenging the order before the appellate tribunal. (Representational) Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd has received a tax demand notice of Rs 248.74 crore from the Income Tax Authority in a transfer pricing-related issue. The FMCG major said it will be challenging the order before the …...Read More