News Snippets

  • UP Police have arrested three government officials and 9 others for the murder of journalist and RTI activist Raghvendra Bajpai in Sitapur
  • Union minister Jitendra Singh said terrorists were behind the killing of three persons in Marhoon village in Kathua district of J&K
  • Uneasy calm remains in Manipur as tribal areas shut down after the Kuki-Zo Council called for an indefinite shutdown
  • Indian drug manufacturers are set to produce Emplagliflozin at a tenth of the price of the innovator Boehringer Ingelheim, after its patent expires on March 11. The companies in the running are Mankind, Torrent, Alkem, Dr Reddys and Lupin
  • The Budget session of Parliament will resume today against the backdrop of ongoing tussle over delimitation and three-language formula
  • Police have arrested a third suspect in the horrific rape-murder of foreign tourists and their Indian friend in Hampi in Karnataka
  • Stock brokers are upbeat that the present downtrend in the markets will see a reversal in March with reports by international analysts suggesting that the worst in the tariff war between the US and China and other nations almost over.
  • The Centre is in the process of implementing a 23-point agenda for regulation and reforms in areas like land, labour, utilities and permits to make life easier for businesses across the country
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that if businessmen take one step, the government is ready to take 10 steps with them
  • Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul shine with the bat after the spinner restrict New Zealand to just 251
  • Unbeaten India lift the ICC Champions Trophy by beating New Zealand by 4 wickets
  • 2nd ODI: Rohit Sharma roars back to form with a scintillating ton as India beat England by 4 wickets in a high scoring match in Cuttack
  • Supreme Court will appoint an observer for the mayoral poll in Chandigarh
  • Government makes it compulsory for plastic carry bag makers to put a QR or barcode with their details on such bags
  • GBS outbreak in Pune leaves 73 ill with 14 on ventilator. GBS is a rare but treatable autoimmune disease
Audacious gun-point robbery at a jewellery showroom in Ara in Bihar /////// Bhojpur Police chase the robbers and arrest two of them after a gunfight /////// Four gang members still at large /////// Jewellery worth Rs 15cr recovered from the total Rs 23cr worth looted, with one bag still missing