Breaking News, November 23 | Highlights

Balwinder Singh Kotlabama appointed as chairman of Punjab Genco Ltd

Govt to introduce 'The Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill'

Three liquor shops in Mandsaur city will give a discount of 10% to fully-vaccinated 

Former Congress leader Ashok Tanwar joins TMC

Noida International Airport in Jewar to be functional in 2024

Senior BJP leader Kripal Singh Parmar resigns

Lt Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon receives Uttam Yudh Seva Medal

Kirti Azad joins TMC 

FIR ordered against Sambit Patra for sharing doctored video

Former JD(U) leader Pavan Varma joins TMC

We've allocated over 180 trains for ‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains: Railways Minister

Sameer Wankhede's wife files complaint over whatsapp chat screenshots shared by Nawab Malik

Two persons, including an octogenarian woman, were killed in building collapse triggered by an LPG gas cylinder explosion in Karungalpatti in the district early on Tuesday. Two adjoining houses also collapsed due to the impact of the blast, leaving 12 occupants injured, police said

At least six persons, including children, were killed on Tuesday after a ferry capsized in eastern Sri Lanka's Trincomalee District, police said. Eleven people who were on the ferry sustained injuries and were admitted to a hospital, the police was quoted as saying by the Colombo Gazette.

Hospital sources said that some of those receiving treatment were in critical condition. The ferry was being used to transport people from one end to the other. 

A bus crash in western Bulgaria early Tuesday morning has killed at least 45 people, authorities say. The bus, which was registered in Northern Macedonia, crashed around 2 a.m. and there were children among the victims, authorities said. Seven people were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Congress leader Kirti Azad will join the Trinamool Congress in Delhi on Tuesday, sources in the Mamata Banerjee-led party said.

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday morning opened one shutter of Mullaperiyar dam due to rising water levels in the reservoir following heavy rains there, the district administration said.

Tamil Nadu had announced it would be raising the shutter at 8.00 AM by 30 centimetre to release 397 cusecs of water, a release by the Idukki District administration said and asked residents on both sides of the Periyar to be vigilant. The water level in the reservoir at 8.00 AM had reached 141.40 feet. 

In view of CBSE Board exams of classes 10 & 12 from Nov 16 & Mid Term exams of classes 9 & 11 to be started from Dec 1, the services of TGTs, PGTs & IT assistants/DEOs deployed for the #COVID19 duties are required immediately for exam invigilation duty: Director (Education), Delhi

Uttar Pradesh has crossed the 15-crore mark in vaccination in the state. This figure is over 33 per cent more than the total number of doses administered in Maharashtra, the next contender state.

After a review meeting on the flood situation, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to distribute essential commodities free of cost to all flood-affected families in Chittoor, Nellore, Kadapa and Anantapur districts. 

"Andhra Pradesh Govt, after a review meeting on the flood situation in Chittoor, Nellore, Kadapa & Anantapur dists, decided to distribute essential commodities rice 25kgs, Red Gram Dal-1kg, P.Oil 1 ltr/family, onions 1 kg, potatoes 1 kg to all flood affected families free of cost," news agency ANI reported.

US President Joe Biden has announced that he intends to nominate Jerome Powell for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman and to nominate Lael Brainard as vice chair.