Day: January 25, 2021

9 workers found dead in China mine explosion

4:41 pm January 25, 2021

Beijing : Chinese officials say rescuers have found the bodies of nine workers in a mine explosion, raising the death toll to 10. Eleven others were rescued earlier after being trapped for two weeks, and one person is still missing at the gold mine in Shandong province.

President arrives in Odisha on a 3-day visit

Right to vote must be respected: President

4:35 pm January 25, 2021

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday that the right to vote must be respected, noting that people around the world have struggled a lot for it. Addressing the 11th National Voters’ Day Celebrations, Kovind said even in America, which is known to be one of the leading democracies in the world, people had to undertake decades of struggle to […]

Not forcing anyone to raise ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan: Yogi Adityanath

4:24 pm January 25, 2021

Lucknow: No one is being forced to raise ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans and there is nothing to feel bad about its chanting as it is a greeting, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday after his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee refused to speak at an event over raising of the slogan. Banerjee on Saturday refused to speak at an official event […]

COVID-positive officer sentenced in graft case hangs self

2:38 pm January 25, 2021

Jaipur: An income tax inspector who was sentenced to jail last week in a bribery case allegedly committed suicide at a hospital here where he was admitted after he tested positive for coronavirus, police said on Monday. Vinay Kumar Mangla, 45, was caught by the CBI in 2016 while taking a bribe of Rs 1 […]

Once again, TCS becomes the most valued domestic firm

2:32 pm January 25, 2021

New Delhi: Tata Consultancy Services on Monday surpassed Reliance Industries Ltd to become the country’s most valued firm by market capitalisation. During the afternoon trade, the market valuation of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was at Rs 12,45,341.44 crore while that of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) was at Rs 12,42,593.78 crore on the BSE. Shares of RIL declined 4.84 per cent to […]