New Delhi, 24/11: Delhi continued to witness toxic air conditions on Monday with several regions of the national capital recording an air quality index (AQI) of over 400, which is categorised as “severe”. The pollution level across Delhi-NCR compared to Sunday’s reading. At 7 am, Jahangirpuri recorded an AQI of 455, placing it in the…

New Delhi, 24/11: Justice Surya Kant on Monday took oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India, succeeding Justice B R Gavai   President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to the justice who was appointed as the next CJI on October 30. Kant will remain in the post for nearly 15 months before demitting office…

Hubballi, 23/11: A group posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials took away gold jewellery worth more than Rs 3 crore in Karnataka’s Hubballi. According to the complaint, a team of five claiming to be ED officers intercepted a Kerala-based jewellery trader near Chennamma Circle on Neeligin Road on November 20 and made away with 2.942…

New Delhi, 23/11: After a backlash over Modi government’s intention to move a Bill on Chandigarh, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday said there is no such plan to present a draft legislation in the upcoming Winter Session seeking to alter the government governance and administrative arrangements in the union territory.

Mumbai 23/11: The marriage of cricketer Smriti Mandhana and music composer Palash Muchhal in Sangli, Maharashtra on Sunday was postponed after the bride’s father was rushed to hospital after complaining of ill health. A family aide Tuhin Mishra said that the marriage of the star couple been postponed. “Smriti’s father was taken ill during breakfast….

Bengaluru, 23/11: As speculation around chief minister change in Karnataka refuses to die down, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that the party high command will decide whatever it is, and he has nothing to say now. The AICC chief stated this, a day after his more than an hour long meeting with chief…

Cairo, 23/11: The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had killed a local Hamas commander in Gaza, as both Israel and the Palestinian militant group continue to trade accusations of ceasefire violation. The post identified the commander as Alaa Al-Hadidi, head of supply in Hamas’ production headquarters. It said he was killed in one…

Bengaluru, 23/11: The leadership-change speculation refused to die down even as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah spent more than an hour meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge late on Saturday night. This was Siddaramaiah’s second meeting with Kharge in less than a week. They met in Delhi earlier this week.  

Johannesburg, 23/11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for a profound rethink of the global development parameters and proposed setting up of a G20 initiative to counter the drug-terror nexus and a global healthcare response team.. Addressing the opening session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting here, Modi said the G20 has long shaped global…