Mathura (UP): Services of a contractual sanitation worker were terminated after framed portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were found in his garbage cart, officials said here on Sunday.
India beat England by five wickets in final ODI to claim three-match series 2-1.
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul in 2018 to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion.
Kolkata: A 21-year-old model was found hanging in her rented flat in Kolkata, the third such incident in the eastern metropolis in three months, police said on Sunday.
Palaiochori: Experts investigating the site of a cargo plane crash in northern Greece said Sunday they have found no evidence of dangerous substances but say there is still a lot of widespread ordnance, while Serbia's defense minister confirmed that all eight crew members had died in the crash.
New Delhi: India achieved a major milestone in its vaccination programme against COVID-19 as the cumulative doses administered surpassed the 200-crore mark on Sunday, 18 months after it began the drive to combat the deadly epidemic that has claimed over 5.25 lakh lives in the country so far.
Mysuru: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday strongly reiterated that the 2023 Assembly election would be his last, and that he would not be contesting that poll from Chamundeshwari segment where he had faced defeat in 2018.
Bengaluru: A team of the Central Crime Branch on Sunday raided a Hukkah Bar at Mahalakshmi Layout that was allegedly running illegally here in the city. The raiding team also seized goods worth Rs. 60,000 during the raid.
Bhopal: In the mayoral elections held in 11 municipal corporations in Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious at five places so far on Sunday evening, while the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) each bagged the post in two other cities.
Rewa (MP): A Congress candidate, who had contested the election for the post of councillor in a civic body in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, died of a heart attack that he suffered during the counting of votes on Sunday, an official said.
