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Breaking: Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth to arrive in India today
- Breaking news updates April 17, 2022: Read latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 07:37 AM IST
India says objection to WHO’s methodology after report claims 4 mn Covid deaths
- The New York Times, in its article titled ‘India Is Stalling WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public’, claimed the WHO estimate will show that India’s death toll is at least four million, almost eight times the official numbers.
Published on Apr 17, 2022 06:41 AM IST
Day after, sons booked for locking up mother at home in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur
Speaking to reporters, Shanmugasundaram laid the blame on his younger brother stating that Venkatesan was using up his mother’s pension of ₹30,000 every month and he was responsible for their mother’s health.
Published on Apr 17, 2022 05:13 AM IST
Job cuts amid Covid give rise to crop of first-time criminals
- The stories of at least 70 men and women arrested in the past two years since the pandemic began are similar to Ram’s story. They too lost their jobs because of the lockdown and took to crime.
Published on Apr 17, 2022 04:26 AM IST
Oppn targets govt on communal violence
- The statement comes just days after several instances of violence were reported from at least five states, including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka, during processions held on the occasion of the Hindu festival Ram Navami (April 10).
Published on Apr 17, 2022 03:11 AM IST
TMC, RJD, Congress win bypolls across 4 states
- The TMC won Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge assembly segments in Bengal, the RJD won the Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar, and the Congress retained the Khairagarh assembly segment in Chhattisgarh and Kolhapur (North) seat in Maharashtra.
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 04:55 AM IST
Eshwarappa shares picture with seers in bid to show strength
The delegation of seers from Chitradurga was seen felicitating the embattled former Karnataka minister Eshwarappa who faces accusations of corruption and abetting the alleged suicide of Santosh Patil, a Belagavi-based contractor.
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 12:40 AM IST
Sharan Poovanna, Bengaluru
2 die in stampede during Madurai Chithirai festival
Chithirai festival, coinciding with Pournami, is observed two days after the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi with Lord Sundereshwarar on April 14, marking the 10th day festival at the Vaigai river bank.
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 01:12 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Chennai
Farmers given 100k free power connections: Tamil Nadu CM
AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam called upon Tamil Nadu chief minister to provide solatium to the family of a farmer from Dharmapuri who allegedly died by suicide fearing his lands would be acquired for the Kochi-Kuttanadu-Mangaluru-Bengaluru (KKMB) project that cuts across seven western districts in the state
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 12:39 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Chennai
Realtor, mother die by suicide in Telangana, note blames a local leader, 6 others
The man, a real estate businessman, blamed some local political leaders and others for the suicide, Telangana police said.
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 12:39 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Hyderabad
Day after SDPI worker’s murder, RSS leader hacked to death in Palakkad
The incident occurred less than 24 hours after a Popular Front of India (PFI) leader was killed in a village near Palakkad, Kerala, allegedly by the BJP.
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 12:38 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Palakkad
Govt to finalise 5 urban planning reform schemes for states
The urban development reform schemes include modernisation of building bye-laws, transit-oriented development (TOD), allowing transferable development rights (TDR), preparation of local area plans and town planning schemes, creation of sponge cities by integrating blue and green infrastructure
Published on Apr 17, 2022 12:22 AM IST
Risha Chitlangia, New Delhi
5 of family found dead in UP’s Prayagraj, murder-suicide suspected
Police said the bodies of the 38-year-old woman and her three daughters (aged 14, 10 and eight) were found with their throats slit open in the bedroom, while the 42-year-old man was found hanging from a noose in the courtyard of the house
Updated on Apr 17, 2022 04:33 AM IST
