India

New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) A 21-year-old climate activist has been arrested from Bengaluru for being allegedly involved in sharing the "toolkit" related to the farmer's protest on social media, police said on Sunday.

Disha Ravi was arrested by a Cyber Cell team of the Delhi Police from Bengaluru on Saturday, a senior police officer said.

Chandigarh, Feb 14 (PTI) Polling is underway for the civic body elections in Punjab, officials said on Sunday.

The voting began at 8 am on Sunday and it will continue till 4 pm, they said.

Srinagar, Feb 14 (PTI) National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Sunday claimed he and his family, including his father and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah, have been put under house arrest by authorities.

However, police said the movement of protected persons was "discouraged" on Sunday due to adverse inputs on the second anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama attack.

New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) As part of its eighth and ninth phase of reopening, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has allowed final-year PhD students to return to the campus.

While the "9B students" (day-scholars), who have to submit their theses on or before June 30, are allowed to enter the campus from Monday, PhD scholars residing in the hostels will be allowed to return from February 22, a notification dated February 12 said.

The university has also allowed the reopening of the library canteen with immediate effect.

Chennai, Feb 14 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government has always taken care of the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils and 'consistently' flagged the issue of their rights with the leaders in the island nation.

India was always committed to ensuring that the Tamils there lived with equity, equality, justice, peace and dignity, he said here, after launching various government projects in railways and defence sectors.

Kanpur: Every multi-storey building has the facility of lift for residents' comfort. But some boys develop naughty ways to enjoy the ride several times.

A boy was found sleeping in a building's box type of lift. What was interesting was that he was taking relief in standing posture.

In the morning time, when there was lesser use of the automatic lift he thought it fit enjoy sleep and pushing the 'G' and 5th-floor button in that particular posture.

Kanpur: Society is changing fast. Is it owing to the drastic shift in culture? Strange outcomes are noticable going opposite of the good old norms.

Recently an elder sister living in a high-rise building approached her younger sister, to know the method of preparing pickles.

She happens to be above 18 years old. But she does not learn the method. The younger one has learnt of the simple process of preparing pickles from her next-door neighbour.

New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) Retail inflation eased to 4.06 per cent in January, mainly on account of a decline in vegetable prices, as per government data released on Friday.

The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 4.59 per cent in December 2020.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian authorities on Saturday said there were no initial reports of critical damage to buildings and infrastructure, or casualties, in its northern states after intense tremors from a quake in the central Asian nation of Tajikistan on Friday night.

The U.S Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 5.9 and centred 35 km (55 miles) west of Tajikistan in central Asia.

As people prepared to go to sleep on Friday strong tremors were felt by residents in the northern states of India and in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Mohali, Feb 12 (PTI) The country has turned bankrupt under the Modi government and its image has been dented on social, political and international fronts, Congress MP Manish Tewari alleged here on Friday.

Addressing a rally in support of party candidates for Mohali municipal body elections slated for February 14, he said there is a debt of Rs 18 lakh crore now on the central government.

"The country's economy that grew at 8 percent every year during Manmohan Singh as PM has now fallen to minus 7.7 percent," he said.