Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 7 (ANI): A Pune court on Friday granted bail to religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj who was booked for making an inflammatory speech at an event.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 7 (ANI): In view of the current COVID-19 situation, Lord Jagannath Temple of Odisha will remain closed for devotees from January 10 till January 31, said Puri Collector Samarth Verma on Friday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 7 (ANI): Raider Arjun Deshwal was once again the star for Jaipur Pink Panthers as they defeated Puneri Paltan 31-26 in Match 39 of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 in Bengaluru on Friday.
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): India's apex child rights body, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), on Friday wrote to chief secretaries of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur and Punjab asking them to expedite COVID-19 vaccination of children in their respective States.
Budapest [Hungry], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by the Omicron variant has hit Hungary, Bela Merkely, rector of Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest and leader of the Clinical Epidemiology Working Group, said on public television M1 on Friday.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], January 7 (ANI): As the COVID cases in the country witness incessant surge, the Gujarat government on Friday announced a night curfew between 10 pm and 6 am in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Anand, and Nadiad.
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Hollywood stars such as Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg, Viola Davis, among others took to social media on Friday and paid tribute to Sidney Poitier, who has died at 94.
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): This summer 'The Boys' will be making a return, Amazon's Prime Video revealed on Friday, along with the first footage from Season 3 of the Emmy-nominated superhero series.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 7 (ANI): Khugakhel tribesmen in Pakistan continued their protest sit-in on Wednesday and stopped construction work at the Torkham border, local media reported on Friday.
Sydney [Australia], January 7 (ANI): England batter Jonny Bairstow said it would have been nice if the supporters who abused him were still there after the stumps at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday slammed the Congress party alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach incident was an 'organized conspiracy directed by Congress leaders.'
Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], January 7 (ANI): The Ferozepur Police have filed an FIR against 150 unknown persons for blocking the national highway that led to security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab on Wednesday.