- Middle East
Western, Arab officials expected to meet in Riyadh over Gaza crisis
Riyadh: Senior Western and Arab officials are expected to meet next week in Riyadh to discuss the months-long war in the Gaza Strip on the sidelines of an economic forum in Saudi…
- Middle East
Studying latest Israeli ceasefire proposal: Hamas
Gaza: A top Hamas official said on Saturday that the Islamist militant group is studying an Israeli counterproposal regarding a potential ceasefire in Gaza, as a ground assault on the city of…
- World
6.9-magnitude earthquake rocks Japan
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 on Saturday jolted off Japan’s Bonin Islands or Ogasawara Islands, the country’s weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 5.36 p.m. local time…
- India
Congress slits throat of Hindus for Muslims: Union min Giriraj Singh
Patna: Upping the ante against the Congress over its “appeasement” politics, Union Minister and BJP’s Begusarai candidate on Saturday said that the grand old party has slit the throats of Hindu people…
- World
Four power plants hit in massive Russian overnight attacks on Ukraine
Kyiv: At least four thermal power plants were damaged as Russia again targeted Ukraine with a round of massive airstrikes overnight, the operator said on Saturday. Of the 32 missiles and cruise…
- Technology
WhatsApp to launch ‘Favorite Contact’ feature soon
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new feature that will offer users a dedicated “filter” to quickly get a list of their favourites from the chats tab on Android. According…
- Business
Leading IT firms in India lost close to 70K employees in last fiscal year
New Delhi: Amid the muted revenue growth in the Indian IT services sector due to global macroeconomic headwinds, leading IT companies saw a drop of nearly 70,000 employees in the last fiscal…
- Telangana
Telangana: Nominations of actor Babu Mohan, Manda Jagannath rejected
Hyderabad: Former minister and actor P. Babu Mohan and former MP Manda Jagannath are among 267 aspirants whose nominations have been rejected for Lok Sabha elections in Telangana. The election authorities have…
- India
Cleric murdered in Ajmer mosque
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police have deputed additional forces in the city after a cleric was murdered in a mosque in Ajmer on Saturday, a police officer said. The incident was reported at around…
- India
‘Not a rebel’: Naseem Khan on quitting Maha Congress poll campaign
Mumbai: A day after he quit the Congress electioneering as Star Campaigner and the Campaign Committee, state Working President M. Arif Naseem Khan said that he is not a rebel and continues…
- World
US: Charges dropped against 57 arrested amid pro-Palestinian student protests
Houston: All charges have been dropped against the 57 people who were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of the University of Texas, Austin, the Travis County attorney’s office confirmed.…
- News
TN: School specific committees to prevent corporal punishment
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu school education department has directed district education officers to constitute school-specific monitoring committees to prevent corporal punishment. The monitoring committees will include school heads, parents, teachers and senior…
- Telangana
BRS turns 23, vows to continue fight for people
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Saturday celebrated its 23rd foundation day amid the ongoing campaign for next month’s Lok Sabha elections in Telangana and with a vow to continue its fight…
- Middle East
Houthis claim responsibility for attacks on British oil tanker, US drone
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group said early Saturday that they had launched a missile attack and hit a British oil tanker in the Red Sea and shot down a US drone in northern…