- India
Raj polls: Gajendra Shekhawat, Jairam trade barbs over Cong’s caste census promise
Jaipur: A war of words erupted between Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and veteran Congress leader Jairam Ramesh after the grand-old party promised reservations to minorities on the basis of a caste…
- Hyderabad
BJP has no right to seek votes after Sitharaman’s admission, says BRS
Hyderabad: Telangana Finance Minister T. Harish Rao said on Wednesday that the BJP has no right to seek votes in Telangana Assembly elections after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s admission that as…
- Business
Small cap stocks come under selling pressure
New Delhi: Selling is being witnessed in small cap stocks with the indices falling more than the benchmark indices on Wednesday. BSE Small Cap Select Index is down 1 per cent in…
- Bollywood
SRK top on IMDb list of 2023’s most popular Indian stars
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is leading the pack in the 2023 IMDb top 10 list of most popular Indian stars. In 2023, the Badshah of Bollywood gave two major blockbusters,…
- World
Strong 6.6-magnitude quake jolts Indonesia
Jakarta: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of North Maluku on Wednesday, but it did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology agency said. The earthquake…
- India
Silkyara tunnel collapse: PM dials up Uttarakhand CM Dhami, enquires about rescue ops
New Delhi: Amid ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers from Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday once again spoke to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over the phone…
- Hyderabad
UST to double headcount to 4,000 in Hyderabad, opens new office
Hyderabad: Digital transformation solutions company UST on Wednesday opened a new office here, saying it will double the headcount from 2,000 to 4,000 in the city in the next 2-3 years. The…
- World
Over 20 people arrested in pro-Palestinian protest in Australia
Canberra: More than 20 people have been arrested following a pro-Palestinian protest overnight in a suburb of Sydney, Australian police said on Wednesday. Approximately 400 people carried out “unauthorised protest activity” at…
- India
Indians form 3rd largest illegal immigrant population in US: Pew
New Delhi: Numbering around 725,000, Indians form the third largest population of illegal immigrants in the US after Mexico and El Salvador, according to new Pew Research Center estimates. As of 2021,…
- India
RJD leader lodges FIR against woman for ‘blackmailing’ him
Patna: Former education minister and RJD leader Brishin Patel has lodged an FIR against a woman, who allegedly sent an obscene photograph and blackmailed him, an official said on Wednesday. On Tuesday,…
- Middle East
Hezbollah vows to retaliate against Israel’s killing of journalists in Lebanon
Beirut: Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia military group, has vowed to retaliate against Israel’s “brutal aggression” after two journalists from Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen were killed in Israeli attacks on the southern village…
- India
Delhi grapples with worsening air, Anand Vihar crosses ‘very poor’ threshold on AQI
New Delhi: Amidst growing concerns, Delhi’s air quality, which has taken a nosedive, remains into the ‘very poor’ category. On Wednesday, the overall air quality in Delhi remained in the ‘very poor’…
- India
UP man kills son for not allowing him to watch cricket World Cup final
Kanpur: In a shocking incident, a 50-year-old man in Kanpur strangled his 24-year-old son to death for not letting him watch the World Cup final between India and Australia on November 19.…
- Telangana
Kharge to address meetings in Telangana, Rahul & Priyanka to rally in Raj
New Delhi: With just days away for the crucial Assembly elections in both the states, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will address two public meetings in Telangana, while party leaders Rahul Gandhi and…
- India
This UP man wants Bharat Ratna for himself
Gorakhpur: In a seemingly bizarre incident, a 39-year-old resident of Gorakhpur had asked the local administration to forward his name for the Bharat Ratna. Vinod Kumar Gaur wrote a letter to the…
