- India
Allahabad HC directs to pay Rs 2L to home guard as compensation
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has set aside the charge sheet and summoning order passed against a home guard in an alleged case of extortion from truck drivers…
- World
Australian PM launches probe into missing Iraq War documents
Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday launched an inquiry into missing documents relating to the former government’s decision to join the Iraq War. Addressing his first press conference of 2024,…
- Bangalore
Woman sexually assaulted over land dispute in Karnataka; 20 booked
Belagavi: In a shocking incident, a woman was allegedly confined and sexually assaulted over a land dispute in Karnataka’s Belagavi district, and 20 people have been booked in this connection. In a…
- Hyderabad
Telangana govt plans Musi Riverfront development in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed officials to develop the Musi Riverfront in Hyderabad in three years. In the first phase, the Musi Riverfront will be developed on a…
- Bangalore
Karnataka childcare centre worker’s nose chopped off by angry garden owner
Belagavi: In a shocking incident, a childcare centre worker’s nose was chopped off by an angry owner of a garden in Karnataka’s Belagavi district after children plucked flowers without permission, police said…
- India
Adani-Hindenburg row: Supreme Court declines to order SIT, CBI probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 3, refused to form any SIT or group of experts to investigate the Adani-Hindenburg controversy saying that the media and third party reports were…
- Middle East
UN humanitarians warn against increasing famine risk in Gaza
Tel Aviv: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned against an increasing risk of famine in the Gaza Strip “amid intense conflict and restricted access”. In its…
- Bollywood
Kiran Rao attends Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira’s Haldi ceremony
Mumbai: Filmmaker Kiran Rao, who is awaiting the release of her upcoming film ‘Laapataa Ladies’, attended the Haldi ceremony of her ex-husband Aamir Khan’s daughter, Ira Khan in Mumbai on Tuesday. Kiran…
- Middle East
Turkey to block passage of Ukraine-bound minehunter ships
Ankara: Turkey has said that it will not let two minehunter ships donated by the UK to Ukraine pass through the Turkish Straits to the Black Sea in line with the 1936…
- World
Japan earthquake toll climbs to 64 as aftershocks continue
Tokyo: Amid continued aftershocks and reports of additional damages, the death toll due to a series of powerful earthquakes that struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week, increased to…
- India
Cold wave tightens grip, Delhi shivers at min 7.3 degrees
New Delhi: As the cold wave has tightened its grip on Delhi, residents of the national capital woke up to a freezing morning on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.3…
- Middle East
Alleged Israeli strike on Red Crescent hospital in Gaza kills 5
Tel Aviv: At least five people, including a five-day-old infant, were killed in an alleged Israeli strike that hit a hospital within the premises of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in…
- World
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns
San Francisco: Harvard Corporation has confirmed that it has accepted Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation “with overarching consideration in mind”. “These past several months have seen Harvard and higher education face a…
- Middle East
Hamas freezes talks with Israel after deputy leader killed in Beirut
Gaza/Beirut: Hamas has reportedly announced a freeze on ceasefire negotiations with Israel after the faction’s deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed on Tuesday evening in an Israeli attack in Lebanon. “We have…
- World
Trump appeals Maine’s ruling of his disqualification for primary ballot
San Francisco: Former US President Donald Trump has filed an appeal of the decision by Maine’s top election official ruling him ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot. Maine Secretary of…
