- Middle East
Kuwait appoints new ministers of finance, education
Kuwait: Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has issued a decree appointing Adel Al-Mane as Minister of Education and Fahad Al-Jarallah as Minister of Finance, media reported. The decree was…
- India
Probe into viral video that shows inter-faith marriage in Kanpur
Kanpur: Kanpur police have launched an investigation into a viral video that purportedly shows a ‘Nikah’ ceremony, in which a local Hindu youth is said to have converted to marry a Muslim…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Woman ends life alleging harassment by police
Bengaluru: An incident of a homemaker ending her life allegedly due to harassment by police has come to light in the limits of Channapatna town police station in Ramanagara district on Monday.…
- India
Not govt, but private players working to save heritage: Mir Mukhtiyar Ali
New Delhi: In Kabir, he not only finds answers but a path that promises solace. Whenever he sings his poetry, serpentine labyrinths open into never-before horizons. “There is a peculiar state of…
- News
UP: 1 held for issuing death threat to Dhirendra Shastri
Bareilly: The Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a man for allegedly threatening to kill self-styled godman Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of the Bagheshwar Dham, an official said. Superintendent of Police (Rural), Raj Kumar…
- Pakistan
Pakistan records highest number of militant attacks in August since Nov 2014
Islamabad: A sharp increase in militant attacks across Pakistan has been recorded in the month of August with 99 terror incidents reported so far, a report compiled by the Pakistan Institute for…
- Hyderabad
Renuka Chowdhury opposes Sharmila’s plans to contest from Palair
Hyderabad: Days after YSR Telangana Party leader Y. Sharmila met Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Renuka Chowdhury on Sunday opposed her plans to…
- Politics
Karnataka Congress all set to poach prominent leaders of BJP: Sources
Bengaluru: It is no secret in Karnataka that the Congress government is trying to poach MLAs from opposition parties BJP and JD (S) keeping upcoming Lok Sabha and Bengaluru civic polls in…
- Politics
Called for eradication of Sanatan Dharma, not genocide: Udayanidhi Stalin
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK youth wing Secretary Udayanidhi Stalin, who faced flak over his call for “eradication” of ‘Sanatan Dharma’, on Sunday said that he stood by his remarks and…
- World
Rishi Sunak rules out a quick-fix trade deal with India
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ruled out a quick-fix trade deal with India, making it impossible to get an agreement over the line in time for this week’s G20 summit…
- India
Rohini panel report on OBCs likely to be major trump card for BJP in election year
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is expected to consider a report by the Justice Rohini Commission regarding the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). This report was submitted to President Draupadi…
- India
After Ghamandia alliance, BJP now calls INDIA bloc as ‘INDI Alliance’
New Delhi: After third meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or INDIA, the BJP on Sunday coined a new term ‘INDI Alliance’ to target the opposition parties. Home Minister Amit…
- India
Post-INDIA conclave, Congress launched mega-outreach programme in Maharashtra
Mumbai: Three days after the opposition INDIA bloc’s conclave held in Mumbai, the Congress’ Maharashtra unit on Sunday launched a weeklong massive ‘Jan Samvad Yatra’ aimed at exposing the failures of the…
- India
Congress attacks govt over CAG’s report on Bharatmala Pariyojana
New Delhi: Congress on Sunday attacked the BJP-led government over the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report on Bharatmala Pariyojana, saying that the projects were handed over to Prime Minister…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to attend lecture programme at Leiden University in Netherland on Sep 10
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is all set to participate in several programmes during his visit to three European nations from September 7 to 11, will also be participating in…
