- Middle East
Gaza militants fire 5 rockets at Israel amid escalation in West Bank
Jerusalem: Militants in the Gaza Strip fired five rockets at southern Israel early on Wednesday, all of which were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defence system, said the Israeli army in…
- India
Paytm boosts merchant payments leadership with 79L devices, adds 4L in June alone
New Delhi: Leading payments and financial services company Paytm on Wednesday said it achieved a new milestone in merchant payments with 79 lakh devices deployed while the gross merchandise value (GMV) for…
- India
UP: Dr BR Ambedkar statue in Lucknow vandalised, protest erupts
Lucknow: A statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar was vandalised in Lucknow after which the locals staged a protest against the incident. The incident took place on Tuesday in Bargadi Kalan village. Also…
- India
Allahabad HC refuses to quash proceedings against Prajapati
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has refused to quash the proceedings initiated against former Samajwadi Party (SP) minister Gayatri Prajapati under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: AIMPLB meet today to finalise draft on UCC
Lucknow: The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has convened an online meeting of its members on Wednesday to finalise a draft which it will submit to the Law Commission over the…
- World
Trump calls for special counsel to be ‘defunded’
Washington: Donald Trump has called for special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the twin criminal investigations into the former US President’s handling of classified documents and activities related to the January…
- World
India-assisted solar energy to light SL’s black-out declared religious sites, govt institutes
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has announced that government institutions and religious sites in the country will be powered by solar energy with the support of Indian loan assistance. Wijesekera…
- India
Dolphin sanctuary to come up in UP soon
Lucknow: A dolphin sanctuary will soon come up in the National Chambal Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh. A proposal in this regard has been sent to the state government by Deputy Conservator of…
- India
2 killed as giant boulders falling from mountain crush car in Nagaland
Kohima: Two persons were killed and three others injured as huge rocks slid down a mountain and crushed a car in which the victims were travelling in Nagaland’s Chumoukedima district on Tuesday…
- India
India reiterates opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative at SCO meet
New Delhi: India on Tuesday reiterated its opposition to China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) in the Delhi Declaration issued at the culmination of the virtual SCO summit. The declaration said that…
- Delhi
2020 riots: Delhi Police file supplementary charge sheet in two cases against Tahir Hussain
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday filed two supplementary charge sheets before a Delhi court in connection with two cases against MCD councillor Tahir Hussain for his alleged involvement in the 2020…
- India
Gang of impersonators giving NEET exam on behalf of actual candidates busted
New Delhi: With the arrest of four persons, including AIIMS students, the Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a NEET exam gang that used to appear in exams in place…
- India
Tripura chariot tragedy: One more succumbs to injury, toll mounts to 8
Agartala: With one more wounded person succumbing to her injury on Tuesday, the death toll in the June 28 chariot tragedy in Tripura rose to eight, including three children, the police said.…
- India
Nitish Kumar, not BJP, framed Lalu-Tejashwi in IRCTC scam: Samrat Chaudhary
Patna: A day after the CBI filed a charge sheet against Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in a case to the land-for-job scam, state BJP President Samrat Chaudhary claimed on Tuesday that…
- India
NGT forms panel to address air pollution in and around AIIMS Delhi
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a panel to oversee the implementation of recommendations for addressing air pollution in and around the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)…
