- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Health plans for Haj season successful
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced the success of the health plans for this year’s Haj season, which saw the return of pilgrim numbers to pre-pandemic levels, media reported. Health Minister Fahd Al-Jalajel…
- World
Unesco approves US proposal to rejoin organisation
Paris: The Unesco’s 193 member states have approved a proposal submitted by the US to rejoin the organisation. During an Extraordinary Session of the General Conference on Friday, 132 member states voted…
- World
Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia
Jakarta: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s western province of Yogyakarta, causing damages to houses and buildings, the weather agency and an official said. The agency had earlier released the quake at…
- India
Odisha train tragedy: Six bodies handed over to families
Bhubaneswar: On the basis of DNA test reports, six bodies have been handed over to their family members in Odisha’s capital city at the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, officials said. Of the 81 bodies…
- India
UGC sends letter seeking appointment of teachers in state universities
New Delhi: There are many colleges and universities in different states where a large number of posts of faculties are still vacant. Now UGC has written a letter to all the states…
- India
Chidambaram temple row: PIL filed in Madras HC against govt order
Chennai: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Madras High Court on Friday challenging the government order permitting devotees to climb up the Kanagasabhai Mandapam to have darshan of the…
- India
UCC will be implemented soon: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Patna: Former Law Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that despite all the opposition, Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in the country soon. “Objections are…
- Sports
India head coach Stimac banned for 2 games, fined USD 500 for red card offence
Bengaluru: India head coach Igor Stimac was on Friday handed a two-match ban for his red-card offence after he argued with the match officials during the home side’s 1-1 draw against Kuwait…
- India
Assam’s flood situation improving: ASDMA
Guwahati: The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has said that the flood situation in the state has improved further as less than 20,000 people remain affected as on Friday. It said…
- Bangalore
Siddaramaiah assures to protect constitutional rights of all communities
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday that the constitutional rights of all communities, including Christians, will be protected in the state. A delegation of Christian pastors and leaders of Christian…
- Delhi
‘Prosecution not able to prove its case’: HC acquits man accused of murdering daughter
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has set aside a trial court’s order convicting a man for murdering his daughter for allegedly having a love affair and sentencing him to life imprisonment,…
- India
Assam cop dismissed from service for clicking nude pics of minor girl in PS
Guwahati: A police officer in Assam’s Nalbari district, who was absconding after a minor girl accused him of taking her objectionable photographs after forcing her to go nude inside a police station,…
- India
Congress-CPI-M responsible for Kerala’s industrial backwardness: BJP
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP’s Kerala in charge and former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday blamed the “callous approach” of the traditional fronts – the Congress-led UDF and CPI-M-led LDF – for the state’s…
- Kerala
UCC is BJP’s plot to enforce majoritarian agenda: Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday slammed BJP’s sudden discussion on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as a plot to enforce its majoritarian agenda of ‘one nation, one culture’ by eliminating…
- World
China’s new Law on Foreign Relations to take effect tomorrow
Beijing: China’s new Law on Foreign Relations, adopted by the country’s top legislature on Wednesday, will take effect on Saturday asserting Beijing’s interests on the world stage. Of the 297 laws currently…
