- Middle East
Israel extends closure of Palestinian territories amid tensions
Jerusalem: Israel has announced that all crossing points of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip would remain closed until Thursday for security reasons. Entry permits to Israel for working purposes or…
- Bollywood
Varun Dhawan, wife Natasha Dalal spotted at Mumbai fertility clinic
Mumbai: Bollywood star Varun Dhawan, who was last seen in ‘Bhediya’, was spotted with his wife Natasha Dalal after a visit to a fertility clinic in the Khar area of Mumbai. The…
- India
Covid wave looms as India’s population-level immunity wanes: WHO SE Asia Chief
New Delhi: Decreasing levels of immunity in our population may trigger new Covid waves and to tackle this, India needs a strong disease surveillance along with high vaccine coverage, WHO Regional Director,…
- Tollywood News
Cheering fans throng Allu Arjun’s home on b’day, ‘Pushpa’ star waves at them
Hyderabad: As Allu Arjun turned 41 on Saturday, the Tollywood Icon Star has cemented his status as a pan-India star. A huge crowd of fans gathered outside his residence, yelling and cheering…
- Politics
Kharge sets wheels of opposition unity moving, despite divergence on Adani
New Delhi: At a time when Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar, a Congress ally in Maharashtra, has expressed doubts over Opposition’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into…
- India
Giriraj Singh wants name change for UP’s Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: Union Minister Giriraj Singh has stirred a new controversy by demanding that Muzaffarnagar be renamed. He said that Muzaffarnagar has been the capital of farmers and the name was hurting its…
- India
No mechanism available to deactivate Aadhaar of deceased persons: Govt
New Delhi: The government has mulled over the possibility of deactivating Aadhaar of deceased persons. However, no mechanism is currently available to do it, sources aware of the development have said. “At…
- India
Hotel occupancy goes up to 80 pc in Shimla, gives rise to traffic, parking issues
Shimla: Occupancy in hotels and homestays has increased to about 80 per cent as tourists from the neighbouring states are making a beeline to Shimla to enjoy the long weekend under the…
- India
75 trains cancelled as rail blockade by Kurmis continue in Bengal
Kolkata: Train services were disrupted in three tribal-dominated districts of West Bengal — Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore — following continued rail-blockade agitation by the Kurmi community on Saturday. As many as…
- India
Calcutta HC upholds husband’s right to seek divorce on ground of mental cruelty
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court has upheld the right of a husband to seek divorce from his wife on ground of mental cruelty if the wife constantly abuses…
- India
TN BJP chief thanks Centre for removing state from coal auction list
Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai has thanked the Union government for removing Tamil Nadu from the coal auction list. Annamalai in a tweet said, “We thank our Hon PM Thiru@…
- Kashmir
Kiren Rijiju escapes unhurt after truck hits his car in J&K
Jammu: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju escaped unhurt on Saturday after a truck hit his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Police sources said a fully-loaded truck hit the black Scorpio in…
- India
Sri Lanka sees increase in tourism earnings in first quarter
Colombo: Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka has witnessed an increase from tourism earnings with around $530 million being received in the first three months of 2023, according to the latest…
- Pakistan
Suspicious Afghan man sneaks into Pak PM’s house
Islamabad: A suspicious man sneaked inside the house of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif despite tight security arrangements at the residence of the chief executive of the country, which is a highly…
- Bangalore
PM’s repeated visits show how weak BJP is in Karnataka: Congress
Bengaluru: The Congress claimed on Saturday that the repeated visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the southern state only show how weak the BJP is in Karnataka, which goes to the…
