- India
Centre gives full basic customs duty exemption on import of drugs for rare diseases
New Delhi: In a significant step, the Centre has given full exemption from basic customs duty on all drugs as well as food for special medical purposes imported for treatment of all…
- Politics
Digvijaya Singh thanks Germany for ‘taking note’ of Rahul case
New Delhi: In yet another controversial statement, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday thanked the German foreign minister for remarks on Rahul Gandhi’s sentencing and subsequent disqualification from Parliament. Digvijaya Singh tweeted,…
- Middle East
Windstorm kills seven in Syria
Damascus: A strong windstorm killed seven people, including three children, in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Six victims died as a result of wall collapses in the strong…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia signals readiness to provide more credit to Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan claimed that it received an indication from Saudi Arabia for additional loans that may help to break gridlock with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “We have received an indication from…
- Telangana
CMs, Governors of Telangana, AP greet people on Ram Navami
Hyderabad: Chief Ministers and Governors of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Thursday greeted people on the occasion of Ram Navami. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao extended greetings to the people of…
- India
India reports 40 pc jump in new Covid cases
New Delhi: At 3,016 cases, India registered a 40 percent jump in the new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. In view of the…
- India
Hotel owners ask Joshimath disaster-hit people to vacate rooms by March 31
Joshimath: People, who were shifted to hotels by the administration after cracks developed in houses due to land subsidence in Joshimath of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, have now been asked by hotel owners…
- India
Allahabad HC notices to Centre, UP govt on illegal meat shops, slaughterhouses
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has issued notices to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government seeking their reply on alleged illegal operations of meat shops and slaughter houses in Ghaziabad. Notices have…
- India
State impotent, why can’t citizens pledge to not vilify others: SC on hate speeches
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally observed how many contempt actions could it take against people in connection with hate speech, why the petitioner has to first move the apex…
- Kashmir
Probe ordered into fake PMO official’s visits to J-K
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a probe into the visits of conman Kiran Patel — who used to pose as a ‘PMO official’, to the union territory, an…
- India
Four Muslim men acquitted from 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blast case
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday acquitted four convicts in the Jaipur serial bomb blast case which rocked the state capital on May 13, 2008. A division bench of Justices Pankaj…