- Andhra Pradesh
Centre makes U-turn on Vizag Steel Plant, employees intensify protest
Visakhapatnam: In another U-turn on the disinvestment process of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, the Centre on Friday said that the process is in progress.…
- World
Video: Smoke bomb hurled at Japanese PM Fumio Kishida
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday escaped unhurt after a smoke bomb was hurled at him ahead of his scheduled speech at the Saikazaki Port in Wakayama prefecture, local media…
- India
Curfew imposed in Odisha’s Sambalpur amid fresh violence
Bhubaneswar: Amid fresh violence in Odisha’s Sambalpur town, the district administration has imposed a curfew for an indefinite period. Upon receiving input on the current prevailing situation, Sambalpur Sadar sub-collector Pravash Chandra…
- World
Global oil demand on course for a record high
London: Global demand for oil this year is on track to rise to a record 101.9m barrels per day as China leads an economic surge among developing nations, the world’s leading energy…
- World
UN continues quake-related aid to Syria
United Nations: The UN and partners are continuing to help people affected by the recent earthquakes in Syria, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Across the country,…
- Middle East
Palestinians mark int’l Quds Day in Gaza against Israel’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza marked the International Quds Day with protests against Israeli police raids into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam. Raising…
- India
India projected to grow at 7% in 2022-23, says Sitharaman at IMF meet
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that with both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank having projected India as the fastest growing major economy in 2023,…
- Politics
Nitish Kumar to make tours across the country for opposition unity
Patna: After his visit to Delhi to meet prominent opposition leaders, Bihar Chief Nitish Kumar on Friday said that he had decided to go across the country to unite opposition parties. Addressing…
- India
BJP leader shot dead in Delhi’s Dwarka
New Delhi: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead in his office in Dwarka by unidentified bike-borne assailants on Friday evening, a police official said. The deceased was identified as…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Rebels creating stir in BJP camp ahead of polls
Bengaluru: With rebels giving a headache to the BJP in Karnataka ahead of the May 10 Assembly election, the party has given the responsibility of assuaging the dissidence to former chief minister…
- India
Naga political impasse: Centre’s envoy holds separate meetings in Dimapur
Kohima: Days after four influential Naga organisations urged the Central government to “honour its word” in the Ceasefire Agreement (1997) and Framework Agreement (2015) and “resolve the Naga political impasse accordingly”, Central…
- India
Branding everyone ‘anti-nationals’ a dangerous trend, warns Mallikarjun Kharge
New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that branding everyone as “anti-nationals” is a dangerous trend. “The culture of forcing silence on anyone – be it opposition parties, civil society…
- Bollywood
Raghav Juyal shot for ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ while he was down with Dengue
Mumbai: Actor-choreographer Raghav Juyal, who is gearing up for his upcoming film, ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’, along with Salman Khan and Pooja Hegde, continued to shoot for the film despite…
- World
7.0 magnitude quake hits Indonesia
Jakarta: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 96 km north of Tuban, Indonesia at on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake that hit the region…
- Middle East
Three killed in flash floods in Iran
Tehran: At least three people were killed in flash floods in western Iran over the past 24 hours, Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. The victims were from the provinces of West…
