- Middle East
Egypt calls for immediate truce between Sudan’s military rivals
Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has made separate phone calls with the leaders of Sudan’s warring parties, calling for an immediate cease-fire to end the bloodshed. Shoukry on Thursday expressed “Egypt’s…
- India
Manipur: Article 355 invoked, Army flag march on, addtl troops airlifted from Assam
Imphal: In view of the prevailing widespread unrest in Manipur, the Central Government has imposed Article 355 in the state to control the situation, top police officials said on Friday. Article 355…
- Hyderabad
Viveka murder case: Prime accused surrenders in CBI court
Hyderabad: Yerra Gangi Reddy, the prime accused in former Andhra Pradesh minister Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy’s murder case, surrendered in CBI court on Friday on the direction of the Telangana High Court.…
- India
Caste-based census will happen at any cost: Lalu
Patna: A day after the Patna High Court put an interim stay on the caste-based survey, RJD national president Lalu Prasad said the survey is the demand of a majority of people…
- World
US doctors perform first-ever brain surgery on an unborn baby
New York: For the first time, US doctors have performed successful brain surgery on an unborn baby to prevent heart failure and brain injury after birth. The in-utero surgery, described in the…
- India
Dehradun: Students reportedly fined for not listening to PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’
Dehradun: A school in Dehradun has been accused of collecting a fine of Rs 100 from students who did not reach school to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’…
- World
Big Tech has moral, legal responsibility to develop ethical AI: Kamala Harris
San Francisco: US Vice President Kamala Harris has told top Big Tech CEOs, including Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI…
- India
‘Nothing is going to happen…’: HC refuses to stay release of ‘The Kerala Story’
Kochi: On the day of the release of ‘The Kerala Story’, the High Court while hearing petitions seeking a ban on the film, categorically pointed out that in a secular state like…
- World
Fierce clashes continue in Sudan despite 7-day truce
Khartoum: Khartoum and several other areas in Sudan witnessed continued violent clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) despite a seven-day truce agreed by the two warring factions.…
- Kerala
‘The Kerala Story’: 2 Kochi theatres cancel shows; only one to screen film
Kochi: Two theatres in Kochi city have cancelled the screening of the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ which will be released in cinema halls today. Although PVR Cinemas in Lulu Mall and…
- Middle East
Yemen’s warring sides ready to resume prisoner exchange talks
Aden: Yemen’s government and the Houthi militia have separately announced their readiness to resume UN-facilitated negotiations on the exchange of prisoners and detainees. In a statement, the government’s prisoner affairs committee voiced…
- India
NCP rejects Sharad Pawar’s resignation, urges him to stay on as President
Mumbai: The NCP on Friday unanimously rejected the resignation of the party’s national President Sharad Pawar and requested him to continue in his post. The decision was taken at a meeting of…
- Bollywood
SRK-starrer ‘Pathaan’ becomes first Hindi film to release in Bangladesh post 1971
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s blockbuster ‘Pathaan’ will now become the first Hindi film to release in Bangladesh post 1971. It is set to release on May 12 in Bangladesh. Nelson…
- Telangana
Two more arrested in TSPSC paper leak case
Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana police probing Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) exam paper leak case has arrested two more accused. Bhagwant, who works in the office of…
- Telangana
Telangana: KTR condoles death of techie killed in J&K helicopter crash
Hyderabad: Telangana’s minister for industry and information technology K.T. Rama Rao has condoled the death of Army jawan Pabballa Anil in the helicopter crash. The minister said in his message that it…
