- Afghanistan
Taliban bans video games, music, foreign films in Afghan city
Kabul: The Taliban-led Afghan government has banned video games, foreign films and music in the western city of Herat, branding them as un-Islamic, the media reported. The ban imposed by the Ministry…
- India
Rahul to address rally tomorrow in Kolar where he made remark on Modi surname
Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a party rally on Sunday in Kolar, the same place where he made a remark on the Modi surname for which he was convicted of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka BJP internal strife: Jagadish Shettar’s ticket issue on boil
Hubballi: As the two-day deadline given by senior leader and former Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar to the BJP to announce his candidature from Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency for the Karnataka Assembly polls ends…
- Bollywood
‘Disco Dancer’ gets second life as a Salim-Suleiman stage musical
Mumbai: ‘Disco Dancer – The Musical’, a homage to Bollywood of the 1980s and the spirit of the Mithun Chakraborty-starrer after which it is named, premiered on Friday at the NSCI dome…
- India
In today’s fraught times, mediation has an imp message: CJI Chandrachud
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday said that the Centre should adopt mediation in a big way instead of taking recourse to litigation for resolving disputes. Mediation is…
- 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…
