- Middle East
IAEA chief Grossi to visit Iran for high-level talks
Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi will travel to Tehran for high-level meetings at the invitation of Iran’s government, the Vienna-based agency announced. In a tweet on Thursday,…
- Middle East
Lebanon’s assistance for quake-hit Syria of great help: Syrian PM
Damascus: Syria’s Prime Minister Hussein Arnous has said the support and assistance offered by Lebanon have greatly alleviated the consequences of the disastrous earthquake in his country. In a letter sent to…
- Business
Meta expanding Instagram’s age verification test to 6 more countries
San Francisco: Meta has announced that it is expanding its “age verification test” on Instagram to six more countries, including Europe and Canada. “Starting today, we’re beginning to expand our age verification…
- Middle East
Palestine condemns Israeli PM’s visit to West Bank settlement
Ramallah: Palestine has condemned the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the Israeli settlement of Har Brakha near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Thursday…
- World
Indian-American named Chancellor of California Community Colleges
New York: Indian-American Sonya Christian has been named the 11th permanent Chancellor of the California Community College system, the largest and most diverse system of public higher education in the US. With…
- Middle East
Landmine explosions kill 55 in Syria since beginning of 2023
Damascus: Landmine explosions in Syria have killed 55 people since the beginning of 2023, a war monitor reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the death toll includes two women…
- Bangalore
Alcoholic man poisons wife, two daughters to death in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a man killed his wife and two daughters by lacing their food with poison in the Konanakunte police station limits in Bengaluru. The deceased have been identified…
- Bangalore
Karnataka polls: ‘Winning an Assembly seat bigger challenge for Siddaramaiah’
Bengaluru: Even as Opposition leader Siddaramaiah is vying for the Chief Minister’s post if the Congress comes to power in Karnataka after the upcoming Assembly elections, ensuring his own victory in the…
- India
MP: Congress opposes move to go digital in Assembly; returns iPads
Bhopal: The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday opposed the introduction of a digitalised system in the Assembly during the ongoing Budget Session with all legislators being provided iPads, citing various…
- Bangalore
Karnataka court quashes rape case lodged by daughter against father
Dakshina Kannada: In a rare case, a POCSO court in Karnataka’s Mangaluru on Thursday quashed the rape case filed against a man by his daughter on Thursday for the lack of evidence.…
- Hyderabad
Three killed as truck rams into hut near Hyderabad ORR
Hyderabad: Three members of a family were killed when a truck rammed into their hut after the driver lost control over the vehicle on Outer Ring Road (ORR) near Hyderabad on Thursday.…
- India
‘Can’t be a pliable EC’: SC rules panel of PM, LoP, CJI for appointment of CEC, ECs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that appointment to the posts of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the Election Commissioners (EC) should be done by the President on the advice…
- India
BJD slams Centre over LPG price hike
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the hike in the price of the LPG domestic cylinders. Speaking to media persons here,…
- Bollywood
Sukhbir reveals how he, Salman Khan came up with ‘Billi Billi Akh’
Mumbai: Punjabi singer Sukhbir, who is known as the Prince of Bhangra and boast of chartbusters like ‘Ishq Tera Tadpave’, ‘Balle Balle’, is back with another track ‘Billi Billi Akh’ and this…
- India
Sharad Pawar advises ‘caution’ over breach of privilege move against Sanjay Raut
Mumbai: A day after the Maharashtra Assembly initiated the process of breach of privilege of the House against Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut for his purported “Chor Mandali” remarks, Nationalist Congress Party…
