- India
Arrest warrant against ex-Indian women’s football coach in POCSO case
New Delhi: A Delhi court has issued an arrest warrant against former Indian U-17 women’s football coach Alex Mario Ambrose accused of sexually abusing a woman athlete in June 2022 when the…
- World
Court order against five Indians for ‘exploiting’ students in UK
London: A UK government investigative agency for labour exploitation has said that it has succeeded in getting a court order against five people from Kerala for suspected labour abuse of more than…
- World
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 prevalence jumps to 75 pc in US
Los Angeles: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about three-fourths of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US this week, according to the estimates released by the US Centers…
- India
CBI arrests official of principal controller defence accounts
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior Auditor working in the office of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts, Pensions, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), for allegedly demanding a bribe…
- India
Centre to offload 30 lakh MT wheat to cool down prices
New Delhi: With a view to cool down the rising prices of wheat and atta, the government has decided to offload 30 lakh metric tons of wheat under Open Market Disposal Scheme…
- India
HDFC Bank officials sentenced to three-year RI in bribery case
New Delhi: A special CBI court in Pune on Friday awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment to two HDFC Bank officials for demanding bribe of Rs two lakh for sanction and disbursement of a…
- India
Darjeeling politics: Bengal govt to grant land deeds to tea garden workers
Kolkata: As the fresh political equation in the hills of Darjeeling involving the trio of Bimal Gurung, Ajay Edwards and Binoy Tamang is becoming a major threat to the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik…
- Bangalore
Casteist slur in Bengaluru college fest skit stirs row
Bengaluru: The incident of casteist slur made during the presentation of a college skit recently in Bengaluru has triggered a row. A police complaint has been registered in this connection, while an…
- India
‘A judge judged everyday by lawyers, public’, SC on appointment of Madras HC judge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said a judge is judged everyday by the lawyers, litigants and the public, as the courts are open and the judges speak by giving reasons…
- Hyderabad
Accused in Vivekananda Reddy murder shifted to Hyderabad Jail
Hyderabad: Three of the accused in the sensational murder case of former Andhra Pradesh minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy were shifted to Chanchalguda Jail here on Friday after they were produced before the…
- India
‘Not freebies but social security’, Gehlot announces Rs 25L healthcare scheme, OPS
Jaipur: After presenting the state Budget and announcing sops for the public, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday that the schemes announced are part of social security, and not freebies,…
- India
Aaditya Thackeray meets TN CM Stalin in Chennai
Chennai: Thackeray scion, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Friday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The Shiva Sena (UBT) led by Aaditya Thackeray’s father and…
- India
Allow RSS marches across state: Madras HC tells TN Police
Chennai: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Police to allow the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to hold route marches on public roads in the state. Quashing an earlier order…
- Middle East
Palestinian shot dead in attempted stabbing attack: Israel army
Jerusalem: A Palestinian man who attempted to stab Israeli soldiers was shot and killed south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the army in the Jewish state said. In a…
- India
Nirmala Sitharaman takes on Congress, Mamata Banerjee in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her reply on the discussion on the Union Budget in Lok Sabha on Friday, slammed the Congress and also took on West Bengal Chief Minister…
