- India
Demonising Tipu: Vokkaliga pontiff pours cold water over BJP’s attempt
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka has made significant electoral gains by opposing erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, but its most recent campaign fell flat after a strong rebuke by the Vokkaliga…
- India
Madani to move court against Karnataka decision on Muslim quota
Saharanpur: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, has said that it will challenge in court the Karnataka government’s decision to remove Muslims from the 2B category of ‘Other Backward Classes’ (OBCs), which gave them 4…
- Politics
BJP top brass rushes to save Lingayat votes as they woo Yediyurappa
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka is making all attempts to mollycoddle former chief minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Board member B.S. Yediyurappa ahead of the assembly polls. The party has elevated…
- Middle East
Iran: 239 wounded in 5.6-magnitude quake
Tehran: The number of the injured people in the 5.6-magnitude earthquake that rocked northwestern Iran two days back reached 239, state media reported. The quake, which occurred near Khoy County in the…
- Middle East
Iran vows ‘immediate’ response to attacks on Syrian bases
Tehran: An Iranian spokesman has said that Iran will give “immediate and reciprocal” response to any attack on bases established for “fighting terrorism” in the Syrian territory and at the request of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Modi appeals to voters not to believe in Cong’s guarantee schemes
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made an appeal to the voters in poll-bound Karnataka not to believe in the guarantee schemes assured by the Congress. “Congress leaders are promising guarantee…
- India
BRO opens 427 km strategic Leh-Manali highway in 138 days
New Delhi: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened the strategically important Leh-Manali highway (NH 3) on Saturday in a record time of 138 days. The Leh-Manali highway generally remains closed from November…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: SHO suspended for assaulting Hindus for eating during Ramadan
New Delhi: A police officer in Pakistan’s Sindh was suspended after he tortured, harassed, manhandled and arrested Hindu shopkeepers for allegedly “violating the Ramadan Ordinance” by eating, Pakistan media reported. In a…
- India
Step up efforts to win all Assembly seats in Chhindwara: Shah tells BJP workers
Bhopal: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday appealed BJP workers to step up their efforts and ensure that the party would win all seven Assembly seats of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district…
- India
Karnataka: Security breach during PM Modi’s roadshow; one held
Bengaluru: An incident of the security breach was reported during the roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Davanagere district of Karnataka on Saturday. #WATCH | Karnataka: Security breach during PM Modi's roadshow…
- India
UP: 3 held after firing takes place in jail over standing in queue
Meerut: Three persons were arrested following a firing that took place over standing in a queue at the meeting centre of the Chaudhary Charan Singh jail here on Saturday, officials said. According…
- India
‘Critical matter, serious effects for democracy’, SC judge on delay in appointment of judges
Bengaluru: Supreme Court judge Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who is poised to become India’s first woman Chief Justice in 2027, said on Saturday that the issue of delay in the appointment of judges…
- India
SCBA seeks time from CJI to discuss issues of lawyers’ chambers, elevation
New Delhi: The President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Vikas Singh, has written to Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud, seeking a meeting with the executive committee to discuss matters…
- India
Rahul Gandhi penalised for insulting backward classes: Sushil Modi
Patna: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is penalised as he insulted the people from backward classes and the BJP has nothing to do with…
- India
Rahul trying to become ‘martyr’: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Patna: After Rahul Gandhi said that he will not apologise to anyone, BJP leader and former Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Congress leader is trying to become a “martyr”.…
