- Middle East
3 dead, over 600 injured after new quake hits Turkey
Ankara: Three people are now confirmed to have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also said…
- India
JNU student union accuses ABVP of vandalising portraits of social reformers
New Delhi: The dispute between the left and right wing-associated student unions is on the rise in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). On Monday night, the students belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi…
- World
Pakistan, Afghan forces exchange fire at major border crossing
Islamabad: Forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged fire on the Torkham border leaving a border guard injured. The Taliban-led government of Afghanistan on Sunday shut the border crossing, accusing Pakistan of reneging…
- India
SC agrees to examine Uddhav Thackeray plea against EC decision on Wednesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea by Uddhav Thackeray against the Election Commission of India (ECI) decision recognising the Eknath Shinde faction as the…
- Andhra Pradesh
TDP leader’s wife threatens sit-in at DGP office
Vijayawada: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national spokesperson Kommareddy Pattabhiram’s wife, Chandana, on Tuesday threatened to sit on an indefinite hunger strike in front of the Director General of Police’s office demanding information…
- Bangalore
Pakistani woman who crossed border to marry Indian man deported
Bengaluru: A Pakistani national who crossed the border and married an Indian she was in love with here, has been sent back, police said on Tuesday. Investigations had revealed that 19-year-old Ikra…
- Business
Indigo secures top position in aviation sector with 54.6% market share in Jan
Delhi: Indigo flew ahead of the other airlines in January with a 54.6 per cent share in the domestic aviation sector; Air India and Vistara secured second and third slots respectively, with…
- India
Wipro offering freshers lower pay
Bengaluru: At a time when the job market is hit by rising layoffs, Wipro has written to fresh recruits who have been offered Rs 6.5 lakh per annum, asking if they would…
- India
BJP to protest against Congress after Pawan Khera mis-spells PM’s name
New Delhi: After senior Congress leader and party spokesperson Pawan Khera could not spell Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name, the BJP has termed it as a “insult to the Prime Minister and…
- India
To what extent can court intervene, asks SC on plea for uniform laws
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, hearing a batch of pleas, which included PILs seeking a direction to the Centre to make religion and gender-neutral uniform laws governing subjects like marriage, alimony, divorce,…
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Guwahati twin murder: Motive is still not known, say police
Guwahati: In the sensational twin murder case in Guwahati, where a woman has been charged with killing her husband and mother-in-law, chopping their bodies into multiple pieces, and later disposing of the…
- India
Teachers’ scam: Now Calcutta HC judge will play role of investigator
Kolkata: Now a Calcutta High Court judge will play the role of an investigator in the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment irregularities scam in West Bengal. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, whose verdict last year prompted…
- India
US Congressional delegation calls on PM Modi
New Delhi: A US Congressional delegation of nine Senators led by Senate majority leader Charles Schumer called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday. The delegation included Senators Ron Wyden, Jack…
- India
MP man freed from Pak jail after three years to return home on Tuesday
Bhopal: A Bhil tribal family living in a remote village in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district had reasons to cheer on Monday as they received their elder son – Raju Laxman Pindare –…
- Hyderabad
Passenger makes bomb threat call after reporting late for Hyderabad-Chennai flight
Hyderabad: A passenger, who wanted to catch a flight to Chennai on Monday but crossed the boarding time, made a bomb threat call to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), forcing the…
