- India
Teachers’ scam: Third arrested middleman reveals rates fixed for teaching jobs
Kolkata: Chandan Mondal aka Ranjan, the third middleman arrested in connection with the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal on Friday, has reportedly given to CBI sleuths a break-up of rates…
- Pakistan
Pak Defence Minister acknowledges country has already gone bankrupt
Sialkot: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif suggested on Saturday that one-fourth of Pakistans debt could be paid off if only two golf clubs built on expensive government land are sold, media reports…
- India
Entire Rs 16,982 cr GST compensation cess to states to be cleared: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that the entire GST compensation cess for June 2022 totalling Rs 16,982 crore will be cleared. She said this while addressing a press…
- Bollywood
Sohail Khan is chuffed with CCL returning after pandemic
Mumbai: Bollywood actor and director Sohail Khan shared his experience of being part of the Celebrity Cricket League(CCL) which is a sportainment event that includes film actors from eight major regional film…
- Technology
TRAI directs telcos to improve call services for better 5G experience
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed telecom service providers to take urgent steps to demonstrate visible improvement in quality of service and quality of experience by consumers,…
- World
Bank of Japan to launch digital yen pilot program
Tokyo: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will start a pilot program to test the use of a digital yen with commercial financial institutions in April, the central bank said. Under the program,…
- World
San Francisco gets emptier and emptier, Musk finds it ‘tragic’
San Francisco: Tech leaders and internet stars are lamenting that downtown San Francisco’s real estate market has deteriorated and the city is getting “emptier and emptier”, with Elon Musk calling this “tragic”.…
- Telangana
Telangana CMs, Governor extend their greetings on Maha Shivratri
Hyderabad: The Chief Ministers and Governors of both the Telugu states greeted people on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao extended greetings to the people of Telangana…
- Kashmir
NIA seizes 3 vehicles used for militancy purposes in J&K
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday seized three vehicles used for militancy purposes in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an NIA statement, the vehicles were seized under section 25 (1) of…
- Entertainment
Oscars Film Fest to let audiences binge on 2023 Oscar-nominated films
Mumbai: Biggest Oscar-nominated films will be showcased at 2023 edition of Oscars Film Fest by PVR Cinemas. Every year the Academy Awards celebrate films for their outstanding achievement, honouring the best and…
- World
Taliban supreme leader comes under attack from powerful ministers
Kabul: Key Taliban officials have recently appeared to criticise the militant group’s supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, whose repressive policies have alienated Afghans and isolated the Taliban’s unrecognized government internationally, the media…
- Bangalore
Two youths stabbed to death over parking row at cricket tournament in Karnataka
Bengaluru: In a tragic turn of events at a cricket tournament held ahead of the Shivaratri festival, two youths were stabbed to death by a group of people who had come to…
- India
Nikki Yadav murder: Delhi court sends 5 accused to 2-day custody
New Delhi: A Delhi court has sent Sahil Gehlot and four co-accused in the Nikki Yadav murder case, to two-day police custody. Gehlot had strangled the 23-year-old woman at Kashmiri Gate on…
- World
Biden faces Republican probe into US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan
Washington: US President Joe Biden seems to be the “Man on Fire” as he faces a Republican probe into the hasty withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 which led…