- Middle East
Window for reviving nuclear deal not to open forever: Iranian FM
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that the window for achieving an agreement on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal won’t remain open forever, official news agency IRNA…
- Middle East
Erdogan vows to attract Turkish scientist to reverse brain drain
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey supports the youth to study overseas and works to attract Turkish scientists living abroad to return home amid a debate over brain…
- World
UN chief appoints new coordinator for Black Sea Grain Initiative
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Abdullah Abdul Samad Dashti of Kuwait as the new UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Dashti succeeds Amir Mahmoud…
- Middle East
One killed, 15 injured in a 17-vehicle pileup in Iran
Tehran: One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a 17-vehicle chain-reaction pileup in the central Iranian city of Arak, Markazi province, reported the semi-official Mehr news agency. The accident…
- Middle East
Israel’s new govt puts West Bank settlement top priority
Jerusalem: Israel’s incoming government led by comeback leader Benjamin Netanyahu released its policy guidelines, putting settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank as its top priority. The policy document, a copy of…
- India
Income tax exemption limit likely to be enhanced in budget
New Delhi: The government is likely to enhance the income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh from the existing Rs 2.5 lakh in the forthcoming budget for 2023-24, sources privy to…
- India
Former Hindustan Organic Chemicals GM gets 1 yr jail, Rs 3 cr fine in DA case
Thiruvanthapuram: A special CBI court in Kerala has sentenced a former General Manager of Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd to one year rigorous imprisonment in case of owning disproportionate assets. The court also…
- India
Shivraj Chouhan publicly suspends Niwari collector from stage
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday publicly suspended two state government officials, including Niwari district collector Tarun Bhatnagar, after accusing the bureaucrats of ‘negligence’ and ‘not completing’ assignments related…
- India
2022 marked increase in pollution, Yamuna remained filthy: Manoj Tiwari
New Delhi: BJP MP from North East Delhi and former state unit President, Manoj Tiwari has expressed concern over increasing pollution and deteriorating condition of the environment in the national capital. Attacking…
- Telangana
KTR seeks funds in Union Budget for Telangana’s textile sector
Hyderabad: A few weeks ahead of the Union Budget 2023-24, Telangana Handlooms and Textiles Minister K.T. Rama Rao has urged the Central government to allot sufficient funds for strengthening the handlooms sector…
- Bangalore
Police must not make show of strength in border areas: Bommai
Belagavi: Complimenting the Karnataka Police, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said it is working with dedication and policemen must not make a show of strength in the border areas but must…
- India
Army outreach campaign to touch 75 remote villages
Secunderabad: In its commitment to nation building, the Indian Army under the aegis of Southern Command has planned a mega outreach campaign to 75 remote villages across Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Rajasthan,…
- India
Catholic priest in Kerala sentenced to 7 years in POCSO case
Kochi: A special Pocso court in Kerala’s Trissur on Wednesday sentenced Catholic priest Raju Kokan to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in his diocese. The incident occurred in…
- India
CBI reopened case against Lalu as he came with us in Bihar, says Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday attributed the CBI’s move to reopen a case against RJD national President Lalu Prasad Yadav to his joining hands with his party to form…
- India
Coimbatore car blast case: NIA arrests two more persons
Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) that is conducting a probe into the October 23 Coimbatore car blast case in which a 29-year-old man was charred to death has arrested two more…
