- Bangalore
Offensive skit case: 9 including students arrested in Bangalore
Bengaluru: Following the objections raised by Dalit organisations and student groups to a skit that allegedly defamed Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the Karnataka Police arrested nine people, including the Principal and seven students…
- World
Tesla crash: Indian-American who drove family off cliff pleads not guilty
New York: An Indian-American, who was accused of deliberately driving his Tesla off a California cliff with his wife and children inside, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. Dharmesh A. Patel,…
- World
Indian-American judge slaps $1 mn fine on Facebook
New York: Indian-American judge Vince Chhabria has slapped a fine of almost $1 million on Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and its law firm for creating obstacles for court and users in a…
- India
Retail inflation at 6.5 percent in January, worrisome, shocker: Economists
Chennai: In a shocker, consumer price index (CPI) inflation touched 6.5 per cent in January, the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation said on Monday, after being 5.72 per cent in December…
- World
Oil prices rise modestly as traders assess Russian output cut
New York: Oil prices eked out modest gains as market participants weighed Russia’s plan to cut its oil production. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for March delivery rose 42 cents, or 0.53…
- Politics
Azam Khan, son get 2 years in jail
Moradabad: A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad has sentenced senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan to two years in jail in a 2008…
- India
Woman facilitating rape can be prosecuted for ‘gang rape’: Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that “no doubt a woman cannot commit the offence of rape but if she facilitates the act then she can be prosecuted for the offence…
- Kashmir
Landless, poor people won’t be displaced in J&K anti-encroachment drive
Jammu: The Divisional Commissioner of Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, on Monday assured a delegation of civil society members that no landless or poor people will be displaced during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive to…
- Andhra Pradesh
YSRCP to run ‘Jagan anna is our future’ campaign in run-up to 2024 polls
Amaravati: Gearing up for next year’s Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) will undertake a ‘Jagan anna is our future’ campaign across the state next month. Chief Minister…
- India
Don’t turn House into a municipal corporation, Speaker tells warring TMC, BJP MPs
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday admonished Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee and BJP MP Saumitra Khan after they entered into a war of words, asking them not to…
- Technology
Beijing leads China’s AI industry with over 1,000 AI companies
Beijing: Beijing had 1,048 major artificial intelligence (AI) companies as of October 2022, accounting for 29 per cent of the national total, according to a report on the capital’s AI development released…
- India
‘It is disturbing’: SC on Chief Justices of HCs not allowing virtual hearing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked all Chief Justices of high courts to take a favourable view on the infrastructure in place for virtual hearings and not insist on physical…
- India
Why not JPC in Hindenburg Adani row, asks Congress after Centre response in SC
New Delhi: In wake of the Centre telling the Supreme Court that the government has no objections on committee to probe the matter in wake of the Adani-Hindenburg Group episode, Congress leader…
- India
Modi is the last person I will be scared of: Rahul Gandhi
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi, told a public meeting at his constituency on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the last person he would be scared of. “It…
- India
IIT-B condoles death of Dalit student, orders probe
Mumbai: The IIT-Bombay on Monday condoled the death by suicide of B.Tech. First Year Dalit student, Darshan Solanki, terming it as “a great loss to the family and to the IITB community.…
