- Middle East
Palestinian killed for trying to stab Israeli guard in West Bank
Ramallah: A Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers after he tried to stab an Israeli security guard near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The Palestinian Health…
- Pakistan
Pakistan condemns desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden
Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned the “abhorrent” act of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, stressing that the move hurt the sentiments of the 1.5 billion-strong Muslim community across the…
- Telangana
Modi to flag off BJP’s campaign against BRS in run-up to Telangana polls
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to raise the pitch against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana in an election year with several Union Ministers and senior leaders making a…
- Hyderabad
Telangana official intrudes into IAS officer Smita Sabharwal’s house
Hyderabad: A government official has been arrested for intruding into the house of senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Smita Sabharwal in Hyderabad. Smita, who is secretary to the Telangana chief minister,…
- India
Air India ‘pee-gate’: Delhi court extends Shankar Mishra’s judicial custody
New Delhi: The Patiala House Court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger in a drunk state on board a…
- India
Man accused of dragging DCW chief Swati Maliwal gets bail
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Harish Chander, the man accused of dragging Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal by car for 10-15 metres outside the…
- India
Air India ‘pee-gate’: ‘Pilot-in-command has been made scapegoat’
New Delhi: Majority of pilots feel that the DGCA action on the pilot-in-command (PIC) of the Air India aircraft, in which a man urinated on a fellow woman passenger on-board, was not…
- Hyderabad
Telangana unit Cong in-charge stresses need for unity in view of polls
Hyderabad: Aiming to end the infighting and forge unity in the Congress party in Telangana ahead of this year’s Assembly elections, the new in-charge for the party in the state Manikrao Thakare…
- Bangalore
IndiGo emergency door opening case: Won’t glorify Cong’s criticism, says Tejasvi Surya
Bengaluru: Reacting for the first time on the aircraft’s emergency door opening incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bengaluru South, Tejasvi Surya on Saturday said a clarification on the matter has already…
- Delhi
Man sets self on fire in Delhi, police register abetment to suicide case
New Delhi: A 28 year-old man died after he set himself on fire in Delhi’s Kalyanpuri area, an official said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday night, and the deceased has…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru Metro pillar collapse: BMRCL MD appears before police
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director Anjum Parvez on Saturday appeared before the police in connection with the collapse of an iron pillar at the site of construction of…
- India
Karnataka: Guided by Deve Gowda, JD-S eyes prospect of playing kingmaker
Bengaluru: As the national parties — BJP and Congress — are ruling out JD-S as a competitor in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, 89-year-old former Prime Minister and JD-S supremo H.D. Deve…
- India
Gujarat: After social boycott fails, family ‘kidnaps’ woman
Ahmedabad: After cops intervened and ended the social boycott of 17 families of the ‘Nai’ (barber) community, which were facing discrimination post one of its members married an upper caste woman in…
- Telangana
Telangana attracted Rs 21,000 cr investment during Davos meet
Hyderabad: Telangana attracted investments worth Rs 21,000 crore during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting at Davos where the state delegation was headed by state minister for information technology and industries,…
- India
Lingayat vote bank appears shaky for ruling BJP in north Karnataka
Bengaluru: The north Karnataka region known for harmony and peaceful co-existence plays an important role in shaping the political scenario of the state. Consisting of 13 districts, the voting pattern has seen…
