- World
US House passes $1.7 trillion govt funding package
Washington: The US House of Representatives passed a massive package worth $1.7 trillion to fund the federal government. The House passed the omnibus bill late Friday after it cleared the Senate on…
- Pakistan
Islamabad suicide bomber ‘looked like an Afghan’ with long hair
Islamabad: The suicide bomber who detonated explosives during a “surprise” check in Islamabad, “looked like an Afghan” with long hair and was sitting in the back seat of a cab, according to…
- Kolkata
Teachers’ scam: CBI seals records storeroom of Bengal education dept
Kolkata: Bikash Bhawan, the headquarters of the West Bengal education department, has now come under the scanner of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment irregularities scam.…
- Middle East
Iraqi, Italian PMs discuss ties, cooperation
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has met with his visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, during which they discussed bilateral ties and cooperation in the fields of agriculture, water, health and…
- World
Beijing COVID-19 wave ‘peaked’ but China months away from tsunami of infections
Hong Kong: With nearly 250 million now infected without 20 days, infections may have already peaked in Beijing and could do so in Shanghai soon but it will take months before the…
- India
Karnataka: Boy bitten by snake dies due to long ambulance wait
Hassan: A five-year-old boy died due to a delay in the arrival of an ambulance after a snake in this district bit him, sources said on Saturday. The deceased boy has been…
- India
Sonia, Priyanka join Rahul for Bharat Jodo Yatra in Delhi
New Delhi: Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in the national capital on Saturday. They were accompanied by Priyanka’s husband Robert Vadra. As the…
- India
Karnataka: School principal arrested for sexually harassing girl
Yadgir: Karnataka police have arrested the principal of a government residential school for sexually harassing a girl student in Yadgir district of the state, police said on Saturday. The arrested person is…
- Telangana
Two municipal workers run over by car in Telangana
Hyderabad: Two municipal workers were killed when they were run over by a speeding car in Telangana’s Medak town on Saturday. Five other workers were also injured. The accident occurred when the…
- India
‘Let’s always stay prepared’, says Farooq Abdullah on Indo-China border clash
New Delhi: Days after the clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh, National Conference President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq…
- World
Hundreds of flights cancelled in US due to snowstorms
San Francisco: Hundreds of flights were cancelled in major airports in the US Pacific Northwest due to icing and snowstorms. By 8 a.m. Friday local time, Seattle, the largest city in the…
- Telangana
Banking on Telangana growth model, KCR looks to influence national politics
Hyderabad: The year 2022 saw the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) opening a new chapter in its 20-year-old history as it rechristened itself as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) with the party supremo K.…
- World
Indian-American Richard Verma comes home to US State Department
Washington: US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American Richard Verma, a former ambassador to India, as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, the White House said in an announcement on…
- Sports
ISL: Hyderabad FC take provisional lead at the top after 3-0 win over Bangalore FC
Bangalore: Bartholomew Ogbeche ended his seven-game goal drought as Hyderabad FC eased past Bangalore FC with a 3-0 win in an Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium,…