- India
‘Summarily hang’ Shraddha Walkar’s killer, demands Sanjay Raut
Mumbai: Agitated by the brutal killing of Palghar woman Shraddha Walkar, Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday demanded that her killer should be “summarily” hanged without a trial. “Such a person…
- India
Over 3,800 rural libraries in Tamil Nadu to get facelift
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Rural Development department has sanctioned an amount of Rs 84 crore for repairing and maintaining 3,808 rural libraries in the state. The development had come following widespread complaints…
- India
Demonetisation ‘one of critical steps in series of transformational economic policy’: Centre
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the November 2016 decision to withdraw Rs 500 and 1,000 currency notes was “one of the critical steps in the series of transformational…
- Bangalore
Model alleges sexual harassment by ride app driver, police say complaint false
Bengaluru: Investigations into the sexual harassment allegations by a model and actress against a ride app driver in Bengaluru have shown that the victim has lodged a false complaint, Karnataka Police said…
- India
Congress drops 5 sitting MLAs in central, north Guj, repeats 7
Gandhinagar: The Congress on Wednesday released another list of 33 candidates form seats of central and north Gujarat, repeating seven sitting MLAs and dropping five. Veteran politician Shankersinh Vaghela’s son Mahendrasinh, who…
- India
CBI files FIR in Rs 750.54 cr loan fraud against Kanpur firm
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged a case against Kanpur-based Rotomac Global and its directors for allegedly cheating a consortium of banks led by Indian Overseas Bank to…
- Delhi
AAP complains to EC as party’s Gujarat candidate ‘forced’ to withdraw nomination
New Delhi: A four-member delegation of Aam Aadmi Party led by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday met the Election Commission officials to complain against ‘misuse of the police and…
- India
Calcutta HC reconstitutes SIT of CBI probing teachers recruitment scam
Kolkata: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the reconstitution of the special investigation team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment irregularities…
- India
BJP alleges recruitment scams by Nitish-Tejashwi government
Patna: Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha has alleged that a recruitment scam continues to thrive in every department of the state government. “Kosi range DIG Shivdeep Lande…
- Pakistan
Bilawal Bhutto decries ‘national obsession’ over Army chief appointment
Karachi: Terming the gossip, debate and speculation over the upcoming appointment of the chief of army staff “unfortunate”, Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that “the national obsession with this particular…
- India
Wearing masks not mandatory anymore in flights in India
New Delhi: Keeping in view the declining cases of COVID-19 in the country, the government on Wednesday removed mandatory requirement to wear masks on flights. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that…
- News
Ahead of BMC polls, CM Shinde to inaugurate 51 health clinics in Mumbai
Mumbai: In what is billed as a major public health initiative, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will inaugurate 51 Hindu HridaySamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Clinics on the lines of ‘mohalla’ (neighbourhood) dispensaries all…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP High Court asks CID to question Ponguru Narayana in Hyderabad
Amaravati: In a relief to senior TDP leader and former Andhra Pradesh minister Ponguru Narayana, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the CID that it may question him at his…
- India
FIR against Suvendu Adhikari for comments on female tribal minister
Kolkata: An FIR has been filed on Wednesday against the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari for his alleged derogatory comments about Trinamool Congress legislator from Jhargram…
- Science
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission finally on way to the Moon
Washington: The US space agency on Wednesday finally sent its next-generation rocket into space as part of its ambitious, uncrewed Artemis I Moon mission which faced two failed attempts amid years of…
