- Middle East
Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket firing
Gaza: Israeli fighter jets on Sunday carried out a series of airstrikes on facilities belonging to militant groups in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the coastal enclave, Palestinian…
- Pakistan
Daesh planning to carry out suicide attack in Pakistan
Quetta: The Balochistan police have issued a threat alert for a suicide attack on security forces in Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported. In a statement, Quetta’s central police office said it had…
- Telangana
Sharmila’s padayatra yet to resume as police serve show cause notice
Hyderabad: YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y.S. Sharmila’s padayatra could not resume in Warangal district on Sunday as the police have not yet given the permission for the same. The Warangal district…
- India
TN professor loses Rs 23L in online scam promising job in Singapore
Chennai: A Tiruchy-based professor, who was unemployed after returning from Saudi Arabia during Covid-19, lost Rs 23.5 lakh to an online scam. Tiruchy police told IANS that Prem Navas of Tirumurugan Nagar,…
- India
UP BJP MPs get restive, keep embarrassing party, govt
Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs in Uttar Pradesh are getting increasingly vocal about their resentment against the ‘system’ and are leaving no stone unturned to embarrass the party and the government.…
- India
Nepotism exists: SC Bar Assocation prez on judicial appointments
New Delhi: Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh, in an interview with IANS on the appointment of judges, said he is not saying nepotism is institutionally there,…
- India
What is Collegium system of appointing judges SC, Center lock horns over?
New Delhi: The Judiciary and the Executive in India’s celebrated democracy appear to be locking horns once again. The distance between these two pillars of democracy may be intended for the smooth…
- India
SC asks tough questions about Arun Goel’s elevation to EC
New Delhi: There is hardly anything surprising in the Supreme Court raising questions with the Centre or pulling up the government on issues, but in the matter of the appointment of retired…
- Middle East
New round of Palestinian reconciliation talks scheduled for Dec: Hamas
Gaza: A senior official of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has announced that a new round of Palestinian dialogue for inter-factional reconciliation would be held in Algeria at the end of December.…
- India
UP vendor loses legs in train mishap during police raids
Kanpur: A 17-year-old vegetable vendor lost his legs after he was run over by a train while he was trying to pick up his weighing scales that were allegedly thrown by the…
- India
Bride collapses, dies on stage in Lucknow
Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a young bride in her early 20s, collapsed during the garland exchange ceremony on the stage and died, apparently due to a cardiac arrest. The incident took…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Statue politics flares up as state gets closer to Assembly polls
Bengaluru: As Karnataka inches closer to Assembly elections in 2023, the politics over statues is hotting up. First, the opposition parties took objection to the installation of a statue of Bengaluru founder…
- World
World food prices fall slightly in November: FAO
Rome: Increased stability in grain exports from Russia and Ukraine sent global prices for grains and cereals lower in November, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. The broader FAO Food…
- Middle East
Iran begins construction of new nuclear power plant
Tehran: Iran began on Saturday the construction of a new nuclear power plant in its southwestern province of Khuzestan. Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and some…
- Pakistan
New Pak Army chief warns India of ‘any misadventure’ during LoC visit
Rawalpindi: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Asim Munir, has warned India of strict action in case of any ‘misadventure’, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, according to a media report.…
