- India
Three BJP leaders booked under SC/ST Act in Gujarat
Vadodara: Three BJP leaders have been booked under the SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) in Dabhoi town in Gujarat’s Vadodara. Vadodara Rural Deputy Superintendent of police (ST/SC cell) Aakash Patel said a…
- Hyderabad
Son of Telangana minister’s former aide dies by suicide
Hyderabad: The son of a former personal assistant of a Telangana minister died by suicide on Monday, police said. Akshay Kumar, 23, who was accused of taking money to allot houses under…
- Bangalore
Heavy rainfall likely in Karnataka till Nov 24: IMD
Bengaluru: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall till November 24 in most parts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru. The rains are going to lash coastal districts of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara…
- India
Indian biologist gets UN’s highest honour for saving world’s rarest storks
New Delhi: Purnima Devi Barman, conservation biologist known for initiating all-female grassroots conservation movement from Assam for saving the greater adjutant, one of the world’s rarest storks, is among the UN Environment Programme’s…
- Middle East
Turkey plans to produce flour from Russian wheat to supply poor nations: Erdogan
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country planned to produce flour from Russian wheat for free delivery to the least developed countries. Erdogan said he had agreed with his…
- Middle East
Iraq condemns Iranian attacks on Kurdistan region
Baghdad: Iraq has strongly condemned Iran’s cross-border bombardments on Iranian Kurdish opposition parties’ positions in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq. “The repeated attacks carried out by Iranian and Turkish…
- Middle East
Qatar World Cup: Croatian forward Kramaric happy with World Cup timing and conditions
Doha: Croatia’s veteran forward Andrej Kramaric said on Monday that conditions in Qatar for the World Cup finals were much better than he had expected. The days prior to the World Cup…
- India
Karnataka: Inter-faith couple apply for marriage, Hindu groups suspect ‘love jihad’
Dakshina Kannada: Hindu organisations have raised objections to an interfaith couple applying for marriage at a sub-registrar’s office here, suspecting it to be a “love jihad” case. The incident came to light…
- News
11 students, 1 staffer injured in chemical explosion at Sydney primary school
Sydney: Eleven students and one staff member of a primary school in Sydney were injured in a science experiment explosion, a government official said on Tuesday. New South Wales (NSW) Minister for…
- Hyderabad
IT raids on Telangana minister, kin in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Income Tax department carried out searches at the residence and offices of Telangana Labour Minister Malla Reddy and his relatives in and around Hyderabad on Tuesday. The IT teams launched…
- India
ASI to probe viral video of man offering namaz at Taj Mahal
Agra: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to probe the authenticity of a viral video purportedly showing a man offering ‘namaz’ with a woman sitting alongside him in garden area…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra police rescue 36 donkeys, seize over 500 kg donkey meat
Amaravati: In the first-ever large seizure of donkeys meant for slaughter, the Prakasam district police, in a joint operation with PETA India and local groups from Andhra Pradesh, conducted raids in the…
- Technology
AWS launches 2nd Cloud infrastructure region in India, to support 48K jobs
Hyderabad: Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday announced the launch of its second AWS infrastructure Region in India in Hyderabad that will support more than 48,000 full-time jobs annually through a planned…
- India
UPI payment apps may impose transaction limit
New Delhi: UPI payment apps like Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, and others may soon impose a limit on the transaction. Soon users may not be able to make unlimited payments via UPI…
- Pakistan
Pakistan Army chief’s family became billionaires in last six years
New Delhi: When Qamar Javed Bajwa became a Lieutenant General, his wife was not even a tax filer. His closest friend in Lahore, Sabir ‘Mithu’ Hameed, was a good businessman but not…
