- India
UP MLA seeks stricter punishment in ‘love jihad’ cases
Lucknow: Bhartiya Janata Party MLA Rajeshwar Singh has urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to amend state laws dealing with heinous crimes and proposed ‘stricter’ punishment for “love jihad” in view…
- India
Karnataka Congress MLA Tanveer Sait gets death threat
Mysuru: Former minister and Congress MLA Tanveer Sait has lodged a police complaint alleging that he has received a life threat for announcing to install the tallest statue of Tipu Sultan here,…
- World
Indian-American named president of Tufts University
New York: Indian-American academician Sunil Kumar has been appointed the next president of Massachusetts-based Tufts University — the first person of colour to occupy the position. Kumar, Provost and Senior Vice President…
- India
AMU student critical after being hit with bat
Aligarh: A Kashmiri student of B. Tech Civil was severely injured after his classmate hit him on the head with a bat following a minor tiff during a cricket match in Aligarh…
- Technology
Amazon CEO confirms more layoffs coming in early 2023
San Francisco: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has warned employees that there will be more layoffs at the company in early 2023 “as leaders continue to make adjustments”. The e-commerce giant publicly confirmed…
- India
Love jihad accused absconding, reward announced for his arrest
Lucknow: The Lucknow police is clueless about the whereabouts of a man who allegedly pushed a girl down from the fourth floor of an apartment after she refused to convert and marry…
- World
Finland needs over 50000 immigrants per year for next 28 years
Helsinki: Finland needs over 50,000 immigrants a year for the next 28 years to fill job vacancies arising due to an ageing population, according to the country’s tech industry. Technology Finland said…
- World
Five Indian-American students selected for Rhodes Scholarship 2023
New York: Five Indian-American students have been selected from a pool of 840 applicants to join the ranks of Rhodes Scholars Class of 2023. Shreyas Hallur, Atharv Gupta, Veer Sangha, Amisha Kambath,…
- India
India watches closely as Pakistan awaits new Army chief
New Delhi: With General Qamar Javed Bajwa retiring, Pakistan is all set to have a new Army chief later this month. The development is expected to impact the entire region as the…
- World
Mass resignations hit Twitter, Elon Musk ‘temporarily shuts’ offices
San Francisco: In yet another ‘mayhem’ at Twitter, hundreds of employees have resigned ahead of the deadline given to them by Elon Musk to either agree to his “extremely hardcore” way of…
- Hyderabad
Telangana MLAs’ poaching case: SIT summons two for questioning
Hyderabad: Intensifying its investigation into the Telangana MLAs’ poaching case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has issued notices to two individuals. A lawyer from Telangana’s Karimnagar district and a relative of the…
- India
Ban on buffalo transport lifted in Goa, meat traders welcome decision
Panaji: The Goa government has lifted the ban on transportation of buffaloes from neighbouring states to the Goa Meat Complex in south Goa for slaughtering, after it was imposed on account of…
- Delhi
‘Despite all environmental requirements, 10 infra projects in Delhi pending’
New Delhi: A total of 10 projects of critical importance to the city that include construction of roads aimed at easing traffic and facilitating public transport, arterial roads, road under and over…
- India
‘B’luru city population to be doubled in decade, health infrastructure to be strained’
Bengaluru: Special Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Dr. Thrilok Chandra, said on Thursday that Bengaluru’s population of 1.3 crore is likely to double, to touch 2.5 crore in the next…
- Andhra Pradesh
Lecturer’s throat slit by husband in Andhra college
Amaravati: A woman lecturer was injured when her husband slit her throat on college campus in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur town on Thursday. The incident occurred on Arts College campus. According to police,…
