- India
Amarinder thanks PM for naming airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Chandigarh: Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for naming the Chandigarh airport after Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh. In a statement, Capt. Amarinder said it was…
- India
Ankita murder: Last rites held finally, NH 58 blocked in protest
Srinagar: People’s anger over the murder of Ankita Bhandari, who worked as a receptionist at a resort in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district and was reportedly being forced to provide “special services” to guests, continued…
- India
Khattar hails apex court ruling on separate gurdwara panel for Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday congratulated the Sikh community on the decision of the Supreme Court to constitute a separate Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee for Haryana. He said…
- India
Nitish Kumar calls for Congress-comprised ‘main front’ to oust BJP
Fatehabad: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday gave a clarion call for a “main front”, comprising the Congress, to oust the BJP in 2024 parliamentary polls, He was among political regional…
- Science
NASA scraps Artemis 1 Moon mission launch due to hurricane threat
Washington: The US space agency has called off its Artemis I launch scheduled for September 27, owing to Tropical Storm Ian threat, and was preparing for rollback while continuing to watch the…
- India
Pak drone airdrops 4 heroin packets in Punjab
Amritsar: A Pakistani drone has dropped four packets of heroin weighing around 3.29 kg in the border village of Dhanoe Khurd in Punjab’s Amritsar district, officials said. According to Border Security Force…
- Telangana
Telangana’s state festival Bathukamma off to a colourful start
Hyderabad: Bathukamma, Telangana’s floral festival, commenced on Sunday with women in large numbers participating in the festivities across the state. Sunday marked the beginning of the nine-day festival, the official festival of Telangana.…
- India
Nitish, Lalu Prasad reach 10 Janpath to meet Sonia
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday reached 10 Janpath to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss matters pertaining to opposition unity. The two leaders…
- Middle East
Demonstrations in Iran pose biggest threat to hardline regime in 13 years
Tehran: Demonstrations have spread to most of Iran’s 31 provinces and almost all urban centres, pitting anti-government demonstrators against regime forces, including the military, and posing the most serious test to the…
- India
Delhi: Minor boy gang-raped; rod inserted in private parts
New Delhi: A 12-year-old boy was allegedly thrashed and gang-raped by four persons in the Seelampur area of the national capital, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal informed through the social…
- India
Guests at UP wedding asked to show Aadhaar cards
Amroha: In a seemingly bizarre incident, guests at a wedding in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district were asked to show their Aadhaar cards before they were allowed to pick up dinner plates. The…
- Telangana
Telangana: Housewife sedated, gang-raped on Hyderabad outskirts
Hyderabad: A married woman was allegedly gang raped by unidentified men near Zaheerabad town in Telangana’s Sangareddy district, police said on Sunday. The 24-year-old was sexually assaulted at Didgi village near Zaheerabad…
- India
New generation should get a chance to lead the show, says Gehlot
Jaipur: Amid the suspense over the CM’s face, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday gave a stunning statement and said that the new generation should get a chance to lead the show. Gehlot,…
- Pakistan
2 military personnel killed in explosion in Pakistan
Islamabad: Two security forces personnel have been killed in an explosion in North Waziristan district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday. According to a statement released by…
- India
Property attached in J&K’s Bandipora for wilfully sheltering militants
Srinagar: The J&K Police on Sunday attached a residential house in Kashmir’s Bandipora district for wilful sheltering of militants. Police said, “The residential house of one person, namely Bashir Ahmad Mir, son of…
