- India
Bengal’s slain student leader Anis Khan’s brother attacked by unknown malefactors
Kolkata: Amid controversies over the mysterious death of student leader Anis Khan in West Bengal’s Howrah district, his cousin Salman Khan, who was spearheading the movement demanding a CBI probe into his…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu: Bride calls lover to stop her wedding
Chennai: To stop his lover from marrying another man, a 24-year-old Tamil Nadu man snatched the ‘Thali’ (mangalsutra) from the prospective groom and tried to tie it around the woman’s neck. The…
- India
Man meets sister in Kartarpur after separation from family in 1947
Lahore: The Kartarpur Corridor has once again reunited another family after a man who separated from his parents when he was only a few months old in 1947, finally met his sister…
- Technology
Elon Musk sends another notice to Twitter to kill $44 bn deal
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shot off a third notice to Parag Agrawal-led Twitter, aimed at terminating the $44 billion takeover deal. In the latest letter submitted with the US…
- Business
Is 7.5% possible? Downside risks increasing for India’s GDP growth forecast
New Delhi: India’s double-digit annualised growth is impressive prima facie, but the actual print is around 2 per cent lower than market expectations and is also accompanied by weak sequential momentum, Acuite…
- World
Canada confirms 1,321 monkeypox cases
Ottawa: The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has confirmed 1,321 cases of monkeypox including 37 hospitalisations in the country as of Friday. The health agency said that of the confirmed cases,…
- Business
Amazon acquires Cloostermans to bolster its robotics operations
San Francisco: Amazon on Friday announced to acquire Belgium-based Cloostermans, that designs and manufactures mechatronics solutions, for an undisclosed sum. With the acquisition of Cloostermans, Amazon said it will continue to invest…
- India
Child Marriage: Karnataka Police arrest husband, parents of girl
Bangalore: Karnataka Police said on Saturday that it arrested the 46-year-old husband and parents of a 14-year-old girl on charges of child marriage in Yelahanka New Town of Bengaluru. The police have…
- Pakistan
Afghan fans desecrating Pakistan flag in Islamabad
Islamabad: The Pakistan Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior has taken notice of Afghan fans desecrating the Pakistani flag after Pakistan defeated Afghanistan in a nail-biting Asia Cup fixture. During the meeting, chaired…
- World
EU Ministers back 5-billion-euro loan to Ukraine
Prague: Finance and economy ministers of the European Union (EU) member states have agreed to support the swift adoption of additional financial assistance to Ukraine to the tune of 5 billion euros.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: BJP to sound poll bugle with ‘Janaspandana’ rally today
Bengaluru: Setting its eye firmly on the 2023 Assembly elections, the ruling BJP in Karnataka will on Saturday organise ‘Janaspandana’, a public rally to mark Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai government’s one year…
- India
Large portion of Curlies night club in Goa bulldozed (Ld)
Panaji: Even as the Supreme Court stayed the demolition of one particular survey number of Curlies night club and restaurant on Goa’s Anjuna beach, the demolition squad razed the other portions of…
- India
Panneerselvam’s request for police protection rejected
Chennai: The Greater Chennai police have rejected a request by deposed AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam (OPS) for police protection to enter the party headquarters in the city. The police protection was sought…
- World
Mosquito Fire in California spreads to almost 30,000 acres
Los Angeles: The explosive Mosquito Fire burning in the foothills east of Sacramento, capital city of the western US’ California, grew to 29,585 acres (119.7 square km) on Friday noon, some 60…
- Sports
Australia’s Aaron Finch announces retirement from ODI cricket
Melbourne: Australia white-ball skipper Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from One-day International (ODI) cricket, with the third and final match against New Zealand in Cairns on September 11 being his last…
