- India
India is in no rush to resume India-Pak trade ties
New Delhi: The onus for resumption of India-Pakistan trade lies with Islamabad, which unilaterally snapped commercial ties in 2019, people familiar with the matter said. The issues of both trade and humanitarian…
- Middle East
Israel removes barriers on importing electrical appliances
Jerusalem: Israel has removed most requirements for importing household and industrial electrical products. Under the new rules, it is allowed from now on to import electrical products without the need for an…
- World
Over 21 million under Covid lockdown in Chinese city
Beijing: More than 21 million people are under a Covid lockdown in Chengdu after a fresh outbreak was detected in the Chinese city, the media reported. On Thursday, Chengdu, the capital of…
- India
UP woman allegedly stages own abduction, seeks Rs 10L as ransom
Lucknow: A 29-year-old woman allegedly staged her own abduction for a Rs 10 lakh ransom but her mother claimed that she was blackmailed by her abductors to seek ransom from her parents.…
- India
Madrasa demolition: Prohibitory orders clamped in Assam district
Guwahati: A day after a Madrasa was bulldozed allegedly for having links with a terror outfit, and the arrest of a Madrasa teacher on suspicion of being close to a ‘jihadi’ organisation,…
- India
Two UP kids detained for carrying pistols to school
Prayagraj: Two school children were detained in Prayagraj for carrying country-made pistols to school, apparently to threaten teachers and display their supremacy to other kids. They have been sent to a juvenile…
- India
Bihar: KCR ‘insulted’ Nitish Kumar, says Sushil Modi
Patna: BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday claimed that Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao insulted his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar during the press conference on Wednesday. “Nitish Kumar…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Swiggy customer’s demand ‘Don’t want Muslim delivery person’ triggers outrage
Hyderabad: A demand by a customer in Hyderabad on food delivery app Swiggy has triggered an outrage with many people demanding the company to blacklist the customer. The customer asked Swiggy not…
- India
Kashmiri Pandits’ killing: SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea seeking SIT probe into the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir in 1990, which led to their exodus…
- Business
SBI Ecowrap revises annual GDP growth for FY23 to 6.8%
Mumbai: A report by the SBI Ecowrap has now revised its annual GDP growth for FY23 to 6.8 percent, a large part of which is a statistical adjustment with growth momentum likely…
- India
Call for action against Hooda, Chavan for meeting Azad
New Delhi: After former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and ex-Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda met Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress leaders have sought action against the two for going against the…
- World
Putin pays last respects to Gorbachev, not to attend funeral
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin paid his last respects to last Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday, as he will not be able to attend the official farewell ceremony later this…
- World
Chinese police crack down on dissidents ahead of party Congress
Beijing: The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China has announced that it will hold its 20th National Congress on October 16 amid a mounting wave of censorship and curbs on the…
- Telangana
Every child born in Telangana has Rs 1.25L debt: Nirmala Sitharaman
Hyderabad: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came down heavily on Telangana’s TRS government for raising debts beyond FRBM limits and claimed that every child born in the state carries Rs 1.25 lakh…
- India
Teachers cannot be booked for advising students to study well: Madras HC
Chennai: The Madras High Court has ruled that teachers cannot be booked for abetment of suicide of students merely because they had asked the student concerned to study well. Granting bail to…
