- Business
India’s Q1 GDP logs 13.5% growth, experts say lower than expected (Lead)
New Delhi/Chennai: India’s economic growth rose to 13.5 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal (2022-23), a huge jump from 4.1 per cent growth recorded in the final quarter…
- Middle East
Israel strikes Syria’s Aleppo int’l airport
Damascus: An Israeli missile strike hit the international airport of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, causing material damage, a Syrian military statement said. Local news websites on Wednesday said the missiles came from…
- World
Russia bans 55 more Canadians from entry
Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that an additional 55 Canadian citizens have been indefinitely barred from entering the country in response to Ottawa’s anti-Russian sanctions. Also ReadIndian American charged with…
- Telangana
Sack Telangana health minister for surgery deaths, demands Congress
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has demanded the dismissal of Health Minister T. Harish Rao from the state Cabinet over the death of four women at a family planning surgery camp…
- India
Taj Mahal’s name change game falls flat in corporation session
Agra: Another attempt to force change the name of the Taj Mahal to “Tejo Mahal” fell flat, after noisy scenes and frayed tempers in a special session of the Agra Municipal Corporation…
- Business
No cap on airfare from now, air ticket prices may go up during festive season
New Delhi: There will be no cap on air ticket prices from August 31, and airlines will have flexibility in fixing the airfares. However, experts said that high competition among the airlines…
- India
Sonia Gandhi’s mother passes away in Italy
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s mother Paola Maino passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday and her funeral took place on Tuesday, party leaders said on Wednesday. In…
- Business
Union Labour Ministry extends public utility service status for three industries
New Delhi: Ministry of Labour and Employment has extended the public utility service status of three industries: industries engaged in the manufacture or production of mineral oil (crude oil), motor and aviation…
- India
WBSSC scam: Partha Chatterjee, Arpita sent to another 14 days judicial custody
Kolkata: A special Enforcement Directorate court here on Wednesday rejected the bail applications of former minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission…
- India
Maha Ganeshotsav bonanza: Homes for cops in just Rs 15 lakh in BDD scheme
Mumbai: In a Ganeshotsav windfall, the Maharashtra government has decided to give ownership of houses to police personnel for just Rs 15 lakh under the BDD Chawl redevelopment scheme, officials said here…
- Politics
Gujarat BJP chief says Kejriwal can be problematic for the nation
Bharuch: Gujarat BJP chief C.R. Patil has alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal can prove problematic for the country. His allegation is based on the Anna Hazare experience and letter, written…
- India
At times, I feel I would have quit politics: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister and All-India Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that at times she feels that she would have quit politics. “I joined politics to serve the…
- Bangalore
Statewide protest call over police inaction against rape accused Karnataka seer
Bengaluru: Dalit and student organizations and others have given a statewide protest call against the ruling BJP and the Karnataka police on September 2, condemning the inaction against rape accused Lingayat seer…
- Delhi
Delhi LG to take legal action against AAP MLAs for allegations of corruption
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor V.K. Saxena has decided to take strict legal action against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders who charged Saxena with corruption during his tenure as Chairman of Khadi…
- Delhi
Delhi court summons Jacqueline Fernandez on Sept 26 in extortion case
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued summons to actress Jacqueline Fernandez to appear before it on September 26 in an alleged extortion case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. The development came…
