- India
BJP’s TN unit to gift gold coins to newborns on Modi’s birthday
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP will gift gold coins to children born on the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP state unit has identified RSRM hospital Chennai…
- Business
RBI likely to increase repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.9% in Sep policy: Morgan Stanley
Mumbai: The Monetary Policy Committee in the September credit policy is likely to increase the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.90 per cent and will keep stance unchanged, according to…
- World
‘Boil water’ notice lifted for US state capital
Washington: The ‘boil water’ notice for residents of Jackson, capital of the US state of Mississippi, had been lifted after the restoration of clean drinking water in the city, authorities announced. The…
- India
App loan fraud: ED recovers documents, seizes Rs 46 cr of Payment Gateways
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that it carried out search operations on September 14 at multiple locations in connection with an investigation related to the app-based token, named…
- Delhi
Excise Policy scam: ED team reaches Tihar Jail to quiz Satyendar Jain
New Delhi: A team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials has reached Tihar Jail to interrogate Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with money laundering case pertaining to excise policy scam, sources…
- Andhra Pradesh
TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly for second day
Amaravati: For a second consecutive day on Friday, opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislators were suspended from Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Speaker Tammineni Seetharam suspended 13 MLAs of the TDP for stalling…
- World
Pak rejects ‘Indian propaganda’ on Neelum-Jhelum project
Islamabad: Pakistan has rejected as baseless “Indian propaganda” that Chinese engineers and staff have abandoned repair of the 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project. Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Asim Iftikhar told a press briefing…
- Kashmir
J&K to grant land ownership rights to West Pakistan refugees
Jammu: In a major decision, the Centre is set to grant land ownership rights to West Pakistan refugees (WPR) in Jammu and Kashmir. After the abrogation of Article 370, the Centre has…
- Technology
Snapchat brings iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets, chat shortcuts
San Francisco: Popular instant messaging platform Snapchat has rolled out new features, including iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for iPhone users. The company said it is introducing new features to help keep…
- Pakistan
Climate change likely increased heavy rain that led to Pakistan flooding: Study
New Delhi: Human-caused climate change likely increased the intense rainfall that flooded swathes of land across Pakistan, according to rapid attribution analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists as part…
- World
Shehbaz to meet Xi on SCO sidelines
Samarkand, Sep 16 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in Uzbekistans historic city of Samakarkand on the sidelines of the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization…
- Chennai
IIT-Madras student found dead in hostel room
Chennai: A fourth-year student of aeronautical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras was found dead in his hostel room here, said police. The student, identified as Subhranshu Sarkar and…
- India
Gujarat: 60 kg beef seized, restaurateur held for serving cow meat
Surat: A restaurateur was arrested on the charges of serving beef to his customers in place of meat and 60 kg of cow meat was seized from his restaurant Delhi Dastarkhwan in…
- Business
IRCTC causing loss to exchequer by not issuing invoice: Tax consultant
Chandigarh: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, is causing loss to the exchequer by not issuing invoice to the consumers for…
- Middle East
UNSC renews mandate on investigative team for IS crimes in Iraq
United Nations: The UN Security Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of a UN investigative team for crimes committed by the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. Resolution 2651, which won…
