- Bangalore
Bengaluru floods: Karnataka leaders try to fish in troubled waters
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru flood crisis has given an opportunity to Karnataka’s political leaders to score brownie points ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections in the state. The ruling BJP as well as…
- Middle East
Palestinian PM urges pressure on Israel over polls in East Jerusalem
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye has urged the international community to pressure Israel to allow elections to be held in occupied territories, including East Jerusalem. Ishtaye made the call during a…
- Pakistan
WHO warns of worsening humanitarian situation in flood-ravaged Pakistan
Islamabad: Amid the devastating catastrophe sinking one-third of Pakistan under water, triggered since June this year after extended heavy monsoon rains caused flash floods, cloudbursts and floods across the country; World Health…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Another death due to suspected botched-up FP surgery
Hyderabad: Another woman has died of a suspected botched-up family planning operation in Telangana. The woman was operated upon in a government-run maternity hospital at Petla Burj in Hyderabad. She was shifted…
- Middle East
Syria: Aleppo building collapse kills at least ten people
Damascus: A five-storey residential building collapsed in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 10 people, a state media report said. The bodies of six women, three children, and a man…
- Bangalore
Companies in Bengaluru won’t survive if shift to Naxal-prone Telangana: BJP leader
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP leader N.R. Ramesh on Thursday held IT companies responsible for the floods and crisis situation that has arisen following heavy rains in Bengaluru. Bengaluru has received 899 mm of…
- Technology
Twitter expands its community-based fact-checking programme ‘Birdwatch’
San Francisco: After launching its community-driven content moderation programme Birdwatch, microblogging site Twitter is now rolling out an updated Birdwatch onboarding process that better incentivises contributors to write and rate notes in…
- Technology
Apple discontinues selling older Series 3 watch
San Francisco: After unveiling the next-gen Apple Watches, the tech giant has finally removed the Series 3 from its online store. At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2022, Apple confirmed that the…
- Business
Global E-com sales to drop by $95 bn in 2022, 1st time in history
New Delhi: In a first, global e-commerce revenues are forecast to shrink this year due to supply chain issues and rising inflation, and industry is expected to generate $3.74 trillion in sales…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police warning after fake video goes viral
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police on Thursday warned those spreading fake news or provocative videos of severe consequences. “Beware of spreading fake news/provocative videos. Those who make or share fake posts, causing disruption to…
- Middle East
Israel must withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories: Maurice Slim
Beirut: Lebanese Defence Minister Maurice Slim warned that the Israeli army must withdraw from the occupied Shebaa Farms, Kfarchouba hills and the north of Ghajar town. “Lebanon was and is still in…
- Bangalore
Karnataka BJP activist murder case: NIA raids SDPI leaders house
Bengaluru: The sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing into the sensational murder case of BJP Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Kumar Nettare raided the residence of the National Secretary of Social Democratic…
- Mumbai
Yakub Memon’s grave ‘makeover’ rattles Maharashtra politics
Mumbai: Seven years after the terrorist Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon was hanged to death, a political row suddenly erupted over the purported ‘beautification’ of his grave at the Bada Qabrastan in south…
- Telangana
Sambasiva Rao elected new CPI Telangana secretary
Hyderabad: Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao has been elected as Telangana state secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI). The former MLA was elected after a fierce contest between two contenders for the…
- India
‘Wearing orange shawl is belligerent display of religion’, Muslim student in SC on hijab row
New Delhi: A counsel for one of the Muslim students, who has challenged the hijab ban in government educational institutions in Karnataka, on Thursday contended before the Supreme Court that Article 25…
