- Bangalore
Karnataka: Pvt school asks students to remove rakhis, parents fume
Uttara Kannada: Parents as well as Hindu activists staged a protest against a private school in Uttara Kannada district on Thursday for reportedly asking students to remove rakhis tied during Raksha Bandhan.…
- World
Russia recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine war: Activists
Moscow: Russia is recruiting prisoners to to fight in Moscow’s continued war on Ukraine, according to human rights activists. Suspects and defendants are being recruited with the promise that in exchange, the authorities…
- Technology
Tesla issues rare public denial on legal head quitting
New Delhi: Tesla on Thursday released a rare public comment on a media report that claimed that David Searle, head of legal, had left the electric car maker Taking to Twitter, Elon…
- India
SC on Dolo-650 makers spending Rs 1K cr as freebies on docs for prescribing tablet
New Delhi: The Supreme Court was told on Thursday that the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused the makers of the Dolo-650 tablets of distributing freebies of around Rs 1,000…
- India
Akhilesh blames EC for his party’s debacle in polls
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday blamed the Election Commission (EC) for his party’s rout in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and by-polls. “The EC was dishonest. It did not…
- World
Ukraine plans to attack Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: Russia
Moscow: Ukraine plans to carry out artillery strikes on the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Friday, and then accuse Russia of causing a disaster at the site, the Russian Defence Ministry said…
- Telangana
Actor-politician Vijayashanti unhappy with BJP leadership in Telangana
Hyderabad: Veteran actress and BJP national executive member M. Vijayashanti on Thursday expressed unhappiness with the party’s Telangana unit leadership. The former MP alleged that the party leadership wants him to remain…
- Afghanistan
Taliban seized over $7 billion of US military equipment
Kabul: The United States provided more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to the former Afghan government, according to sources, much of it ended up in the hands of the Islamic…
- Bangalore
Allow Eid Milad celebrations in schools: Karnataka Waqf Board
Bengaluru: After the hijab row, the Karnataka education sector is all set for another crisis with the state Waqf Board demanding that the education department permit them to celebrate Eid Milad in…
- World
16 dead, 36 missing after flash flooding in China
Beijing: At least 16 people have died and 36 others were reported missing after a flash flood in north-western China, state media said on Thursday. The flash floods occurred on Wednesday evening…
- Middle East
Lebanon never accepts permanent settlement of displaced Syrians: Michel Aoun
Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun said his country will never accept the permanent settlement of displaced Syrians and will prevent it “at all costs”. “We completely reject any attempts to settle displaced…
- India
Seers oppose Lata Mangeshkar Chowk in Ayodhya
Ayodhya: In an unexpected development, seers in Ayodhya have begun opposing the construction of the Lata Mangeshkar Smriti Chowk that is being built in memory of the legendary singer. At a meeting…
- Telangana
Internal bickering rocks Congress in Telangana
Hyderabad: There seems to be no end to the internal bickering in the Congress in Telangana as another leader complained to the Central leadership over the style of functioning of party in-charge Manickam…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Rowdy-sheeter hacked to death in Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam: A rowdy sheeter was hacked to death by two persons in full public view in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. The rivalry between persons with criminal records led to the brutal killing on…
- Mumbai
Dahi-Handi politics: BJP pokes Shiv Sena in Aditya Thackeray’s bastion
Mumbai: Apparently needling the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party will hold its ‘dahi-handi’ celebrations at the Jambori Maidan in Worli on Friday, which is a Sena stronghold and also the Assembly…
