- India
Manhunt launched for TN industrialist who raped techie in Bangalore
Bengaluru: Karnataka police have launched a manhunt for a Tamil Nadu industrialist who allegedly raped a software engineer at a luxury hotel room here on the pretext of a business meeting, police sources…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: CM Bommai, Health Min to pledge to donate organs
Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister Dr K. Sudhakar on Friday appealed to people to, amid this Azadi Ki Amrit Mahotsav, pledge to donate their organs which could be the “amrit” of someone’s life. “Chief…
- Middle East
Iran says US ‘fabricates stories’ about Bolton
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said the US “fabrication of stories” about a “politically bankrupt element, a known terrorist and a coup plotter” against independent states is a “deceptive bid…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: NIA arrests 10th accused in Amravati chemist’s murder
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that they have arrested the tenth accused in connection with the killing of pharmacist Umesh Kolhe (54) in Amravati district of Maharashtra for allegedly…
- Hyderabad
South Central Railways gets first train with Vistadome coach
Hyderabad: The Secunderabad-Pune-Secunderabad Shatabdi Express has been restored for operations with the addition of one Vistadome coach. This is the first time that a Vistadome coach has been introduced on any train…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Fugitive blow himself up in Jeddah
Riyadh: A man wanted by Saudi state security detonated an explosive belt, killing himself and wounding a foreigner and three security officials in Jeddah, the Saudi Presidency of the State Security said.…
- India
Karnataka: Controversy erupts after school throws Raksha Bandhan wristbands in dustbin
Mangaluru: A row broke out in a Christian missionary school here over alleged forcible removal of bands tied on some students’ wrists and throwing them in the dustbin. Following the alleged incident,…
- Pakistan
Decision to not arrest ex-BJP spokesperson shows India’s hatred towards Islam: Bilawal Bhutto
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday condemned India’s Supreme Court’s decision to provide former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma protection from getting arrested in the Prophet Muhammad case,…
- Politics
Kejriwal is a ‘lie minister’, not chief minister: Anurag Thakur
New Delhi: Slamming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said on Friday that ever since Kejriwal’s entry into politics, he has only been busy in…
- Delhi
BJP mocking welfare schemes by calling them ‘Free ki Revdi’: Sisodia
New Delhi: Hitting back at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her statement on freebies, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday that the BJP is making fun of AAP’s…
- India
Cobweb delaying MGNREGA payment needs to be surgically cleared
New Delhi: A Parliamentary standing committee in its report on MGNREG Act observed that the bureaucratic cobweb surrounding the factors for delay in payment need to be surgically cleared off. The Parliamentary…
- India
Issue of participation at Centre a reason for leaving BJP: Nitish
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar slammed the Narendra Modi government on Friday and said that the issue of equal participation at the Centre was one of the reasons for separation with…
- Business
Samsung boss expected to solidify leadership after receiving pardon
Seoul: Samsung’s Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was given a presidential pardon on Friday, in a move widely expected to help him consolidate his leadership and speed up business decision-making in the country’s…
- India
Son kills widowed mother on suspicion of illicit relationship
Gurugram: A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his widowed mother in Garhi village of Gurugram as he suspected her of having an illicit relationship, the police said on Friday.…
- India
BJP appoints new bosses for Maharashtra, Mumbai
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed former ministers Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Ashish Shelar as chief of the party’s Maharashtra and Mumbai units, respectively, according to an announcement. Bawankule and Shelar, both…
