- India
President Murmu launches campaign to eradicate TB by 2025
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday launched an anti-TB campaign and exhorted the people to unitedly strive towards eradicating Tuberculosis (TB) from the country by 2025. “When a welfare scheme is…
- India
UP: 17 children, 2 teachers fall ill as foul smell comes from gaushala
Noida: As many as 17 students and two teachers from a school in Dankaur area of Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar suddenly fell ill on Thursday. All of them were admitted to…
- World
Flood losses in Pakistan estimated up to $20bn
Islamabad: The latest information suggests that economic losses and damages caused by the flash floods in Pakistan could range between $15 billion to $20 billion, as the government fears up to 12…
- India
‘Court found him innocent’, Siddique Kappan’s wife lauds SC verdict
Thiruvananthapuram: Soon after the Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kerala journalist Sidhique Kappan, who along with others were arrested on October 5, 2020 by the Uttar Pradesh Police under the…
- Featured News
When Queen Elizabeth II visited Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh in 1997
Amritsar: Residents of this holy town in Punjab on Friday fondly remembered the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the holiest of the Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple,…
- World
Death toll of 6.8-magnitude quake in China reaches 88
Beijing: A total of 88 people have been killed, and 35 remain missing after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding county in China’s Sichuan province earlier this week, local authorities said on Friday.…
- Offbeat
UP: Court orders tailor to compensate for ‘ill-fitting clothes’
Bulandshahr: A tailor in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr has been asked by a consumer court to pay more than Rs 12,000 in damages to a consumer for stitching ‘ill-fitting kurta pyjama’ besides additional…
- Middle East
Turkey’s President Erdogan says senior IS member captured
Ankara: Turkish security forces have captured one of the senior executives of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. Turkish police and intelligence captured Bashar Hattab…
- Entertainment
Shehnaaz Gill: ‘Main chahti hoon ki Thor iss Kaur pe bhi thoda dhyaan de’
Mumbai: Actress and former ‘Bigg Boss 13’ sensation Shehnaaz Gill wants Thor, the Norse god, to pay her a little attention. Upping her work-out ante, Gill, in a video, is seen trying…
- Bangalore
Protests erupt at Bangalore University against temple construction
Bengaluru: The students of Bangalore University (BU) have alleged that the ruling BJP government was trying to saffronise the university campus by allowing the construction of a Ganesha temple inside the campus.…
- India
Stalin for ban of single-use imported cigarette lighters
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has sent a letter to Union minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal urging him to take measures to ban the import of single-use plastic…
- World
California wildfire triples in size in just 24 hours
San Francisco: A deadly wildfire in Southern California that killed two people has tripled in size in just 24 hours, exploding from about 5,000 acres to over 18,600 acres, authorities said. The…
- Automobile
GM threatens Tesla, to enter mass EV market with $30K SUV
New York: Taking on Elon Musk-run Tesla, Automaker GM has announced a mass-market electric car that will cost just $30,000. Called the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, the car will have an estimated…
- Middle East
Jordan detects first monkeypox case
Amman: Jordan’s Health Ministry has confirmed the first monkeypox case in the kingdom. The patient was a Jordanian citizen in his 30s who had recently traveled to several European countries and returned…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ganesh procession underway amid tight security
Hyderabad: A mammoth Ganesh procession was underway in Hyderabad on Friday amid tight security arrangements. Hundreds of idols were taken out in processions to Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the…
