- Delhi
Delhi reports 1,652 fresh Covid cases; 8 deaths
New Delhi: The national capital on Wednesday reported 1,652 fresh Covid infections, against 917 Covid cases reported on the previous day, as per a health bulletin. In the same time period, the…
- Kolkata
CBI confiscates TMC leader Anubrata Mondal’s FDs worth over Rs 16 cr
Kolkata: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal on Wednesday confiscated bank fixed deposits worth Rs 16.97 crore in the name of Trinamool Congress…
- World
China is locking up critics in psychiatric hospitals: Report
Madrid: In China, posting a political comment, submitting a complaint about a corrupt official, or shouting slogans in the street, will quickly get you locked up in a detention centre or it…
- Bangalore
Will focus on strengthening saffron party in south: Yediyurappa
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa, who was on Wednesday appointed as a member of BJP’s Parliamentary Board and Central Election Committee, has said that he will…
- Pakistan
Pak: Men force girl to lick shoes, chop hair after she refuses marriage
Faisalabad: In a ghastly incident in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, a teenager was tortured, humiliated and sexually harassed for refusing to marry an older man, who is the father of her friend, media reports…
- India
Airlines will have to take action against flyers without mask: DGCA
New Delhi: In light of the rising Covid cases in several parts of the country, the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday made it mandatory for passengers to…
- World
UN chief to focus on grain deal, nuclear safety during Ukraine visit
New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will be in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday to attend a trilateral meeting with Volodymyr Zelinskyy and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip…
- Chennai
TN govt school headmistress refuses to hoist Tricolour on I-Day
Chennai: A controversy has erupted in Tamil Nadu after reports of a government school headmistress allegedly refusing to hoist the national flag and salute it on Independence Day. The woman named Tamil…
- India
Why Covid infection tally goes up and down, experts project true picture
New Delhi: Amid the new scare of monkeypox, Covid cases are seeing a rise and fall on a daily basis at the national level. However, experts believe that this may not be…
- India
Female teacher burnt alive dies in Jaipur hospital
Jaipur: A female teacher, who was burnt alive on August 10 at a village near Jaipur, succumbed to her injuries at the SMS Hospital here late on Tuesday night. Videos of the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Cong use of Metro to transport workers appreciated
Bengaluru: The decision of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar to switch the mode of transport of thousands of party workers to Namma Metro has been much appreciated both by…
- Pakistan
Faisalabad men force girl to lick shoes, chop her hair over refusal to marry friend’s father
Faisalabad: In a ghastly incident in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, a teenager was tortured, humiliated and sexually harassed for refusing to marry an older man, who is the father of her friend, media reports…
- World
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24
Colombo: Ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country following protests against the economic crisis in the island nation, will return to Sri Lanka on August 24. Former Ambassador to Sri…
- India
Arrest under Customs Act to be only under exceptional cases where value exceeds Rs 50L
New Delhi: The CBIC has issued revised guidelines for Arrest and Bail in relation to offences punishable under the Customs Act, 1962. While the Act does not specify any value limits for exercising…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: No immersion of PoP idols in Hussain Sagar this year
Hyderabad: Authorities in Hyderabad this year will allow immersion of Ganesh idols made by Plaster of Paris (PoP) only in baby/artificial ponds and not Hussain Sagar Lake this year. The Supreme Court…
