- World
EU nations aide France to battle raging forest fires
Paris: Firefighters and aircraft from several European Union (EU) countries are engaged to tackle a raging forest fire in France, the European Commission announced. Firefighters from Germany, Poland, Austria and Romania are to…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: ‘Tiranga’ yatra attacked after minor accident
Bijnor: A Tiranga yatra being taken out by a government primary school on a tractor-trolley in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor was allegedly disrupted by villagers after it struck a pole near a house…
- Politics
Centre spending taxpayers’ money to waive loans of super rich: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday weighed in on the freebie debate and raised doubts over the Central government’s finances while questioning its policies. Kejriwal said that taxpayers’ money…
- India
Deceased seer Narendra Giri’s disciples seek to withdraw their FIR
Prayagraj: In a major twist to the alleged suicide case of former Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) President, Mahant Narendra Giri, two of his close disciples, who had lodged an FIR in…
- Business
OPEC further lowers forecasts for global economy
Vienna: The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has further revised down its forecasts for this year’s global economic growth and oil demand, following a previous downward revision in May. The…
- India
Gurugram: Woman’s condition critical after Pitbull attack
Gurugram: A 36-year-old woman has been admitted to the hospital in a critical condition after she was attacked by a Pitbull dog here, causing serious injuries. The incident has been reported from…
- World
Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani killed in suicide attack
Kabul: Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, a prominent Taliban figure, was killed in a suicide attack on a seminary in Kabul on Thursday when the attacker blew explosives placed in a prosthetic leg, according…
- India
Minister agrees to allocate 8 lakh houses to Odisha under PMAY
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh has agreed to allocate additional 8 lakh houses to Odisha under PMAY scheme. This was decided at a meeting held between…
- World
Trump invokes 5th Amendment, refuses to depose before AG in NY
New York: Former US President Donald Trump kept his date with New York Attorney General in Manhattan but declined to answer questions from the latters office, a calculated and yet surprising gamble…
- India
Vedic scriptures like Manusmriti give respect to women: Delhi HC Justice
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Justice Prathiba M. Singh has said that Vedic scriptures like Manusmriti have always given a very respectable position to women, adding that our ancestors knew very well…
- Chennai
No chair for many Dalit panchayat presidents, reveals survey report
Chennai: In a survey conducted by the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), it was shockingly found that many Dalit panchayat presidents in the state were not even allowed a chair in…
- Mumbai
Eknath Shinde snubs Thackeray again, drops Shiv Sena from BAC meet
Mumbai: In a fresh snub to ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray, his Shiv Sena faction in the Maharashtra Assembly was dropped from the crucial Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meet to prepare for the upcoming…
- India
Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini moves SC seeking premature release
New Delhi: A convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has moved the Supreme Court seeking premature release. S. Nalini, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, has moved the apex court…
- India
No one can force ration card holders to buy national flag: Haryana CM
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said no one can force the ration card holders to buy the national flag along with the ration. “No person will be denied…
- India
Cattle smuggling scam: Trinamool starts distancing itself from Anubrata Mondal
Kolkata: Following his arrest by the CBI in connection with the cattle smuggling case in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress leadership has started distancing itself from the party’s strongman and Birbhum district…
