- World
US: Senate Democrats clear first hurdle on healthcare, climate bills
Washington: US Senate Democrats advanced their long-delayed health care, tax and climate bill following months of uncertainty over whether the major legislation could be passed before the November mid-term elections. The Senate voted…
- Afghanistan
Three dead in bomb blast on second day of attacks in Kabul
Kabul: Three persons were killed and seven others were injured in a blast in Kabul’s Pol-e-Sukhta area on Saturday evening, according to Mawlawi Zabihullah, commander of PD6 in Kabul, media reports said. Reports…
- Middle East
Israel says ‘misfire’ by Palestinian militants kills civilians in Gaza
Jerusalem: Israel denied its responsibility for an airstrike that killed civilians, including four children, in Gaza, saying the fatal explosion caused by a failed rocket was launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad…
- Middle East
Palestine: Gaza’s sole power plant shut down due to lack of fuel
Gaza City: The sole power plant in the Gaza Strip has been knocked offline due to a lack of fuel, electricity officials said. As a result, the power supply in the Palestinian territory…
- India
UP: Headmaster asks money for I-Day celebrations, suspended
Hathras: A primary school headmaster in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district has been suspended for allegedly asking students to pay money for the national flag and to celebrate the country’s 75th Independence Day. The…
- World
UNSC to address Gaza airstrikes as death toll reaches 24
Gaza: The UN Security Council (UNSC) is to discuss Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza in a closed doors session in New York on Monday, as the death toll continued to rise, with 24 people…
- Telangana
KCR has no moral courage to face Modi: Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has no moral courage to face Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hence he is boycotting the NITI…
- India
Centre asks states with rising COVID cases to ensure effective compliance
New Delhi: Amid rising Covid cases on daily basis, the Centre on Saturday wrote to seven states reporting rising infections, asking them to ensure adequate testing, and promote Covid-appropriate behaviour. In a…
- World
Dick Cheney calls Trump ‘coward’, ‘greatest threat to Republic’
Washington: Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has attacked ex-President Donald Trump, calling him a “coward who lost big” and who poses the “greatest threat to our Republic” in what appears to…
- World
China’s anti-crime campaign targets ‘disloyal’ Uyghurs
Hotan (Xinjiang): Authorities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region used the Chinese government’s 100-day crackdown on criminals and fugitives to target Uyghurs deemed “religious extremists” and “two-faced”, a police officer said, as per…
- World
Biden denounces Wisconsin Gurdwara shooting on its tenth anniversary
New Delhi: US President Joe Biden has denounced the Gurdwara shooting that took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012, on its tenth anniversary. Terming it as the deadliest attack…
- World
Ukraine risks repeating Chernobyl disaster
Moscow: Russia has asked the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to make Ukraine stop the “shelling” of Chernobyl, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Moscow accused Ukrainian troops of firing artillery…
- Andhra Pradesh
Chandrababu Naidu calls on President Murmu
Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday called on President, Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This was Naidu’s first meeting…
- World
After pressure from India, Sri Lanka urges China to defer entry of Chinese ‘spy’ ship
Colombo: Amid pressure from its immediate neighbour India, Sri Lanka has urged China to delay the entry of controversial Chinese ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ into the Chinese controlled port in Southern Hambantota.…
- India
Raids on Tamil Film producer detected undisclosed income exceeding Rs 200 cr: I-T
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department on Saturday claimed to have detected undisclosed income exceeding Rs 200 crore besides Rs 26 crore in cash during a recent raid on Tamil film producer…
