- Telangana
Telangana seeks Rs 1,000 crore from Centre for flood relief
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday requested the Centre to provide Rs 1,000 crore as immediate assistance towards flood relief to the state. The state government has sent a report to the…
- India
Will release revealing audio tape on cattle-coal smuggling soon: Abhishek
Kolkata: A day before Trinamool Congress’ Martyr’s Day rally in Kolkata, the party’s national General Secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, threatened to make public an audio tape that will reveal…
- India
PIL in Calcutta HC demands CBI probe into Mamata’s ‘jihad’ comment
Kolkata: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday demanding a CBI probe into the recent comment of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, wherein she…
- India
Jadavpur University Pro-VC found hanging at his residence
Kolkata: Samantak Das, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Kolkata’s prestigious Jadavpur University, was found hanging at his residence in south Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon, apparently having committed suicide, police said. Police sources said…
- Bangalore
Supreme Court verdict on Mekedatu project likely by next week: Bommai
Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has expressed the hope that the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the Mekedatu project by next week. Bommai said on Wednesday that work on…
- India
Centre reviews Covid situation in 9 states showing upsurge
New Delhi: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid situation in nine states reporting a surge in new daily cases or a rise in…
- India
Now, Kovind will be Sonia’s new neighbour
New Delhi: Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind will now be the new neighbour of Congress’ interim chief Sonia Gandhi, once he shifts to 12 Janpath from Rashtrapati Bhavan. Kovind’s term will end…
- Business
Wipro records gross revenue of Rs 215.3 billion in Q1
Bengaluru: Leading technology services and consulting company, Wipro, on Wednesday announced it registered a gross revenue of Rs 215.3 billion ($2.7 billion), an increase of 17.9 per cent YoY, in Q1. In…
- Automobile
Maruti Suzuki India’s mid-sized SUV Grand Vitara for global markets
New Delhi: India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd will make for the world its newly ‘hatched’ mid-sized hybrid – petrol, battery- sport utility vehicle Grand Vitara, said a top official.…
- Middle East
Six Iraqi policemen killed in IS attack
Baghdad: Six police officers were killed and as many wounded in an attack by militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq’s Salahudin Province, north of Baghdad. The attack took place…
- Pakistan
Imran slams Pak govt over prevailing economic crisis
Islamabad: Former Prime Minister and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has slammed the ruling government under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for failing to tackle the prevailing economic crisis in the…
- India
Post-SC verdict, Maha readies for local bodies polls with OBC quotas
Mumbai: With the Supreme Court’s nod to the J.K. Banthia Commission Report on political reservations for Other Backward Class (OBC), Maharashtra has set the ball rolling to conduct the delayed elections to…
- Middle East
Syria breaks diplomatic ties with Ukraine
Damascus: Syria on Wednesday severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine in response to a similar move by Kiev last month. The Syrian foreign ministry made the declaration, saying that Ukraine has taken aggressive…
- Delhi
Delhi: Heavy rain affects normal life; traffic snarls at several places
New Delhi: The heavy downpour in the national capital on Wednesday brought some respite from the summer heat but disrupted the normal life. As per reports, the rain caused massive traffic jams…
- World
Twitter can also be made liable for fraudulent disclosure on bots, thinks Musk
New Delhi: If Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s legal team can prove that Twitter has misled its users from revealing the actual number of bots or spam accounts on its platform, than the…
