- India
Maharashtra political crisis: Guwahati hotel turns into fortress
Guwahati: With the deployment of large number of security personnel, a luxury hotel in Guwahati turned into a fortress on Wednesday as several rebel Shiv Sena MLAs from Maharashtra led by state…
- India
SC moved for 5-year bar on disqualified, resigned MLAs
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, an application has been moved, in a pending case in the Supreme Court, seeking direction for an up to 5 year bar on…
- Kashmir
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi likely to be new JK Lt Governor
Srinagar: Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is likely to replace Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha as the Election Commission is preparing to hold Assembly elections in the Union…
- India
Omicron’s BA-5 sub-variant may be behind TN’s rising Covid cases: Govt
Chennai: The presence of Omicron’s BA-5 sub-variant may be the reason for the sudden spike in cases in Tamil Nadu, the state Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department, said in its data…
- Health
Reducing air pollution may improve brain development in children
Toronto: Having a portable air cleaner in the home can reduce the negative impacts of air pollution on brain development in children, says a new study. The study, published in the journal…
- Delhi
Delhi court allows prisoner to appear in law entrance exam
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday granted permission to a prisoner, undergoing jail term for murder, to appear in the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET), conducted by National Law University…
- India
Even if a Hindu nation is created, will it remain so?: Gehlot
Jaipur: Mounting an attack on the BJP and the RSS, Rajasthan Chief Minister on Wednesday said the BJP members are provoking people to create communal disharmony in the country. He questioned if…
- India
AAP’s Sanjay Singh urges PM Modi to rollback Agnipath
New Delhi: Terming the Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces as a “fraud with the youth of the nation”, AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Wednesday wrote to…
- India
Bihar BJP president replies to 20 questions by Tejashwi on Agnipath scheme
Patna: While RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav asked 20 questions related to the Agnipath scheme from the Narendra Modi government, BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal gave the answer to every question. He said…
- India
Cyber criminals who targeted hundreds of HDFC bank a/c holders held
New Delhi: A Delhi-based gang of cyber criminals was arrested for clandestinely taking out the money from the HDFC bank accounts of hundreds of people, an official said on Wednesday. The accused…
- Bangalore
Basavaraj Bommai summoned to Delhi; Cabinet expansion aspirants hopeful
Bengaluru: The BJP high command has summoned Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to Delhi. Accordingly, Bommai will leave for the national capital on Thursday afternoon and return on Friday. Those eyeing an…
- World
3 injured after plane makes hard landing in Russia
Moscow: At least three persons of the seven on-board an An-30 plane were injured after the aircraft made a hard landing in Russia’s Far Eastern Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on Wednesday, officials…
- India
Rajasthan: Cops suspended after videos showing their gay relationship go viral
Jaipur: An SHO and a constable in Rajasthan have been suspended after videos purportedly depicting their gay relationship went viral on social media, the police said on Wednesday. The policemen suspended by…
- Technology
Twitter joins Shopify to bring merchants’ products on its platform
New Delhi: Expanding its e-commerce business, Twitter on Wednesday partnered Shopify and will soon launch a sales channel app for the US merchants in Shopify’s app store. All US Shopify merchants will…
- Technology
Microsoft retires facial recognition tool that identifies emotions
New Delhi: Amid the debate over the controversial facial recognition technology, Microsoft has announced to restrict public access to several of its AI-powered facial analysis tools, including retiring facial analysis tools that…
