- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Vizag railway station shut, high alert at Guntur
Visakhapatnam: Railway authorities on Saturday closed the Visakhapatnam railway station and beefed up security at all other major stations in Andhra Pradesh as a precautionary measure to prevent protests against the Central government’s…
- India
Minor kills mother for not giving money to buy new clothes
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a minor boy in Odisha’s Keonjhar district allegedly killed his mother for not giving him money to purchase new clothes, police said on Friday. This incident occurred at…
- Bangalore
Denotification case: Yediyurappa appears before court, seeks bail
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa appeared before the Special Court for Elected Representatives on Friday in connection with the Bellandur denotification case. The counsel for Yediyurappa moved a petition seeking bail.…
- Technology
Musk wants Twitter to be more like WeChat, to allow outrageous comments
San Francisco: In his first direct call with Twitter employees, Elon Musk briefed them about his plans once he takes over the platform, including making it more like TikTok and WeChat and…
- World
WHO likely to okay use of Omicron-specific booster: Report
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation is likely to recommend an Omicron-specific booster dose, amid a fresh wave of infection due to the highly mutated Covid variant seen in several countries, including…
- Delhi
Delhi reports significant rise in Covid cases at 1,797, one more death
New Delhi: Delhi on Friday reported a rise in Covid cases, at 1,797 in last 24 hours, against 1,323 infection recorded on the previous day, while there was one more death, as…
- India
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh granted one-month parole
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who is serving a jail term after being convicted in rape and murder cases has been granted parole for a month on Friday.…
- India
Defend Agnipath: BJP to leaders amid protests across country
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing violent protests in several states and bitter criticism by many veterans of the recently announced ‘Agnipath’ scheme, the BJP is planning to make its cadre aware about…
- Technology
Call of Duty maker gives clean chit to seniors over gender harassment charges
San Francisco: Activision Blizzard, the developer behind the popular game ‘Call of Duty’ (CoD), has given a clean chit to its senior executives on gender discrimination charges after initiating an internal probe.…
- Technology
India has $85 bn opportunity in $500 bn global chip supply chain market
New Delhi: India has a $85 billion opportunity in the global $500 billion semiconductor manufacturing supply chain market comprising materials (gases, chemicals, minerals, equipment and services), a new report showed on Friday.…
- Technology
One-third top US hospitals’ websites sent patient data to Facebook: Report
Washington: About 33 of the top 100 hospitals in the US are sending sensitive patient data to Facebook, now known as Meta, via a tracking tool installed on their websites, according to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man shot dead at Secunderabad station wanted to join army
Hyderabad: The youth who died in police firing at the Secunderabad railway station during the protest against new armed forces recruitment policy ‘Agnipath’ was preparing to join the army. Son of a…
- India
‘Agnipath’ protests at 17 places in UP, Aligarh police station set ablaze
Lucknow: Protests against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme of recruitment in armed forces grew more virulent across Uttar Pradesh on Friday as the protestors set ablaze the Jattari police station building and a police…
- World
36.5mn kids displaced worldwide, highest since WWII: Unicef
Geneva: An unprecedented 36.5 million children were displaced by conflict, violence and other crises by the end of 2021, the highest number since World War II, the Unicef said in a report published…
- India
CBI raids residence of Gehlot’s brother; second in two years
Jaipur: The CBI on Friday conducted raids at the residence of Agrasen Gehlot, brother of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who is accused of buying potash required to make fertilisers from the…
