- India
UP: 22.62 percent voter turnout till 11 a.m. in phase 4
New Delhi: The voter turnout at 11 a.m. for the fourth phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 22.62 percent, according to data released by Election Commission on Wednesday. The Election Commission…
- Middle East
Iraqi parliament announces 33 presidential candidates
Baghdad: Iraq’s Parliament or Council of Representatives has announced the names of 33 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for next week. The candidates include incumbent President Barham Salih, who is running…
- Middle East
In a first, Saudi Arabia celebrates 300-year-old Founding Day
Riyadh: For the first time ever, Saudi Arabia marked the kingdom’s nearly 300-year-old Founding Day. Designated by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in January, the Founding Day is to mark the…
- Bollywood
Alia glows in pristine white as she promotes Gangubai Kathiawadi
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt looked every-inch gorgeous dressed in a pristine white saree as she was seen promoting her forthcoming film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ in the capital. Alia made heads turn on…
- Middle East
14-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli forces
Ramallah: A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli soldiers in the central West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Mohammad Shehada, 14, was shot and killed by Israeli…
- Middle East
Iran president urges int’l resistance to US ‘cruel’ oil, gas sanctions
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has urged the international community to resist US unilateral “cruel sanctions” against other countries’ oil and gas industry, according to the Iranian presidency’s website. Speaking at the sixth…
- World
Biden imposes sanctions as Russia begins ‘invasion of Ukraine’
Washington: In response to Russia declaring the two rebel regions of Ukraine as independent states, US President Joe Biden has imposed tough new sanctions on Moscow in the wake of what he…
- World
Global Covid caseload reaches 427.3 million
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 427.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.90 million and vaccinations to over 10.40 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest…
- Technology
‘India is fast evolving as a front runner in high power computing’
New Delhi: Ministry of Science & Technology on Tuesday said that the country is “fast evolving as a front runner in high power computing” with the National Super Computing Mission (NSM). With Supercomputing…
- Elections
EC bars BJP candidate from campaigning for 24 hours
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday barred a BJP candidate in Uttar Pradesh from campaigning for 24 hours for making communal remarks. In its order, the poll panel said BJP’s Tiloi…
- India
Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets Z-plus security
New Delhi: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been provided Z-plus security cover during his 21-day release on furlough from a Haryana jail, officials said on Tuesday. He has…
- India
Never thought of contesting for the President’s post: Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that he had no thought of contesting the Presidential elections. “I don’t know how such rumours come out in public. I never thought…
- World
UK PM announces sanctions against five Russian banks
New Delhi: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced sanctions against five Russian banks — Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank. He called it “the first…
- India
Dismissal of suit to restore temples inside Qutub complex challenged
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed against the rejection of a suit alleging that the Quwwat-Ul-Islam Masjid situated within the Qutub Minar complex in Mehrauli…
- India
Mild symptoms but more transmissibility, Covid task force member on BA.2
New Delhi: New coronavirus variant BA.2, which is under investigation, can cause mild symptoms but is more transmissible, a member of the India’s Covid task force said on Tuesday. “The Omicron BA.2…
