- Stock Market
Sensex trades higher, smallcap and midcap stocks under pressure
Mumbai: The Indian equity indices opened higher on Wednesday as smallcap and midcap stocks saw some pressure in the morning trade. At 9:47 a.m., Sensex was up 154 points or 0.20 per…
- Kashmir
High alert, multi-tier security in J&K ahead of Independence Day
Srinagar: A multi-layered security system based on human and technical surveillance has been put in place in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure smooth, peaceful and incident-free 78th Independence Day celebrations, said officials…
- Middle East
Hezbollah launches rockets towards Israel
Beirut: Hezbollah attacked the Mount Neria base, a battalion leadership headquarters of Israel’s Golani Brigade forces, with volleys of Katyusha rockets late Tuesday night, according to state media. Earlier, Hezbollah had launched…
- World
UK Police arrest 1,000 people following riots
London: More than 1,000 people have been arrested by the UK Police in connection with the riots involving violence, arson and looting as well as racist attacks which took place over the…
- India
Excise case: Supreme Court to hear Kejriwal’s bail plea today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking release from jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, in which…
- Middle East
Iran, Britain discuss boosting ties, regional situation
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have exchanged views on bilateral ties and developments in West Asia, including the situation in Gaza. In a phone call on…
- Sports
CAS verdict on Vinesh’s disqualification from Olympics postponed till Aug 16
Paris: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ad hoc committee has postponed the verdict on Vinesh Phogat’s appeal till 6 pm August 16 (local time) after the Indian wrestler challenged her…
- Middle East
Houthi forces raid, shut down UN human rights office in Yemen’s Sanaa
Aden: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) office in Yemen’s Sanaa has been shut down by Houthi forces, UN and government officials said on Tuesday. In an escalation of…
- India
Rape convict Asaram Bapu gets 7-day parole for ayurvedic treatment
Jodhpur: The Jodhpur High Court on Tuesday granted seven-day parole to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is serving life sentence after being convicted in a rape case, for undergoing ayurveda treatment in…
- Hyderabad
Land acquisition for Hyderabad RRR to be completed next month
Hyderabad: The Telangana Chief Secretary on Tuesday directed district Collectors concerned to complete land acquisition for Hyderabad Regional Ring Road (RRR) by the second week of September. Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari asked…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh to upgrade school curriculum to meet future needs
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday directed the officials of the Education Department to upgrade the syllabus in school education to meet future needs. He asked them to…
- Telangana
Telangana: Govt jobs for kin of 2 students who died in residential school
Hyderabad: Telangana’s deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Tuesday, August 13, visited Peddapur Government Residential School in Jagtial district, where two students died, and some others…
- India
Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a woman junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in…
- Bangalore
Another complaint filed in Karnataka Guv’s office on MUDA scam against CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Another complaint was lodged with Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Tuesday in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam allegedly involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Social activist Snehamayi Krishna…
- India
MP: Mandatory to include books authored by RSS leaders in college
Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Madhya Pradesh government has made it mandatory for colleges across the state to incorporate books authored by leaders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) into their…
