- Business
Mobile tariff hike: Centre responds to misleading claims
New Delhi: The government has responded to misleading claims regarding recent mobile services tariff hike, saying with three private and one public sector player, the current mobile services market operates through the…
- India
Over 1.50 lakh devotees perform Amarnath Yatra in seven days
Jammu: More than 1.50 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in the last seven days as another batch of 5,871 devotees left for the Valley on Saturday. Officials of…
- Chennai
BSP’s Tamil Nadu unit chief hacked to death in Chennai
Chennai: The President of Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Tamil Nadu unit, Armstrong, was hacked to death on Friday evening by six unidentified individuals in the Perambur neighbourhood of Chennai. According to reports,…
- Middle East
Gaza: Israel to dispatch team to Qatar for follow-up ceasefire talks
Chief of Israel’s Mossad spy agency David Barnea has returned from the Qatari capital Doha following an initial meeting with mediators, and a team will be dispatched next week to continue the…
- Middle East
Voting ends in Iran’s presidential runoff Tehran
Voting for Iran’s presidential runoff came to an end at midnight Friday after 16 straight hours, said Spokesman of Iran’s Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. He made the remarks in a live interview…
- Top Stories
Main accused in Hathras stampede arrested in Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested Dev Prakash Madhukar, the key accused in the tragic stampede at a ‘satsang’ (religious congregation) in Hathras that claimed the lives of as many as…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM Naidu arrives in Hyderabad to warm welcome by supporters
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu arrived in Hyderabad on Friday to a warm welcome by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders and his supporters. Naidu was received by party leaders…
- Telangana
Telangana: Kavitha’s judicial custody in CBI case extended till July 18
New Delhi: A court here on Friday extended, till July 18, the judicial custody of BRS leader K. Kavitha in the corruption case linked to the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. The…
- Middle East
Turkish police detain 45 IS suspects in 16 cities
Istanbul: Turkish police have detained 45 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) in nationwide operations, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday. Yerlikaya did not specify the timeframe for these operations…
- Middle East
25 drown while fleeing the military clashes in Sudan
Khartoum: At least 25 people drowned while fleeing the ongoing military clashes in the Sinnar State in central Sudan after their wooden boat capsized, local resistance committees announced. “As the RSF (Rapid…
- Middle East
Voting for presidential runoff commences in Iran
Tehran: Voting for the Iran presidential runoff commenced on Friday morning, with two top contenders, Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, in the run. Pezeshkian, a reformist and Iran’s former health minister, and…
- Middle East
One killed, 7 injured in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
Beirut: A Hezbollah member was killed, and seven civilians were injured in Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources said. The military sources, who spoke anonymously, told Xinhua…
- India
Engineer Rashid takes oath as member of 18th Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Jailed leader Engineer Rashid took oath as a member of Parliament on Friday after he was released on a two-hour custody parole by the Patiala House court in Delhi. Engineer…
- Business
Over 9 bn eSIM-capable devices to be shipped by 2030 globally: Report
New Delhi: Global eSIM-capable device shipments are expected to exceed 9 billion units between 2024 and 2030, growing at a 22 per cent CAGR during the period, a new report showed on…
- Business
India ranks 3rd in fintech funding globally in Jan-June period
Bengaluru: India’s fintech ecosystem achieved a significant milestone in the first half of this year by ranking among the top three funded globally, alongside the US and the UK, a report showed…
