- Telangana
Telangana CM, Governor greet women on Raksha Bandhan
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Sunday extended warm greetings to women on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. The Chief Minister hoped that the Rakhi…
- World
Bangladesh’s interim govt plans national elections soon after reforms
Dhaka: Chief Adviser to the Bangladeshi interim government Muhammad Yunus has said a free, fair and participatory election will be arranged as soon as possible after bringing necessary reforms in the state…
- Business
Israel sees sharp decline in GDP growth in Q2
Jerusalem: Growth figures issued on Sunday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics indicated a deep fall in the state’s economy following a sharp rise in the first quarter. Israel’s GDP rose in…
- India
Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal dies of heart attack
Chennai: Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Rakesh Pal has died of a massive cardiac arrest here on Sunday. Sources in the ICG told IANS that he was in INS Adyar…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: 187 killed, 333 injured in monsoon rains & flash floods
Islamabad: Torrential rains and flash floods starting in July have killed 187 people and injured 333 others in different parts of Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has reported. Ninety-six children…
- India
Rajnath releases Rs 100 commemorative coin to mark M. Karunanidhi’s birth centenary
Chennai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday released a commemorative Rs 100 coin to mark the birth centenary of the late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi. M. Karunanidhi was a…
- Telangana
Actor Prabhas made Tollywood globally famous: CM Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Sunday that actor Prabhas brought fame to Telugu cinema on the global stage. Speaking at a felicitation programme organised by Kshatriya Seva Samithi…
- India
MUDA case: BJP to stage protest to seek Siddaramaiah’s resignation
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP will hold a protest demonstration on August 20 seeking the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land case. Karnataka Leader of the Opposition…
- India
Amid buzz of switch to BJP, ‘Have 3 options’, says Champai Soren
New Delhi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Sunday broke his silence on the ‘affront and insult’ he was subjected to within the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), and narrated a few…
- India
‘Lost trust in Mamata Banerjee’, says RG Kar rape-murder victim’s father
Kolkata: The parents of the junior doctor raped and murdered at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have lost trust in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee given…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Crackdown on drug menace; excise department raid pubs
Hyderabad: As part of the drive to check the drug menace, Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department conducted raids on several pubs and bars in Hyderabad and adjoining Rangareddy district. The personnel formed…
- India
Punjab CM felicitates Olympic hockey players with Rs 1 crore each
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday, August 18, felicitated eight Olympic hockey players of the state with a cash prize of Rs 1 crore each. In his address, the chief…
- Top Stories
FSSAI to check microplastic contamination in Indian foods
New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Sunday launched an innovative project to tackle the growing concern of microplastic contamination in food. Microplastics are tiny pieces of…
- India
Harbhajan Singh calls for ‘justice and introspection’ over Kolkata medic’s rape-murder
New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh shared his “deep pain, anguish and intense outrage” over brutalising a Kolkata-based junior doctor that has led to nation-wide protests in demand for justice. The Aam Aadmi…
- Middle East
EAM Jaishankar in Kuwait, to discuss bilateral ties
Kuwait: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar received a warm welcome from Kuwait’s Foreign Minister, Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya, upon his arrival there on Sunday. Jaishankar acknowledged the warm reception in a post on…
