- India
Newly appointed Election Commissioners to take charge today
New Delhi: Newly appointed Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will take charge of the office on Friday. Earlier, a notification for the appointment of the two Election Commissioners was…
- Technology
India backs effort at UN to ensure AI is ‘secure, trustworthy’ & open
United Nations: India is behind an effort at the United Nations (UN) to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) systems are “secure and trustworthy” and to keep them open and accessible to the…
- India
Govt puts seven critical minerals blocks up for E-auction
New Delhi: The Ministry of Mines launched the third tranche of E-auction for seven blocks of critical and strategic minerals on Thursday. These seven blocks pertain to critical minerals such as glauconite,…
- News
7 dead in China coal mine accident
Taiyuan: Seven miners trapped in an accident in an underground warehouse of a coal mine in north China’s Shanxi Province were confirmed dead, local authorities said on Friday. The last body was…
- World
Rishi Sunak rules out UK general election on May 2
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that there will not be a general election on May 2, ending months-long speculation that he would call an early election. Sunak made the…
- Bangalore
LS polls: Bengaluru Rural constituency likely to witness high-voltage contest
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Rural constituency is likely to witness a high-voltage contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as Deputy Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and family members of former Prime Minister…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt hints at water tariff revision after Lok Sabha polls
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday hinted at revising the water tariff in the state after the Lok Sabha elections. Speaking at a function here, Shivakumar said the water…
- India
SC dismisses Sisodia’s curative pleas against denial of bail in liquor policy case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed the curative petitions filed by AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia challenging the dismissal of review pleas against the 2023 verdict…
- World
Florida judge denies Trump’s motion to dismiss classified documents case
Washington: The US district judge in Florida overseeing the federal criminal case regarding former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents has rejected one of his two motions to dismiss the case.…
- Top Stories
Voting starts in Russian Presidential election
Moscow: Russian voters started to hit the polls for the 2024 Presidential election in the Far East region, including Kamchatka, Chukotka and other areas at 8 a.m. Friday local time. Four candidates…
- Kerala
Why are Rahul Gandhi and Congress silent on CAA, asks Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: Reiterating the Kerala government’s position that the CAA will not be implemented in the state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, for their silence on this issue.…
- Bangalore
BEL clinches Rs 847 cr deal for supplying cutting-edge sensors to Navy
Bengaluru: Navaratna defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on Thursday entered a contract valued at Rs 847.70 crore with Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for the supply of 14 cutting-edge Communication and…
- News
SC to hear PIL seeking directions to conduct polls through ballot papers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear, on Friday, a PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls through ballot papers. As per…
- Kolkata
Denied LS ticket, another sitting Trinamool MP turns rebel
Kolkata: After Arjun Singh, another sitting Trinamool Congress MP has turned rebel after being denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections by the party leadership. Sunil Kumar Mondal, the sitting…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP Fibernet case: CID gets nod to approach court for attachment of properties
Amaravati: The YSR Congress Party government in Andhra Pradesh has authorised the CID to approach a court for attachment of the properties worth about Rs 17.75 crore of the accused in the…
