- India
Karnataka hijab politics back on frontburner
Bengaluru: Hijab politics in Karnataka, which threatened to divide the student community on communal lines and law and order situation in the state during the BJP rule last year has come to…
- India
Amit Shah asks BJP leaders to ensure ‘big win’ in LS polls
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the second day of the two-day BJP office bearers’ meeting in the national capital on Saturday called on party leaders to ensure that the…
- India
IIT-K professor dies of cardiac arrest while delivering speech on stage
Kanpur: Dean of Students Welfare and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT-Kanpur, Professor Sameer Khandekar, died of cardiac arrest while delivering a speech, ironically on a health-related topic, at an…
- India
Manipur: Tribals blocked roads after govt resume bus services
Imphal: In what can be seen as an initiative to de-escalate the ongoing ethnic tension in violence-hit Manipur, the state government took a pivotal step for resuming Manipur State Transport’s (MST) inter-district…
- Bangalore
Getting school toilets cleaned by students an intolerable act: Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: After the headmistress of a government school here was arrested for allegedly making the children clean toilets, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that getting toilets cleaned by students is…
- India
On eve of convocation ceremony, Bengal Guv removes JU’s interim VC
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Saturday removed Buddhadeb Sau as the interim vice-chancellor of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU). The development came on the eve of the convocation ceremony of…
- Andhra Pradesh
CenturyPly’s largest plant inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh
Kadapa: Century Plyboards’ largest integrated wood panel manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh’s YSR Kadapa district was opened on Saturday. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated the plant at Badvel, YSR Kadapa…
- India
If elected to power, will bring back Roshni Scheme: Azad
Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday vowed to restore the Roshni Scheme in its original form, and protect land…
- World
Global dengue surge sparks concern, cases top 5 million in 2023
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on the threat of dengue on Friday, December 22, as the mosquito-borne disease has spread to previously untouched countries, infecting over 5 million…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM thanks Kharge for naming him in manifesto committee
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah thanked Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, December 23, for including him in the party’s manifesto committee for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “I thank Kharge for…
- World
Taliban’s plans to build dam escalates tensions with Pakistan
New Delhi: Plans by the Afghan Taliban to build a hydroelectric dam on a major river in Afghanistan have raised concerns in neighboring Pakistan, the media reported. A spokesman for the Taliban’s…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP elections: Prashant Kishor to TDP’s aid, meets Chandrababu Naidu
Amaravati: Top electoral strategist and founder of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) Prashant Kishor arrived here on Saturday and met Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu amid reports that…
- World
‘Weary, tired and helpless’: Mass exodus begins in Central Gaza
Tel Aviv: A mass exodus of Palestinians has begun in central Gaza after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered the Palestinians to move to south Gaza’s Deir el-Balah area. “My wife was…
- India
Hijab is our right, let’s live like brothers & sisters: Karnataka student Muskan
Mandya: Reacting to the announcement of CM Siddaramaiah to lift ban on the hijab, Muskan Khan, a student from Mandya district in Karnataka who had raised the slogan of “Allah hu Akbar”…
- World
Bomb found in train at Karachi station
Karachi: A bag containing an improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered by the police from a train at the Cantonment Railway Station in Karachi, media reports said on Saturday. Police said the…
