- Middle East
World’s largest visa application centre opens in Dubai
The world’s largest visa centre, touted to process 10,000 visa applications daily, has been inaugurated in Dubai. The new facility has been set up by VFS Global, a leader in trusted technology…
- Middle East
UAE to test its first air electric taxi this year
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to test its first air electric taxi this year. The latest invention by the UAE is called Midnight. “The trial flights of the company’s first…
- Top Stories
Demolition drive continues at Ahmedabad’s Chandola Lake, residents allege targeting
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), along with the police, conducted phase two of the demolition drive at Chandola Lake on Tuesday, May 20, targeting structures inhabited mostly by Muslims as a part of…
- India
Women’s body protests MJ Akbar’s inclusion in Op Sindoor delegation
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) on Sunday, May 18, strongly protested the inclusion of former Union minister of state for external affairs and veteran journalist MJ Akbar in the…
- India
19-year-old brutally stabbed to death in Bihar’s Gopalganj
A shocking incident has come to light from Bhore, Gopalganj district, Bihar, where a 19-year-old man died after being stabbed eight times. The incident took place on May 6 in Sisai Bazaar.…
- Telangana
Telangana leads India in stolen phone recovery; Hyderabad tops among cities
Hyderabad: Telangana has emerged as the leading state in India for recovering lost or stolen mobile devices, with an impressive total of 78,114 recoveries recorded up to May 19, according to the…
- India
‘Strong case needed for interim relief’ SC to petitioners against Waqf Act
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 20 May, commenced hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. SC defers hearing to May 21 A bench comprising…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad water board MD inspects Rs 297 cr sewer project
The Hyderabad water board managing director, Ashok Reddy, on Tuesday, May 20, inspected the ongoing works of the zone 3 sewer project. The Rs 297 crore zone 3 project, which aims to…
- Kerala
Arrested Kerala activist-scribe used dark web for ‘anti-national acts’: Maharashtra ATS
Nagpur: The student activist-cum-journalist arrested earlier this month in Nagpur was allegedly using the dark web to post inflammatory comments and for other anti-national activities, a Maharashtra ATS official claimed on Monday,…
- India
Maha police book three under sedition over recital of ‘Hum Dekhenge’
The Maharashtra police have filed a sedition case against social activist Pushpa Vira Sathidar and two others for allegedly reciting Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s famous poem ‘Hum Dekhenge,’ at a recent event, claiming…
- Hyderabad
4 Rohingya nationals held in Hyderabad for illegal immigration
Hyderabad: Four Rohingya nationals, along with their children, were arrested on Tuesday, May 20, for illegally entering India and fraudulently obtaining Indian identity documents. The accused has been identified as Mohammed Arman,32,…
- India
Ashoka University professor Ali Khan sent to judicial custody
Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by the Haryana police over a Facebook post on Operation Sindoor, has been sent to judicial custody after a local court declined the…
- Hyderabad
4 Hijras held in Secunderabad for robbing passenger on train
Hyderabad: Four habitual property offenders, all identifying as hijras, were arrested on Tuesday, May 20, for allegedly robbing a passenger aboard a train last week. Police recovered Rs 10,000 in cash from…
- India
Maharashtra school denies admission on basis of religion, 3 booked
A Muslim girl was allegedly denied admission in a school located in Jaripatka of Maharashtra’s Nagpur district over her religious identity. The school secretary of Dayanand Arya Kanya Vidyalaya, Rajesh Lalwani, instructed…
- Telangana
Telangana raises marriage incentive award for disabled couples to Rs 1L
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday, May 20, announced an incentive of Rs 1 lakh for marriage between two disabled people. According to Government Order No. 7 issued by the Department of…
