- India
Centre appoints 2 directors, joint director to NTA
New Delhi: The Centre has appointed two directors and a joint director to the National Testing Agency (NTA), which has been facing flak for issues related to the National Eligibility cum Entrance…
- Sports
Padikkal, Suthar rise as India’s bowling questions linger
Colombo: India arrived in Sri Lanka three weeks ago with several questions surrounding its Test team but Devdutt Padikkal’s assured batting at number three is the biggest gain, while Manav Suthar has…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Case over obscene videos targeting Congress leaders
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police has registered a case against two ‘X’ account holders for allegedly posting obscene deepfake videos targeting top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi,…
- India
Cook accused of molesting 22 girls had faced prior POCSO charges
Thane: A cook at a government ashram school in Thane district, arrested earlier this week for allegedly molesting 22 minor female students, was a habitual offender who had previously been jailed under…
- India
Govt’s onion buffer stock quality ‘good’: Consumer affairs secy
New Delhi: The quality of the Centre’s onion buffer stock is “good”, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said on Friday, August 28, asserting that for the first time this year the Central…
- India
HC declines urgent hearing on Sept 2 protest over SIR deletions
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday declined an urgent hearing of a plea seeking permission to hold a demonstration on September 2 over deletion of names from electoral rolls during the…
- Business
Blockbuster debut for Tempsens Instruments
New Delhi: Shares of temperature sensing and heating solutions provider Tempsens Instruments (India) Ltd on Friday, August 28, listed with a massive premium of over 111 per cent against the issue price…
- India
4 arrested as police foil cattle smuggling bid in Assam
Guwahati: Four persons were arrested after they were caught while allegedly smuggling cattle in Assam’s Kamrup district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. In a social media post, Sarma said 55 cattle…
- World
Death toll in Nepal reaches 538, another flood warning issued
Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 538 on Friday, August 28, with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations continue with caution following the threat…
- India
India, Canada aim to conclude trade talks by 2026-end
Washington: In a bid to deepen bilateral economic and financial cooperation, India and Canada have said they are looking to conclude negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by the end of…
- India
NEET stir ends fear of speaking against power: AISA chief
Nagpur: All India Students’ Association (AISA) President Neha Bora on Thursday, August 27, said the Gen Z movement at Jantar Mantar in Delhi has removed the fear of speaking up among people…
- India
Super El Niño strengthens as climate change intensifies its effects
Washington: A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change. El…
- Hyderabad
Ex-roommate held in Agra for Hyderabad woman’s murder in US
Hyderabad: An accused in the alleged murder of a city-based woman in the US was traced in Agra, police said on Thursday, August 27. Arjun Sharma (26), the suspect in the murder…
- India
Nadda meets Reservation Hatao team; AAP, CJP question govt
New Delhi: The government on Thursday, August 27, reached out to the representatives of the group spearheading the Reservation Hatao Andolan, with Union minister JP Nadda holding a “cordial discussion” with them…
- Telangana
22 Telangana residents missing in Nepal flash floods
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is trying to trace 22 people from the state whose whereabouts remain unknown after flash floods in Nepal. The helpline set up at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi…
