- India
Patnaik sets tone for 2024 elections, asks party to counter misinformation campaign
Bhubaneswar: Setting the tone for the 2024 general elections, ruling BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday called upon the party rank and file to effectively counter the misinformation…
- India
Manipur: 19 victims of ethnic clashes laid to rest eight months after death
Imphal: Eight months after they were killed in ethnic violence in Manipur, the remains of 19 people belonging to the Kuki Zo community were laid to rest in the state’s Kangpokpi district…
- India
Parliament security breach case: Delhi court sends mastermind’ to 7-day police custody
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday sent Lalit Jha, arrested in the Parliament security breach case, to 7-day custody of the Delhi Police that claimed he was the “mastermind” of the…
- India
Respiratory illnesses in China: Indian labs asked to test samples
New Delhi: In view of reports of a surge in respiratory illnesses in China, the Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL) network under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been…
- World
Police HQ, checkpost come under attack in Pakistan; 5 officials killed
Peshawar: At least five law enforcement officials were killed in militant attacks on a regional police headquarters and a checkpost in the restive northwest Pakistan on Friday that also killed four rebels,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh MLC Shaik Sabjee dies in car mishap
Cherukuvada: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council member Shaik Sabjee died in a car crash at Cherukuvada village in West Godavari district on Friday, said a police official. Sabjee (57) was on his way…
- Sports
Post defamation suit, cop faces 15-day jail for contempt of court filed by Dhoni
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday sentenced IPS officer G Sampath Kumar to 15 days’ imprisonment in a contempt of court case filed by former Indian cricket team captain M S Dhoni.…
- Andhra Pradesh
Depute non-state officials to ensure error-free electoral rolls in AP
Amaravati: A group of TDP Parliamentarians on Thursday called on Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and appealed to him to immediately depute senior All India Service (AIS) officers from outside Andhra Pradesh…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh SSC, BIE examinations scheduled in March
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday announced that the Senior Secondary School (10th standard) and Board of Intermediate Education (Intermediate) annual examinations for the academic year 2023- 24 will be held…
- India
Excise policy scam: SC rejects Sisodia’s pleas for bail review
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s pleas seeking review of its October 30 verdict dismissing his bail petitions in the corruption and money laundering cases related to…
- India
SC conditionally suspends conviction of Afzal Ansari in Gangster Act case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday conditionally suspended the conviction of former BSP MP Afzal Ansari in a 2007 Gangsters Act case, saying his Ghazipur constituency will be deprived of its…
- Bollywood
SC stays operation of sentence awarded to actor Jayapradha in ESIC case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the operation of actor and former Lok Sabha MP Jayapradha’s sentence in a case in which she was awarded six-month simple imprisonment for not…
- India
Parliament security breach: 14 Opposition MPs suspended for ‘politicising’ issue
New Delhi: As many as 14 opposition MPs were suspended from Parliament for the remainder of the session for disrupting proceedings as the Lok Sabha security breach incident snowballed into a major row on Thursday,…