- India
PM Modi bats for swift justice in cases of crimes against women
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday underlined the need for swift justice in cases involving crimes against women and said that it will give them greater assurance of their safety. Modi…
- India
PIL before SC demands caste-baste census
New Delhi: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to conduct a caste-based census in the country for the “welfare of…
- India
Video: Helicopter being airlifted crashes near Kedarnath
Dehradun: A helicopter being airlifted by an MI-17 chopper of the defence forces crashed in the hills near Kedarnath on Saturday morning after the towing rope snapped mid-air. There are no reports…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Robert Vadra flays Kangana Ranaut on remarks over farmers’ protest
Hyderabad: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra has slammed BJP MP Kangana Ranaut for her comments on farmers’ protests and said she does not deserve to be in Parliament.…
- India
Porsche crash: Son’s dream of studying in London unfulfilled, says deceased’s father
Pune: The father of one of the IT professionals killed in the May 19 Porsche car crash in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar met police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Friday to know details about…
- India
Russia-Ukraine: India will support any feasible, mutually acceptable solution, says MEA
New Delhi: India on Friday said the recent high-level visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kyiv will pave the way for “stronger bilateral ties” apart from facilitating more forward-looking discussions on…
- India
Stay away from tribal student groups’ shutdown and rallies, Manipur govt urges people
Imphal: The Manipur government on Friday urged the people not to respond to the tribal student bodies’ call for shutting down all business establishments, government offices, and private institutions and join their…
- India
Parliament panel meet on Waqf bill witnesses heated arguments
New Delhi: A meeting of the joint committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Friday witnessed fireworks with members vociferously opposing certain provisions of the draft legislation, leading to a…
- India
Delhi HC rejects interim bail plea of PFI leader OMA Salam
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant interim bail to Popular Front of India (PFI) leader OMA Salam, arrested in a case registered under the anti-terror law, UAPA,…
- India
We have to look at mutuality of interests: EAM on India-Bangladesh relations
New Delhi: Since its independence in 1971, India’s relationship with Bangladesh has “gone up and down” and it is natural that New Delhi deals with the government of the day, External Affairs…
- India
India’s GDP grows by 6.7 pc in Q1, lowest in 5 quarters
New Delhi: India’s gross domestic product slowed to a five-quarter low of 6.7 per cent in April-June this fiscal against 8.2 per cent in the year-ago period, mainly due to poor showing…
- India
Anti-Sikh riots case: Court orders framing charges against Jagdish Tytler
New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday, August 30, ordered framing of charges for murder and other offenses against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the alleged murder of three…
- India
Ex-Jharkhand CM Champai Soren joins BJP
Ranchi: Two days after he quit the JMM, former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren joined the BJP on Friday, August 30. Soren along with a large number of his supporters crossed over…
- News
Robert Vadra arrives in Hyderabad, to meet children with disabilities, others
Hyderabad: AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra arrived here on Friday for a “spiritual trip” during which he would go to places of worship and also meet people from…
- India
Assam Assembly abolishes 2-hr break for Friday ‘namaz’
Guwahati: The Assam assembly will do away with a two-hour break provided on Fridays to facilitate Muslim legislators to offer ‘namaz’, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The rule will be implemented…
