- News
US says Bangladesh elections not free or fair, UN also raise concern
United Nations: A day after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party emerged victorious at the polls, the US and UN voiced concern over violence and reports of irregularities on the day of…
- India
Bilkis Bano case convicts can move Maharashtra govt for remission of sentences
New Delhi: The 11 convicts in the case of gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat can approach the Maharashtra…
- Politics
BJP suffers poll setback in Rajasthan, its minister loses to Congress in Karanpur
Jaipur: Rajasthan minister of state Surendra Pal Singh lost the election to the Karanpur assembly seat by a margin of 11,283 votes to his Congress rival on Monday, an embarrassing defeat for…
- India
Ahead of Urs, Ajmer dargah Khadims urges PM to ensure safety & security
Jaipur: Khadims of the Ajmer dargah on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to ensure the safety and security of people visiting the shrine for Urs from January 13…
- News
TN CM to lead delegation to Davos, Spain to garner investments later this month
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will lead a high-level delegation to Davos and Spain later this month to attract foreign investments. Besides Europe, Stalin would also travel to the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Revamped TTD site to give data on temples under trust across India
Tirupati: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman B Karunakara Reddy on Monday, January 8, launched the revamped website ttdevasthanams.ap.gov.in, which will offer information on TTD temples in Tirupati and also other locations across…
- Kashmir
NC’s board to decide candidates for LS polls in J&K: Farooq Abdullah
Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday, January 8, said his party is setting up an election board to select candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Jammu and…
- India
Over 2 lakh Indians visited Maldives annually post Covid, tops list
New Delhi: Data shows Indians top the Maldives’ tourist arrival figures, with more than two lakh of them visiting the island nation every year after the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Maldives tourism…
- Bangalore
Karnataka minister remarks over Belagavi draws rebuke from Oppn
Belagavi: The opposition BJP and JD(S) on Monday rallied against Karnataka minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar after her recent statement on Belagavi being ‘a part of Maharashtra before Independence’. Hebbalkar, a native of Belagavi, had…
- Sports
Will Rohit, Kohli’s selection cost India another T20 World Cup?
New Delhi: The selectors have clearly gone for the status quo rather than addressing the elephant in the room by picking Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for their first T20 series in…
- India
Amid India Maldives row, Israel to promote Lakshadweep tourism
New Delhi: The Israeli embassy in India pitched for promoting tourism in Lakshadweep on Monday, amid a diplomatic row between India and the Maldives over disparaging remarks made by Maldivian ministers following Prime…
- Business
Sensex, Nifty tumble nearly 1 pc on global weakness
Mumbai: Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty surrendered early gains to close with deep losses on Monday, snapping their two-day winning streak as investors pared exposure to banking, metal and FMCG stocks amid a…
- India
Shiv Sena split: Verdict on disqualification pleas on Jan 10, says officials
Mumbai: Maharashtra speaker Rahul Narwekar will on January 10 deliver his verdict on the disqualification petitions against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and several MLAs whose rebellion had split the Shiv Sena in June…
- India
Bilkis case: Rahul says SC verdict showed country who gives patronage to criminals
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday slammed the BJP over the Supreme Court quashing the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying the…
- India
EC failed to provide substantive response to ‘genuine concerns’ over EVMs: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said the Election Commission has yet again failed to provide a “substantive response” to INDIA parties’ genuine concerns over EVMs and asserted that instead,…
