- India
BJP, Congress spar over Karni Sena president’s killing in Jaipur
New Delhi: The BJP and the Congress sparred over right-wing group Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena president Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi’s killing on Tuesday, with both parties claiming that the law-and-order scenario deteriorates…
- India
No one can divide us, we love our country: Mamata at inauguration of film festival
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that no force could divide the country, emphasising that people of all religions, castes, and creeds would remain united as a collective…
- World
China accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban govt in Afghanistan
Beijing: China has become the first country to confer diplomatic status to a Taliban-nominated official as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Beijing, thereby formally recognising the Taliban-run administration as a legitimate government in Kabul.…
- India
From 2018-2023, over 400 die cleaning India’s sewers: Centre
New Delhi: More than 400 people died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers in the country between 2018 and 2023, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Social Justice and…
- India
Postpone probe into madrasas: UP madrasa board to Yogi govt
Lucknow: Following the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to initiate a probe into the availability of basic facilities and competent teachers at state-funded madrasas, UP Madrasa Education Board Chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed called for…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad 2nd after Mumbai in economic offences in 2022: NCRB data
Mumbai: India’s financial capital Mumbai recorded 6,960 cases of economic offences in 2022, the highest in any metro city, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).…
- Delhi
Over 35K student suicides between 2019-21: MoS Centre tells LS
New Delhi: Over 35,000 students committed suicide in the country between 2019 and 2021, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Abbaiah Narayanaswamy…
- Delhi
Oppn targets Centre on rising inflation, unemployment in RS
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Tuesday targeted the government in Rajya Sabha, saying while it claims there has been economic growth, indicators such as trade deficit, rising inflation, and growing unemployment paint…
- India
Centre’s Bills on replacing criminal-penal laws ‘draconian’: TMC
Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday moved a resolution in the West Bengal Assembly seeking consensus building on three bills introduced before the Parliament by the BJP-led NDA government to replace…
- India
DMK MP says BJP wins only in ‘Gaumutra states’, sparks row
New Delhi: DMK Member of Parliament DNV Senthilkumar sparked controversy on Tuesday, December 5, terming Hindi-speaking states as ‘gaumutra states’ and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party can win elections there and not…
- India
Govt ready to hold Assembly polls in JK; EC to decide: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: The government is ready to hold Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir whenever the Election Commission (EC) takes a final decision in the matter, Union minister Jitendra Singh said in…
- India
BJP leaders mock opposition for blaming EVMs for defeat in Assembly polls
New Delhi: As some opposition leaders have raised questions on EVMs after Assembly poll results were announced in five states, BJP leaders mocked them on Tuesday, saying they are looking for excuses to…
- India
Opposition blames EVMs for Congress’s defeat in 3 state elections
New Delhi: After the poor show of the Indian National Congress in assembly elections of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, various Opposition party leaders blamed EVM machines for the defeat. Congress party…
- India
‘One flag, one PM, one constitution’ not a political slogan: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, December, 05, asserted that the concept of “one flag, one prime minister, one constitution” was not a political slogan. He said, the BJP firmly…
- Photos
In pics: Cyclone Michaung
Kanchipuram: NDRF personnel evacuate residents from a waterlogged area after heavy rainfall owing to Cyclone Michaung, in Kanchipuram, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (PTI Photo) Kanchipuram: NDRF personnel evacuate residents from a waterlogged…
