- India
Sarabjot, Divya win silver medal in 10m air pistol mixed team event
Hangzhou: Birthday boy Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS faltered towards the end to let gold slip out of their hands in the 10m air pistol mixed team but the silver took India’s medal…
- India
Punjab farmers’ ‘rail roko’ stir enters third day, train movement remains hit
Chandigarh: The ‘rail roko’ stir of Punjab farmers demanding compensation for crops damaged in the recent floods, a legal guarantee on MSP and a sweeping debt waiver entered its third day on Saturday.…
- India
Cauvery water: Karnataka govt to file review petition before apex court, CWMA
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will file a review petition before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Supreme Court on Saturday. On Friday, the CWMA endorsed the direction of its assisting…
- Mumbai
More than 39,000 idols immersed in Mumbai as 10-day Ganesh festival ends
Mumbai: More than 39,000 Ganesh idols were immersed in Mumbai by Friday noon as the 10-day festival of the elephant-headed god came to an end, civic officials said. Immersion processions had begun…
- India
PM Modi lauds Asian Games medal winners
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated India’s medal winners in the Asian Games as the country’s shooters remained on target, achieving podium-finish in several events. Congratulating Palak Gulia on…
- India
Union minister Smriti Irani hails ISRO’s achievements
New Delhi: Quoting scientist Nigar Shaji, Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday said the ISRO is an organisation that does not have a glass ceiling, where capability demands and decides opportunity, and…
- India
Manipur Guv visits families of youths killed after being kidnapped
Imphal: Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Friday visited the family members of two youths who were killed after being allegedly kidnapped, leading to violent protests in the northeastern state. The governor met…
- India
MHA allows jail authorities to conduct Aadhaar authentication of visitors of prisoners
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday allowed jail authorities across the country to carry out Aadhaar authentication of all visitors of prison inmates on voluntary basis. The ministry issued…
- India
4 Nipah infected patients in Kerala have recovered, says Health Minister
Thiruvananthapuram: Four people, including a nine-year-old boy, who were under treatment for Nipah in Kozhikode, have recovered, said state Health Minister Veena George on Friday. Sharing the “good news”, the minister said…
- India
Manipur: Situation in Imphal calm but tense, curfew relaxed on Saturday
Imphal: The situation in Manipur’s Imphal valley was calm but tense on Friday after a night of violent clashes, including an attempt to attack the empty ancestral residence of Chief Minister N…
- India
Several injured in stone pelting on VHP yatra in Gujarat’s Narmada
Narmada: At least a dozen persons including two police personnel were injured when miscreants pelted stones at a religious procession taken out by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Gujarat’s Narmada district…
- World
Blinken urged India to ‘cooperate fully’ with Canada’s probe: US official
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged India to “cooperate fully” with the ongoing Canadian investigation into the killing of a Khalistani separatist, a senior state department official said on…
- Hyderabad
Immersion procession of Ganesh idols concludes in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The annual Ganesha idols procession and the final immersion in Hyderabad concluded on Friday, officials said. Thousands of idols of Lord Vinayaka were immersed in water bodies in the state capital…
- Kashmir
Omar Abdullah criticises govt over Eid Milad-un Nabi holiday
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to declare the Eid Milad-un Nabi holiday a day earlier. Abdullah, who offered the Friday congregational prayers at…
- India
Danish Ali urges PM Modi to ensure ‘suitable punishment’ to BJP MP Bidhuri
New Delhi: Amid a row over Ramesh Bidhuri’s derogatory remarks in the Lok Sabha against him, BSP MP Danish Ali on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a public statement…
