- India
Bihar govt to employment opportunities to 1 cr youths in 5 yrs: Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said the Bihar government will provide jobs and employment opportunities to one crore youths over the next five years. In a bid to impart…
- India
Sonia Gandhi calls meeting to finalise Congress strategy for monsoon session
New Delhi: Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi will chair a key meeting on Tuesday to finalise the party’s strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament which is expected to witness…
- India
Centre not taking steps for release of Nimisha Priya: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram: AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday claimed that the central government was not taking any steps to intervene with the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from the state…
- Middle East
Blast in Yemen kills 5 children who were playing soccer
Aden: Five children in southwestern Yemen died after an explosive device detonated in a residential area where they were playing soccer, rights groups and eye witnesses said Saturday. The circumstances surrounding their…
- Sports
India amble to 316/5 after centurion Rahul gives his wicket away
London: KL Rahul got out to a loose drive after completing his second hundred at Lord’s before Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja survived a hostile spell of fast bowling from Jofra Archer,…
- India
‘Avoid visiting Kashmir’: Adhikari to Bengalis; BJP leader slams remarks
Triggering fresh political outrage, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal president and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, in a public gathering, asked people not to visit “Muslim-majority” areas of Jammu and…
- India
Odisha student sets herself on fire after sexual harassment complaint ignored
Balasore: A woman student of a college in Odisha’s Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, on Saturday, July 12, allegedly set herself on fire on the…
- India
Sole survivor of Air India plane crash seeks psychiatric help to overcome trauma
Diu: Many would think of him as one of the luckiest persons alive in the world. But for Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the June 12 Air India plane crash,…
- India
Indian legal system facing unique challenges, says CJI Gavai
Hyderabad: The Indian legal system has been facing unique challenges and delays in trials can sometimes go on for decades, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said on Saturday. Delivering the convocation…
- Delhi
Delhi sees rain, cloudy skies as IMD issues orange, yellow alerts for parts of city
New Delhi: Parts of the national capital experienced cloudy skies and rainfall, which prompted orange and yellow alerts for different areas, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Initially, Delhi was categorised under…
- World
Sri Lankan exporters alarmed over proposed 30 per cent US tariff
Colombo: Sri Lankan exporters have raised concerns over a proposed 30 per cent tariff on the country’s goods entering the US, even as President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says “discussions are ongoing to…
- Middle East
Iran says 5 inmates at Evin prison were killed in Israel’s airstrike on Tehran
Tehran: An Israeli airstrike on Iran’s capital last month killed five inmates at Evin prison and resulted in the escape of several others, Iranian media reported Saturday. The semi-official ILNA news agency…
- Bangalore
Three tiger cubs die in Bannerghatta Biological Park
Bengaluru: Three tiger cubs that were allegedly abandoned by their mother after littering have died in Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) recently, officials said on Saturday. Tigress Hima Das gave its third litter…
- Delhi
Fire breaks out at commercial building in Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a multi-storey building housing multiple shops in Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar area on Saturday afternoon, a Delhi Fire Services official said. A fire broke out at…
- News
Air India plane crash report: Fuel switch explainer
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary probe report on the fatal Air India plane accident has put the spotlight on the fuel switches of the crashed Boeing 787-8 and…
