- India
Jharkhand: Transgenders to get Rs 1k pension, benefits of backward class category
Ranchi: With an aim to provide social security and bring them into the mainstream of society, Jharkhand government has decided to add the transgender community under its universal pension scheme, an official…
- Sports
BCCI to release nearly 4 Lakh World Cup tickets in next phase of sales
New Delhi: Understanding the high demand for tickets of the upcoming World Cup games, the BCCI will be releasing approximately 400,000 tickets for the highly anticipated tournament. However, a media release from…
- India
Marathwada: Marathas with Nizam-era records to get Kunbi caste certificates, says CM Shinde
Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday decided that Kunbi caste certificates will be issued to those Marathas hailing from Marathwada region who possess revenue or education documents from the Nizam era that…
- India
Formation of INDIA bloc has shaken PM Modi, BJP, RSS: Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said the formation of the opposition INDIA bloc has shaken Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and its ideological mentor the RSS. He also…
- India
Manipur: SC seeks report on arms recovery from all sources
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Manipur government and the law enforcement agencies to file a status report on the recovery of arms from “all sources” in the ethnic…
- World
2 new studies suggest BA.2.86 less immune-evasive than feared
New York: Amid fresh concerns of Covid-19 due to the new highly mutant Omicron sub variant BA.2.86, two new studies from the US have confirmed that it is less contagious as well…
- Business
Reliance receives Rs 8,278 cr from Qatar Authority, allots 6.86 cr shares
New Delhi: Reliance Industries on Wednesday said it has received Rs 8,278 crore from Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) for around 1 per cent stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), the retail…
- India
Reservations should continue as long as there is discrimination: RSS chief
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that reservations should continue as long as there is discrimination in society. Discrimination exists in society even though it is invisible,…
- Telangana
Women’s Reservation Bill: Kavitha raises questions on Sonia’s letter to PM
Hyderabad: BRS MLC K Kavitha on Wednesday questioned why Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not list the long pending demand for the Women’s Reservation Bill among…
- India
His prayers not answered, man steals shivling from UP temple
Kaushambi: A man stole a shivling from a temple in Kaushambi district in Uttar Pradesh apparently after his prayer for marrying the woman of his choice was not fulfilled. Police have arrested…
- India
With festivals lined up, Centre asks for mandatory disclosure of masur stocks
New Delhi: The government has directed traders, millers, and importers of pulses to compulsorily disclose details about their stockholding of masur (lentil) as part of efforts to prevent market manipulation and control…
- Hyderabad
Former VP Naidu backs India’s name change to ‘Bharat’, simultaneous polls
Hyderabad: Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said the country needs to have simultaneous elections for both Parliament and the assembly as frequent polls will impede the progress of the…
- Sports
Pakistan treated us well, went out of the way to make us comfortable: BCCI Prez
Amritsar: BCCI President Roger Binny could not stop gushing over the warm and friendly treatment they received in Pakistan on their short visit to the neighbouring nation while Board Vice President Rajeev…
- Business
Rupee falls 10 paise to close at all-time low of 83.14 against US dollar
New Delhi: The rupee depreciated by 10 paise and settled for the day at an all-time low of 83.14 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, weighed down by a surge in…
- World
US: Over 4 lakh Indians may die awaiting job-based Green Cards, says report
Washington: More than 10.5 lakh Indians are in the queue for an employment-based Green Card and 4 lakh of them may die before they receive the much-sought-after legal document of permanent residency…
