- India
Are you genuinely concerned on delimitation, asks RSS
Bengaluru: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) joint general secretary Arun Kumar on Saturday, March 23, asked those discussing the delimitation process whether they had any political agenda or were genuinely concerned about it.…
- Middle East
We support T20 leagues in new territories but nothing on table yet in Saudi Arabia: IPL chairman
New Delhi: Nearing two decades of existence, brand IPL has become stronger than ever and doesn’t see any threat from the growing number of T20 leagues globally, its chairman Arun Dhumal said…
- News
Karnataka: 12-hour bandh by pro-Kannada groups amid tight security
Bengaluru: A 12-hour statewide bandh called by the pro-Kannada groups to protest the alleged assault on a state-run bus conductor in Belagavi last month for not knowing Marathi began in Karnataka on…
- World
UNICEF urges Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan
Islamabad: The UN children’s agency on Saturday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls’ education to save the future of millions who have been deprived of their…
- World
Power outage shutters Heathrow Airport, first flight lands after 18 hrs
London: The first plane landed at Heathrow Airport late Friday, about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that forced the closure of Europe’s busiest air…
- India
Karnataka Assembly chaos: 18 BJP MLAs suspended, carried out by marshals
Bengaluru: Eighteen BJP MLAs were suspended for six months from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday for “disrespecting” Speaker U T Khader. The suspension resolution, moved by state Law and Parliamentary Affairs…
- Middle East
25 Indians awarded death sentence in UAE, judgement yet to be implemented: Govt
New Delhi: The number of Indian nationals who have been awarded a death sentence in the UAE, but the judgement is yet to be implemented, stands at 25, the government informed Parliament…
- India
NIA team visits Aurangzeb’s grave, monitors suspicious activity
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Amid the clamour for the removal of Aurangzeb’s grave, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has reached Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to inspect Khultabad, where the tomb is situated. The team…
- India
Photos: Bismillah Khan’s birth anniversary
New Delhi: When Bismillah Khan played Raag Kafi at the Red Fort on August 15, 1947, it was a momentous breakthrough for the shehnai that was till then mainly confined to temples,…
- India
Fire at Delhi HC judge’s residence leads to cash recovery
A fire that broke out at the official residence of Delhi High Court judge let to recovery of cash from the house. The incident has forced the Supreme Court collegium led by…
- Delhi
Delhi HC grants bail to Unitech’s Ramesh Chandra in ED case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to realty firm Unitech’s founder Ramesh Chandra in a money laundering case. Justice Jasmeet Singh pronounced the order granting relief to 88-year-old…
- World
US Supreme Court to hear Tahawwur Rana’s plea seeking stay of extradition to India
New York: US Supreme Court justices will hear next month Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s renewed application, submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts, seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is…
- India
ED makes fresh arrest from Tamil Nadu in PFI-SDPI case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a man from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu after fresh round of searches in a money laundering case against the SDPI, the political outfit of the…
- India
Want to visit Kolkata occasionally, staying there not an option: Taslima Nasrin
Kolkata: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin said she doesn’t find relocating to Kolkata from Delhi a feasible option at this point, adding that “I don’t want to get kicked around anymore”. Speaking…
- World
Indian student in US faces deportation over ‘spreading Hamas propaganda’
New York: An Indian student enrolled as a postdoctoral fellow in the US faces deportation after federal authorities said he was “spreading Hamas propaganda” and has “close connections to a “suspected terrorist”,…
