- India
Jiah Khan suicide case: Sooraj Pancholi acquitted from abetment charges
Mumbai: A special CBI court here on Friday acquitted actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of abetting the suicide of his then actor girlfriend Jiah Khan in 2013, citing lack of evidence against him.…
- India
PM inaugurates 91 FM radio transmitters, to benefit border, aspirational districts
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated 91 FM transmitters spread across 18 states and two union territories, in a move that will boost FM radio connectivity in the border…
- Telangana
BRS party fund touches Rs 1,250 crore, earns Rs 7 cr as monthly bank interest
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has a party fund of Rs 1,250 crore including Rs 767 crore bank deposits which are yielding Rs seven crore per month interest, the party supremo and…
- India
With limited staff, Indian embassy in Sudan did unlimited work, say evacuees
Mumbai: Despite limited staff, the Indian embassy in Sudan operated round-the-clock to evacuate those stranded in the war-torn country, said some of the people who arrived in Mumbai from the African nation…
- Photos
Operation Kaveri
Port Sudan: Indian nationals board an IAF C-130J aircraft departing from Port Sudan as part of evacuation operations under Operation Kaveri. (PTI Photo) Port Sudan: Indian nationals board an IAF C-130J aircraft…
- Photos
Wrestlers protest at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Dal Party leader Jayant Chaudhary with wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Sangita Phogat during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 27,…
- India
Maha: 6L hectare land affected by unseasonal rains; farmers to get compensation
Nagpur: Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar on Thursday said farmers will not face shortage of seeds or fertilisers and will get adequate compensation for crop loss due to unseasonal rains after ‘panchnamas’…
- India
UP: Atiq Ahmad’s 2 jailed sons among 6 booked for attempt to murder, extortion
Prayagraj: Police here have filed a fresh FIR against gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad’s two sons Umar and Ali, who are currently in jail, and four others on charges of attempt to murder and…
- India
Can same-sex couples get social welfare benefits without legalising their marriage? SC asks Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre whether social welfare benefits can be granted to same-sex couples without going into legalising their marriage. The court posed the question after…
- India
Eid prayers: 2,000 people booked in Kanpur for offering namaz on road
Kanpur: More than 2,000 people were booked in three FIRs for offering namaz without permission on a road outside the Eidgah here on Eid last week, police here said on Thursday. The…
- Sports
RR beat CSK by 32 runs in IPL
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 32 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. Opting to bat, RR rode on Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 43-ball 77 to reach a…
- India
JD(S) promises to restore 4 percent reservation for Muslims in election manifesto
Bengaluru: The JD(S) on Thursday released its “Janata Pranalike” (People’s Manifesto) for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka promising to restore four percent reservation for Muslims, to “throw out” Amul and…
- India
Gurugram: Husband arrested for killing wife, chopping her body into pieces
Gurugram: A 34-year-old man accused of chopping her wife into pieces was arrested here from Manesar, police said on Thursday. A half-burnt torso of a woman was found in a village in…
- Business
AP lone state to slash taxes on several local products: Finance Minister
Rajamundry: Andhra Pradesh is the lone state in India that has managed to reduce taxes on several local products through the Goods and Service Tax Council, Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath said on…
- India
BJP, Cong attack Odisha govt over missing keys of Puri Jagannath temple Ratna Bhandar’
Bhubaneswar: The BJP and the Congress on Thursday separately demanded that the Biju Janata Dal government in Odisha open the Ratna Bhandar’ of the Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri, and make public…
