- India
Deeply concerning to see our athletes protest on streets: Abhinav Bindra
New Delhi: Hours after star wrestler Vinesh Phogat appealed to sportspersons to join their protest to oust under-fire chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra took to social media…
- India
Withdrawing summons issued to Arvind Kejriwal, Goa police tells HC
Panaji: The Goa police on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that they are withdrawing the summons issued to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in which he was asked to appear before…
- World
California Senate committee passes bill to end caste discrimination
Washington: A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination in California has been unanimously passed by the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee, amidst strong opposition from Indian-American business and temple organisations. The California…
- India
Teen NEET aspirant ends life in Rajasthan’s Kota
Kota: A 19-year-old NEET aspirant from Madhya Pradesh allegedly died by suicide in her hostel room in the Talwandi area of this Rajasthan district, police said on Wednesday. The deceased was identified…
- India
West Bengal: 11 detained for violence in Kaliaganj; curfew continues
Kaliaganj: A total of 11 people have been detained for their alleged involvement in violence at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district over the death of a teenage girl, even as roads in…
- India
Consider leaving questions on same sex marriage to Parliament: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to consider leaving questions raised in the pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriages to Parliament. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for…
- World
Indian-origin man hanged in Singapore over cannabis trafficking
Singapore: Singapore on Wednesday executed a 46-year-old Indian-origin drug trafficker, a day after his 11th-hour appeal was rejected by a court here. Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted in October 2018 by a High…
- India
Hubbali violence: ‘Free ‘innocent’ or we won’t vote’, say families of accused
Bengaluru: A year after 89 persons were arrested for allegedly indulging in violence at Karnataka’s Hubbali, families of many of them claim their relatives are ‘innocent,’ insist they are unable to go…
- India
Delhi: AAP’s Shelly Oberoi elected mayor; BJP’s Shikha Rai withdraws
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Shelly Oberoi was elected mayor of Delhi on Wednesday without contest as her BJP rival Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination. With this, Oberoi got another term…
- India
IIT Kharagpur ‘suicide’: Calcutta HC orders second autopsy of body buried 6 months ago
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered exhumation and a second post-mortem examination of IIT Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed’s body, which was buried in his home state Assam six months ago,…
- Mumbai
Smuggled gold worth Rs 10 cr seized at Mumbai airport; 18 Sudanese among 19 held
Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested 18 Sudanese women as well as an Indian woman with 16.36 kg of the yellow metal in paste form…
- India
Tripura civil servant, who looked after lakhs of refugees during 1971, dies
Agartala: Himangshu Mohan Chowdhury, who was awarded prestigious the Padma Shri for his services during the Bangladesh Liberation war as a civil service officer, passed away due to age-related ailments at a…
- Telangana
KCR condoles former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal’s demise
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has condoled the death of former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. In a statement issued on Tuesday night, Rao conveyed his deepest condolences to…
- India
Maha: 111 people held during protest against refinery; Sena (UBT) says stop ‘atrocities’
Mumbai: Police on Tuesday arrested 111 people, most of them women, during a protest against a proposed oil refinery at Barsu village in Maharashtra’s coastal Ratnagiri district, an official said. More than…
- India
Rajastan police raids 12,854 places, arrests 8,950 criminals
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Police on Tuesday raided 12,854 places in all districts of the state and arrested a total of 8,950 wanted criminals, anti-social elements and other persons involved in criminal activities.…
