- Middle East
Ahmedabad-Dubai flight diverted to Karachi due to medical emergency
New Delhi: SpiceJet on Tuesday said its plane flying from Ahmedabad to Dubai was diverted to Karachi due to a medical emergency. An airline spokesperson said the aircraft landed safely at Karachi and further…
- India
Govt committed to making Haj inclusive: Smriti Irani
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday held talks with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Haj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah as both countries vowed to work together to make the Haj process as…
- World
UK cautioned against unfair’ visa crackdown on Indian professionals, students
London: Groups representing skilled professionals and students from India on Tuesday expressed concerns over a lack of clarity around the UK government’s latest visa crackdown, branding the ban on family dependents as…
- India
Parliamentary board’s CM choice will be final, says BJP’s Rajasthan in-charge
Jaipur: The BJP’s in-charge for Rajasthan Arun Singh Tuesday said the decision of the party’s parliamentary board about the chief minister’s post will be acceptable to all even as newly elected MLAs…
- Andhra Pradesh
200 young paddlers stranded in Vijayawada due to Cyclone Michaung
Kolkata: Securing her maiden Under-11 National Ranking title in Vijayawada brought joy and pain in equal measure for young Bengal paddler Sreosree Chakraborty, who is now stuck along with 300 others because…
- Kashmir
Army troops open fire at suspected Pakistani drone along LoC in Jammu
Jammu: Army troops opened a few rounds at a suspected Pakistani drone along the Line of Control in Akhnoor sector here Tuesday evening, police officials said. A massive joint search operation by…
- India
Chidambaram says govt providing jobless growth
New Delhi: Opposition parties led by the Congress on Tuesday drilled holes into India’s ‘steller’ GDP growth story, saying it is it was a job-less growth, a charge the ruling BJP countered…
- India
‘Pilot’s movements, phone were tracked, monitored’, claims Gehlot’s OSD
New Delhi: Outgoing Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s OSD Lokesh Sharma on Tuesday alleged that the then deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot’s movements and phone were tracked and monitored by the Gehlot government…
- India
Opposition members demand Assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir soon
New Delhi: Opposition members in the Lok Sabha sought a timeline from the government on Tuesday, December 5 for holding Assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir. They said, a democratically elected government…
- India
Mizoram: MNF selects Lalchhandama Ralte as legislature party leader
Aizawl: The MNF, which suffered defeat in the Mizoram assembly polls, on Tuesday appointed outgoing education minister Lalchhandama Ralte as the leader of its legislature party. In a meeting held at the…
- India
SC seeks data on grant of citizenship to immigrants in Assam
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday sought data on the beneficiaries of section 6A of the Citizenship Act in Assam, saying there was no material before it which could indicate that the…
- India
BJP developing ‘hatred’ for people of Delhi in fight against Kejriwal, says AAP
New Delhi: The AAP on Tuesday accused the BJP of hindering its “good work” in the MCD, alleging that the saffron party has started to develop a “hatred” for the people of…
- India
BJP, Congress spar over Karni Sena president’s killing in Jaipur
New Delhi: The BJP and the Congress sparred over right-wing group Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena president Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi’s killing on Tuesday, with both parties claiming that the law-and-order scenario deteriorates…
- India
No one can divide us, we love our country: Mamata at inauguration of film festival
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that no force could divide the country, emphasising that people of all religions, castes, and creeds would remain united as a collective…
- World
China accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban govt in Afghanistan
Beijing: China has become the first country to confer diplomatic status to a Taliban-nominated official as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Beijing, thereby formally recognising the Taliban-run administration as a legitimate government in Kabul.…
