- India
Putin says Biden presidency better for Russia than Trump
Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin, under fire from US President Joe Biden and NATO allies for Ukraine invasion, shocked the world, saying “A Biden Presidency in the US is better for Russia”.…
- India
EC flagged its concern in SC in 2019 on impact of electoral bonds scheme on transparency
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) had, in 2019, flagged its concerns in the Supreme Court on the changes made in several laws relating to political funding to facilitate the electoral bonds…
- Top Stories
Citizens’ groups flag dangers of Aadhaar-NPR exercise; cite policing, profiling issues
Mumbai: The Bombay Catholic Sabha and the Citizens for Justice and Peace on Thursday said using Aadhaar information for the National Population Register exercise was questionable and could lead to genuine citizens…
- India
Farmers marching to Delhi like Army on offensive: Haryana CM
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday criticised the “method” adopted by Punjab farmers to press their demands, suggesting that they were attempting to march to Delhi like an army…
- Hyderabad
RSS chief, MM Keeravani attend Sangh’s music event in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday attended a musical event organised by the Sangh at Ghatkesar near here titled ‘Swara Jhari’, in which Oscar-winning music director MM Keeravani…
- India
TN Govt repeals act to convert Jayalalithaa’s residence into a memorial
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal an Act, passed in 2020, to convert the Poes Garden residence of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa into a memorial.…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan’s party nominates Umar Ayub Khan as PM candidate
Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Thursday nominated as its prime ministerial candidate the party secretary general Umar Ayub Khan, grandson of former military dictator Ayub Khan. Umar Ayub…
- Business
RBI asks a card network to halt unauthorised commercial payment arrangement
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday restrained a card network which enabled businesses to make card payments through certain intermediaries to entities that do not accept card payments, as the activity was…
- India
Protesting farmers fighting for country, just like soldiers do on borders: Rahul
Aurangabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday came out in support of the protesting farmers, likening the cultivators to soldiers who fight on the country’s borders to protect it. Gandhi was referring…
- India
Hemant Soren remanded to judicial custody in money laundering case
Ranchi: A special PMLA court on Thursday remanded former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren to judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. The ruling…
- India
Shashi Tharoor slams BJP for UCC, calls Uttarakhand ‘nanny state’
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Uttarakhand government over the UCC bill and other regulations, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said one should go there to see a “nanny state” in…
- India
ED summons TMC leader Mahua Moitra in FEMA violation case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned TMC leader and former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra for questioning in a FEMA contravention case next week, official sources said Thursday. The 49-year-old politician…
- Telangana
Telangana: 2 from Congress, 1 nominee from BRS file papers for RS polls
Hyderabad: Congress candidates Renuka Chowdhury and M Anil Kumar Yadav and BRS nominee Vaddiraju Ravichandra on Thursday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election from Telangana. Chowdhury and Yadav, who…
- Middle East
PM Modi thanks Qatari Emir for release of 8 jailed Indians
Doha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday thanked Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for the release of eight Indian nationals, who were sentenced to death after being arrested here in…
- Delhi
Subramanian Swamy moves Delhi HC seeking probe against Axis Bank
New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to order a probe into an alleged fraud committed by Axis Bank to make “undue profits” through the sale…
