- India
Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari holds first ‘janata darbar’ after becoming CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, May 18, held his first ‘janata darbar’ after assuming office, hearing people’s demands and grievances at a BJP office here. Adhikari, who took…
- Stock Market
Stock markets slump in early trade on surging oil prices
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Monday, May 18, amid surging oil prices, weak global market trends after fresh escalation in tensions in West Asia. A drone…
- India
Nine members of family suffer burn injuries after LPG leak triggers fire in UP
Kanpur: Nine members of a family, including a seven-month-old infant, sustained severe burn injuries after a suspected LPG leak triggered a fire in a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district, an official…
- India
SC refuses to entertain PIL for reviewing wages of priests, temple staff
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 18, refused to entertain a plea seeking to constitute a judicial commission or an expert committee to review the wages and other benefits given…
- India
VD Satheesan sworn in as Kerala Chief Minister
Thiruvananthapuram: VD Satheesan on Monday, May 18, took oath as Kerala’s Chief Minister, and Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office to the Congress Legislature Party leader here. Satheesan took…
- Bangalore
Four African women escape from Bengaluru shelter home, FIR lodged
Bengaluru: Four African women housed at a shelter home in the city escaped by breaking a window, police said on Sunday. The incident took place between 3 am and 6 am on…
- News
PM Modi woos from Sweden companies to invest in India
Asserting that India’s “reform express” is going at full speed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked Swedish companies to enhance their presence in manufacturing, green hydrogen mission, clean energy and other…
- Telangana
Rohingya, Bangladeshi names should be removed during SIR: Kishan Reddy
Hyderabad: Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy on Sunday said that the names of any Rohingyas or Bangladeshis should be removed from the voters’ list during the Special Intensive…
- News
2 months after marriage, woman’s body found buried near in-laws’ house in Odisha
Odisha: The police on Sunday exhumed the body of a newly married woman from the backyard of her in-laws’ house in Odisha’s Jajpur district following accusations that she was murdered. The police…
- India
UP school dropout rates at three per cent now, claims Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the school dropout rates in Uttar Pradesh have reduced to 3 per cent, asserting that his government will bring it down to zero. He…
- India
Why is PM Modi silent? He should apologise to stduents: Rahul on paper leak
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, May 17, slammed Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for “failing” students across age groups amid the NEET-UG paper leak row and CBSE evaluation concerns, and…
- Sports
RCB secure playoffs berth as PBKS slump to sixth straight defeat
Dharamsala: Royal Challengers Bengaluru held their nerve and survived a late onslaught to edge out Punjab Kings by 23 runs to become the first team to secure an IPL playoffs berth with…














