- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM Jagan meets Nirmala Sitharaman; seeks early clearance of pending funds
Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested her to expedite the release of pending funds to the southern state. In…
- Kerala
Kerala seeks Centre’s nod for additional flights from Gulf for festive season
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Thursday sought the Centre’s nod for additional or charter flights booked by it for travel of low income Keralite emigrants from Gulf nations to the state during…
- India
Malegaon blast: SC junks Lt Col Prasad Purohit’s plea for discharge from case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has junked a plea filed by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit seeking discharge in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Purohit had moved the top court challenging the…
- Politics
Mamata sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar’s statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort…
- India
For some politics is based on hate: Sibal after SC observations on hate speech
New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court observed that hate speeches will end when politicians stop using religion in politics, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday said it was like…
- India
Powerful blast creates crater in ground near India-Pak border in J-K’s Kathua
Hiranagar: A powerful blast has occurred at a hamlet near the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, creating a huge crater in the ground and triggering fear among the locals,…
- India
Karnataka polls: EC to set up 40 ‘ethnic polling stations’ for PVTGs
New Delhi: In a bid to ensure participative election in Karnataka, the Election Commission will set up 40 ‘ethnic polling stations’ for particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs). Polls in the state will…
- India
SC refuses to stay conviction of Abdullah Azam Khan in criminal case, seeks UP’s reply
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the conviction and sentence of senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam Khan in a 15-year-old case without hearing…
- India
AAP releases its Karnataka assembly poll manifesto in Bengaluru
New Delhi: The AAP on Wednesday released its manifesto for Karnataka polls giving 10 guarantees, which included 300 units of free electricity per month, 80 percent reservation to locals in jobs, and…
- India
Adani issue: Sebi chief declines to comment, says matter sub-judice
Mumbai: Sebi Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Wednesday said the regulator will not comment on the Adani issue and that the matter is sub-judice. In the wake of a report by the…
- India
SC Collegium rejects Justice V M Velumani’s request to retain her at Madras HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has rejected a request made by Justice V M Velumani to retain her at the Madras High Court judge. The…
- Pakistan
EU removes Pakistan from list of ‘High-Risk Third Countries’
Islamabad: The EU has removed Pakistan from its list of “High-Risk Third Countries” that do not have a robust anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regime, a move welcomed by Prime Minister…
- India
Will install 5G mobile jammers in jails for better security: Gujarat govt tells Assembly
Gandhinagar: In the wake of recovery of mobile phones from some jails during a recent search operation in Gujarat, the state government on Wednesday informed the Legislative Assembly that it has now…
- India
Unfinished work along LAC; military, diplomacy at work: Jaishankar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said there was “unfinished work” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and that the militaries and diplomats on both sides…
- Delhi
Delhi HC sets aside summons to ‘The Wire’ editor in defamation case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a summons issued to the editor and deputy editor of online news portal “The Wire” in a criminal defamation case over a…
