- India
Akhilesh Yadav calls on party workers to start preparing for 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday asked party workers to start preparations for the 2024 Loksabha polls from booth level up even as he accused the BJP of abusing state…
- World
Overseas travel ban lifted on Sri Lanka’s ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Colombo: A Sri Lankan court here on Wednesday ordered the lifting of the overseas travel ban on former president and prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Fort Magistrate’s Court imposed a ban on…
- India
‘True Muslim, good citizen’: RSS body to launch nationwide campaign
New Delhi: RSS-linked Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) will launch a nationwide campaign to reach out to the minority community with the theme of “one nation, one flag, one national anthem”, ahead of…
- India
CBI arrests defence journalist, former Navy commander in spying case
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested freelance journalist Vivek Raghuvanshi and former Navy commander Ashish Pathak for allegedly collecting sensitive information on defence matters and passing them on to foreign intelligence agencies,…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: 10-yr-old female giraffe dies in Vizag Zoo due to ill health
Visakhapatnam: A 10-year-old female giraffe named ‘May’ succumbed to ill health at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (Vizag zoo) in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. According to Indian Forest Service Officer (IFoS)…
- India
Conspiracy to form gangs in name of Hindutva to disturb communal harmony in Maha, claims Raut
Nashik: Amid row over the Trimbakeshwar temple entry incident, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday alleged a conspiracy to form gangs in the name of Hindutva to fan communal sentiments…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s Punjab govt gives Imran Khan 24-hour deadline to handover ‘terrorists’
Lahore: The interim government in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday claimed that some ’30 to 40′ terrorists are hiding at the Lahore residence of former prime minister Imran Khan, giving him an…
- India
Karnataka CM suspense: Security beefed up in Shivakumar’s home district
Ramanagara: Security was stepped up in Ramanagara, the home district of Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar, on Wednesday as a precautionary measure in light of his supporters staging protests at multiple…
- India
‘Rooh Afza’ established brand: SC upholds HC order restraining sale of Dil Afza
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order that restrained the manufacture and sale of sweet beverage concentrate ‘Sharbat Dil Afza’ during the pendency…
- India
Giving power to LG to nominate aldermen will mean he can destabilise elected MCD: SC
New Delhi: Giving the lieutenant governor the power to nominate aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will mean he can destabilise an elected civic body, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday…
- Bangalore
5 Congress ‘guarantees’ in Karnataka may cost state exchequer Rs 50,000 cr
Bengaluru: The implementation of the five ‘guarantees’ announced by the Congress may cost the state exchequer an estimated Rs 50,000 crore annually. Key party leaders who spoke about the cost of the…
- Bangalore
2 Ex-Ministers blame Siddaramaiah for collapse of JD(S)-Cong coalition govt in Karnataka in 2019
Bengaluru: Two Ministers in the outgoing BJP government on Wednesday sought to blame senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah for the defection of a group of his party’s MLAs that led to the collapse…
- World
China seeks int’l search & rescue efforts after fishing vessel with 39 people sinks in Indian Ocean
Beijing: China on Wednesday sought the help of several countries to rescue 39 people who were on board a Chinese fishing vessel that sank in the Indian Ocean, the official media here…
- World
Restoration of basic rights in JK our priority: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said elections to Jammu and Kashmir assembly were not her priority as her party would like to focus on restoration of basic rights of the…
- India
Punjab: Man held for entering gurdwara in Rajpura wearing shoes
Patiala: A man was handed over to police after he allegedly entered a gurudwara in Rajpura town wearing shoes and without any head-covering, police said on Wednesday. Sevadars (volunteers) of Gurdwara Sri…
