- India
Security tightened in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag as Ram Navami celebrations begin
Hazaribag: Over 3,000 police personnel have been deployed in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district in view of Ram Navami celebrations that began on Tuesday with the first ‘Mangla Julus’ or procession, a senior official…
- India
Protesting job aspirants gherao BJP president over APTECH issue in Jammu
Jammu: Despite an assurance by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha about transparent and merit-based selection in the recruitment process, dozens of job aspirants on Tuesday gheraoed J-K BJP president Ravinder Raina here over…
- India
Karni Sena founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi dies in Rajasthan
Jaipur: Rajput leader and Karni Sena founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi passed away at a state-run hospital here on Tuesday. Family sources said he suffered a cardiac arrest late in the night and…
- Andhra Pradesh
ED arrests 4 in AP ‘Siemens Project’ money laundering case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has arrested four people in connection with its money laundering probe into alleged diversion of Andhra Pradesh government funds meant for skilling…
- World
UK minister Suella Braverman’s migration policy branded ‘racist’
London: Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing increasing pressure over the government’s new plans to clamp down on illegal migration, with a former Home Office adviser branding the policy as…
- India
Perverted narrative on history and Hindutva being spread, need to speed up efforts to check it: RSS
Samalkha: Claiming that many have tried to “distort” the history of India and Hindutva over the years, the RSS has resolved to speed up measures to bring a change in the narrative…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan urges party to persist in struggle amid scuffle between police and supporters
Lahore: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan Tuesday asked his supporters to stand up for their rights and continue the struggle even if he is killed or arrested, hours after clashes erupted…
- Pakistan
Pakistan bans officials from accepting gifts worth more than USD 300 in light of Toshakhana case
Islamabad: Pakistan has introduced new rules barring the prime minister, ministers and officials from retaining any gift by a foreign government whose value exceeded USD 300 amid entrenched corruption related to state…
- India
It pains when important things spoken in Parliament are expunged: Mallikarjun Kharge
New Delhi: The freedom to speak and write the truth is “under threat”, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday and lamented that it is painful when important things and even poetry…
- India
UP govt asks local admin to hold Navratri events, triggers criticism
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has asked local administrations across the state to organise special religious events at temples during the nine-day Chaitra Navratri and Ram Navami festivals this month, triggering criticism…
- India
Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi to appear before Delhi court in land-for-job scam case on Wednesday
New Delhi: Former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and 14 others are likely to appear before a Delhi court on Wednesday in connection with…
- News
NDTV shares revised share-holding patter with government: I&B minister
New Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has shared the revised share-holding pattern and the names of proposed new directors of NDTV for security clearance with the Union home ministry, the Lok…
- Kashmir
ED searches at 10 places in Kashmir in case linked to selling MBBS seats in Pakistan
Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate has carried out searches at 10 places across four districts in the Kashmir valley as part of its ongoing probe against conspirators involved in arranging admissions for money…
- India
DRDO successfully tests indigenous power take off shaft on LCA Tejas
New Delhi: A successful flight-test of power take off (PTO) shaft was conducted on the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in Bengaluru on Tuesday , the defence ministry said. The PTO is a…