- India
Report probing WFI chief’s sexual harassment allegations to be submitted by March 9
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has extended by two weeks the deadline given to the Oversight Committee to submit its report on sexual harassment allegations against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.…
- Chennai
Four advocates elevated as additional judges of Madras, Allahabad high courts
New Delhi: Four advocates were on Thursday appointed as additional judges in the high courts of Madras and Allahabad. According to separate notifications issued by the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Haj Committee to send up to 3,000 pilgrims in 2023
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Haj Committee will facilitate the pilgrimage of 3,000 devotees in 2023 for the Haj pilgrimage, its chairman B S Ghouse Azam said. Azam said the number of Haj pilgrims…
- Business
Bengaluru: FM Sitharaman meets US Treasury Secy ahead of key G20 meet
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met US Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen ahead of the First G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the G20 Indian Presidency…
- India
SC upholds Madras HC order, allows E Palaniswami to continue as interim gen secy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the order of the Madras High Court which allowed Edappadi Palaniswami to continue as the interim general secretary of the AIADMK. A bench of…
- India
Khalistan ideologue, associates of criminal gangs among 6 arrested by NIA
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested six people, including a close aide of a designated terrorist, in connection with its cases related to unholy nexus between criminal gangs, terror…
- World
UK Chancellor to arrive in Bengaluru for G20 finance meet
London: The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, will arrive in Bengaluru on Thursday to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, and with a declared mission to…
- World
Seattle city resolution on caste shows rise of Hinduphobia in US: Indian-American state senator
Washington: Condemning a resolution passed by the Seattle City Council on caste discrimination, an eminent Indian-American state senator alleged the move showed the rise of ‘Hinduphobia’ in the United States. “I condemn…
- Kerala
Kerala’s lottery man makes luck of the draw his life story, the state is all smiles
Thiruvananthapuram: Last September, 31-year-old Anoop M who won Rs 25 crore in a lottery, was famously heard saying “I wish I had not won.” He said he was hassled by people known…
- India
Over 31,500 refugees from Myanmar, Bangladesh took shelter in Mizoram: Official
Aizawl: Over 31,500 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh have taken shelter in different parts of Mizoram, an official said. The number of Myanmar nationals taking refuge in the northeastern state was 31,050…
- World
Jews, Sikhs, Muslims: Top 3 religious groups under attack in US
Washington: Jews and Sikhs were the two most targeted religious groups in the hate-motivated crime in the US in 2021, according to the annual compilation of nationwide incidents by the Federal Bureau…
- India
Woman lodges complaint against husband for pronouncing ‘triple talaq’
Gurugram: A 28-year-old woman here has lodged a complaint against her husband who she alleged married her only to evade rape charges and later divorced her pronouncing instant “triple talaq”, police said…
- Hyderabad
Telangana HC takes up suo motu PIL on stray dogs mauling boy to death
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday initiated a suo motu public interest litigation over the gruesome incident of a pack of stray dogs attacking and killing a 4-year-old boy at Amberpet…
- India
Gorakhpur riot case: Man fined over repeated petitions against Adityanath
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on a man for filing repeated petitions against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath regarding the 2007 Gorakhpur riot…
- Politics
MCD House: BJP, AAP members exchange blows, hurl plastic bottles
New Delhi: Several members of the BJP and the AAP on Wednesday night exchanged blows and hurled plastic bottles at each other in the chamber of the MCD House, on a day…
