- India
Train firing: Court rejects dismissed RPF constable’s bail plea
Mumbai: A court here on Saturday denied bail to dismissed Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary, accused of shooting dead his senior colleague and three passengers on a moving train in…
- World
Pakistan’s Lahore receives first artificial rain to combat smog
Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities, received its first artificial rain on Saturday, December 16, following an experiment conducted by Pakistan’s Punjab government with the help of the UAE to…
- India
Won’t contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Congress leader Navjot Sidhu
Chandigarh: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu Saturday said he will not contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress leader, however, refrained from saying if his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu will contest the…
- India
Kashmiri man held in Odisha for impersonating PMO official, army doctor
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a Kashmiri man on the charge of cheating people by impersonating a PMO official and an Army doctor on Saturday, December 16.…
- India
Modi govt did nothing special for women’s safety: Nirbhaya’s father
Ballia: Eleven years since the gut-wrenching Nirbhaya rape incident, the father of the victim said a lot has changed, but a lot has also remained the same when it comes to the…
- India
India, Oman adopt vision document to expand bilateral ties
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Saturday, December 16, firmed up a vision document to significantly expand bilateral cooperation in around 10 key areas and…
- India
Parliament security breach case: Accused sent to 7-day police custody
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday sent Mahesh Kumawat, arrested in the Parliament security breach case, to police custody for seven days. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur remanded Kumawat in Delhi police’s custody…
- India
Liquor, Mahadev app scam linked with Jharkhand: Anurag Thakur
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Saturday, December 16, that the liquor, coal, and Mahadev app scams in Chhattisgarh are connected with Jharkhand, where Rs 353 crore in cash…
- India
Naxalites allegedly involved in blast killing BSF Jawan held
Raipur: Four Naxalites, who were allegedly involved in the December 14 blast in Partapur area of Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, in which a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed, were arrested on…
- India
AAP appoints Raghav Chadha as party leader in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party has appointed its MP Raghav Chadha as the leader of the party in Rajya Sabha in place of Sanjay Singh, sources said on Saturday, December 16.…
- India
Unemployment, price rise behind Parliament security breach: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attributed rising prices and unemployment behind the December 13 Parliament security breach. Speaking to reporters after a poll preparedness meeting with leaders of the…
- Middle East
PM Modi holds ‘productive’ talks with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held “productive” talks with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Saturday, with a focus on expanding bilateral cooperation in the key areas of security, defence, trade…
- India
PM Modi holds talks with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held talks with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik with a focus on expanding bilateral cooperation in diverse areas, including trade and investment. The Sultan…
- Kerala
COVID-19 sub-strain JN.1 detected in Kerala woman
New Delhi: A case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 was detected in Kerala on December 8, official sources said on Saturday. The sample from a 79-year-old woman had returned a positive result in…
- India
After NDTV, Adani acquires majority stake in news agency IANS
New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group has acquired a majority stake in news agency IANS India Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed sum as the group expands its presence in the media space.…
