- Pakistan
Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant posted as Assistant Commissioner in Punjab
Lahore: A doctor who is said to be Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant is now the assistant commissioner and administrator in Punjab province’s Hassanabdal city, the first in the town’s history,…
- India
Matrilineal but still patriarchal: Meghalaya women yearn for control in politics
Shillong: Children get their mother’s last name, husbands move into their wives homes and youngest daughters inherit family property. But with only four women legislators in a house of 60, the empowerment…
- Business
Retail inflation rises to three-month high of 6.52 pc in Jan
New Delhi: Retail inflation breached the RBI’s comfort zone and rose to a three-month high of 6.52 percent in January, mainly on account of a spike in food prices, as per government data…
- India
LTTE chief Prabhakaran alive, doing well, claims TN nationalist leader
Thanjavur: Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka is doing well, a top Tamil nationalist leader claimed here on Monday and said a conducive atmosphere prevails for him to appear…
- India
1.12L daily wage earners died by suicide in 2019-21: Govt in LS
New Delhi: A total of 1.12 lakh daily wage earners committed suicide in three years — 2019 to 2021, Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said in Lok Sabha on Monday, quoting reports…
- India
Adani row: Centre agrees to SC proposal to set up panel for regulatory mechanism
New Delhi: The Centre has no objection to a proposal for setting up a panel of domain experts to look into strengthening the regulatory mechanisms for the stock market, the Supreme Court…
- India
PM launches Aero India 2023; Cong accuses him of taking credit for 27 yr old event
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday said “the man in fancy dress” has claimed credit for Aero India when the truth is that it…
- World
Legendry Pakistani actor, orator Zia Mohyeddin passes away at 91
Islamabad: Zia Mohyeddin, the first Pakistani ever to work in Hollywood, passed away on Monday after a brief illness. He was 91. The veteran actor, director and TV host was admitted to…
- Delhi
Delhi: Street vendors protest against MCD’s ‘anti-encroachment’ drive
New Delhi: Hundreds of street vendors from across Delhi staged a protest outside the MCD office against the “astronomical increase in unlawful evictions” of their businesses. The vendors alleged that anti-encroachment drives by…
- India
UP: School principal thrashes Dalit student for drinking water from bottle
Bijnor: A Class 11 student was allegedly beaten up by his school principal after he drank water from a bottle kept on a table, a police official said on Monday. According to…
- India
MP: Miscreants torch church, write Ram on walls; search on for culprits
Narmadapuram: A church was torched and defiled by unidentified persons in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district, police said on Monday. The incident came to light on Sunday when some people went to the church,…
- India
SC dismisses petition against redrawing constituencies in J&K
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed delimitation of Assembly and parliamentary constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and comprising…
- India
Jamia Nagar violence: HC notice to Sharjeel Imam, others on police challenge to discharge
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the stand of student activists Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha and others on the city police’s challenge to a trial court order discharging…
- India
Mangaluru: Rs 2.6 cr worth diamond fragments seized from Dubai-bound flyers
Mangaluru: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized diamond capsule fragments worth Rs 2.6 crore from two passengers at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA), official sources said on Monday. The DRI sleuths,…
- India
Hoax bomb call at Google office in Pune; caller held in Hyderabad
Pune: Google company’s office in Maharashtra’s Pune city was briefly put on alert after it received a call about a bomb in the premises which later turned out to be a hoax,…
