- Middle East
Israel confirms four dead hostages, including young family, to be returned from Gaza
Tel Aviv: The remains of the youngest and one of the oldest captives seized by Hamas during the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip are expected to be returned…
- Sports
New Zealand dominate Pakistan with 60-run win in Champions Trophy opener
Karachi: Will Young and Tom Latham struck fine hundreds as New Zealand maintained their recent dominance over hosts Pakistan with an emphatic 60-run win in the Champions Trophy opener here on Wednesday.…
- India
Maha Kumbh: Sangam water has high BOD levels, says govt data
New Delhi: The Ganga water at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, where lakhs of people are taking a holy dip every day during the ongoing Maha Kumbh, is currently unsafe for bathing…
- Bangalore
MUDA case: No evidence against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, wife
Bengaluru: The Lokayukta police probing the MUDA site allotment case on Wednesday, February 19, said the charges against chief minister Siddaramaiah and his wife Parvathi could not be proved for want of…
- India
Center approves NDRF funds for Telangana, 4 other states
A committee headed by Union Home minister Amit Shah has approved Rs 1554.99 of additional central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to five states affected by floods, flash floods,…
- Photos
Photos: ICC Champions Trophy set to start
Dubai/Karachi: Intrigue, uncertainty, backstage drama. The ICC Champions Trophy has seen it all even before the curtains go up on the tournament and it would only get more stirring over the next…
- World
Efforts to serve complaint on Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani ongoing: SEC tells US court
New York: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has told a federal judge here that its efforts to serve its complaint on Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani in the alleged bribery…
- Middle East
Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over 4 bodies
Cairo: A top Hamas official says the militant group will free six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and return the bodies of four others on Thursday, a surprise acceleration in releases apparently…
- World
Hasina’s extradition is Bangladesh interim govt’s top priority: Spokesman
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus’ office on Tuesday said the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India was Dhaka’s top priority. “This is the government’s top priority,”…
- World
White House says Elon Musk not in charge at DOGE but advising president
Washington: The White House says billionaire Elon Musk is not technically part of the Department of Government Efficiency team that is sweeping through federal agencies but is rather a senior advisor to…
- World
Russia, US to appoint ambassadors, negotiating teams for Ukraine conflict
Riyadh: Russia and the United States will soon announce teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine besides also ensuring the “earliest possible appointment” of ambassadors in both Moscow…
- India
Photos: PM Modi welcomes Amir of Qatar at Hyderabad House
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani for talks at the Hyderabad House here, with the MEA saying that a “new milestone”…
- India
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar
New Delhi: The prosecution on Tuesday sought death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, calling it a “rarest of rare” crime.…
- India
Congress closes chapter on Tharoor’s article praising Kerala’s entrepreneurial growth
Thiruvananthapuram: The national leadership of the Congress party on Tuesday stated that the controversy surrounding party leader Shashi Tharoor’s article, which praised Kerala’s entrepreneurial growth under the Left government, is a closed…
- Kashmir
Amit Shah reviews status of implementation of new criminal laws in J-K
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the status of the implementation of the new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah…
