- India
Husband, father-in-law among 13 booked after woman alleged she was given triple talaq
Pilibhit: A case was lodged against 13 people on Sunday after a woman complained to police that she was allegedly given ‘triple talaq’ by her husband over phone as she was not…
- World
Sri Lankan opposition-led protest march comes under police tear gas, water cannon attack
Colombo: Sri Lankan police on Sunday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse a protest march organised by the country’s main opposition coalition here against the delay in local body polls.…
- India
Jharkhand assembly’s budget session to begin on Monday
Ranchi: The budget session of the Jharkhand assembly will begin on Monday, officials said. There will be 17 working days in the session, which will conclude on March 24. The government will…
- Andhra Pradesh
New Andhra Pradesh Governor calls on PM Modi
Amaravati: Newly-appointed Andhra Pradesh Governor Justice (retired) S Abdul Nazeer paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Sunday. The Governor, a retired…
- India
Centre saffronising news by appointing Hindustan Samachar: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday accused the Centre of “saffronisation of news” by designating an allegedly Sangh Parivar-affiliated media agency as the sole news source of state-run broadcaster Prasar…
- India
SC to hear on Monday plea by ex-servicemen for payment of OROP arrears in one installment
New Delhi: A group of ex-servicemen moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre that arrears of the One Rank-One Pension scheme be paid to all eligible pensioners in one…
- India
Bounden duty of state to ensure lives, properties of citizens are always protected: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that it is the bounden duty of any State to ensure that the lives and properties of its citizens and other persons are at all…
- World
China’s Communist Party begins key meeting to discuss major revamp, government
Beijing: China’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday began a key meeting to carry out a major revamp of the party and the government ahead of next month’s annual session of the Parliament.…
- Kashmir
IAF airlifts 388 stranded passengers from Jammu to Ladakh
Jammu: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday airlifted 388 stranded passengers from Jammu to the Union Territory of Ladakh, a defence spokesman said. The IAF provided the facility of IL-76 aircraft…
- India
Bengal: TMC, BJP, Left-Cong to fight it out in Sagardighi by-poll
Kolkata: The stage is set for a three-cornered contest in the by-poll to the Sagardighi assembly constituency in Murshidabad district on Monday, as the ruling TMC, opposition BJP, and the Congress-Left alliance…
- India
I don’t have a house, says Rahul Gandhi; BJP takes a dig
Nava Raipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he has never owned a house and noted that this experience had helped him “change” his Bharat Jodo Yatra and connect with the…
- India
Targeted killing a matter of grave concern, says DPAP chief Azad
Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad condemned the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit ATM guard in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, saying it was a matter…
- Kashmir
Madrasa teacher among 2 held for abducting girl in J-K: Police
Jammu: Two people, including a Madrasa teacher, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The girl, who was pursuing Arabic studies in the Madrasa,…
- India
Not nationalism but cowardice: Rahul on Jaishankar’s China remarks
Nava Raipur: In a scathing attack on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his recent remarks on China did not show nationalism but cowardice and that these…
- India
Replace Gandhi with Savarkar on currency, rename Parliament after him: Hindu Mahasabha
Meerut: The All India Hindu Mahasabha on Sunday demanded that the image of Mahatma Gandhi on currency notes be replaced with that of V D Savarkar and other freedom fighters. In an…
