- India
Kapil Sibal announces new platform to fight ‘injustice’ in India
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday announced a new platform to fight “injustice” prevailing in the country under the BJP-led government, calling on everyone, including opposition chief ministers and…
- Delhi
Delhi HC orders Centre to pay Rs 50k ‘costs’ to DU student for denying scholarship
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to pay within eight weeks Rs 50,000 as “costs” to a DU student for denying him the third installment of an annual…
- Health
‘Persistent cough, fever’: Influenza A on rise in India
New Delhi: A persistent cough, sometimes accompanied by fever, running through India for the past two-three months is due to Influenza A subtype H3N2, ICMR experts said. The H3N2, which has been…
- India
Frequent parole to Gurmeet Ram Rahim may create law and order problems: Punjab govt
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has told the high court that granting frequent parole to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two…
- India
Mentor Sania wants to help RCB players understand mental side of elite sport
Mumbai: Tennis legend Sania Mirza doesn’t know much about cricket but as an elite athlete for the last two decades, she feels she can help Royal Challengers Bangalore women cricketers to deal…
- World
Scientist behind Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine strangled to death with belt
Moscow: Andrey Botikov, one of the scientists who helped to create the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, was strangled to death with a belt at his apartment here and police have arrested…
- India
UP: New Ayodhya mosque to be bigger than Babri, says IICF secy
Ayodhya: The Ayodhya Development Authority has given the final clearance for the construction of Dhannipur mosque here as mandated by the Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi verdict. A mosque, a…
- India
Indian Americans raise over $300K for Turkey, Syria quake relief
Washington: Indian Americans from across the US have raised more than USD 300,000 for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. A fundraiser organised by several eminent Indian Americans led by Dr Hemant…
- Telangana
A tale of two anti-BJP gatherings in South India
Hyderabad: In a span of two months, leaders of various political parties descended south to join two anti-BJP gatherings with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, although the central characters…
- India
US report suggests child deaths in Gambia linked to made-in-India cough syrups
New Delhi: A joint probe by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US and the Gambian health authorities have suggested a strong link between the death of many…
- India
Cuttack varsity prohibits screening of ‘Gay India Matrimony’, ‘Had Anhad’
Bhubaneswar: A day after cancelling a scheduled film festival at Ravenshaw University in Cuttack without citing any reason, authorities of the institute on Friday allowed students to organise the same with a…
- India
Maharashtra government suspends licenses of six cough syrup makers for violating rules
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government told the state Legislative Assembly on Friday that the licenses of six manufacturers of cough syrups in the state have been suspended for not following the rules. Food…
- Hyderabad
2nd meeting of Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion to be held in Hyd on Mar 6-7
Hyderabad: The second meeting of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) under G20 India Presidency will be held in Hyderabad from March 6-7, a top official said on Friday. The second…
- India
Maha: AIMIM to protest from Saturday against Aurangabad’s name change
Aurangabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel said his party will start an agitation from Saturday against the renaming of Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Marathwada’s largest city and a…
- India
40 years after murder, SC acquits West Bengal man of killing wife
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a West Bengal resident of the charge of killing his wife 40 years ago, ruling his conviction on the basis of extra-judicial confessions cannot…
