- India
Centre directs states to set up 100 food streets; To grant Rs 1 cr as aid per street
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry, in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has written to the states and Union Territories to develop 100 food streets in 100…
- Pakistan
Political dialogue cannot happen with a ‘gun to your head’: Pak FM Bilawal on CJP’s request
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that his party was trying to build consensus among the country’s political leadership on holding elections, but asserted that any dialogue would…
- India
Mumbai: Man kills kitten by twisting its neck, detained
Mumbai: A man allegedly killed a kitten by twisting its neck at Matunga in central Mumbai on Thursday, after which he was apprehended by the police, an official said. The incident, which…
- India
JK: National Conference dissolves media, social media cells
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Thursday dissolved its media and social media cells, and said it is in the process of restructuring its communication wing. In an order, the party’s…
- India
CBI searches 12 locations over illegal sale of reserved railway seats
New Delhi: The CBI has conducted searches at 12 locations in different states in connection with its ongoing probe in alleged illegal sale of reserved seats through IRCTC website, officials said Thursday.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC dismisses Shivakumar’s petition challenging sanction to prosecute him
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday dismissed the petition by state Congress president D K Shivakumar challenging the sanction given by the State Government to the Central Bureau of Investigation…
- India
SC gives 3 more months to states, UTs to provide ration cards to left-out migrant labourers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted another three months time to all states and Union territories to provide rations cards to migrant labourers registered on the e-shram portal for availing…
- India
India’s need for water increasing with growing population: Shekhawat
New Delhi: With India becoming the most populous country in the world, its need for water is increasing, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said here on Thursday. The central government is working…
- Kashmir
5 Army soldiers killed in terrorist attack in Poonch
Jammu: Five Army personnel were killed and another was seriously injured on Thursday after their vehicle caught fire following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said. The deceased Army…
- India
2002 Gujarat riots: Timeline of Naroda Gam massacre case
Here is a timeline of the Naroda Gam riot case February 28, 2002: Eleven persons from Muslim community killed in violence in Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad during the bandh call given…
- India
Adani tried to get to me through his ‘wheeler dealers’: Mahua Moitra
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has alleged that industrialist Gautam Adani tried to “get to me” and some other people through his “wheeler dealers” and criticised NCP leader Sharad Pawar…
- World
UK home secy remains defiant over remarks on British Pakistani men
London: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman remains defiant amid accusations of being racist after she said that an overwhelming majority of sexual grooming gang members in parts of England were British Pakistani…
- India
CPI(M) slams MP govt’s madrasa survey, removal of Muslim staffer from temple orders
Bhopal: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh was functioning at the behest of communal elements and that minorities were being targeted.…
- India
Excise Policy case: Sisodia kingpin of conspiracy, CBI tells HC
New Delhi: The CBI Thursday claimed before the Delhi High Court that former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, arrested in connection with the excise policy scam case, is involved in commission of…
- India
Alliance of major opposition parties not possible at national level: CPI-M
New Delhi: Opposition unity in the form of an alliance of all major opposition parties cannot be forged at the national level, the CPIM has said, adding it can be gained only by…
