- India
UP: Dalit girl sexually assaulted at home in Kanpur, dies
Kanpur: A 17-year-old Dalit girl was found dead in a barely clad state in her house here in Shivrajpur, police said on Saturday. The girl was found bare-chested with the presence of…
- World
UN desertification talks end without agreement to combat droughts
New Delhi: The 16th conference of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ended on Saturday without a binding agreement on tackling drought, despite worsening global aridification trends…
- India
Priyanka likens PM’s speech to ‘double maths period’, says it ‘bored us’
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s over 110-minutes speech in Lok Sabha boring and said it was like sitting through a “double period of…
- Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee congratulates Bengal students for Statistical Service Success
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday congratulated Sinchan Snigdha Adhikary and Biltu Maji who topped the Indian Statistical Service examination, stating that her government’s emphasis on encouraging students for…
- Telangana
Telangana govt’s caste survey 98% complete: CM Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday said that 98 per cent of the caste survey undertaken by the state government has been completed. Describing the survey as a “mega…
- India
Dadar Hanuman temple won’t be demolished, railway notice stayed: BJP
Mumbai: BJP leaders on Saturday claimed that a demolition notice issued by the Railways to an old Hanuman temple located outside Mumbai’s busy Dadar station has been stayed. As the Shiv Sena…
- India
‘Garibi Hatao’ biggest ‘jumla’ in India’s history: PM Modi in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the biggest ‘jumla’ in the history of India was ‘Garibi Hatao’, a slogan given by former prime minister Indira Gandhi. Replying to a…
- India
IAF Chief AP Singh urges graduating officers to be future leaders, not just air warriors
Hyderabad: Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), on Saturday exhorted the graduating officers from the Air Force Academy (AFA) near here to be future leaders and not…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi asks if ‘Adani’ is unparliamentary after speech edit
New Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday questioned why ‘Adani’ was expunged from her speech and asked if it is an unparliamentary word. In her maiden speech in the Lok…
- Chennai
TN: DMK postpones executive meet due to heavy rains & Parliament session
Chennai: The ruling DMK has deferred its December 18 executive council meeting owing to the heavy rain forecast issued for Tamil Nadu and the ongoing Parliament session. The DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan…
- India
‘Demolition of Babri mosque, Gujarat riots greatest failures of Indian Constitution’
New Delhi: Demolition of Babri mosque and Gujarat riots were the greatest failure of Indian Constitution, Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy said on Saturday, as opposition leaders from different parties accused the…
- Chennai
Press SL Prez for release of Indian fishermen: TN Congress MP to Jaishankar
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Congress MP R. Sudha met Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, urging him to press the visiting Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake for the immediate release of…
- India
BJP, Shiv Sena counter Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Savarkar
New Delhi: Countering Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of V D Savarkar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally, Shiv Sena, said on Saturday, December 14, that former PM Indira Gandhi had hailed…
- Photos
Photo: Winter session of Parliament
The Centre’s decision to bring a bill on simultaneous elections is aimed at diverting attention from important issues like unemployment and inflation, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien said on Saturday, calling…
- India
‘Delhi Chalo’ march: Tear gas, water cannon used against farmers
Chandigarh: Haryana security personnel fired teargas shells and used a water cannon to disperse a group of protesting farmers from heading towards Delhi at the Shambhu border point on Saturday. A few…
