- India
Delhi HC reserves order on plea by start-ups against Google’s new payment policy
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will pass an order on a petition by Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) against Google’s policy in relation to permitting the…
- India
IAF rescues 13 Army personnel in Sikkim
New Delhi: IAF helicopters on Wednesday rescued 13 Army personnel from a mountainous area in North Sikkim after they were injured in a road accident. The IAF deployed the helicopters to rescue…
- India
Atiq-Ashraf killing: Barelvi cleric says stopped from holding protest
Bareilly: Barelvi cleric and head of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council Maulana Tauqir Raza Khan on Wednesday alleged he has been put under house arrest to prevent him from staging a protest over the…
- India
CBI arrests gangster Chhota Rajan’s close aide Santosh Sawant
New Delhi: Jailed gangster Chhota Rajan’s close aide Santosh Mahadeo Sawant was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation as he landed at Mumbai airport from Singapore, after being on the run…
- India
60 years after becoming a state, Nagaland to get its first medical college
Kohima: Nagaland has got the approval to set up its first medical college since it got statehood in 1963, Health and Family Welfare Minister P Paiwang Konyak said on Wednesday. The medical…
- India
Two arrested by Beed police for Murtuza’s death
Mumbai: A 15-year-old boy was allegedly killed by three men for repeatedly trespassing into a farm in central Maharashtra’s Beed district, police said on Wednesday. On the face of it, however, it…
- India
181% rise in registration of drugs cases, 145% in seizures during Modi govt: NCB data
New Delhi: The registration of criminal cases against drug traffickers and cartels in the country rose by 181 per cent during the nine years of the Modi government compared to eight years…
- Middle East
Jaishankar speaks to Saudi, UAE foreign ministers over Sudan situation
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed the situation in violence-hit Sudan with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). India is closely watching the situation…
- India
Rajnath asks Army to continue maintaining strong vigil along LAC
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked top Army commanders to maintain a strong vigil along the Line of Actual Control with China as the situation in the northern sector…
- India
Links with Adani reason for Centre’s lack of efforts to bring Jatin Mehta back: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of making no efforts to bring back absconding diamantaire Jatin Mehta to face the law in India, and asked whether he was being…
- India
Cabinet nod for National Quantum Mission
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved the National Quantum Mission to nurture and scale up scientific and industrial research and development in quantum technology. The mission involves a cost of Rs…
- India
Ahead of Eid, UP govt says no to religious events on roads
Lucknow: In view of upcoming festivals like Eid and Akshay Tritiya, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday issued directions regarding holding programmes in the state and ordered that no religious event be…
- Bangalore
Karnataka polls: Jagadish Shettar, Sonia, Tharoor in Cong’s star campaigners’ list
New Delhi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the Congress this week after quitting the BJP, figures in the Congress’ list of star campaigners for the Karnataka Assembly polls that…
- Bangalore
Seizures cross Rs 200 cr in poll-bound Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Enforcement agencies made seizures totalling over Rs 200 crore, including more than 10 lakh litres of liquor, in poll-bound Karnataka since the model code of conduct (MCC) came into force…
- India
‘Drug-free India’: Modi govt’s target by India’s 100 yrs of Independence
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said a “ruthless approach” has to be taken against narcotics traders to eradicate the menace of drugs in the country and asked all…
