- India
Teen dies of asphyxiation while collecting gold dust from drainage in TN
Coimbatore: A 13-year-old boy was asphyxiated while collecting gold dust particles from a drainage on Variety Hall Road in the city on Wednesday, police said. Vignesh, a class VII student, hailing from…
- Delhi
CBI should immediately arrest Manish Sisodia in ‘snooping’ case: Delhi BJP
New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Wednesday demanded the CBI immediately arrest AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Feedback Unit “snooping” case, and probe Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s…
- India
BJP like a ‘class bully’, it thinks it knows everything: Rahul
Shillong: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was like a “class bully” that respects no one as it thinks that it knows everything. Addressing his first election rally…
- India
Environment conservation is commitment and not compulsion for India: PM Modi
New Delhi: Environment conservation is a commitment and not a compulsion for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, asserting he believes development and nature can go hand-in-hand. India strives to…
- India
Yediyurappa bids adieu to Karnataka Assembly with ‘farewell’ speech
Bengaluru: In what probably is his “farewell speech” in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of which he was a member for decades, state BJP strongman and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on…
- India
Gurugram: Woman locks self, son for 3 years in house to escape Covid, rescued
Gurugram: A 33-year-old woman, who had locked herself and her minor son for three years in their rented house in Chakkarpur area here to avoid COVID-19, was brought out of confinement on…
- Middle East
UAE willing to contribute to India’s 500-GW clean energy goal: COP28 president-designate Al Jaber
New Delhi: The UAE will explore all opportunities of partnership with India to contribute to New Delhi’s high-growth-low-carbon pathway, Sultan Al Jaber, the COP28 president-designate, said on Wednesday. He also said the…
- India
AAP’s Aaley Mohammad Iqbal is Delhi’s new deputy mayor
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Aaley Mohammad Iqbal defeated the BJP’s Kaml Bagri by a margin of 31 votes to become the deputy mayor of Delhi, officials said on Wednesday. Iqbal bagged…
- Delhi
Delhi HC asks ED to respond to bail plea of accused in excise policy case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to a bail plea filed by liquor giant Pernod Ricard’s executive Benoy Babu, arrested in the now…
- Telangana
Telangana Congress files complaint with Human Rights Commission over dog menace
Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Wednesday approached the State Human Rights Commission seeking immediate directions to the government for taking action against dog menace. Following the gruesome incident of…
- India
CBI sought prior approval 38 times to act in corruption cases
New Delhi: Thirty-eight CBI requests seeking prior approval to begin investigation into corruption cases against a total of 83 employees are pending with various central and state government departments, according to an…
- India
Bid to screen BBC docu at DU aimed at ‘creating chaos’: VC Yogesh Singh
New Delhi: Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh has said the attempts by some students’ organisations to screen the controversial BBC documentary were aimed at creating “chaos” in the varsity and asserted…
- India
Pune’s CSIR-NCL sets up sanitary pad disposal mechanism on campus
Pune: In a bid to provide an improved work environment to its women researchers, the Pune-based CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), a premier research and development institute in the field of chemical sciences,…
- India
Gujarat: Police defend public flogging of Muslims; report finds 6 cops at fault
Ahmedabad: Police have defended in the Gujarat High Court the public flogging of some people from a minority community following stone pelting in the state’s Kheda district last year saying the persons…
- Politics
Win of Delhi people, defeat of ‘hooliganism’: Kejriwal on mayoral poll results
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday congratulated the people of Delhi over AAP councilor Shelly Oberoi’s win in the mayoral poll and hit out at the BJP saying the public…
