- World
Salman Rushdie collects royal honour at Windsor Castle in UK
London: Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie has collected his royal Companion of Honour award at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle in south-east England, nearly a year after it was conferred to…
- Top Stories
Rahul Gandhi’s passport plea: Court asks Swamy to file reply
New Delhi: A court here Wednesday asked former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy to file his reply by Friday to a plea of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a no-objection certificate for issuance…
- India
PM Modi’s decision to install sacred Sengol in Parliament building historic moment: Nadda
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday lauded the decision to install the sacred Sengol in the new Parliament building as a “historic moment” and said this emphasises the emotional…
- India
Leave of doctors, paramedics cancelled ahead of Amarnath Yatra in J-K
Jammu: The authorities have cancelled all leaves of doctors and paramedical staff members, except those granted time off on maternity and medical grounds, from June 19 in view of the start of the…
- India
Ayodhya: Ram temple to open in January next year, assures UP govt
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has expedited infrastructure works in Ayodhya, including expansion of its airport and railway station, as the city prepares for the opening of the Ram temple in January next…
- India
Shraddha Walkar murder: HC questions Aaj Tak on telecasting Aaftab’s narco test
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought to know from news channel Aaj Tak why it wanted to telecast the recording of narco analysis conducted on Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the man accused…
- India
MP: 10 booked for distributing ‘objectionable’ pamphlets against RSS, Bajrang Dal
Indore: Police have registered an FIR against 10 persons in the Indore city of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly distributing objectionable pamphlets against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bajrang Dal, a…
- India
BJP targets Deputy CM Shivakumar for his ‘saffronisation’ remarks on Karnataka Police
Bengaluru: The opposition BJP on Wednesday targeted the Congress government in Karnataka accusing it of “demoralising” the state police and took strong exception to Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s statement on…
- Business
Process of Rs 2000 notes withdrawal will be non-disruptive: RBI
New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that RBI is monitoring the situation regularly with regard to the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes and expressed confidence that the entire exercise…
- Bangalore
Congress MLA U T Khader is new Speaker of Karnataka Assembly
Bengaluru: Former Minister and five-time Congress MLA U T Khader on Wednesday was unanimously elected as the new Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Khader (53) will be the first Muslim leader to serve as…
- Delhi
Sisodia withdraws interim bail pleas, says wife’s medical condition stable
New Delhi: Former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia Wednesday withdrew from the Delhi High Court his interim bail pleas in cases related to alleged irregularities in formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi…
- India
UP court overturns Azam Khan’s conviction in hate speech case
Rampur: In a relief to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, an MP-MLA sessions court here on Wednesday overturned the three-year sentence awarded to him by a lower court in a 2019 hate speech…
- India
PM Modi raises concerns over attacks on Temples in Australia
Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese India’s concerns over the recent incidents of attacks on temples in Australia and activities of pro-Khalistani elements in…
- India
Opposition parties likely to boycott new Parliament building inauguration
New Delhi: Amid demands from the opposition that the president and not the prime minister should inaugurate the new Parliament building, the leaders of several political parties have decided to boycott the…
- Mumbai
Kejriwal, Mann land in Mumbai; to meet Pawar, Thackeray
Mumbai: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and his party comrade and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. The Aam Aadmi Party leaders would…
