- India
Gujarat: Stones pelted at Ram Navami procession in Vadodara
Vadodara: Stones were hurled at a Ram Navami procession in the Fatehpura area of Gujarat’s Vadodara city on Thursday, police said. While some vehicles got damaged, no one was injured in the incident…
- India
FSSAI allows labelling curd in regional names amid political controversy
New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI on Thursday revised its order and allowed the use of regional names in printed labels of curd packets amid political controversy in Tamil Nadu. Food Business Operators…
- Bangalore
Third legislator joins Congress in a month in poll-bound Karnataka
Bengaluru: Former JD(S) MLA S R Srinivas (Gubbi Srinivas alias Vasu) on Thursday became the third legislator to resign from the post, and join Congress, this month, ahead of May 10 Assembly…
- India
2008 Mumbai attack planners should ‘pay heavy price’: Israeli Parliament Speaker
Jerusalem: The planners of the “abominable” 2008 Mumbai terror attack should pay a heavy price for it, the Speaker of Israel’s Parliament has said ahead of his maiden visit to India, asserting…
- India
Modi remark row: Former IPL boss threatens to take Rahul Gandhi to court in UK
London: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi, accused of financial irregularities in India, launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and threatened to take the senior Congress leader to court in…
- India
348 people held during Amritpal crackdown freed, Punjab govt tells Akal Takht
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has informed the Akal Takht that 348 of the 360 people taken into preventive custody during a police crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh have now been freed.…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM Jagan meets Nirmala Sitharaman; seeks early clearance of pending funds
Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested her to expedite the release of pending funds to the southern state. In…
- Kerala
Kerala seeks Centre’s nod for additional flights from Gulf for festive season
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Thursday sought the Centre’s nod for additional or charter flights booked by it for travel of low income Keralite emigrants from Gulf nations to the state during…
- India
Malegaon blast: SC junks Lt Col Prasad Purohit’s plea for discharge from case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has junked a plea filed by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit seeking discharge in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Purohit had moved the top court challenging the…
- Politics
Mamata sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar’s statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort…
- India
For some politics is based on hate: Sibal after SC observations on hate speech
New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court observed that hate speeches will end when politicians stop using religion in politics, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday said it was like…
- India
Powerful blast creates crater in ground near India-Pak border in J-K’s Kathua
Hiranagar: A powerful blast has occurred at a hamlet near the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, creating a huge crater in the ground and triggering fear among the locals,…
- India
Karnataka polls: EC to set up 40 ‘ethnic polling stations’ for PVTGs
New Delhi: In a bid to ensure participative election in Karnataka, the Election Commission will set up 40 ‘ethnic polling stations’ for particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs). Polls in the state will…
- India
SC refuses to stay conviction of Abdullah Azam Khan in criminal case, seeks UP’s reply
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the conviction and sentence of senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam Khan in a 15-year-old case without hearing…
- India
AAP releases its Karnataka assembly poll manifesto in Bengaluru
New Delhi: The AAP on Wednesday released its manifesto for Karnataka polls giving 10 guarantees, which included 300 units of free electricity per month, 80 percent reservation to locals in jobs, and…
