- India
Vizag zoo unveils 10 battery-operated vehicles for visitors to hire
Visakhapatnam: The Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (Vizag Zoo) on Wednesday unveiled 10 battery-operated vehicles for hire, to enable visitors to explore the zoo with ease, curator in-charge G Mangamma said. Inaugurated by…
- India
Mumbai logs over 300 COVID-19 cases, records 2 deaths in day after 7 months
Mumbai: Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 320 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily count since September 3, 2022, taking the overall tally to 11,59,545, while two more patients succumbed to the infection in…
- India
Ukraine to allow Indian students to appear for key exam from India
New Delhi: Indian medical students, who returned home from Ukraine following the Russian invasion, will be allowed to take a key examination from India. This has been conveyed to the Indian side…
- Pakistan
Bushra Bibi married Imran Khan during Iddat period: Nikkah registrar
Islamabad: A Pakistani cleric who solemnised former prime minister Imran Khan’s Nikkah with Bushra Bibi has said that the ceremony was not conducted in accordance with Islamic Sharia law, according to a…
- Politics
Jaipur serial blasts: Rajasthan BJP says SLP will be filed in Supreme Court
Jaipur: A Special Leave Petition will be filed in the Supreme Court on behalf of the family members of the victims of the 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blasts against the Rajasthan High…
- India
BJP’s Hindutva seeks to engineer riots between Hindus & Muslims: Sena (UBT) publication
Mumbai: In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue of Hindutva, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Wednesday said the BJP’s version of the ideology seeks to…
- Business
Rupee gains 1 paise to close at 82.11 against US dollar
New Delhi: The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled for the day 1 paise higher at 82.11 against the US dollar on Wednesday, as participants remained on the sidelines ahead…
- India
Violence in Odisha’s Sambalpur in Hanuman Jayanti rally; 10 cops injured
Sambalpur: At least 10 police personnel were injured on Wednesday in violence during a motorbike rally organised in Odisha’s Sambalpur city ahead of the Hanuman Jayanti, an official said. The festival is…
- Politics
Anurag Thakur mocks Opposition bid to unite against BJP; calls it ‘thugbandhan’
Shimla: Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday scoffed at the efforts of opposition parties to defeat the BJP in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election, and termed…
- World
China backs Macron’s remarks against following US policy on Taiwan
Beijing: China on Wednesday waded into controversy over French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments in which he called for greater “European sovereignty” by not following the US policy over China and Taiwan. “The…
- India
Karnataka polls: BJP faces heat from aspirants as candidate list announced
Bengaluru: Discontent seems to be brewing within the ruling BJP in Karnataka, with the party facing the heat after announcing its first list of candidates for the May 10 Assembly polls, as some…
- India
Karnataka: After denied a ticket, displeased BJP MLA Angara quits politics
Mangaluru: Minister and six-time MLA S Angara from Sullia constituency in Dakshina Kannada district announced his retirement from politics on Wednesday, a day after he was denied a ticket by the party for the May…
- Photos
Nitish Kumar meets Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Bihar Deputy…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in USA
Washington D.C: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Minister of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Jadaan during a meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2023, in Washington…
- India
‘I’m reduced to dust, spare my family’: Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad
Lucknow: “I am totally reduced to dust, but please don’t trouble the women and children of my family now,” gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad told reporters from inside a police van on Wednesday, Chief…
