- India
SC stays Madras HC order that declared lone AIADMK MP’s election invalid
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed a Madras High Court order that declared as “null and void” the 2019 election of expelled AIADMK member P Ravindhranath from Tamil Nadu’s Theni parliamentary…
- Kashmir
Art 370 abrogation anniversary: Mehbooba under house arrest, roads sealed
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed she and some senior leaders of her party were placed under house arrest while several others were detained on the fourth anniversary of the…
- Andhra Pradesh
50 arrested for indulging in violence during Naidu’s rally in AP
Chittoor: As many as 50 people have been arrested for indulging in stone pelting and arson during TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s tour of the district, police said on Saturday. Also, 200…
- Delhi
Student groups allege library closure in JNU, admin says ‘misinformation’
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Friday rejected the claims by student groups that a library has been closed, saying it is being relocated to the adjoining building. A number of…
- India
Goa: Catholic priest booked over remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji
Panaji: A Catholic priest in Goa was on Friday booked over a remark on Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that he made during a sermon. Father Bolmax Pereira was charged under…
- World
Aus court overturns law banning Sikhs from carrying kirpans in schools
Melbourne: A court in Australia’s Queensland state has overturned a law that banned Sikh students to wear a kirpan on campus, a religious article in Sikhism, calling it “unconstitutional”, according to media…
- India
General strike cripples normal life in Manipur’s Imphal Valley
Imphal: The 24-hour general strike called by the co-ordinating committee of 27 assembly constituencies in Manipur on Saturday paralysed normal life in Imphal Valley, with markets and business establishments remaining shut in…
- India
Gyanvapi mosque: After SC nod, ASI resumes survey, Muslim side present
Varanasi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday resumed its scientific survey work at the Gyanvapi mosque here to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of…
- India
Govt defers order on restrictions on imports of laptops, computers till Oct 31
New Delhi: The government on Friday deferred the implementation of the import restriction order on laptops and computers (including tablet computers) by about three months till October 31, a move that gives…
- World
New COVID variant EG.5.1 spreading quickly in UK: Report
London: A new COVID variant which has descended from the rapidly spreading Omicron and was first flagged in the UK last month is now said to be spreading quickly in the country,…
- India
It’s a good thing: Nabi Azad on SC staying Rahul Gandhi’s conviction
Jammu: Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order staying the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case. “It (verdict) has come…
- India
Nuh violence: ‘It’s a big game plan.., will go to depth’, says Anil Vij
Chandigarh: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday said 202 people have been arrested so far and 80 taken into preventive detention in connection with the communal clashes in Nuh. He also…
- India
Manipur cabinet recommends guv to summon assembly session on Aug 21
Imphal: The Manipur cabinet has recommended to the governor to summon the next session of the state assembly on August 21, an official release said on Friday. The previous assembly session was…
- India
K’taka health minister first praises Delhi’s Mohalla Clinic initiative, then calls it ‘overhyped’
New Delhi: Hours after praising the AAP government’s Mohalla Clinic initiative, Karnataka Health Minister and Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday said it is “overhyped” and he was left “disappointed” after…
- Photos
SC stays Rahul’s conviction in defamation case
New Delhi: Congress workers raise slogans in support of party leader Rahul Gandhi to celebrate after the Supreme Court stayed the conviction of Gandhi in the 2019 criminal defamation case over his…
