- Middle East
Israel’s president to ask Benjamin Netanyahu to form new govt
Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced on Friday that he will assign the task to form a new government to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following consultations with leaders of all the…
- Pakistan
Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif issued diplomatic passport: Reports
Islamabad: Pakistan government has issued a diplomatic passport to former premier Nawaz Sharif, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK since 2019, media reports said on Friday. Former prime minister…
- India
Gujarat polls: Political careers of Rupani, Nitin Patel almost over after they were denied tickets
Ahmedabad: It is virtually the end of the political road for former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani and his then deputy Nitin Patel after both `declined’ to contest the next month’s Assembly…
- India
Aaditya takes part in Bharat Jodo Yatra, marches along with Rahul in Maha’s Hingoli
Hingoli: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray joined the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ at Kalamnuri in Hingoli, where the march arrived during the day from neighbouring…
- India
Sensex rallies 1,181 points to close at lifetime high
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex vaulted 1,181 points to close at its all-time high on Friday, in lockstep with a rally in global markets after lower-than-expected US inflation data fuelled hopes that the…
- India
Key dates in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case trial and after
January 28, 1998: Poonamallee trial court convicts 26 in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case including Nalini Sriharan and sentences all of them to death. May 11, 1999: Supreme Court confirms death sentence…
- India
Karnataka: Siddaramaiah levels corruption charges against BJP Govt
Bengaluru: Congress leader Siddaramaiah has Friday accused Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government in Karnataka of involving in corrupt practices. Former chief minister Siddaramaiah levelled serious allegations of corruption against the BJP government in…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC acquits all accused in 2012 RTI activist murder case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has acquitted all the 12 accused in a case relating to the murder of RTI activist and editor of ‘Maha Prachanda’ newspaper Lingaraju back in 2012 citing…
- Telangana
Telangana ED raids: Dubious funds from Chinese entities sent to granite entities
New Delhi: Illegal funds sent from a Chinese entity, owned by a man named in the leaked Panama Papers, to Telangana-based granite businesses has been found after premises of a number of granite…
- India
Afzal Khan tomb row: SC seeks reports from Satara DC, DCF on demolition
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought reports from the district collector and the deputy conservator of forests of Satara in Maharashtra on the demolition drive conducted to remove alleged unauthorised…
- India
Withholding names for appointment in higher judiciary unacceptable: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the Centre keeping pending the names recommended for appointment as judges in the higher judiciary, including those reiterated by the apex court…
- Middle East
Arab states in difficult dance toward decarbonisation
Canberra: Of all the nations discussing the energy transition at the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, the oil and gas-rich countries in the Arabian Peninsula are among the most exposed to decarbonisation.…
- India
SC decision to free killers of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi unacceptable, erroneous: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday termed “totally unacceptable and completely erroneous” the Supreme Court order directing the premature release of six convicts serving a life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination…
- India
TMC invites comedian Vir Das to Kolkata after Bengaluru show cancelled
New Delhi: TMC MP Derek O’Brien has invited stand-up comedian Vir Das to Kolkata, a day after his show in Bengaluru was cancelled at the last minute following protests by Hindu right-wing…
- India
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders release of convicts Nalini Sriharan, RP Ravichandran
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the premature release of six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran, serving life sentence in the assassination case of former Prime Minister…
