- India
Mumbai hostage-taker installed motion detection sensors at doors, windows
Mumbai: Rohit Arya, the man who took 17 children and two adults hostage inside R A Studio in Powai before being shot dead in a rescue operation mounted by Mumbai police, had…
- Telangana
Cyclone ‘Montha’ impact: Six dead in rain-related incidents in Telangana
Hyderabad: At least six persons died in separate rain-related incidents after heavy rains lashed different parts of Telangana due to the impact of Cyclone ‘Montha’ on October 29, police and district officials…
- India
Lawyers can’t be summoned by investigating officers unless approved by SP: SC
New Delhi: In a landmark verdict aimed at protecting lawyer-client privilege, the Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions to curb arbitrary summoning of lawyers by probe agencies for rendering…
- Telangana
Man held for raping woman in Telangana’s Kamareddy district
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old man from Bihar was arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Telangana’s Kamareddy district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on October 26 when the woman was on…
- Technology
UIDAI forms high-level expert panel to make Aadhaar future-ready
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India has formed a high-level expert panel to make Aadhaar technology future-ready, especially for scalability and resilience against evolving cybersecurity threats, an official statement said…
- India
Third man in a month killed by tiger in Mysuru district’s Saragur taluk
Mysuru: The ongoing human-animal conflict in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s home district Mysuru claimed yet another life on Friday, marking the third incident of a tiger killing a man within a month. According…
- India
5 lakh ‘Duplicate Voters’ still in Bihar rolls, AAP’s Sanjay Singh alleges
Patna: Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Friday alleged that 5 lakh “duplicate voters” still exist in the electoral rolls of Bihar even after the Special Intensive Revision by the…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Cyclone Montha causes estimated Rs 5,244 cr in losses
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday submitted a report to the Centre estimating losses of Rs 5,244 crore caused by cyclone ‘Montha’, according to preliminary assessments. Chief Secretary K Vijayanand submitted…
- India
No GST return filing allowed for dues pending over 3 yrs: GSTN
New Delhi: Businesses will not be able to file GST returns which are due for three years or more beginning the November tax period, GST Network (GSTN) has said. In an advisory,…
- India
Hoax bomb threat in Rajasthan HC
Jaipur: Panic gripped Rajasthan High Court premises in Jaipur on Friday following a bomb threat which was later proved a hoax. Registrar of the high court received an email threatening a bomb…
- Bangalore
Siddaramaiah snaps at reporter over talk of Shivakumar taking over as CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday reacted sharply to a reporter who asked about a possible leadership change and dismissed speculation that his deputy D K Shivakumar could take charge in…
- World
17 new political parties apply for registration at Nepal’s Election Commission
Kathmandu: Seventeen new political parties have applied for registration at the Election Commission (EC) to contest Nepal’s March 5 general elections, according to an official. Of these, seven parties applied to the…
- World
FBI arrests multiple suspects in Michigan ahead of Halloween: Kash Patel
Washington: Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend were arrested Friday morning in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post. Patel…
- Business
India’s forex reserves drop to USD 695.35 bn
Mumbai: India’s forex reserves dropped by USD 6.925 billion to USD 695.355 billion during the week ended October 24, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves…
- India
Insurance companies cannot deny compensation because of route deviation: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that insurance companies cannot deny compensation to accident victims merely because there was deviation in route of the vehicle involved and that it was in…
