- Pakistan
Anti-corruption watchdog seeks 14-day physical remand for ex-Pak PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog on Wednesday sought a 14-day physical remand of former prime minister Imran Khan as he was produced before a special court inside a high-security police facility here for…
- Kerala
Kerala: Attending doctor stabbed to death by alcoholic patient
Kollam: A 22-year-old lady doctor was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara here allegedly by a man who was brought there by police after being involved in a…
- India
Nirmala Sitharaman, Narayana Murthy among early voters in Karnataka polls
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former chief minister B S Yediyurappa, IT industry veteran N R Narayana Murthy along with wife Sudha Murty, and Mysuru royal family member ‘Rajamate’ Pramoda Devi…
- India
Let’s build ‘40% commission-free’, progressive Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi to voters
Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged the people of Karnataka to vote in large numbers to build a progressive and a “40-per cent-commission-free” state. Voting for the high-stakes Assembly…
- World
Imran Khan’s supporters storm Pak Army headquarters, chant slogans against it
Lahore: In unprecedented scenes, supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday stormed the Pakistan Army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the Corps Commander’s residence in Lahore after…
- Delhi
Woman smashes 86-year-old mother-in-law to death using frying pan
New Delhi: A 48-year-old woman allegedly smashed her mother-in-law to death using a frying pan in south Delhi’s Neb Sarai area, police said on Tuesday, suspecting the accused might have grown frustrated…
- India
Voting begins for assembly bypoll in Suar, Chhanbey seats in UP
Rampur: Voting got underway in the by-polls to the Suar and Chhanbey Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday morning. There is a direct contest between the ruling coalition and the opposition Samajwadi…
- India
India tops list of countries with high maternal, newborn deaths: UN Study
Cape Town: Owing to its large birth cohort, India leads a list of 10 countries that together account for 60 percent of global maternal deaths, stillbirths and newborn deaths, and 51 percent…
- Pakistan
Pak high court upholds ousted PM Imran Khan’s arrest ‘Legal’
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday night upheld the arrest of Imran Khan, saying that all legal formalities were fulfilled by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) while carrying out the arrest…
- India
Battlelines over ‘Kerala Story’ harden as legal notice on ban is sent by filmaker
Kolkata: Amidst a raging controversy over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s announced ban on the screening of the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state, political battlelines hardened over the…
- Politics
India needs oppn that is not afraid of ruling party; Mamata should be PM: Swamy
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Subramanian Swamy said on Tuesday that the country needs a genuine opposition which is not afraid of the ruling party. Describing West Bengal Chief…
- India
Sexual Harassment Case: DCW issues summons to DCP over failure to arrest accused
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women has summoned the Deputy Commissioner of Police of New Delhi district over failure to arrest the accused in the cases of alleged sexual harassment of…
- Delhi
Kejriwal House Row: LG seeks chief secy’s report on Delhi CM’s house renovation
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has sought a detailed report from the chief secretary within a week into allegations levelled by Congress leader Ajay Maken about “extravagant” expenditure and…
- India
Nitish meets Patnaik, both claim no talks held on alliance for 2024 poll
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar met here for more than an hour on Tuesday but later claimed that there was no discussion on politics or…
- India
All Cong candidates in Karnataka sign ‘pledge’ to deliver on party’s ‘5 guarantees’
New Delhi: A day before Karnataka goes to the polls, all Congress candidates signed a “solemn pledge” on Tuesday to deliver on the “five guarantees” promised by the party to the people…
