- Bangalore
Govt committed on quota issue: Bommai amid protests by Panchamasalis
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said his government is working with commitment on the reservation issue, as Panchamasalis have renewed their protests with a demand to be included in 2A…
- Bangalore
JD(S) will grow beyond old Mysuru, will get majority in Karnataka polls: Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru: Ruling out the possibility of a hung verdict, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday exuded confidence that his party will grow beyond its traditional old Mysuru region in the upcoming…
- India
Police record Uorfi Javed’s statement over BJP leader’s complaint
Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Saturday recorded model and social media influencer Uorfi Javed’s statement in connection with a complaint filed against her by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chitra Wagh. Javed visted Amboli…
- India
Hoax call about `terror attack’ sends Pune Police into tizzy
Pune: Security was tightened at the Pune railway station after the police control room here received a call informing about a possible terrorist attack, but it turned out to be a hoax,…
- India
Role of regional parties to be important for 2024 LS polls: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen asserted that it “would be a mistake” to think that the 2024 Lok Sabha election would be a one-horse race in favour of the BJP, and felt…
- India
MP: Film-maker, gay rights activist Onir’s talk cancelled over fear of protests
Bhopal: A talk on LGBTQ issues by film-maker and gay rights activist Onir Dhar at the ongoing Bhopal Lit Fest (BLF) here was cancelled as a group threatened to stage a protest,…
- India
MP Santokh’s death: Congress suspends Yatra for 24 hrs
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday suspended its Bharat Jodo Yatra, which was in Punjab, for a day as a mark of respect for party MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary who died following a…
- Technology
Gene fingerprinting can be used to target political dissidents: Dr Siddartha Mukherjee
Kolkata: Pulitzer-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician by training, on Friday said he feared that a new genetic sequencing identification technique could be used to identify and target political dissidents, besides solving crimes.…
- India
Sharad Yadav’s last rites to take place in his ancestral village in MP
Bhopal: The last rites of veteran socialist leader and former Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav will take place at his ancestral village in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district on Saturday. The former…
- Politics
Entirely possible for BJP to lose majority in 2024: Shashi Tharoor
Kozhikode: It will be “impossible” for the BJP to replicate its 2019 electoral triumph in 2024, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said, adding it is “conceivable” that the ruling party can…
- Kolkata
Protests are good: TMC leaders on mass outreach face anger
Kolkata: TMC leaders who are visiting different villages as part of an outreach programme ahead of the panchayat elections have been facing protests over various issues. When Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy went…
- India
Service should not be done for profit or reward, says Mohan Bhagwat
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said “seva” or service instils belongingness among people and should be done without yearning for any profit or reward in return. He…
- India
SC denies bail to accused in Yes Bank scam money laundering case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain the bail plea of Naresh T Jain, the internal auditor of travel firm Cox & Kings India and its group companies, who is…
- India
Six illegal Bangladeshis arrested on Kolkata-bound train
Guwahati: Six Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended from a Kolkata-bound train in Alipurduar in northern West Bengal for allegedly entering India illegally, the railways said in a statement on Friday. They were travelling…
- India
Ram temple construction at halfway point: Champat Rai
Ayodhya: Construction of the Ram temple here has reached the halfway stage and the sanctum sanctorum will be ready to place the idol by next year’s ‘Makar Sankranti’, Ram Mandir Trust Secretary…
