- India
India wins EXCELL Awards-2022 for leadership in family planning
New Delhi: India has become the only country to receive the Leadership in Family Planning – EXCELL Awards-2022 – at an international conference held in Thailand. The award conferred in the ‘country’ category…
- Kashmir
Students’ learning space must go beyond classrooms: Manoj Sinha
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday highlighted the need to adopt reforms in the education sector, saying that students’ learning space must go beyond the classroom. He said…
- Business
Gold gains Rs 45; silver advances by Rs 316
New Delhi: Gold price rose by Rs 45 to Rs 53,220 per 10 gram in the national capital on Friday following gains in prices of the precious metal in the international market,…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: 140 inmates of Dasna Jail diagnosed with HIV
Ghaziabad: A total of 140 inmates of Ghaziabad’s Dasna district jail have been diagnosed with HIV, a senior jail official said on Friday. According to the government directives, all prisoners are screened…
- India
India, Russia to work on counter terrorism at UN, multilateral platforms
New Delhi: India and Russia have held wide ranging discussions on issues on the UN Security Council agenda and agreed to deepen cooperation on counter terrorism at the UN as well as…
- India
Mehrauli Murder: Poonawala introduced Walkar as his wife while renting flat, says police
Mumbai: Aaftab Poonawala, accused of brutally killing his live-in partner Shradha Walkar, introduced her as his wife when they were looking for a rented accommodation near Mumbai, police said on Friday. The…
- India
SC rejects NIA plea, orders Navlakha to be placed under house arrest within 24-hours
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the NIA’s application and ordered social activist Gautam Navlakha to be put under house arrest within 24-hours after shifting him from Taloja jail in…
- World
Chaos continues at Twitter as several employees depart, company closes office buildings
New York: Twitter fell into a pitless chaos under its new owner Elon Musk after several employees appeared to have quit following a deadline by the billionaire entrepreneur and the company sent…
- Bollywood
Pankaj Tripathi to essay role of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in biopic
Mumbai: Actor Pankaj Tripathi is set to play the role of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in a biopic titled “Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon Yeh Desh Rehna Chahiye- ATAL”, the…
- Telangana
Five students booked for ragging at IIIT Basara in Telangana
Hyderabad: Five students of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), popularly known as IIIT Basar, in Nirmal district of Telangana were booked for allegedly ragging three junior students at the institute’s hostel, police said…
- Sports
Ind vs NZ: First T20I called off due to rain
Wellington: The first T20 International of the three-match series between India and New Zealand was called off without a ball being bowled as incessant rain made the ground unplayable here on Friday.…
- Kashmir
Editors Guild condemns terror threats to journalists in J-K
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Friday voiced “deep concern” over recent threats issued to journalists working in Kashmir by suspected terror organisations, and the subsequent resignation of five mediapersons…
- India
Mehrauli murder: Educated girls shouldn’t be in live-ins, says Union Minister
New Delhi: Union Minister Kaushal Kishore on Thursday said live-in relationships are “giving rise to crime” and suggested that educated girls should not get into such relationships, a remark that comes against the backdrop of…
- India
Letter threatens bomb blasts in Indore if Bharat Jodo Yatra participants stay at city stadium
Indore: A shop in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has received a letter threatening that bomb blasts would be carried out in the city if the participants of the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by…
- India
Terrorism should not be linked to any religion, says Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said financing of terrorism is more dangerous than terrorism, which cannot and should not be linked to any religion, nationality or group. He also…
