- India
MP: BJP expels OBC leader for ‘anti-Brahmin’ and ‘anti-women’ remarks
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has expelled Pritam Lodhi, an Other Backward Class (OBC) leader from Shivpuri district and a relative of former chief minister Uma Bharti,…
- India
2 Bangladeshis get 5-year imprisonment for illegally entering India
Dhubri: A court in Assam has sentenced two Bangladeshis to five years of imprisonment each for illegally entering India last year. Also ReadKarnataka: CM Bommai orders probe into death threat call to…
- India
Cloudburst in Dehradun, swollen rivers wash away bridges
Dehradun: A cloudburst hit the Raipur-Kumalda area here in the early hours of Saturday, causing rivers to breach their banks and wash away bridges, officials said. Water also entered the caves of Tapkeshwar,…
- India
Rajasthan: Govt officials meet kin of boy who died after being beaten up by teacher
Jaipur: Jalore District Collector Nishant Jain and Superintendent of Police Harshvardhan Agarwala on Friday met the family members of the boy who died after being allegedly beaten up by his teacher for…
- India
Rakesh Tikait asks farmers to be ready for nationwide agitation
Lakhimpur Kheri: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait exhorted farmers to be ready for a massive nationwide agitation over their demands as a 75-hour sit-in by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha here…
- Politics
Congress slams Centre over privatisation of banks
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday hit out at the Modi government over its policy of privatising banks and said the Reserve Bank of India’s latest report has warned against further reduction…
- Politics
Nitish as opposition’s PM face an option if other parties want: JD-U president
New Delhi: Amid the buzz that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may emerge as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate, his party Janata Dal (United) said on Friday that this is an option…
- Andhra Pradesh
CJI releases Mahatma’s autobiography in Telugu
Tirupati: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana here on Friday released a book Satya Sodhana’, a Telugu translation of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth’, published by…
- World
China backs Jaishankar’s remarks on Asian Century, says talks to resolve border standoff ‘effective’
Beijing: Beijing on Friday concurred with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s observation that an Asian Century cannot happen if India and China don’t join hands and said dialogue between the two countries…
- Kerala
Kerala govt moves HC against controversial order by lower court in sexual harassment case
Kochi: The Kerala government on Friday moved the High Court seeking to set aside a sessions court order granting bail to social activist and writer ‘Civic’ Chandran in a case of sexually…
- Delhi
After CBI raids, ED may launch money laundering probe into Delhi Excise Policy
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) may initiate a money laundering investigation over the framing and execution of the AAP government’s excise policy, official sources said on Friday after the CBI raided…
- Mumbai
Teen beaten to death by inmates at children’s home in Mumbai; four detained
Mumbai: A 16-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by four inmates at a children’s home in central Mumbai, police said on Friday. The police have detained four minors for the incident…
- Sports
AIFF ban: Sports Ministry requests FIFA, AFC to allow Indian clubs play AFC tournaments
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has requested the world football governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to allow Indian clubs — Sree Gokulam Kerala FC and ATK Mohun Bagan…
- Andhra Pradesh
With no dues, decks cleared for AP to buy power from exchanges
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday said it owed no money to the power generators for electricity purchased through the power exchanges and, accordingly, got the ban imposed by POSOCO (Power…
- Business
Foreign exchange reserves decline to USD 570.74 bn
Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves fell USD 2.238 billion to USD 570.74 billion in the week ended August 12, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data. In the previous…
