- India
Honouring plurality key to sustenance of democracy: CJI Ramana at OU
Hyderabad: Driven by the winds of globalisation, people are moving towards a global culture which is emerging as a threat to local cultural symbols and identities, even as social media, television and…
- India
TMC MLA accused of beating up BJP supporters
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MLA Asit Majumdar and his supporters were accused of beating up BJP workers in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Friday. Denying the accusation, the TMC alleged that the legislator…
- India
Bring strong anti-tobacco law to save youth, ban designated smoking areas: Experts
New Delhi: While appreciating the steps taken by the government under tobacco control legislation, top health experts and an activist on Friday said it is time the law is strengthened by completely…
- Automobile
AP seeks to attract USD 4 billion investment in EV segment
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh is seeking to position itself as the ‘lighthouse state’ and attract investments to the tune of USD 4 billion in the electric vehicles segment over the next few years.…
- India
Child adoption process in India “very tedious”, needs to be streamlined: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said child adoption process in India is “very tedious” and that there is an urgent need for the procedures to be “streamlined”. A bench of…
- India
Apologise for black-clothes protest on ‘Ayodhya Divas’, Yogi tells Cong
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked the Congress to apologise to the nation for insulting Ram devotees by staging protests in black clothes on the day the construction…
- Sports
Indian wrestlers dominate mat, four reach final, including Bajrang Punia
Birmingham: The huge gulf between the class of India’s top wrestlers and their rivals was evident as four of them, including superstar Bajrang Punia, stormed into the finals without moving a sinew…
- Politics
Mamata met Modi for ‘understanding’ in scam probes: CPI(M)
Kolkata: The CPI(M) on Friday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an attempt to enter into an “understanding” in the backdrop of central agencies’ investigations…
- India
Muscleman linked to Hemant Soren’s aide sent to ED custody
Ranchi: A special PMLA court in Ranchi on Friday sent Bachhu Yadav, a ‘muscleman’ linked to a political representative of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, to six-day Enforcement Directorate custody as part of…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP Congress chief among others held for protest against rising prices
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Sake Sailajanath and several other leaders were taken into custody in Vijayawada on Friday as they tried to march towards the Raj Bhavan in protest against…
- India
FTII student found hanging in hostel room, suicide suspected
Pune: The decomposed body of a 32-year-old student of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here was found hanging in his hostel room on Friday, police said. It was suspected…
- India
WazirX’s funds frozen by ED for ‘assisting’ in money laundering
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has frozen Rs 64.67 crore worth bank deposits of one of India’s prominent crypto currency exchanges WazirX as part of an ongoing…
- Kashmir
COVID-19: 823 new cases, 2 fatalities reported in J-K
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 823 fresh COVID-9 cases on Friday, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,68,245, officials said here. Two fresh deaths were also reported due to…
- Delhi
Red Fort, areas in vicinity declared ‘no kite flying zone’ ahead of I-Day
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday designated a five-kilometre radius around the historic Red Fort as a “no kite flying zone” till Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoists the tricolour at the…
- India
Congress protest in black a message against Ram temple works: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday linked Congress leaders’ protest in black clothes over the issues of price rise and unemployment to the party’s “appeasement” politics to convey its opposition…
