- India
West Bengal cabinet reshuffle: Nine MLAs take oath as ministers
Kolkata: Nine MLAs, including Babul Supriyo, took oath as ministers in West Bengal on Wednesday, in a major reshuffle of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet. Supriyo, along with Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmik,…
- World
SL: Overseas travel ban on Mahinda, Basil Rajapaksa extended
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Wednesday extended until August 11 the overseas travel ban on former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his younger brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who…
- India
Bill to set up carbon markets introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: A bill that seeks to make it mandatory for buildings with a minimum connected load of 100 kW to meet their energy requirements from renewable sources was introduced in the…
- World
Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests
Taipei: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said on Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in a visiting delegation are showing they will…
- World
China to punish outfits promoting Taiwan independence
Beijing: Furious over the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s high-profile visit to Taipei, the first by a top American official in 25 years, China on Wednesday announced punitive measures on outfits seeking…
- India
Jahangirpuri violence: One more arrested by Delhi police
New Delhi: Police have arrested a 29-year-old man, who along with his co-accused instigated the locals and pelted stones at police and participants of a Hanuman Jayanti procession in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area…
- World
Hellfire missiles: US’ sought-after secret weapon used to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri
Washington: The US drone strike that killed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on the balcony of a safe house in downtown Kabul points to the use of secret Hellfire missiles by the CIA…
- India
India’s services sector growth falls to 4-month low in July
New Delhi: India’s services sector lost momentum in July as demand was curtailed by competitive pressures, elevated inflation and unfavourable weather, a monthly survey said on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global…
- Telangana
One should visit Kaleshwaram to understand construction flaws: Shekhawat
Hyderabad: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday hit out at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for not fulfilling his promises like making a Dalit the chief minister and…
- India
Bihar: AIMIM’s lone MLA expelled from assembly committee
Patna: In a further setback to Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM in Bihar, its lone MLA in the state was on Tuesday expelled from the legislative assembly’s committee for minority welfare. According to the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Suspected gas leak: Over 50 women workers in apparel SEZ near Visakhapatnam fall sick
Vishakapatnam: More than 50 women workers of an apparel manufacturing unit in the Brandix Special Economic Zone at Atchyutapuram near here fell sick on Tuesday due to what was suspected to be…
- World
‘I was removed from office after publishing map including Kalapani’: Oli
Kathmandu: Former Nepalese prime minister K P Sharma Oli has claimed that he was removed from power last year after his government published a new map of Nepal that included Kalapani, Limpiyadhura…
- India
CAA rules to be framed after precaution dose exercise: Amit Shah to Bengal BJP leader
New Delhi: BJP leader from West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari Tuesday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to implement the citizenship law CAA at the earliest, with the latter assuring him that rules…
- India
Lok Sabha passes Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill-2021, with Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav asserting that development and environment protection can go hand in hand and are not…
- India
Notices issued to three Chinese mobile companies for tax evasion: Sitharaman
New Delhi: The government is looking into cases of alleged tax evasion by Chinese mobile companies Oppo, Vivo India and Xiaomi and notices have been given to them, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
