- India
US Secretary of State Blinken speaks to EAM Jaishankar; discuss Ukraine war
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and discussed the ongoing Ukraine war, counterterrorism and other regional and global issues. Jaishankar thanked…
- Andhra Pradesh
Bike sales decline 6.52 per cent in AP, govt puzzled over negative growth
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government is in a quandary with sale of motorbikes plummeting by 6.52 per cent in the first half of the 2022-23 financial year in the state when the…
- India
BJP raising issue of Uniform Civil Code to get votes in Gujarat elections: Owaisi
Vadgam: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is raising the issue of Uniform Civil Code to get votes in the forthcoming Gujarat Assembly elections…
- India
EC likely to announce Gujarat poll schedule this week
New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to announce schedule for the Gujarat Assembly polls this week. Citing convention followed in 2017, the poll panel had not announced the Gujarat poll schedule…
- Kashmir
Hope for return of peace in J-K: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: Former chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday hoped for the return of peace in Jammu and Kashmir so that all communities could live without fear. The National Conference (NC) president recalled…
- India
Gujarat polls: BJP’s observers meet ticket aspirants over three days
Ahmedabad: A three-day candidate screening process of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the coming Gujarat Assembly elections ended on Saturday with nearly 10,000 ticket aspirants meeting party observers. For each…
- India
India has highest unemployed and also world’s richest people: Rahul Gandhi
Mahabubnagar: India has the rare distinction of having the highest number of unemployed people and also the world’s richest persons, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday. Addressing a gathering in Mahabubnagar…
- Delhi
LG asks AAP govt to reconsider ‘Red light on…’ campaign, sends back file
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to reconsider the ‘Red light on, Gaadi off’ campaign, questioning the effectiveness of such an “ad-hoc” measure as…
- Chennai
Car explosion case: TN BJP temporarily postpones Oct 31 bandh in Coimbatore
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu unit of BJP on Saturday postponed a proposed bandh on October 31 in Coimbatore to protest against the car explosion in front of a temple in the city…
- Pakistan
UN probe demanded in killing of Pakistan journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya
Islamabad: Salman Iqbal, a prominent Pakistani media personality and businessman has demanded a probe by the UN into the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya as he does not have faith…
- Technology
Elon Musk says Twitter will form content moderation council
New York: Twitter’s new owner billionaire Elon Musk has said the social media company will form a content moderation council and any major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen after such…
- India
In Delhi Declaration, top UNSC body calls for ‘zero tolerance’ for terrorism
New Delhi: The UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee on Saturday called on member countries to ensure “zero tolerance” towards terrorist activities and vowed to deal with the scourge more vigorously at the…
- India
MP: Two boys beaten, dragged by vehicle for theft in Indore
Indore: Two boys were beaten, tied to a vehicle and dragged on the road for allegedly stealing cash from a vehicle in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Saturday, police said. A video of…
- India
Kangana on foray in politics: If government wishes I’m open to all kind of participation
New Delhi: Film star Kangana Ranaut on Saturday said she wants to serve the people of Himachal Pradesh in any possible capacity, even if it requires her to join politics. The actor,…
- India
Union government is working on providing ten lakh jobs: PM Modi
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government was working on providing ten lakh jobs. In a video message for a `Rozgar Mela’ (employment fair) organized by the Gujarat government…