- India
India, other countries feeling weight of ‘big’ nation: German envoy
New Delhi: India and other countries feeling the weight of a “big and powerful nation” should sit together and see how to deal with the situation, German Ambassador Phillip Ackermann has said in…
- Bangalore
AAP to field candidates in all 224 seats in Karnataka assembly polls
Bengaluru: The fledgling Aam Aadmi Party in Karnataka is aiming big in the upcoming state assembly election as it has decided to field candidates in all 224 constituencies with anti-corruption agenda as…
- Telangana
Telangana withdraws general consent to all central agencies amid MLAs poaching row
Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has withdrawn general consent earlier given all central agencies including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the state. This was informed by…
- World
Bangladesh survive dramatic last over to edge past Zimbabwe by three runs
Brisbane: Bangladesh survived a dramatic final over to pull off a narrow three-run win against Zimbabwe in a T20 World Cup match, where players left the ground but were called back to…
- Bangalore
Deepavali ‘cash gifts’ to journalists: Karnataka CM call its a ‘lie’, part of Congress’ toolkit
Bengaluru: Following allegations that his office tried to bribe some journalists by sending Rs 1 lakh cash gifts to them on Deepavali, along with sweet boxes, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on…
- India
Fireworks industry on rebound path, Maha key contributor to Rs 6,000 crore Deepavali sale
Sivakasi (TN): The Deepavali retail firecracker sales across the nation, barring Delhi, at about Rs 6,000 crore comes as a welcome relief for the fireworks industry here and what makes them happy…
- Mumbai
BJP slams Uddhav for ‘Marathi Muslim’ article in ‘Saamana’; calls it politics of appeasement
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday accused the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) of indulging in the politics of appeasement after the latter’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ carried an article on “Marathi Muslims”…
- 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…
