- World
China says ‘progress’ made over ‘early return’ of stranded Indian students
Beijing: China said on Thursday that “progress” has been made in facilitating the return of thousands of Indian students stranded back home due to Beijing’s COVID visa bans and efforts were on…
- India
Medical students evacuated from Ukraine to sit on hunger strike
New Delhi: Medical students, who were evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, will hold a five-day hunger strike from Saturday over their demand of admission in Indian medical colleges as a one-time measure, according…
- Kashmir
COVID-19: J&K reports 505 new cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir continued to see a substantial rise in new Covid cases as 505 fresh infections surfaced on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 4,58,456, officials said. No fatality was…
- India
Court directs Sonia to appear on Aug 3 in suit by Cong member against suspension
Kollam (Kerala): A court in Kerala has directed Congress president Sonia Gandhi to appear in person or through a lawyer, before it on August 3 in a plea filed by a party…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 20 pleas on Gyanvapi mosque, says will await decision of Varanasi judge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will await the Varanasi district judge’s decision on the Gyanvapi mosque committee’s application raising objections to the maintainability of the civil suit…
- Politics
BJP has hurt Krishna devotees by imposing GST on milk products: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took a dig at the BJP government for bringing milk products under Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying it has “hurt” Krishna devotees…
- India
Govt spent Rs 911.17cr on advertisements over last three years
New Delhi: The government spent Rs 911.17 crore on advertisements in newspapers, television channels and web portals in the past three years, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told the Rajya Sabha…
- India
NEET row: 2 more arrested for ‘forcing girl students to remove innerwear’
Kollam: Two more persons, who oversaw the NEET exam held in an educational institution in Kerala, were arrested by police on Thursday for allegedly asking girl students to remove their innerwear for…
- India
Gyanvapi mosque case: Next hearing on July 25
Varanasi: The Hindu side on Thursday completed its arguments in the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri temple case in the district court here, which fixed July 25 as the next date of hearing. Arguments…
- India
Rajasthan govt agrees to close down mining sites after sadhu sets himself on fire
Jaipur: The year-and-a-half agitation by seers over illegal stone mining in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur was called off on Thursday after the state government assured to close down the mines in Adi Badrinath and…
- India
Over 26,500 appeals, complaints pending with CIC: Centre
New Delhi: Over 26,500 appeals and complaints are pending with the transparency watchdog Central Information Commission (CIC) as on July 18, 2022, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Central Information Commission…
- India
Create awareness about writings of Ambedkar: Bombay HC to Maha govt
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the Maharashtra government has to change its mindset with times and make efforts to create public awareness about writings of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and…
- Photos
Mohammad Zubair released from Tihar Jail
New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair leaves from Tihar Jail after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, in New Delhi, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Zubair was arrested by the…
- World
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president
Colombo: Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka’s eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the country out of its unprecedented economic crisis and…
- India
Amid heavy rains, 4,700 pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave shrine from Jammu
Jammu: Braving heavy rains, a fresh batch of over 4,703 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the twin base camps of Baltal and Pahalgam in central Kashmir’s…
