- India
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind flags ‘rise’ in Islamophobia
New Delhi: Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Friday flagged the alleged rise in Islamophobia and demanded that a separate law be enacted to specifically punish those who incite violence against minorities.…
- India
‘Someday she may become excellent doctor’: SC on admission to girl with disability
New Delhi: “Who knows, someday she may become an excellent doctor,” the Supreme Court said on Friday as it came to the rescue of a girl, who was denied admission in MBBS…
- India
Will keep raising Adani issue inside and outside Parliament, it’s a big scam: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said his party will keep raising the Adani issue inside and outside Parliament and added that if the government does not work democratically, “people…
- Hyderabad
Stones pelted at Vande Bharat train in Telangana
Hyderabad: Unidentified persons pelted stones at a coach of the Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat train while it was passing through Mahabubabad district of Telangana on Friday, railway officials said. The Railway Protection Force…
- India
Pawar opposes Electricity Amendment Bill, says its implementation will hit consumers
Nashik: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday strongly opposed the recently introduced Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in Parliament and asserted its implementation will end subsidy offered to power consumers,…
- Business
RBI updates ‘Alert List’ of entities not authorised to deal in forex trading
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Friday updated its ‘Alert List’ for the public on unauthorised forex trading platforms to include names of entities/platforms/ websites which appear to be promoting such entities. In…
- India
No timeline prescribed in Memorandum of Procedure for transfer of HC judges: Govt in LS
New Delhi: There is “no timeline” prescribed in the Memorandum of Procedure for transfer of high court judges, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Memorandum of Procedure…
- Pakistan
IMF, Pakistan fail to strike deal on bailout package
Washington: Cash-strapped Pakistan and the IMF have failed to reach a staff-level agreement on a much-needed USD 1.1 billion bailout package aimed at preventing the country from going bankrupt. After 10 days…
- World
Nepal bans rose import ahead of Valentine’s Day
Kathmandu: The Nepali government has banned the import of fresh roses from countries like India and China ahead of Valentine’s Day, according to a media report on Friday. The Plant Quarantine and…
- India
Cong MP Rajani Patil suspended for filming RS proceedings
New Delhi: In the first action against unruly MPs since Jagdeep Dhankhar took over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Rajani Ashokrao Patil was on Friday suspended for the remainder of…
- Photos
First Test: India vs Australia
Nagpur: Indian batter Ravichandran Ashwin plays a shot during the 2nd day of the 1st test cricket match between India and Australia, at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, Friday, Feb. 10,…
- Photos
ISRO’s SSLV-D2 launch
Sriharikota: ISRO’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle SSLV-D2 carrying EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 satellites lifts off from the Shikar Dhavan Space Station, in Sriharikota, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar) Sriharikota:…
- India
Joshimath sinking: Mental health issues add to trauma of displaced
New Delhi: Insomnia, anxiety, depression and crippling uncertainty about the future. As days pass into weeks and the cracks in their town widen and deepen, hundreds of people displaced by land subsidence…
- India
2,789 people held so far as crackdown on child marriage continues: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 2,789 people have been arrested so far during the ongoing crackdown on child marriage, which completed a week on Friday. The government has…
- Delhi
BJP member alleges phone tapping by AAP govt in Delhi
New Delhi: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday accused the Aam Aadmi Party of tapping into the phones of the city residents in violation of their privacy and sought strictest action against…
