- India
Restrictions in Srinagar city areas to thwart Muharram processions
Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday imposed curfew-like restrictions in the city to prevent members of the Shia community from taking out Muharram processions to mark the eighth day of the 10-day mourning period,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Bhatlapenumarru: A small AP village remembers its son who designed the national flag
Bhatlapenumarru: Even the history books do not have much on Bhatlapenumarru, a tiny village amid lush green fields in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, though it was where a national legend, Pingali…
- India
Ahead of Gujarat polls, Kejriwal promises sops for tribals
Vadodara: Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised implementation of the Constitution’s Fifth Schedule and the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act in tribal regions of Gujarat if the…
- Kolkata
Kolkata: After last night firing, security beefed up at the museum
Kolkata: Security was heightened at the Indian Museum in Kolkata on Sunday after a CISF personnel killed a colleague and injured an assistant commandant of the force in indiscriminate firing. CISF head constable…
- India
Climate change making prediction difficult for weather agencies across world: IMD DG
New Delhi: Climate change has hampered the ability of the forecasting agencies to accurately predict severe events and weather bureaus across the world are focusing on augmenting the observational network density and…
- India
In a first, housing scheme proposed for transgender community in Maharashtra
Pune: The Social Welfare Department of the Maharashtra government has proposed an affordable housing scheme for the transgender community, a senior official said. Transgender persons often find it difficult to buy or…
- India
With eye on 2024 polls, BJP plans to expand base among Pasmanda Muslims, Yadavs
Lucknow: The BJP has planned to expand its base among the Yadavs, Jatavs and Pasmanda Muslims as part of its strategy to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general…
- Featured News
World’s first “synthetic embryo”: why this research is more important than you think
Melbourne: In what’s reported as a world-first achievement, biologists have grown mouse embryo models in the lab without the need for fertilised eggs, embryos, or even a mouse using only stem cells…
- India
SSLV suffers ‘data loss’ at terminal stage: ISRO
Sriharikota: ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Sunday informed the space agency’s maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) suffered “data loss” at the terminal stage, although three stages “performed and separated,” and said…
- India
Mobile internet suspended for 5 days in Manipur amid protests
Imphal: Mobile internet services have been suspended for five days across Manipur, as per an official order. According to the order issued by Special Secretary (Home) H Gyan Prakash on Saturday, some…
- India
Maha: Cabinet expansion delayed as no ‘green signal’ from Delhi, quips Pawar
Pune: The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra cannot expand the cabinet until they receive a “green signal” from Delhi which is simple mathematics, Maharashtra opposition leader Ajit Pawar said on Saturday. He…
- Telangana
Telangana logs 652 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana on Saturday recorded 652 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 8,25,360 so far. The highest number of cases was reported in Hyderabad district with 220. A Health Department bulletin…
- Delhi
Delhi Dy CM Sisodia emphasises need to instill confidence in children
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday emphasised the need to instil confidence in children, saying we should have faith in children’s ability to succeed and encourage them to…
- India
Jailed Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s wife questioned by ED, leaves after nine hours
Mumbai: Jailed Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut left the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) office on Saturday night after recording her statement in connection with the alleged Patra Chawl redevelopment scam…
- India
Legal system distorted as only poor languish in jail without trial: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged that the legal system in the country is distorted and only the poor languish in jail without trial or bail. He cited…
