- India
Lawyer gets death threats over status message supporting Nupur Sharma
Ahmedabad: A lawyer has approached police here after allegedly receiving a death threat over a WhatsApp status message supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, police said on Wednesday. A First Information Report…
- India
After Naqvi, no Muslim among BJP MPs, Union council of ministers
New Delhi: With Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigning on Wednesday and his Rajya Sabha term ending a day later, there will be no Muslim face in the Union Council of…
- India
PT Usha, Ilaiyaraaja nominated to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Legendary athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja were among prominent personalties nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple Veerendra Heggade and noted…
- India
Dalai Lama turns 87, PM wishes him on phone
Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama turned 87 on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishing the Tibetan spiritual leader on phone and his supporters celebrating at a grand event here. To mark the…
- India
Teesta Setalvad files bail plea, court seeks Gujarat govt’s reply
Ahmedabad: A sessions court here on Wednesday issued a notice to the Gujarat government while hearing regular bail plea filed by activist Teesta Setalvad, who is one of the two persons arrested…
- Business
RBI unveils measures to check rupee fall; raises overseas borrowing limits for cos
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised overseas borrowing limits for companies and liberalised norms for foreign investments in government bonds as it announced a slew of measures to boost…
- India
Only 10% students at JNU are ‘troublemakers’: JNU VC on campus politics, violence
New Delhi: Ninety per cent of students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are apolitical and only 10 per cent are “troublemakers” who think they can build their political careers at the…
- India
Mewat man offers Rs 2 cr for slitting Nupur’s tongue, police launch probe
Gurugram: Police in Mewat are looking into a video clip in which a man declares a “reward” of Rs 2 crore for slitting the tongue of now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for…
- India
SC to hear plea of TV anchor against FIRs for doctored Rahul Gandhi video
New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thursday the plea of a TV news anchor, facing several FIRs in some states for playing a doctored clip of Congress leader Rahul…
- India
MP: Tribal woman thrashed, paraded with husband on shoulders in Khargone
Khargone: A 45-year-old woman was allegedly thrashed and forced to walk carrying her husband on her shoulders at a village in Madhya Pradesh‘s Khargone district, and seven persons were arrested in connection…
- India
I-T raids at manufacturers of Dolo-650, pill that got popular during Covid
Bengaluru: The Income Tax department Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical company Micro Labs Ltd, the manufacturers of the Dolo-650 tablet that was widely used by COVID-19 patients during…
- Telangana
‘Green goal’: Telangana gears up to plant 19.54 crore saplings this year
Hyderabad: Telangana government aims to plant 19.54 crore saplings this year, under the eighth edition of its ‘Haritha Haram,’ a large-scale tree-planting drive, in the State. A Santhi Kumari, Special Chief Secretary…
- India
Uddhav-led Sena changes chief whip in LS amid fears of losing MPs to rebels
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Wednesday nominated Rajan Vichare as the party’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, replacing MP Bhavana Gawali, party leader Sanjay Raut said. “It is to…
- India
Gap between 2nd, precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine reduced to 6 months
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has reduced the gap between the second and precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all beneficiaries from nine to six months following a recommendation by NTAGI.…
- India
Kali row: Taken aback by attack on Mahua Moitra, ‘lighten up’, says Tharoor
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said he is “taken aback by the attack” on Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for her comments on Goddess Kali, and urged people to…
