- India
Designate one child welfare police officer in every police station: NCPCR to DGPs
New Delhi: Apex child rights body NCPCR has asked director generals of police (DGPs) of all states and Union territories to designate at least one child welfare police officer in every police…
- Andhra Pradesh
2023 to be ‘Visit Andhra Pradesh’ year to foster tourism
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh will observe 2023 as ‘Visit Andhra Pradesh’ year to foster tourism, with particular emphasis on attracting foreign tourists. Towards this, the AP Tourism Development Corporation has developed a GIS-based…
- India
Sachin Pilot arrives in Delhi amid high political drama in Rajasthan Congress
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot arrived in the national capital on Tuesday amid a buzz of a likely meeting with the party high command…
- India
Punjab CM moves confidence motion in state Assembly, accuses BJP of bid to topple govt
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday moved a confidence motion in the state Assembly as he accused the BJP of the bid to topple his government and alleged that the…
- India
Allahabad University students protesting fee hike threaten ‘bhu samadhi’
Prayagraj: Allahabad University students demonstrating against a fee hike on Tuesday threatened to take “bhu samadhi” by burying themselves in a pit they dug at their protest site here. Some of them…
- India
Mistry accident: Road safety audit raises concern over poor maintenance, inadequate signages
New Delhi: A safety audit on the highway, which witnessed the accidental death of Tata Sons’ former chairman Cyrus Mistry, has raised concerns over poor maintenance, inadequate signages to guide drivers and…
- World
Army boosting surveillance, fire power capability along frontier with China
New Delhi: The Army has significantly bolstered its fire power along the frontier with China by deploying a range of rockets and artillery weapons and plans to procure an array of additional…
- World
PM Modi conveys heartfelt condolences to Abe’s widow on tragic loss
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met with Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, at the Akasaka Palace here and conveyed his heartfelt condolences on…
- India
SC allows EC to continue with hearing Shinde team’s claim of being real Shiv Sena
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to go ahead with the hearing of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group’s plea seeking recognition as the…
- Kerala
If communal forces are to be banned, RSS should be the first: CPI(M)
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s ruling CPI(M) on Tuesday said imposing a ban on an extremist organisation or a communal force would not put an end to its activities and if such a step has…
- India
SC issues notices to NIA, Maha govt on activist Navlakha’s plea for house arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the state of Maharashtra to jailed activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea that he be placed under house…
- India
HC tells SIT, Karnataka govt to furnish written submissions before arguments in Jarkiholi case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the state government to furnish written submissions in the petition challenging the probe in the alleged video-leak extortion…
- India
SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging Centre’s 10 per cent EWS quota
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections…
- India
President gives assent to Haryana law declaring child marriages void
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a legislation of Haryana under which every child marriage that has been solemnised will be considered as “void ab initio” (having no…
- Middle East
Iran: Enforced hijab sparks online debate; feminists calls for action
London: Iranian authorities have cracked down on protests which erupted after the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the hijab appropriately.…
