- India
EC prepares for possible pan-India voter list revision from next month
New Delhi: The Election Commission has activated its poll machinery across states for a possible roll out of pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) next month just like the one being carried out…
- India
SC to hear plea to save Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed…
- India
Couple dies by suicide after families opposed marriage
Mirzapur: A young man and woman allegedly committed suicide here by jumping in front of a train. Initial probe suggested that the couple from Prayagraj wanted to marry but their families opposed…
- India
Video: Goods train ferrying oil catches fire in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: A goods train carrying high-speed diesel caught fire on Sunday morning near Tiruvallur, a Railway official said. The fire broke out in a wagon and quickly spread to others. No casualties…
- India
Karnataka Congress MLA pitches Nitin Gadkari for PM, cites RSS age-limit remark
Shivamogga: Karnataka Congress MLA Belur Gopalakrishna has suggested Union Minister Nitin Gadkari as the ideal successor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should he step down on turning 75 years of age. The…
- India
PM Modi hails contribution of four nominated to RS
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the contributions of former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, special public prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case Ujjwal Nikam, Kerala BJP…
- India
Radicalisation in prisons increasingly critical challenge: MHA
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has flagged radicalisation in prisons as an increasingly critical challenge and stressed the need for urgent steps to check the trend for maintaining public order…
- India
Election Commission always a ‘puppet’ in hands of Centre: Kapil Sibal
New Delhi: The Election Commission has always been a “puppet” in the hands of the Modi government, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has alleged and claimed the poll body’s Special Intensive Revision…
- India
Bihar govt to employment opportunities to 1 cr youths in 5 yrs: Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said the Bihar government will provide jobs and employment opportunities to one crore youths over the next five years. In a bid to impart…
- India
Sonia Gandhi calls meeting to finalise Congress strategy for monsoon session
New Delhi: Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi will chair a key meeting on Tuesday to finalise the party’s strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament which is expected to witness…
- India
Centre not taking steps for release of Nimisha Priya: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram: AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday claimed that the central government was not taking any steps to intervene with the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from the state…
- Middle East
Blast in Yemen kills 5 children who were playing soccer
Aden: Five children in southwestern Yemen died after an explosive device detonated in a residential area where they were playing soccer, rights groups and eye witnesses said Saturday. The circumstances surrounding their…
- Sports
India amble to 316/5 after centurion Rahul gives his wicket away
London: KL Rahul got out to a loose drive after completing his second hundred at Lord’s before Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja survived a hostile spell of fast bowling from Jofra Archer,…
- India
‘Avoid visiting Kashmir’: Adhikari to Bengalis; BJP leader slams remarks
Triggering fresh political outrage, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal president and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, in a public gathering, asked people not to visit “Muslim-majority” areas of Jammu and…
- India
Odisha student sets herself on fire after sexual harassment complaint ignored
Balasore: A woman student of a college in Odisha’s Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, on Saturday, July 12, allegedly set herself on fire on the…
