- India
Mission 2024: Shah, Nadda meet BJP leaders to discuss roadmap for 144 weak LS seats
New Delhi: BJP chief J P Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah held a brainstorming session on Tuesday with key party leaders tasked with boosting its prospects in 144 Lok Sabha…
- Sports
Akal Takht, SGPC condemn hateful comments against cricketer Arshdeep Singh
Amritsar: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami on Tuesday condemned hateful comments against cricketer Arshdeep Singh on social media after he dropped…
- India
Nitish, Tejashwi to attend INLD’s Sept 25 rally; Pawar, Akhilesh among invited
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and several opposition leaders will attend the Indian National Lok Dal’s public rally on September 25 in Haryana, party leader Abhay…
- India
Indian Railways to provide training, IT solutions to Bangladesh Railway
New Delhi: The Indian Railways will provide training to the employees of the Bangladesh Railway as well as offer IT solutions for the computerisation of its passenger ticketing and freight operations, according…
- India
Congress cites audit to allege ration scam under MP CM’s watch
Bhopal: The opposition Congress on Tuesday cited the report of the Madhya Pradesh Accountant General (AG) to allege corruption in the poshan-aahar or supplementary nutrition scheme under the women and child development…
- India
Bihar political upheaval unlikely to have nationwide impact: Kishor
Sitamarhi: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Monday asserted that the recent upheaval in Bihar, which stripped the BJP of power in a trice, was a “state-specific” phenomenon and unlikely to have nationwide…
- India
More than 4,000 drug smugglers nabbed in last two months: Punjab Police
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Tuesday said it has arrested more than 4,223 drug smugglers in the last two months under its ongoing anti-drug drive in the state. The police also recovered…
- Stock Market
Gold gains Rs 107; silver jumps Rs 563
New Delhi: Gold rose by Rs 107 to Rs 51,092 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday amid depreciation in the rupee, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade,…
- Kerala
Kerala parish does away with wooden coffins, starts using cotton shroud for burial
Alappuzha: A church in Kerala has stopped the time-honoured practice of using wooden coffins for burial in favour of eco-friendly cotton cloth. St George Church in Arthunkal near here under the Latin…
- India
Centre likely to sign peace accord with Assam Adivasi militants in September: CM
Kokrajhar: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Tuesday said that the Centre is likely to sign a peace accord with militant organisations from the state’s Adivasi communities within September. Addressing a press…
- India
Gadkari to inaugurate conference Manthan in Bengaluru on Thursday
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday will inaugurate a three-day conference cum public Expo Manthan in Bengaluru to anchor discussions across multiple issues and opportunities in the infrastructure sector, according…
- India
More than 59,000 killed in accidents on Maha roads in less than five years
Mumbai: More than 59,000 people have died and 80,000 seriously injured in road accidents in Maharashtra in less than five years, the data released by the highway police revealed on Tuesday. The…
- Business
Canara Bank raises benchmark lending rate by up to 0.15%
New Delhi: Canara Bank on Tuesday said it has hiked the benchmark MCLR by up to 0.15 percent, a move that will make loans costlier. The revised marginal cost of funds-based lending…
- India
Punjab not cooperating in resolving SYL canal dispute, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court the Punjab government is “not cooperating” in resolving the decades-old Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute between the state and Haryana. The apex…
- India
Dalai Lama congratulates new UK prime minister Dharamsala, HP
Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama on Tuesday congratulated Liz Truss, the United Kingdom’s newly elected Prime Minister, and hoped that country will continue to contribute to peace in an interdependent world. In his…
