- World
20 hurt as mob attack halts music concert in Bangladesh
Dhaka: At least 20 students were injured in a mob attack in Bangladesh that forced the cancellation of a concert by popular rock singer James, who has also sung several hit Hindi…
- Kolkata
SIR hearings to begin on Saturday in Bengal; 32 L unmapped voters to be covered
Kolkata: The hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal will commence on Saturday, with 3,234 centres set up across the state, a senior official said.…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: ‘Drunk’ driver arrested for dragging bike 500m, hitting vehicles
Bengaluru: Police have arrested a 38-year-old man on charges of drunk and rash driving after his SUV rammed into a bike, dragged it for about 500 metres, before hitting multiple vehicles, officials…
- India
MEA vows to bring back Lalit Modi, Mallya after ‘biggest fugitives’ jibe
New Delhi: India on Friday said it is committed to bring back from abroad the economic fugitives including Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya to face the law in the country. The assertion…
- Bangalore
Customs issues high alert as fraudsters pose as officials at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru: The Customs department at the Kempegowda International Airport on Friday issued a high alert for the public after detecting a fraud racket in which impostors posing as Customs officials are cheating…
- Middle East
Palestinian attacker kills 2 in Israel with car; IDF raids his hometown
Jerusalem: A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an…
- Mumbai
Mumbai: Teesta Setalvad joins protest against attacks on Christians
Mumbai: Several hundred people held a protest on Friday evening in Goregaon in Mumbai against Christmas-related attacks by right-wing outfits across India. The protest was organised by Samvidhan Jaagar Yatra Samiti (SJYS)…
- India
Group forcibly removes Christmas decorations in Indore
Indore: Right-wing activists created a ruckus and forcibly removed a Christmas tree and other Xmas decorations from a food street in Indore, police said on Friday. A video of the incident that…
- India
Planning a 360-degree assault on organised crime: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched two databases – the Organised Crime Network Database and the Weapons Database for lost, looted & recovered arms – hosted by the…
- World
Putin’s India visit reaffirms aligned strategic goals: Russian Foreign Ministry
Moscow: Agreements reached during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent India visit reaffirmed the alignment of strategic goals and the “steadfastness” of the two countries’ “time-tested mutual trust, the Foreign Ministry here said…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra police busts international cybercrime network involved in telecom fraud
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh CID, with the help of the Department of Telecommunication, arrested 14 members of an international cybercrime network involved in ‘SIM Box operations’ and telecom fraud, said a police official…
- India
CM Stalin alleges communal harmony in Tamil Nadu ‘irritates’ BJP
Kallakurichi: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday slammed the BJP over alleged incidents of attacks on Christians and said that though the Saffron party wanted to replicate such a model in…
- India
Earthquake of 4.6 magnitude recorded in Gujarat’s Kutch
Ahmedabad: An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude hit Kutch district in Gujarat early Friday morning, creating panic among residents, though no casualty or damage to properties was reported, officials said. It was recorded…
- India
Court acquits Ola cab driver in outraging modesty case involving woman passenger
Mumbai: A sessions court here has acquitted an Ola cab driver of charges related to insulting a woman’s modesty, but upheld his conviction for criminal intimidation offence with reduced sentence in an…
- India
ED files final prosecution complaint in Chhattisgarh liquor ‘scam’
Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a final prosecution complaint in the alleged liquor scam case in Chhattisgarh, naming 59 persons, taking the total number of accused in the money…
