- India
Tamil Nadu: Former CM Panneerselvam hospitalised for COVID-19 symptoms
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has been admitted to a hospital after he developed COVID-19 symptoms, the hospital treating him said on Saturday. Panneerselvam was admitted to the isolation unit…
- India
3 Udaipur murder accused sent to judicial custody till August 1
Jaipur: A designated National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday sent three Udaipur tailor murder case accused to judicial custody till August 1, according to a government lawyer. Riaz Akhtari, also known…
- India
Democracy ruined in the country: Yashwant Sinha
Ranchi: Democracy stands “ruined” in the country, Yashwant Sinha, the joint nominee of the opposition parties in the upcoming presidential polls said here on Saturday. He said the presidential election should not…
- India
CJI concerned over large population of under trials in jails
Jaipur: Out of 6.10 lakh prisoners in the country, nearly 80 per cent are undertrials, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Saturday while stressing the need to increase the efficiency…
- India
Foods stocks dwindling, country staring at severe food crisis: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday flagged “dwindling food stocks” and said the country was staring at a “severe food crisis” for which the Modi government’s “anti-farmer” policies were responsible. The Opposition…
- India
Chidambaram blames handling of economy for falling rupee
Kolkata: Former finance minister P Chidambaram has launched a scathing attack on the central government, blaming its handling of a host of issues including the falling rupee, employment generation and LPG price…
- World
Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe, Premadasa among 4 leaders to contest presidential election
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa are among the four leaders who have joined the race to become the country’s next President as the lawmakers…
- India
Sonia Gandhi acted through Patel to target Modi: BJP on Setalvad case
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday alleged that Congress president Sonia Gandhi was the “driving force” behind the “conspiracy” to implicate then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case in…
- Middle East
Air Arabia flight from Sharjah to Cochin develops hydraulic failure, lands safely at airport
A full emergency was declared at Kochi airport on Friday after an incident of hydraulic failure was reported from an inbound Air Arabia flight from Sharjah, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL)…
- India
AAP to support Yashwant Sinha in presidential poll: MP Sanjay Singh
New Delhi: The AAP will support opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in the Presidential Poll, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said after a political advisory committee (PAC) meeting of the party on Saturday.…
- Telangana
Telangana: CM KCR to undertake aerial survey of rain-hit areas on Sunday
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would undertake an aerial survey of rain and flood-hit areas in the state on Sunday. The aerial survey would cover the Godavari catchment area in…
- World
Over 6M people in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ‘food insecure’: World Food Programme
United Nations: Over six million people or over 28 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population are “food insecure” and this situation is likely to deteriorate as the crisis unfolds in the island…
- Featured News
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy only president elected unopposed
New Delhi: The country’s seventh president Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the only one to be elected unopposed to the post in the history of independent India. He succeeded Fakruddin Ali Ahmed after…
- Andhra Pradesh
Godavari flood swells in AP, several villages marooned
Amaravati: Flood flow at the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh crossed the 24 lakh cusecs mark on Saturday morning and is expected to go further up…
- Tollywood News
Chiranjeevi to present Telugu version of Laal Singh Chaddha
Mumbai: Megastar Chiranjeevi on Saturday announced that he will be presenting the Telugu version of Aamir Khan’s much-awaited movie Laal Singh Chaddha. An official remake of Tom Hanks’ 1994 feature Forrest Gump,…
