- India
BJP calls labour Bill historic, Opposition calls it ‘anti-labour’
New Delhi: The BJP and its allies on Thursday, February 12, strongly defended the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill terming it “historic reforms” for the welfare of labourers while the opposition described…
- India
False and incorrect: Congress accuses Sitharaman of distorting Bali WTO record
New Delhi: Congress leader Anand Sharma slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday for criticising India’s stand at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali in 2013 during the UPA rule, and accused…
- India
Rahul Gandhi wants to start civil war in India: Giriraj Singh
New Delhi: Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday, February 12, launched a scathing attack at Rahul Gandhi, calling him “liar and rowdy” and alleged that the Congress leader wants to start a…
- News
After 13 years, Centre revives Rs 3.6 lakh crore 114-Rafale plan
New Delhi: The defence ministry on Thursday, February 12, cleared a long-pending proposal to procure 114 Rafale fighter jets under a government-to-government framework from France, nearly 13 years after a similar acquisition…
- Photos
Bharat Bandh: Left, Congress hold protests across Telangana
Hyderabad: Congress, CPI, CPI(M) leaders and workers held protests in Hyderabad and other places in Telangana on Thursday, February 12, as part of the nationwide strike called by trade unions against the…
- Business
Sensex tumbles 558 points on sell-off in IT shares over AI disruptions
Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex fell 558 points on Thursday, February 12, amid heavy selling in IT shares, as concerns over AI-led disruptions and waning hopes of a Fed rate cut after firm…
- Hyderabad
UBS opens new GCC in Hyderabad, to add 3K jobs next 2 years
Hyderabad: Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company UBS on Wednesday announced the opening of its new global capability center (GCC), which, over the next two years, would generate 3,000 jobs…
- India
Uddhav Thackeray’s Sena corporator Syed Iqbal elected Parbhani Mayor
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Syed Iqbal was on Thursday, February 12, elected the new Mayor of Parbhani city in central Maharashtra with Congress support, defeating his BJP rival Tirumala Khillare…
- Top Stories
Tamannaah becomes face of Mysore sandal soap amid ‘non-Kannadiga’ row
Bengaluru: Actress Tamannaah Bhatia formally took on her role as the brand ambassador of KSDL, amid objections from some persons, including a BJP MP, who questioned the rationale behind picking a non-Kannada…
- Sports
T20 WC: Sri Lanka thrash Oman by 105 runs for second consecutive win
Pallekele: Sri Lanka outclassed Oman by 105 runs to register their second successive victory in the T20 World Cup here on Thursday, February 12. In a Group B match, Oman were limited…
- Hollywood
‘Dawson’s Creek’ star James Van Der Beek dies at 48
New York: James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in “Dawson’s Creek” and in…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad airport bomb threat email turns out to be a hoax
Hyderabad: Authorities at the Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport in Hyderabad have declared the bomb threat they received late Wednesday, February 11, was a hoax after conducting thorough terminal inspections. They received…
- Sports
T20 WC: Sri Lankan batters power team to highest total in match against Oman
Pallekele: Skipper Dasun Shanaka, Pavan Ratnayake and Kusal Mendis powered their way to fifties as Sri Lanka posted a mammoth 225 for five against Oman in a T20 World Cup match here…
- India
Social media co-convener who posted Assam BJP’s controversial video, fired
Guwahati: The Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has removed a co-convenor of its social media team for posting the now-deleted video featuring Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that created a huge controversy,…
- Kerala
Kerala HC grants bail to expelled Congress MLA in sexual assault case
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday, February 12, granted anticipatory bail to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case of rape and forced abortion against him. Justice Kauser Edappagath granted…
