- Delhi
Pleasant Saturday in Delhi, light rain likely on Sunday
New Delhi: It was yet another pleasant day in the national capital on Saturday as the maximum temperature settled seven notches below normal at 32.7 degrees Celsius, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)…
- India
Don’t arrest sex workers during raids: Madras HC
Chennai: Sex workers should not be arrested or penalized whenever a brothel house is raided by police, the Madras High Court has ruled. Citing a recent Supreme Court judgment, which had held that…
- India
Aspirant runs 60 km, anti-Agnipath protest spreads in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: An aspirant for an Armed Forces job ran 60 km in Nabarangpur as a mark of his opposition to ‘Agnipath’ on Saturday and a large number of agitators sat in dharna…
- India
Inappropriate for sensitive govt to strike first, think later: Varun Gandhi on Agnipath
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at the Centre over the Agnipath scheme, saying it is not appropriate for a sensitive government to “strike first and think…
- World
UK to electronically tag some illegal migrants to track movements
London: The UK government is to launch a 12-month pilot scheme that will involve some illegal migrants seeking asylum in the country being electronically tagged to keep track of their movements, it…
- World
Sri Lanka announces shut-down of govt offices, schools amid fuel crisis
Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lankan government has announced a shut-down of public sector offices from next week, beginning Monday, due to severe fuel shortages as the island nation continues to reel under its…
- India
Agnipath protests: 369 trains cancelled across India on Saturday
New Delhi: The Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday due to the agitation against the Centre’s recently announced Agnipath scheme for recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces, officials said. These include…
- India
Farooq Abdullah refuses offer to be oppn presidential candidate
Srinagar: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Saturday withdrew his name for consideration as the joint opposition candidate for the presidential polls, saying he would like to contribute in navigating of Jammu and…
- India
Police use lathi-charge to disperse anti-Agnipath protesters in Karnataka’s Dharwad
Dharwad (Karnataka): Police resorted to mild lathi-charge to disperse anti-Agnipath protesters as they attempted to take out a protest march against the defence recruitment scheme here, officials said on Saturday. According to…
- India
MHA to reserve 10% vacancies for Agniveers in CAPFs, Assam Rifles recruitment
New Delhi: The Home Ministry Saturday announced to reserve 10 per cent vacancies for recruitment in the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles for Agniveers, the Home Minister’s Office said. The…
- India
Prophet row: NCPCR for NIA probe into use of children in ‘communal protests’
New Delhi: The apex child rights body NCPCR on Saturday urged governments of states that witnessed “communal protests” over remarks made by two now-sacked BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad to recommend an…
- India
Agnipath scheme announced after wide-ranging consultations: Rajnath
New Delhi: As protests against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme widens, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday strongly defended the new military recruitment model saying it was announced after wide-ranging consultations including with the…
- India
Bihar: Agnipath protests continue; vehicles at police outpost torched
Jehanabad: Violent anti-Agnipath protests continued rocking Bihar for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday, with agitators torching vehicles parked on the premises of a police outpost in Jehanabad district, officials said. A…
- India
Anti-Agnipath agitation: Massive protest rally in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The ongoing anti-Agnipath agitations in various parts of the country on Saturday sparked another form of protest in Kerala as hundreds of youths took out huge protest rallies in Thiruvananthapuram and…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Train services resume at violence-hit Secunderabad station under tight security cover
Hyderabad: Train services at Secunderabad Railway Station, which witnessed arson and violence resulting in the death of a protester aspiring to join the armed forces, are limping back to normalcy, a senior…
