- India
Thoughtful analysis: Tharoor on X user’s thread on contrast between him and Rahul
New Delhi: Amid deteriorating ties with his party, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday termed “thoughtful” an analysis by an X user who posted a long thread on the social media platform…
- Pakistan
Pakistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign
Peshawar: Pakistan on Monday launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, targeting 45.5 million children under five years of age. The week-long drive will involve more than 400,000 frontline polio workers, the National…
- India
Court rejects plea to change cloth covering lock of sealed Gyanvapi wuzukhana
Varanasi: The Varanasi district court on Monday rejected a plea seeking the replacement of a piece of cloth tied over the sealed lock of the wuzukhana inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex here.…
- India
Train firing: Court orders medical examination of accused former RPF constable
Mumbai: A court here on Monday ordered medical examination of former Railway Protection Force constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, held for shooting dead his senior colleague and three passengers on a moving train. Chaudhary…
- Chennai
President Murmu to visit Karnataka, TN, Telangana from Dec 16 to 22
New Delhi: President Drouapdi Murmu will visit Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana from December 16 to 22, her office said on Monday. On Tuesday, Murmu will inaugurate the 1066th Jayanthi celebrations of…
- Delhi
Delhi smog takes toll on pet animals, birds; vets see surge in respiratory cases
New Delhi: Pets and birds are increasingly showing signs of respiratory distress, eye infections, and stomach ailments with rising pollution in Delhi, the city’s veterinary doctors have said. Doctors say animals, especially…
- India
India’s exports rise 19.37 pc in Nov; trade gap shrinks to 5-month low
New Delhi: India’s exports rebounded by 19.37 per cent to USD 38.13 billion in November after contracting in October, driven by higher shipments of engineering and electronics goods that helped bring down…
- India
Thiruparankundram hill structure not a temple lamp pillar, says HRCE
Madurai: The stone pillar referred to as ‘Deepathoon’ atop the Thiruparankundran hill near a Dargah was not a temple lamp pillar and it could be a Jain structure, the Tamil Nadu Hindu…
- India
Nitin Nabin takes charge as BJP national working president
New Delhi: Newly-appointed national working president of the BJP Nitin Nabin took charge of his new responsibility at the party headquarters here on Monday. BJP president and Union Health Minister J P…
- India
Actor surivivor says she lost faith in trial court after Dileep acquitted
Thiruvananthapuram: The survivor in the 2017 actress assault case on Sunday said the trial court verdict did not come as a surprise to her, noting that over the years she realised not…
- World
Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid but rejects US push to cede territory
Berlin: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the US push for ceding territory to…
- Telangana
Congress should vacate power in Telangana if it doubts EC: Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Slamming Congress over its ‘vote chori’ allegations, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Monday said the party should set the precedent by vacating power in Telangana and Karnataka as governments in…
- Photos
Ex-bureaucrat Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner
New Delhi: Former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal was on Monday sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President Droupadi Murmu. A three-member panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last…
- Business
WPI inflation rises in November
New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation (WPI) came in at (-) 0.32 per cent in November, driven by an uptick in prices of food articles like pulses and vegetables on a month-on-month basis,…














