- India
Court sentences man to life imprisonment in 5-year-old girl’s rape-murder case
Ghaziabad: A special POCSO court sentenced a convict to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1.30 lakh in connection with the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in 2019.…
- Kashmir
Cold conditions intensify in Kashmir; IMD forecasts spells of wet weather
Srinagar: Cold conditions tightened grip over Kashmir as the minimum temperatures plunged across the valley, with Sonamarg the coldest recorded place in the valley, officials said on Sunday. The meteorological department has…
- India
Cold cases purge: After 5 decades, Mumbai court shutters Rs 7.65 theft case
Mumbai: Nearly 50 years after the theft of Rs 7.65, a Mumbai court has finally dropped the curtain on a 1977 cold case involving two unidentified accused and a complainant who remained…
- India
Escaped jail inmate recaptured after encounter in UP’s Kannauj: Police
Kannauj: An inmate who had escaped from the Kannauj district jail earlier this month was arrested on Sunday, January 18, after he was injured in a police encounter, a senior police officer…
- Business
Mcap of 3 of top-10 most valued firms jumps by Rs 75,855 cr
New Delhi: The combined market valuation of three of the top-10 most valued firms jumped Rs 75,855.43 crore in a holiday-shortened last week, with State Bank of India and Infosys emerging as…
- India
Javed Akhtar’s remarks on Rahman’s concerns not in sync with reality of Muslims: Mehbooba
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar was contradicting the lived realities of Indian Muslims by dismissing music maestro A R Rahman’s concerns about the alleged communalisation…
- India
Need to erase caste from mind to end discrimination: RSS chief Bhagwat
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that if caste discrimination is to be eliminated from social practice, then caste must first be erased from the mind. In…
- India
Brazil, Nigeria emerge key export markets for Indian Pharma
New Delhi: Brazil and Nigeria are emerging as key export destinations for Indian pharmaceutical firms amid global economic uncertainties, according to the commerce ministry data. Nigeria emerged as one of the fastest…
- World
Hindu businessman in Bangladesh beaten to death over bananas
A Hindu businessman was beaten to death in Bangladesh’s Gazipur by three members of a family following a dispute over bananas, local media reported. It has not been confirmed whether the incident…
- India
Goa nightclub fire: Establishment was flagged for illegal construction in 2024
The Goa government has told the legislative assembly that the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, where 25 persons died in a fire last month, had been flagged for illegal construction by revenue…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Union Minister Kishan Reddy leads Sundays On Cycle
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy joined the Hyderabad edition of ‘Sundays On Cycle’ here and highlighted that initiatives like ‘Fit India’ movement are crucial to preserving and strengthening the potential of the…
- Health
Paracetamol in pregnancy not linked to Autism or ADHD: Study
Adelaide: If you’ve been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma. You wake up with a fever, a pounding headache or back pain, and then pause. Is…
- India
Madhya Pradesh GBS outbreak: 2 die in MP, govt ramps up detection
Two persons have died after an outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, an immunological nerve disorder, in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district, prompting the government to launch a drive to identify patients and ensure their…
- India
Forgetting history erodes society: Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman
New Delhi: Forgetting history weakens democracy and erodes a society’s moral direction, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh said on Saturday, January 17, while addressing a symposium at the World Book…
- India
Kanpur man strangles wife to death over infidelity doubts; surrenders
Kanpur: A 24-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death barely four months after their marriage over suspicion of adultery, and later surrendered at a police station here, officials said on Saturday.…
