- India
SC to hear Shashi Tharoor’s Plea in defamation case over remarks against PM Modi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor against a Delhi High Court verdict that refused to quash defamation proceedings against him…
- Bangalore
Shivakumar accuses centre of Tax devolution injustice; Vows to fight back
Bengaluru: Alleging that the Centre has done injustice by allocating less funds to Karnataka in the tax devolution, deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday, October 12 said that the Congress…
- India
Child rights body urges state to stop Madrassa funding over RTE violations
New Delhi: The apex child rights body has raised serious concerns about the state of functioning in madrassas and called for stopping state funding to them unless they comply with the Right…
- Chennai
How many more families must be destroyed: Rahul Gandhi on Bagmati Express accident
New Delhi: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, October 12, attacked the Centre over the train accident in Tamil Nadu, saying no lessons have been learned despite…
- Bollywood
Rohit Shetty to re-release ‘Singham’ next week
Mumbai: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty on Friday announced that his 2011 blockbuster “Singham”, starring Ajay Devgn, will be re-released in theatres on October 18. The announcement comes weeks before the Diwali release of…
- India
UP: Man hangs 10-year-old daughter upside down with rope and beats her, arrested
Banda: A 45-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district has been arrested for allegedly beating his 10-year-old daughter while hanging her upside down with a rope, police said on Saturday. Station House…
- India
Live cockroach removed from man’s intestine in Delhi
New Delhi: A live cockroach measuring 3 centimeters was successfully removed from the small intestine of a 23-year-old man at a private hospital here, officials said on Friday. The procedure, which took…
- News
Haryana Polls: Congress files fresh complaints on EVM ‘Discrepancies’
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday, October 10 submitted more complaints to the Election Commission alleging discrepancies in the electronic voting machines during the counting of votes for the Haryana assembly elections.…
- News
RG Kar: Junior doctor critical but stable, colleagues’ condition worsens
Kolkata: The health condition of junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised because of deteriorating health due to a fast he began on Sunday, is “critical but stable,” RG Kar hospital sources…
- Pakistan
UK: Pak-origin man gets life term for murder of Indian restaurant manager
London: A 25-year-old man of Pakistani heritage has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an Indian restaurant manager who was killed in a road collision with a car while…
- Sports
Bumrah named India vice-captain for NZ Test series, in indication of leadership role in Australia
New Delhi: Premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Friday named vice-captain of India for the upcoming three-match home Test series against New Zealand, strongly indicating his possible elevation to the leadership role…
- India
MP: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s nephew booked for obstructing govt work
Guna: The nephew of senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was on Friday booked for allegedly obstructing a campaign of the Madhya Pradesh government in the state’s Guna district, a police official said.…
- Hyderabad
‘Future City’, Ring Road among big projects on cards for Hyderabad: Official
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has plans to set up a ‘Future City’ in Hyderabad outskirts, redeveloping Musi river, and constructing a Regional Ring Road to transform the city, a senior official said…
- India
DGCA to examine Air India Express plane that suffered hydraulic failure
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct a thorough examination of the Air India Express plane that suffered a hydraulic failure while operating a flight from Trichy to Sharjah on Friday to…
- World
Sri Lanka: Big names missing in parliamentary elections
Colombo: Big names such as the Rajapaksa brothers, former presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Maithripala Sirisena are missing as the nominations for the November 14 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections closed on Friday, October…
