- Business
Markets rebound after 3-day fall on firm Asian peers, FII inflows
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Monday after sliding for the past three sessions tracking positive trends in Asian markets and buying in blue-chip stocks. Besides,…
- World
Senate takes first step toward ending government shutdown
Washington: The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering…
- India
Himanta: Rising minority affluence may signal ‘Assamese surrender’
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that apart from demographic change, the state is also witnessing an “economic shift”, with Muslims becoming more prosperous, and said this could mean that…
- India
Assam cabinet approves Bill to ban polygamy
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the state cabinet has approved a Bill to ban polygamy, for which convicts may face up to seven years of rigorous…
- Middle East
Bilateral Haj agreement signed with Saudi Arabia; India’s quota fixed for 2026
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has signed the bilateral Haj Agreement in Jeddah, with the country’s quota for India confirmed at 175,025 for the pilgrimage in 2026. Rijiju, who was…
- India
‘Citizens treated like criminals’: Rahul slams govt over detention of protesters
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday criticised the government after several people protesting at India Gate against the worsening air quality were detained for assembling without permission and asked why…
- News
Photos: Bihar elections 2025
Twenty-five-year-old Vikas Kumar, a science graduate from a local college, drives an autorickshaw for a living. But he hopes the next Bihar government in place following the current elections will change his…
- India
I swear on the Holy Quran I did not approach BJP in 2024: Omar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday refuted allegations made by the BJP that he sought an alliance with the ruling party at the Centre in 2024 for the…
- India
Karur stampede: Ambulance drivers appear before CBI for questioning
Karur: Ambulance drivers who were on duty during actor-politician Vijay’s election rally in Karur appeared before the CBI on Sunday, sources said. A stampede at the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally led…
- Telangana
Telangana: Man kills wife with cricket bat over suspected infidelity
Hyderabad: A man allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death with a cricket bat on Sunday, suspecting her of infidelity, police said. The incident took place in Ameenpur town in Telangana’s Sangareddy district…
- Mumbai
Drone spotted over Uddhav’s Mumbai residence, probe ordered
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab on Sunday claimed a drone was spotted hovering over ‘Matoshree’, the Mumbai residence of party head and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, and raised…
- Telangana
Telangana’s revenue receipts stand at 43 pc of estimated Rs 2.85 lakh cr after 6 months
Hyderabad: Telangana’s total revenue receipts stood at Rs 1.22 lakh crore at the end of the first six months of the current financial year, representing 42.87 per cent of the projected Rs…
- Hyderabad
Drugs racket targeting minor girls in Hyderabad’s Old City, claims Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday alleged that a drugs racket, allegedly operating with the “support of Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM”, was targeting Hindu minor girls, kidnapping and assaulting them in…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: Over 1.6 mn children engaged in child labour in Sindh
Karachi: Over 1.6 million children are engaged in child labour in Pakistan’s Sindh province, a senior official said on Sunday, citing a recent survey. Child labour remains a major menace in the…
- Pakistan
Traders urge Pakistan govt to act as Afghan-truck gridlock hits border trade
Peshawar: With commercial cargo trucks, some with perishable goods, stranded at the Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since October 11, two top trade bodies on Sunday urged the Pakistan government to…
