- India
14-month-old raped, killed in Tripura, accused arrested
Agartala: A 14-month-old child was allegedly raped and killed in North Tripura’s Panisagar area, police said on Sunday. The accused, a daily wager, has been arrested from Nilambazar in Assam, they said.…
- India
Bihar elections: JD(U), BJP to contest 101 constituencies each, Chirag’s party gets 29
Patna: The ruling NDA in Bihar on Sunday finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming polls to the 243-member assembly, in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and the BJP will contest…
- India
Assamese-Hindus now only about 40 pc of state’s population, claims CM Biswa
Guwahati: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that Assamese Hindus now make up only around 40 percent of the state’s population, about the same as that of Muslims. Speaking to…
- India
Bihar polls: Sambhal MP criticises EC decision to check burqa-clad women during voting
Sambhal: Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, Zia Ur Rehman Barq, on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India over its recent decision to check women wearing burqas during voting in Bihar assembly…
- Technology
COAI defends call for mobile tariff hike, cites rising network costs, OTT traffic
New Delhi: Telecom industry body COAI has defended service providers’ call to increase mobile tariff, citing the continuous widening of the gap between their expenses on network deployment and the revenue earned…
- Telangana
Bhatti to visit Telugu Dalit IPS officer’s kin who died by ‘suicide’
Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka will leave for Chandigarh on Sunday evening to meet and offer condolences to the family of Haryana’s senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who…
- India
Chidambaram calls Operation Blue Star ‘a mistake’, Congress unhappy
Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then prime minister,…
- India
Priyank Kharge urges Karnataka CM to ban RSS activities
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to impose a ban on all RSS activities in government institutions and public premises across the state, stating that such actions are…
- India
Minister Suresh Gopi offers to step down, wants Sadanandan Master to replace him
Kannur: Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday expressed his desire to step down from his ministerial post and recommended BJP’s newly elected Rajya Sabha member C Sadanandan Master as his replacement in…
- India
Bihar elections: Jan Suraaj Party will scrap ban on sale of liquor if voted to power
Patna: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday reiterated that if voted to power, it will scrap the ban on sale and consumption of liquor in Bihar imposed by the Nitish Kumar…
- India
Mamata to visit natural disaster-hit north Bengal again to oversee relief ops
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Sunday again visit natural calamity-hit north Bengal to oversee the ongoing relief and rehabilitation work, officials said. She will also hold a series of administrative…
- Photos
UPPSC PCS prelims exam begins amid tight security
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) Provincial Civil Service (PCS) preliminary examination is underway across the state amid stringent security arrangements. To ensure transparency and fairness, centre administrators, assistant administrators,…
- India
SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to ensure life support facilities in ambulances
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and others on a petition seeking directions to enact and implement a framework to ensure that adequate life support facilities are…
- India
Seat-sharing in INDIA bloc may have to wait as Lalu, Tejashwi leave for Delhi
Patna: Seat-sharing woes may continue to plague the INDIA bloc in Bihar for some time, with RJD president Lalu Prasad, along with son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, leaving for Delhi on…
- World
Philippines wooing Indian tourists with visa-free entry, direct flights
Ahmedabad: The Philippines is pitching to become a leading tourist destination in South-East Asia for Indians, with initiatives like visa-free travel and direct flights, a senior Philippine official has said. In a…
