- India
19-year-old man dies by suicide in Thane after family delays marriage plans
Thane: A 19-year-old youth allegedly died by suicide in Maharashtra’s Thane district, apparently due to mental stress over his family’s insistence on postponing his marriage, police said on Tuesday. The incident took…
- Stock Market
Equity markets decline in early trade dragged by bank stocks
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday dragged by blue-chip bank stocks and persistent foreign fund outflows. After scaling record high level in the previous intra-day session,…
- India
Thane meat shop owner held for selling beef illegally
Thane: Police have arrested a 38-year-old meat shopkeeper in Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly selling beef in violation of the law, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off about illegal meat…
- World
Khaleda Zia’s son readies return amid her deteriorating health: Party leader
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, who has been living in self-exile in London for over a decade, is preparing to return home soon, a senior leader…
- India
UP: District topper commits suicide hours before class 12 pre-board exam
Kanpur: A 17-year-old student who had topped his district in the 2023 class 10 board examinations allegedly committed suicide, just hours before he was to appear for his class 12 physics pre-board…
- Bangalore
Show of unity: Siddaramaiah visits Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast
Bengaluru: In an apparent display of unity, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday visited his deputy D K Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast, just days after the two broke bread in the wake…
- India
Man posing as CMO official, 3 others booked for duping jeweller of Rs 2.8 cr
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have registered a case against a man, who allegedly posed as an officer at the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), and three others for allegedly cheating a jeweller of Rs…
- India
Congress terms DoT’s Sanchar Saathi pre-install order ‘unconstitutional’
New Delhi: The Congress has rejected the directions of the Department of Telecommunications on pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app in new mobile handsets as unconstitutional, and demanded its immediate rollback. Congress…
- World
Canada joins EU defence fund as country pivots away from US
Toronto: Canada has joined a major European Union defence fund, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office has said, as the country looks to diversify its military spending away from the United States. The…
- India
Parliament winter session: Govt pushes reforms, opposition targets SIR
New Delhi: The first day of the Winter session witnessed repeated adjournments of the Lok Sabha and an opposition walkout from the Rajya Sabha over demand for a debate on Special Intensive…
- India
BJP will return to power in next Manipur elections: MLA
Imphal: Manipur BJP MLA Thokchom Radheshyam Singh on Monday said the party will return to power in the next assembly elections, likely to be held in 2027. Speaking at a programme at…
- Politics
BJP mocks Shiv Sena-MNS alliance; says two zeros make zero
Mumbai: The BJP on Monday said a possible alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS led by the Thackeray cousins won’t impact the result of the upcoming elections to the Mumbai…
- Middle East
Israel’s military to receive Iron Beam laser interception system on Dec 30: Official
Tel Aviv: A new low-cost laser interception system, known as Iron Beam, will be delivered to the Israeli military on December 30 to bolster its air defence, a senior defence ministry official…
- India
Renuka brings stray dog to Parliament; says ‘those inside bite, not dogs’
New Delhi: “Those sitting inside bite, dogs don’t,” Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury said on Monday after she arrived in Parliament with a rescued stray in her car, triggering a row and prompting…
- India
ED files 6,312 cases while conviction in 120 cases in nearly 12 years
New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed 6,312 cases in the last 11 years and 7 months, against which the conviction count was 120, Parliament was informed on Monday. In percentage terms,…
