- Pakistan
29 people killed as bus falls into ditch in Pakistan’s Punjab province: Report
Lahore: At least 29 people were killed after a passenger bus fell into a ditch in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday, according to a media report. The bus was travelling with 30…
- India
Two held in Kerala for death of infant after circumcision
Idukki: Two people from Kanjar near here have been arrested for allegedly causing the death of a newborn child after a circumcision procedure earlier this year. The accused were arrested on August…
- India
TMC leader urges Sitharaman to withdraw 18 pc GST on insurance premiums
New Delhi: TMC leader Derek O’Brien has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to “urgently review” and withdraw the 18 per cent GST on health and life insurance premiums during the upcoming GST…
- Politics
Two Bangladeshis detected in Assam, pushed back: Himanta
Guwahati: Two Bangladesh nationals who illegally entered India were detected in Assam and sent back to their country, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The duo was apprehended at Badarpur railway station…
- World
Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League party members placed on fresh remand in murder cases
Dhaka: A court here on Saturday placed Salman F Rahman, private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former law minister Anisul Huq, former social welfare minister Dipu Moni and…
- News
J&K: Terrorist who attacked poll picket killed by CRPF troops
Srinagar: A terrorist was killed during an exchange of fire with CRPF personnel deployed at an Election Commission-directed check post in Baramulla district on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place at…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad-bound private helicopter crashes near Pune; all four occupants survive
Pune: A private helicopter flying from Mumbai to Hyderabad crashed in Mulshi tehsil of Pune district on Saturday afternoon but all four persons on board survived, police said. While the pilot was…
- India
MP govt’s demolitions ‘state-sponsored communalism’, says Owaisi
Bhopal: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday termed the razing of the house of a man allegedly involved in a protest against a Hindu seer in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district as “state-sponsored…
- India
Cabinet approves assured pension for govt employees; makes NPS attractive
Prayagraj: Pressing the demand for a nationwide “caste census”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said 90 per cent people of the country are sitting out of the system and the step…
- India
BJP will set up 768 offices across country, 563 ready: Nadda
Panaji: The Bharatiya Janata Party planned to set up 768 offices of the party across the country of which 563 are ready, BJP president JP Nadda said on Saturday. Nadda, scheduled to…
- India
Centre directs insurance firm to pay Rs 225 cr to 2L farmers for crop loss
New Delhi: The Centre’s Technical Advisory Committee on Saturday issued an order to an insurance company, directing it to pay within one week the Rs 225 crore claims due to farmers in…
- News
Nepal bus accident: Special IAF plane departs for India with bodies of pilgrims
Kathmandu: A special Indian Air Force plane flight with bodies of 25 Indian pilgrims killed in a tragic bus accident in Nepal left for Jalgaon in Maharashtra on Saturday after completing all…