- World
Bangladesh’s influential former army general arrested
Dhaka: An influential former military general who played a key role in 2007 in installing an army-backed interim government replacing a caretaker one, which was presumed to be inclined to the BNP,…
- India
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking inclusion of denotified tribes in Census
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24, refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to include the Denotified Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) as a distinct category in the upcoming national Census.…
- India
Women MPs welcome Centre’s move to implement reservation law
New Delhi: Women MPs on Tuesday, March 24, welcomed the Centre’s plans to bring legislations to implement the women’s reservation law during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament, saying the move will…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra govt directs power utilities to maintain coal stocks amid global concerns
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Special Chief Secretary, Energy, K Vijayanand, has directed power utilities to maintain adequate coal stocks and ensure sustained power generation during the upcoming summer season amid global tensions affecting…
- India
Nitish Kumar set to be elected JD (U) president
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to be elected as JD (U) president unopposed on Tuesday, March 24, with no other candidate filing nomination for the party’s top post.…
- India
Four-year-old girl strangled to death by mother in Jharkhand
Seraikela: A four-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by her mother in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district, police said on Tuesday, March 24. The mother was arrested on Monday and remanded to judicial…
- Andhra Pradesh
Naidu thanks PM Modi, Amit Shah for resolving NGO’s foreign contributions issue
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday, March 24, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Central Government for resolving the foreign contributions problem…
- Hyderabad
No shortage of fuel or LPG in Hyderabad: Police Commissioner Sajjanar
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar on Tuesday said there is no shortage of fuel or LPG cylinders in the city. Sajjanar in a post on ‘X’ said adequate stocks are…
- India
TN CM Stalin slams PM Modi for ‘LPG unpreparedness’
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday, March 24, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over what he alleged as LPG unpreparedness and asserted that “preparedness cannot be outsourced to…
- Delhi
Delhi Assembly receives bomb threat ahead of presentation of budget
New Delhi: Hours before Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s scheduled budget presentation, the Delhi Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat on Tuesday, March 24, official sources said. The threat was received via an…
- India
58-year-old man booked for raping minor girl in Thane
Thane: Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said on Tuesday, March 24. The accused allegedly committed the crime…
- Business
Stock markets surge in early trade as Trump halts strikes on Iran’s energy infra
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Tuesday, March 24, in-line with a rally in global markets, after US President Donald Trump announced a temporary halt on…
- World
Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies
Bangkok: Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments. The continent is exposed because it relies on imported fuel, much of it passing through the…
- Middle East
Iranian report claims energy infrastructure damage in strikes
Dubai: A semiofficial Iranian news agency close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard reported early Tuesday that two energy sites had been struck by airstrikes. The report by the Fars news agency appeared…
- Telangana
BRS ‘incentivised’ liquor sales during its tenure: Telangana Minister
Hyderabad: Telangana Prohibition and Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Monday launched a scathing attack on the opposition BRS, questioning its moral right to criticise the state’s current excise policy. Intervening in…
