- India
Turkiye Apple boycott: Pune trader claims Pakistan threat
Pune: Days after a group of fruit traders in Pune decided to stop importing apples from Turkiye to protest against that country’s open support to Pakistan, a trader on Thursday claimed to…
- News
Remarks targeting Col Qureshi: SC agrees to hear on Friday MP minister’s plea
New Delhi: What sort of statements are you making, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah who has challenged a high court order directing an FIR against him…
- India
10 militants killed in Manipur’s Chandel district, operation underway
Imphal: At least 10 militants were killed in a gunfight with an Assam Rifles unit in Manipur’s Chandel district, officials said. The operation is still in progress, they said. The Army’s Eastern…
- India
Iran wants to learn from India’s cheetah revival efforts: RTI
New Delhi: Iran, working to save its rapidly declining cheetah population, has shown interest in learning cheetah management from India, according to information received through an RTI application. Rajesh Gopal, chairman of…
- Business
Sensex, Nifty open lower on mixed global cues
Mumbai: The Indian equity indices opened in the red on Thursday as selling pressure was seen among heavyweights, like Power Grid, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Sun Pharma stocks. At 9:26 am, Sensex…
- World
Trump appeals for Qatar’s help in persuading Iran to give up its nuclear programme
Doha: President Donald Trump urged Qatar on Wednesday to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country’s leadership to reach an agreement with the US to dial back its rapidly advancing…
- India
Supreme Court to hear pleas against Waqf Amendment Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the recent amendments introduced in the Waqf Act. As per the cause…
- India
J-K: Encounter breaks out between security forces, terrorists in Pulwama
Srinagar: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nader Tral…
- India
‘What statements are you making?’ SC blasts BJP minister over Col Qureshi remarks
New Delhi: Every word uttered by a minister has to be with a sense of responsibility at a time the country is undergoing “such a situation”, the Supreme Court said on Thursday,…
- World
India makes significant pledges at UN peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin
United Nations: India, which is among the largest troop contributing countries to UN peacekeeping, has made key pledges at a peacekeeping ministerial meeting, including a quick reaction force company and one women-led…
- India
SC questions bar on LGBTQIA+ persons from blood donation, seeks expert opinion
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to seek expert opinion for removing the bias in the medical guidelines that bar transpersons, gay men and sex workers from donating…
- India
FIR against soldier for ‘Inside Job’ claim on Pahalgam attack
Srinagar: An FIR was registered on Wednesday against a missing soldier after a video appeared on social media in which he had claimed that the Pahalgam terror attack was an “inside job”.…
- India
Rajasthan: Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants taken to West Bengal for deportation
Jodhpur: A first batch of 148 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants rounded up by police in Rajasthan under a special drive were sent to West Bengal on Wednesday by a special flight to continue…
- News
India-Pak tension: JNU suspends MoU with Turkish Inonu University
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University has suspended an academic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Turkiye’s Inonu University, citing national security considerations, officials of the university here confirmed on Tuesday. The MoU was…
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Saudi Crown Prince hopes ‘ceasefire’ will restore calm between Pakistan, India
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday, May 14, welcomed the “ceasefire” agreement between Pakistan and India, expressing hope that it will restore calm between the two neighbours. Prince…
