- World
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigns
Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Friday, two years ahead of the end of his tenure. “I am suffering from various health…
- India
India orders GitHub to remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat app
New Delhi: Home ministry’s cybercrime arm, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, has ordered Microsoft subsidiary GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based messaging application Bitchat, according to a notice. “The Government of India does not…
- Sports
India, Pakistan get direct quarterfinal entry in Asian Games
New Delhi: Defending champions India and Pakistan have been given direct entry into quarterfinals of both the men’s and women’s cricket competition of this year’s Asian Games. The Indian women’s team will…
- Top Stories
NEET protests: SC to hear pleas on police excesses on students
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 24, agreed to hear on July 27 two separate petitions alleging police excesses on students protesting against the NEET paper leak. The matter was…
- India
Supreme Court bars uploading audio-video of court proceedings
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 24, barred posting, reposting or uploading of audio-video recordings of court proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission of the…
- Mumbai
Viral video of cop ‘manhandling’ woman disputed by Mumbai Police
Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Friday, July 24, said that a viral video purportedly showing a plainclothes policeman manhandling a woman during a protest was being misinterpreted, stressing that he was attempting…
- India
Rahul Gandhi slams DU over Jantar Mantar protest advisory
New Delhi: With the Delhi University urging students to “stay away” from Jantar Mantar protests, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, July 24, slammed the varsity and asked how dare it “threaten”…
- India
Supreme Court proposes special courts for Manipur violence trials
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 24, proposed setting up special courts to conduct day-to-day trials in criminal cases arising from the 2023 ethnic violence in Manipur. It also directed…
- Telangana
Left-backed student unions observe bandh over NEET row in Telangana
Hyderabad: Educational institutions observed a bandh on Friday, July 24, in Telangana following a call by Left-affiliated student unions to protest against the alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET. AISF state…
- India
Assam floods: Death toll reaches 47, over 7.2 lakh affected
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained critical on Friday, July 24, with many rivers continuing to rise following incessant rains, while 47 people died in the deluge and over 7.21 lakh…
- Hate Crime
MP cop rapes minor Dalit while colleague keeps watch, both held
Bhopal: A policeman allegedly lured a 17-year-old Dalit girl on the pretext of inviting her to his daughter’s birthday party and raped her in Bhopal, while his colleague kept watch with his…
- Hyderabad
Revanth orders 50-year Hyderabad water supply master plan
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed officials to prepare a comprehensive master plan for drinking water supply in Hyderabad’s Core Urban Region (CURE). Reddy told officials to keep special…
- Mumbai
Mumbai court orders Flipkart to refund iPhone buyer sent beard oil
Mumbai: A consumer court here has directed Flipkart and the seller to refund over Rs 1.11 lakh to a customer who received beard growth oil instead of the Apple iPhone he had…
- India
Congress targets Modi over video message on NEET protest
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday, July 24, said the “desperate and hassled-looking” Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on paper leaks with a video message, and claimed that his…
- India
‘Modi govt treating students as ‘enemies of nation,’ says Sonia
New Delhi: In a broadside against the Modi government, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday, July 24, said students have demanded accountability and educational reforms, but the Modi government has…
