- Sports
Elite Women’s Boxing: World champion Nikhat Zareen starts campaign with win
Hyderabad: Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen opened her campaign with a clinical 4:1 win over Uttar Pradesh’s Rashi Sharma in the 48–51kg category on the opening day of the the Elite Women’s…
- World
Around 1.2 mn Afghans forced to return from Iran & Pakistan this year, says UN
Islamabad: At least 1.2 million Afghans have been forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, the UN refugee agency said Saturday, warning that repatriations on a massive scale have the…
- Pakistan
Over 30 killed as pre-monsoon rains lash large parts of Pakistan
Lahore: At least 34 persons, including 16 children, died and 46 injured in separate rain-related incidents over the last three days as heavy rains of pre-monsoon showers lashed across many regions of…
- India
Uttarakhand BJP to get new president by July 1
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand BJP will get a new president by July 1, state election officer of the party Khajan Das said on Saturday. Union minister Harsh Malhotra has been appointed as the…
- India
Rajasthan govt aims to instill values, ethics in students: CM
Jaipur: Rajasthan chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Saturday, June 28, said the state government’s goal is not only to provide education but also to instil values, ethics and cultural ethos in students…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes kills at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza
Deir al-Balah: At least 60 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health workers said Saturday, as Palestinians face a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ceasefire prospects inch closer. The…
- India
Kolkata law student gang rape: Police forms 5-member SIT
Kolkata: The Kolkata police on Saturday, June 28, formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged gang rape of a student by her seniors inside a law college…
- News
Ahmedabad plane crash: DNA test identifies last victim, final death toll at 260
Ahmedabad: More than two weeks after the Ahmedabad plane crash, the DNA test has ascertained the identity of the last victim, and the death toll in the tragedy now stands at 260,…
- News
Hindi in schools is BJP-RSS ploy to sideline Marathi: Maha Congress chief
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s decision to introduce Hindi in schools from Class 1 is a conspiracy by the BJP-RSS to sideline Marathi and eliminate linguistic diversity enshrined in the Constitution, alleged state…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: 13 killed in suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: At least 13 security personnel were killed and 24 others injured in a suicide attack on Saturday in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security sources said. A suicide bomber rammed an…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh govt halved farmers aid beneficiaries: YS Sharmila
Kakinada: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y S Sharmila on Saturday accused the TDP-led government of drastically reducing the number of eligible beneficiaries for its ‘Annadata Sukhibhava’ scheme, which promises annual…
- India
2 minors kill man by slitting his throat, steal his iPhone to create ‘high-quality reels’
Bahraich: Two minors allegedly killed a man by slitting his throat and then crushed his head with a stone to steal his iPhone to create “high-quality reels” for more likes, police said…
- India
Act of ‘revenge’: Three arrested for ‘poisoning’ tigress, 4 cubs in Karnataka
Chamarajanagar: The death of a tigress and her four cubs in this district has turned out to be a case of apparent revenge by a man whose cow was preyed upon by…
- India
Security guard arrested in Kolkata college rape case; 4 held so far
Kolkata: The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer…
- World
Ending trade talks with Canada, says Trump
Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack…
