- Sports
IPL 2025: Avesh Khan’s 3 wickets help LSG beat RR by 2 runs
Jaipur: Pacer Avesh Khan grabbed three crucial wickets as Lucknow Super Giants defeated Rajasthan Royals by two runs in a thrilling IPL clash here on Saturday. For Rajasthan Royals, Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed…
- India
Centre sanctions Rs 2,102 crore for Bihar’s MGNREGA
Patna: The Centre on Saturday sanctioned the release of Rs 2,102.24 crore to Bihar for the payment of the first installment of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act…
- India
Chhattisgarh: 5 Naxalites surrender in Narayanpur, 7 held from Bijapur
Narayanpur: Five Naxalites, collectively carrying a bounty of Rs 6 lakh, surrendered to security forces, while six members of the Maoist organisation were arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur and Bijapur districts on Saturday,…
- World
US, Iran near nuclear deal, experts to meet in Oman
Rome: Iran and the United States will begin having experts meet to discuss details of a possible deal over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, the top Iranian diplomat said Saturday after a…
- India
‘Shut Parliament if SC makes laws’: BJP’s Nishikant sparks row
New Delhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday stirred controversy with a sharp statement directed apparently at the judiciary amid the ongoing Supreme Court review of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Dubey…
- India
Congress top brass discuss ED chargesheet against Gandhis, evolve strategy
New Delhi: Top Congress leaders met on Saturday to evolve a strategy in the wake of the Enforcement Directorate naming former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in its chargesheet in…
- India
262 people lost lives in natural calamities & accidents in Himachal this year
Shimla: A total of 262 people have lost lives in natural calamities and road accidents since January 1, 2025 till date, Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi said on Saturday. In April alone,…
- India
Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami opposes elections before Hasina’s trial, political reforms
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s largest Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday firmly opposed holding general elections before the trial of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the completion of key political reforms, a stance…
- World
Russian President announces Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, asks Kyiv to reciprocate
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, citing humanitarian reasons, the Kremlin said Saturday. The announcement came on the same day as Russia’s Defense Ministry said its…
- India
Undermining Marathi will not be tolerated, says Supriya Sule
Pune: NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Saturday, April 19, said that undermining Marathi in the forceful implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in Maharashtra would not be tolerated. Sule’s…
- India
Mehbooba Mufti welcomes SC stay on Nashik dargah demolition
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court’s stay on demolition of Hazrat Saatpeer Sayed Baba Dargah in Nashik and said judiciary remains the last and…
- India
Court allows ex-minister Baba Siddiuque’ wife to intervene in his murder case
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday condemned the killing of a prominent Hindu leader in Bangladesh and demanded that the government take up the matter with Dhaka, saying silence and inaction were…
- Mumbai
Mumbai: ‘You are dirty, eat fish and meat’, Marathis clash with Gujaratis
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers had a heated argument with non-Marathi speaking members of a housing society in suburban Ghatkopar after a Gujarati man allegedly called out their neighbour…
- India
Dalit groom allegedly assaulted by ‘upper caste’ men in Agra: Police
Agra: A Dalit groom was allegedly assaulted by a group of “upper caste” men during a wedding procession in Agra’s Nagla Talfi area, police said on Thursday. The incident also left several…
- India
SC to hear plea for grant of uniform compensation to victims of hate crime
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on April 23 a plea seeking uniformity in granting compensation to the victims of hate crime and mob lynching. The apex court had…
