- Hyderabad
Ikea piloting same-day delivery service in Hyderabad
New Delhi: Swedish furniture retailer Ikea said on Tuesday, August 20, that it is piloting same-day delivery in Hyderabad and has plans to scale it up across all its markets in the coming…
- India
Mayawati slams Centre, UP govt over unemployment, ‘growing’ inequality
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday slammed both the central and Uttar Pradesh governments over “lack of employment” as she raised concern over the “growing divide between the rich and…
- India
West Bengal govt seeks SC stay on HC verdict striking down OBC status of several castes
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Tuesday sought an urgent hearing by the Supreme Court of its appeal against the Calcutta High Court verdict striking down the OBC status of several…
- India
Regulatory failures can cause damage to investor confidence: Congress amid SEBI row
New Delhi: Amid row over Hindenburg’s allegations against Sebi chief Madhabi Buch, the Congress on Tuesday said regulatory failures and conflicts of interest may be brazened out briefly but they can cause…
- India
Maharashtra: SIT formed to probe sexual abuse of 2 school girls amid protests
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged sexual abuse of two female students of a school in Badlapur in…
- World
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia’s bank accounts to be unfrozen after 17 years
Dhaka: Tax authorities in Bangladesh have decided to unfreeze the bank accounts of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, 17 years after they were blocked. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on…
- Photos
In pics: Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, amid monsoon rain, at Veer Bhumi in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul…
- India
HC to hear as PIL Swamy’s plea over Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea, seeking directions to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to decide his representation seeking cancellation of Congress leader…
- Photos
In pics: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in New Delhi
New Delhi: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim receives books on Mahatma Gandhi, at Rajghat in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) New Delhi: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim receives…
- India
Condition of Yechury admitted in AIIMS with chest infection improving: CPI (M)
New Delhi: The condition of Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury, who is undergoing treatment for chest infection at the AIIMS, is improving, the party on Tuesday said. According to…
- World
Gunshots, airport chaos: Dhaka residents recall memories of unrest at peak
Dhaka: Software engineer Tawhidul Alam says the “historic day of August 5” is indelibly seared in his memories — the sea of humanity in the streets of Dhaka and a chain of…
- India
Doctors’ body welcomes SC intervention in Kolkata medic murder case
New Delhi: The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s intervention into the rape and murder of a Kolkata medic, saying it will serve the interests of the…
- India
SC sets aside Calcutta HC verdict which advised adolescent girls to control sexual urges
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside an order of the Calcutta High Court in which it acquitted an accused in a sexual assault case and made “objectionable” observations advising…
- Kashmir
Twin earthquakes jolt Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Islamabad: Two magnitude 5.1 earthquakes jolted Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Tuesday, panicking residents in the mountainous region. There were no immediate reports of damage, the Dawn newspaper reported. The intensity of both quakes…
- Delhi
Nursing student found dead at her PG accommodation in Delhi
New Delhi: In a suspected case of suicide, a 22-year-old nursing student was found dead with a cannula in her hand at her PG accommodation in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar area,…
