- India
Legacy of hunger strikes woven into warp and weft of India’s politics
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Potti Sreeramulu, Irom Sharmila, Anna Hazare… And Sonam Wangchuk today. The list is long, the causes different, the means the same – fasting to register protest…
- Business
MakeMyTrip files IPO papers with Sebi via confidential route
New Delhi: NASDAQ-listed travel booking platform MakeMyTrip on Friday, July 17, said it has confidentially filed draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) papers with capital markets regulator Sebi for its proposed initial public…
- India
Aamir Khan’s ‘3 Idiots’ claim on Wangchuk sparks backlash
New Delhi: Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders on Friday, July 17, questioned actor Aamir Khan’s statement that his character Phunsukh Wangdu in the film ‘3 Idiots’ was…
- Hyderabad
Kalma homework row: Teacher booked under Juvenile Justice Act
Hyderabad: A first information report (FIR) was registered against a teacher and others of Success The School in Saidabad for allegedly assigning “Islamic religious practices” as homework to a Hindu student, police…
- India
Rupee rises 14 paise to close at 96.28 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee rose 14 paise to settle at 96.28 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday on possible intervention from the Reserve Bank of India after four consecutive sessions of decline.…
- India
HC seeks Delhi police’s stand on Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday, July 17, sought the Delhi Police’s stand on activist Sharjeel Imam’s plea seeking bail in a case under the anti-terror UAPA law concerning the…
- India
Ayodhya Ram temple holds atonement ritual after theft
Ayodhya: Ayodhya isn’t new to rituals. But what makes the ongoing 10-day purification ritual by the Ram temple trust unique is that it is meant to “atone” for the recent donation theft…
- India
PM Modi flags off India’s first hydrogen-powered train in Haryana
Jind: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, July 17, flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train connecting Jind to Sonipat in Haryana from the railway station here. With this, India has joined a…
- Hate Crime
Jaisalmer: ‘Illegal’ mosques, madrasa razed near Indo-Pak border
Jaisalmer: Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district administration has carried out an anti-encroachment drive in border areas adjoining the India-Pakistan international boundary and demolished six alleged illegal mosques and madrasa buildings constructed on government land,…
- India
On day 20 of fast, Sonam Wangchuk vows to stay alive till July 20
New Delhi: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday, July 17, asserted that he would “stay alive till July 20 at any cost”, even as his indefinite hunger strike entered its…
- Bangalore
Hoax bomb threat delays Bengaluru-Ahmedabad IndiGo flight
Bengaluru: An FIR was registered on Friday, July 17, after a hoax bomb threat was received aboard a Bengaluru-Ahmedabad IndiGo flight shortly before its scheduled departure from the Kempegowda International Airport here,…
- India
Allahabad HC upholds gang rape conviction after 47 Years
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has upheld the conviction of a 71-year-old man in a 1979 gang rape case of a minor, but reduced his sentence from 7.5 years to four years…
- India
Gujarat ATS arrests five JeM suspects in Patan; 8 held earlier
Mehsana: As many as five persons were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Thursday, July 16, in connection with its probe into a terror module of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)…
- India
Panel probing badrinath theft suggests dress code, CCTV
Gopeshwar: An inquiry committee constituted by the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) to probe the alleged theft of offerings at Uttarakhand’s Badrinath temple submitted its report on Thursday, July 16. BKTC Chief…
- Middle East
US widens airstrike campaign against Iran, hits more bridges
Dubai: The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by increasingly hitting bridges, part of President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its…
