- 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…
- Technology
Google loses landmark antitrust case, Meta faces similar battle
Sydney: Tech giant Google has just suffered another legal blow in the United States, losing a landmark antitrust case. This follows on from the company’s loss in a similar case last year.…
- Pakistan
2nd earthquake in week: 5.9 magnitude hits Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan was jolted by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake on Saturday but no loss of life and property has been reported so far. According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the epicentre…
- India
JEE Main results: 24 candidates score perfect 100
New Delhi: Twenty-four candidates scored a perfect 100 in the engineering entrance JEE (Main), the results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency on Saturday, April 19. Rajasthan had the…
- India
11 dead, several feared trapped after building collapses in Delhi’s Mustafabad
New Delhi: Eleven people are feared dead and 11 injured after a multi-storey residential building collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Shakti Vihar, Mustafabad area on Saturday, April 19. The incident took place around 3…
