- India
Congress expresses concern over World Bank report on poverty in India
New Delhi: The Congress expressed concerns on Sunday over a recent World Bank report that said poverty and inequality remain concerningly high in India, and requested the Centre to take steps, including…
- Pakistan
Immature political child: PTI slams Bilawal over extradition remarks
Islamabad: Describing former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari as an “immature political child”, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has slammed him for suggesting that Islamabad could extradite “individuals of concern” to India as a confidence-building…
- World
Dalai Lama turns 90, global support grows amid China’s resistance
Dharamshala: A heavy rain Sunday morning did little to dispirit the thousands who gathered in the main courtyard of Tsuglagkhang, the Dalai Lama temple, to observe the 90th birth anniversary of the…
- India
CPI(M) welcomes move to give reservation to staff in SC
New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary MA Baby on Sunday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to provide reservations for non-judicial staff. “Welcome move: Supreme Court introduces reservations for SC,…
- Telangana
Telangana pharma blast death toll rises to 42
Hyderabad: The toll in the Sigachi Industries’ pharma plant explosion in Sangareddy district rose to 42 on Sunday after the death of a missing person was confirmed through DNA profiling, a senior…
- Delhi
Anticipatory bail should be granted in exceptional cases: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The power to grant anticipatory bail is an exceptional power and should be exercised only in exceptional cases, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Ravinder Dudeja made the observation…
- Bangalore
No link between Covid-19, vaccine & heart attacks: Karnataka expert
Bengaluru: There is no association between premature cardiovascular disease in a patient and a prior history of Covid-19 infection or Covid vaccination, an expert committee tasked with investigating the recent cases of…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP poised to release 3,850 cusecs of water into Jeedipalli Reservoir
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday directed officials to complete final preparations well in advance to ensure the timely release of 3,850 cusecs of water into the Jeedipalli…
- World
Student-led NCP demands Bangladesh election wait until ‘justice & reform’ done
Dhaka: Newly floated influential National Citizen Party (NCP) on Saturday demanded Bangladesh’s planned election in February next year be halted until the two other major agenda of Muhammad Yunus’ interim government —…
- News
4 dead, 4 injured after portion of coal mine collapses in Jharkhand
Ramgarh: Four people were killed and four others injured after part of an abandoned coal mine collapsed during “illegal” mining in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district in the early hours of Saturday, an official…
- India
Educated Muslims must work to oust Mamata govt: BJP’s new president Samik
Kolkata: Asserting that the BJP will continue to fight the radical elements that were “receiving patronage” of the Mamata Banerjee government, the party’s new West Bengal president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday appealed…
- Middle East
Israeli airstrikes kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, another 10 people die seeking food
Deir al-Balah: Israeli airstrikes killed 14 people in the Gaza Strip, while another 10 Palestinians were killed separately as they sought food in the embattled enclave, hospital officials in Gaza told The…
- India
SC’s in-house probe report in Justice Varma case has no constitutional relevance: Sibal
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Supreme Court’s in-house inquiry report in Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma’s case has “no constitutional relevance” as an investigation can…