- India
India lost 2.33 mn hectares of tree cover since 2000: Global Forest Watch
New Delhi: India has lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000, equivalent to a six per cent decrease in tree cover during this period, according to the latest data from…
- India
Congress and BJP are two sides of same coin: Ambedkar
Gondia: Dalit leader and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi leader Prakash Ambedkar on Friday claimed that his party’s talks for electoral tie-up with the MVA alliance of the Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena…
- World
After deaths of students in US, Indian missions step up outreach
New Delhi: The Indian missions in the US have stepped up their student outreach initiatives in view of incidents of deaths of Indian students in that country in recent months. “There have…
- India
NDA won’t get enough seats to form govt at Centre: Siddaramaiah
Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that while the INDIA bloc may not get an absolute majority in the elections, the NDA won’t get enough seats either to form the…
- India
Some mafia in jail, some in hell: Yogi Adityanath
Kairana: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday claimed that chaos and anarchy were spread through fatwas from Deoband, and accused previous governments of making the place an arena of religious fanaticism.…
- Pakistan
UN experts slam Pakistan on its lack of protection of Hindu, Christian women
Geneva: Expressing dismay at the continuing lack of protection for young women and girls from the minority communities, especially Christians and Hindus, in Pakistan, UN experts have said the country needs to…
- India
Court acquits Dawood’s nephew, two others in 2019 extortion case
Mumbai: A special court here on Friday acquitted fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew and two others who were booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in a 2019…
- India
Congress attacks Left in Kerala on CAA, contesting against Rahul Gandhi
Palakkad: The Congress on Friday attacked the ruling Left front in Kerala on various issues, including the CAA and the fielding of a candidate against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad, as the state…
- Kolkata
Arrests in Rameshwaram cafe blast case trigger political slugfest in Bengal
Kolkata: The arrest of two accused in the Bengaluru cafe blast case from West Bengal on Friday kept the state’s political pot boiling ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the opposition…
- Middle East
India asks its citizens not to travel to Israel, Iran
New Delhi: India on Friday asked its citizens not to travel to Iran or Israel amid escalating tensions between the two countries following a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria 11…
- Andhra Pradesh
CPI(M) to contest in 1 LS seat, 8 assembly segments in AP as part of INDIA alliance
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Y S Sharmila on Friday said the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been allocated one Lok Sabha and eight assembly seats to contest in…
- Business
Forex kitty jumps USD 2.98 bn to new high of USD 648.562 bn
Mumbai: India’s forex reserves jumped by USD 2.98 billion to a fresh peak of USD 648.562 billion for the week ended April 5, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting…
- Delhi
SC extends stay on ex-IPS officer’s sentence on Dhoni’s contempt plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has extended the interim stay on the 15-day simple imprisonment handed to retired IPS officer G Sampath Kumar by the Madras High Court in a contempt of…
- World
India among 12 nations responsible for 60% of world’s mismanaged plastic waste
New Delhi: India is among the twelve countries responsible for 60 percent of the planet’s mismanaged plastic waste though the fast-developing South Asian nation’s per capita plastic waste production is among the…
- Sports
Mary Kom steps down as Paris Olympics Chef-de-Mission, cites personal reasons
New Delhi: Six-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom on Friday stepped down as India’s chef-de-mission for the upcoming Paris Olympics, saying she is “left with no choice” due to some…
