- India
Supreme Court grants bail to MLA Abbas Ansari in money laundering case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to MLA Abbas Ansari in connection with a money laundering case. Abbas Ansari is the son of gangster-politician and former MLA Mukhtar Ansari,…
- Delhi
Wrestlers’ sexual harassment: HC asks police to reply to Brij Bhushan’s plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the city police and wrestlers on a plea by former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh seeking early hearing…
- India
Law on prevention of child marriages can’t be stunted by personal laws: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by personal laws and that marriages involving children violate the free will to have…
- India
Tensions between India, Canada have implications on Sikhs: NAPA
Chandigarh: The recent diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, particularly surrounding the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, have had profound implications for the Sikh diaspora, the North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) said…
- India
Mumbai: Two MBBS students suspended from hostel for ragging fresher
Mumbai: Two second-year MBBS students of the Grant Government Medical College have been suspended from their hostel for a year after they were allegedly found to be drunk and ragging a junior,…
- India
Sibal hails SC ruling on Section 6A of Citizenship Act
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday hailed the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, saying it is a message to all that…
- Business
Sensex, Nifty slump as unabated foreign fund outflows drag markets lower
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices slumped in early trade on Friday, falling for the fourth day running, amid relentless foreign fund outflows and selling in Infosys shares after its second quarter earnings failed…
- India
Mumbai traffic police receive threat message demanding Rs 5 cr from Salman Khan
Mumbai: The Mumbai traffic police received a threat message demanding Rs 5 crore from Bollywood actor Salman Khan, officials said on Friday. The Worli police have registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya…
- India
Shivaji statue collapse: Fabricator held in UP; used substandard material, say police
Mumbai: Police have arrested a fabricator of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that recently collapsed at a fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, triggering a huge political row, an official said on…
- India
Manipur Congress criticises BJP govt for not holding ADC elections
Imphal: Manipur Congress alleged the BJP government in the state of being “anti-tribal” and “anti-hill” people for not holding autonomous district council (ADC) elections for the last four years. Manipur has six…
- India
Jharkhand: Over 900 voters aged above 100 yrs eligible to cast votes in 43 seats
Ranchi: More than 900 centenarians, including 533 women, are eligible to exercise their franchise in 43 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase of Jharkhand elections on November 13, an…
- Sports
Rishabh Pant won’t keep wickets on Day 3 of 1st Test against New Zealand
Bengaluru: Rishabh Pant will not keep wickets for India on the third day of the opening Test against New Zealand after copping a blow to his knee during the second day’s play…
- India
RSS workers attacked during religious event in Jaipur, 10 injured
Jaipur: Ten people associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were injured after being attacked by some people during a religious programme at a temple here, police said on Friday. A ‘jagran’…
- India
Mamata holds meeting with top officials on healthcare infra upgradation
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a review meeting with Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and Health Secretary NS Nigam at her Kalighat residence on the upgradation of healthcare infrastructure, a…
- Mumbai
China protests to India over opening of Taiwan’s office in Mumbai
Beijing: China said it lodged a diplomatic protest with India over the newly established office of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC) of Taiwan in Mumbai. “There is but one China…
