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Dubai’s top Indian jewellery importer shifts to lightweight gold amid price surge

Dubai: Bafleh Jewellery, one of the Middle East‘s largest importers of Indian jewellery, is shifting to lightweight designs and lower-karat gold as soaring bullion prices squeeze demand across key markets. The company’s…
Waqf Act brought to snatch away our sacred places: Asaduddin Owaisi

Bihar: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged that the Waqf (Amendment) Act has been brought by the Narendra Modi government to “snatch away” mosques and other sacred places of Muslims. The…

Telangana CID nabs 8 from three states in betting apps case

Hyderabad: The Telangana CID on Wednesday, September 24, said it has apprehended eight operators from three states for conducting online betting through apps, where people allegedly lost huge money. In a first-of-its-kind…
Godman booked for sexually harassing 32 Delhi students; on the run

New Delhi: Delhi Police has booked a self-styled godman, Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati alias Parth Sarthy, after several female students of a management institute here accused him of sexual harassment. Despite raids and…
HC quashes NHAI notification on recruiting lawyers based on CLAT-PG score

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a notification of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) making scores of CLAT-PG a basis for the recruitment of lawyers. A…
Rahul arrives in Patna to attend Congress Working Committee meeting

Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bihar’s Patna to attend the CWC meeting here on Wednesday. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held at Sadaqat Ashram, the party’s state…
SIR disruptive, may trigger mass disenfranchisement: Dipankar Bhattacharya

Kolkata: CPI(ML) Liberation, a constituent of the Grand Alliance in Bihar, described the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists as a “complete departure” from India’s electoral traditions, and claimed that…

Bihar polls would mark beginning of end of Modi govt’s ‘corrupt’ rule: Kharge

Patna: Launching a frontal attack on the BJP, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused it of orchestrating “vote chori” and communal polarisation and asserted that the Bihar Assembly elections would mark…
PM Modi condoles death of Saudi Grand Mufti

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, September 24, condoled the death of Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al AlSheikh. Modi said on X, “Deepest condolences…
BJP workers force Congress leader to wear saree over morphed PM Modi post

Thane: Local BJP workers allegedly forced a Congress functionary to wear a saree in public after he shared a morphed photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media. A local BJP…
Mosque sealed in Uttarakhand’s Rajaji Tiger Reserve following SC order

Rishikesh: A decades-old mosque in the Ramgarh Range of Uttarakhand’s Rajaji Tiger Reserve has been sealed in a joint operation by the sanctuary administration and police. Ramgarh Range Forest Officer Ajay Dhyani…
Turkish Prez Erdogan again refers to Kashmir issue in UNGA address

United Nations: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan referred to the Kashmir issue in the UN General Assembly and said his nation was “pleased” with the “ceasefire” between India and Pakistan after a period…
Trump accuses India, China of funding Ukraine war via Russian oil

United Nations: China and India are the “primary funders” of the Ukraine war by continuing to purchase Russian oil, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday in his address to the UN…
Ex-Nepal PM Khanal’s wife flown to India after severe burn injuries

Kathmandu: Former Nepal prime minister Jhalanath Khanal’s wife, who sustained serious burn injuries during the ‘Gen Z’ protests on September 9, has been flown to India for further treatment. Ravi Laxmi Chitrakar…
Congress’s Patna CWC to focus on Bihar poll campaign, ‘vote chori’

Patna: As it gets battle-ready for the Bihar polls, the Congress will hold a meeting of its working committee here on Wednesday, for the first time in the state in the post-Independence…