News
-
MP: Medina Masjid partially bulldozed for road widening
Ujjain: Municipal corporation authorities demolished a portion of Medina Masjid in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Tuesday, September 1, as part of the KD Gate road-widening project. Visuals from the location show…
-
Two Filipino sailors killed in Saudi tanker incident in Hormuz
Two Filipino sailors were killed after a Saudi tanker was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, shipping company Bahri said on Wednesday, September 2. Bahri said its…
-
Climate change makes disasters like Nepal floods more frequent
Kathmandu: When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbours fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been…
-
Excise STF seizes ganja worth Rs 4.5 lakh, arrests two in LB Nagar
Hyderabad: The State Task Force (STF) of the Excise Department seized 8.928 kg of ganja, valued at around Rs. 4.50 lakh, in the Vasavi Ananda Nilayam area of LB Nagar and arrested…
-
Haryana official found dead, note cites caste-based harassment
Chandigarh: A suspended Superintending Engineer in Haryana was found dead with a suicide note inside his car on Monday, August 31, with his family alleging prolonged caste-based harassment. The deceased, identified as…
-
AIMIM spokesperson Asim Waqar joins Congress ahead of UP polls
In the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s (AIMIM) national spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar joined the Congress on Wednesday, September 2. This is being seen as a…
-
Israel imposes curriculum on Palestinian students in Jerusalem
Ramallah: More than 45,000 Palestinian first- and seventh-grade students in occupied East Jerusalem began the new academic year on Tuesday, September 1, under the Israeli curriculum, the Palestinian Jerusalem Governorate said, according…
-
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattles Milford Sound in New Zealand
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near Milford Sound on the evening of Wednesday, September 2, with more than 6,000 people reporting shaking across the lower South Island. The shallow quake, about 40km…
-
GHMC repatriates adviser over Rs 6.92 cr payment irregularities
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has repatriated its financial adviser K Sarath Chandra following a vigilance inquiry into alleged duplicate and excess payments made to contractors. The allegations involve more…
-
Telangana man dies in Russian strikes on Ukraine
Hyderabad: A 42-year-old man from Hasnabad village in Telangana’s Jagtial Urban mandal was killed in Russia’s strikes on Ukraine on Tuesday, September 1. According to reports, the deceased, Vavila Sudarshan, had travelled…
-
Vaishali Nagar underpass traffic advisory extended till Sept 16
Hyderabad: Cyberabad traffic police have extended the traffic advisory for the Vaishali Nagar Railway Underpass by another 14 days, from September 3 to September 16, as road widening and stormwater drain works…
-
Car buyers face fresh shock as Hyundai, Tata and MG hike prices
Bengaluru: Motorists already struggling with rising prices of essential commodities are facing another financial burden, with several leading automobile manufacturers increasing the prices of their passenger vehicles. Hyundai, Tata Motors and MG…
-
Andhra CM directs officials to expedite construction of 5000 temples
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed TTD and Endowments Department officials to expedite construction of 5,000 temples across the state and finalise sites at the earliest. The chief…
-
Ganga river crosses warning mark in Varanasi
Varanasi: The water level of the Ganga river has crossed the warning mark here, prompting the district administration to suspend all boat operations and step up monitoring of flood-affected areas, officials said…
-
‘They turned a wedding into a funeral’: Iran after US strike
Iran’s embassy in India said a US strike had “turned a wedding into a funeral”, after Iranian authorities reported that an attack near the southern city of Sirik killed five people and…
