News
-
Mumbai: Queer student claims not allowed at event over ‘inappropriate’ dress in TISS
Mumbai: The students’ union president of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) who has chosen to be identified as queer has claimed discrimination at an event on the campus over “inappropriate”…
-
SC’s notice to AP govt after ‘Eenadu’ alleges GO promoting ‘Sakshi’ newspaper
The Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Andhra Pradesh government after a leading Telugu daily ‘Eenadu’ owned by Ushodaya Publications filed a petition challenging a GO (Government Order) aimed…
-
Sri Lanka to reduce fuel prices as economic conditions improve
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said on Wednesday that fuel prices will be reduced in the country from Friday midnight. The price of 92 Octane petrol will be…
-
Hyderabad police crackdown on ‘troll’ channels, book 20 cases
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police on Wednesday announced a crackdown on ‘troll’ channels online and booked 20 cases. The police in a press release observed that some youth are posting ‘objectionable, defamatory and insulting…
-
Won’t speak on Rahul’s disqualification as it involves court order: Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday declined to speak on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha, saying he avoided doing so in matters involving court order. However,…
-
Hyderabad: 250 three-wheelers distributed to physically challenged in Patancheru
Hyderabad: As many as 250 three-wheeler vehicles were distributed to the physically challenged at Mythri Grounds in Patancheru on Tuesday. Telangana health minister T Harish Rao said that the physically challenged people…
-
UP: Ragpicker heckled by cow vigilantes over bones found in his trash
A ragpicker from Uttar Pradesh who had allegedly collected some animal bones in his garbage cart was heckled and taken to a police station by Gaurakshaks (cow vigilantes), accused of carrying the…
-
License check: Bihar cop shoots student after chasing him
A 20-year-old college student who failed to halt at a police checkpoint in Bihar’s Jehanabad district was shot at by a police officer late Tuesday evening. Sudhir Kumar Yadav, the first-year college…
-
Karnataka min Somanna buries hatchet, calls Yediyurappa ‘supreme’ leader
Bengaluru: In a big relief to the ruling BJP in Karnataka, senior Lingayat leader, minister for Housing V. Somanna on Wednesday termed former Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Board Member B.S.…
-
Telangana: TSRTC bus gutted in fire at Suryapet; no casualties
Hyderabad: Narrow escape for passengers after a TSRTC bus caught fire in the Suryapet district in the early hours of Wednesday. Twenty passengers, who were travelling on the bus escaped immediately after…
-
Telangana: Earthmover rams into car in Nizamabad, kills 3
Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, an earthmover rammed into a car in the Bhingal area of the district on Wednesday morning leaving three dead and two others injured. The victims were identified…
-
Competition Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha amid pandemonium
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Competition Amendment Bill 2022 without discussion amid vociferous protests by Congress-led opposition, which sought a probe in the Adani matter. The bill proposes…
-
Indian-Australian sworn in as treasurer of NSW, takes oath on Bhagavad Gita
Melbourne: Indian-origin politician Daniel Mookhey took oath on the holy Bhagavad Gita as he was sworn in as the Treasurer of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state by Governor Margaret Beazley in…