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Watch: Mountains in Makkah turn green once again after heavy rainfall

The mountains in and around the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia have turned green as the Kingdom has witnessed heavy rainfall in recent days. Makkah mountains have experienced a significant…
Tunisian actress Hend Sabry resigns as WFP Goodwill Ambassador

Tunisian actress Hend Sabry has announced her resignation from her position as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations (UN) World Food Program (WFP) after nearly 13 years of work. This came…

Campaigning in Rajasthan ends, polling on Saturday

Jaipur: The high-pitch electoral campaign in Rajasthan for the November 25 assembly elections came to an end Wednesday evening with the BJP going all out to wrest power from the Congress, which…
Rahul Gandhi has become ‘national problem’, claims BJP’s Shivraj Chouhan

Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Thursday targeted Rahul Gandhi for his “panauti” jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming when the Indian cricket team lost the World Cup final…
ED summons actor Prakash Raj in Rs 100 crore money laundering case

Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned actor Prakash Raj for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Rs 100 crore ponzi and fraud case against a Tiruchirapalli-based jewellery group, official sources said…
Workers may be rescued in few hours or by tomorrow from Silkyara tunnel: NDMA

New Delhi: 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel for the last 11 days are likely to be rescued in the next few hours or by tomorrow, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
BRS govt not sensitive to issues of tribals, alleges Union Minister Arjun Munda

Hyderabad: Union Tribal Welfare Minister Arjun Munda on Thursday alleged that the BRS government in Telangana has not shown sensitivity towards the issues of tribal people. He accused the government in Telangana…

Air Arabia launches first direct flight from RAK to Kozhikode

Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia has commenced its first non-stop flight from Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) to Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala, the Emirates News…
Lawmakers of Ajit Pawar, CM camps will fight on BJP symbol, claims Raut

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday claimed a majority of MLAs and MPs of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party and almost all lawmakers of Chief…
Sanatana Dharma row: HC reserves orders on pleas against Udhayanidhi, Raja

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved orders on the quo warranto petitions filed against DMK Ministers Udhayanidhi Stalin and P K Sekar Babu and party MP A Raja in the…
Congress upholds secularism, BJP indulges in polarisation, says Kharge

Nagpur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in polarisation and appeasement politics, and claimed that the grand old party upholds secularism. He was speaking…
Delhi: Weapons discovered in cargo shipment at Air India terminal

New Delhi: Tension gripped the Air India domestic cargo terminal as routine screening of a consignment, initially listed as auto parts, unveiled a stash of arms and ammunition concealed in nine boxes,…
Remembering Justice M Fathima Beevi’s remarkable journey in law

Thiruvananthapuram: Born in a small town in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore in 1927, Justice M Fathima Beevi’s journey to becoming the first woman judge of the Supreme Court and later…
‘Proud of his martyrdom’, says uncle of soldier killed in Rajouri encounter

Ajote (Poonch): The uncle of Havaldar Abdul Majid who was killed in an encounter with the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district said he feels proud of his nephew’s martyrdom. Majid, a…
Centre plans to counter deepfake menace with new regulations

Concerned over the menace of deepfake technology, which uses AI to create misleading and fake videos, Union minister of electronics, IT and communication Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday, November 23, held a meeting…