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T20 World Cup: Bangladesh team replaced with Scotland, says ICC

New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) that it has been replaced by Scotland in the upcoming T20 World Cup after they refused to…
J-K MP Engineer Rashid allowed to attend Budget Session in custody

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday, January 24, granted custody parole to jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid to attend the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament. Custody parole entails a prisoner…

Cyberabad Police rescues 337 children in a week

Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police SHE Teams carried out 176 decoy operations from January 17 to January 23 and caught 55 people allegedly indulging in indecent acts in public places, an official said on Saturday,…
SIR in Bengal done in hurry, says Nobel laureate Amartya Sen

Kolkata: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has voiced deep unease over the SIR process in West Bengal, warning that the exercise is being conducted with “undue haste” and may jeopardise democratic participation, particularly…
Have some issues with Congress, will raise them with leadership: Tharoor

Kozhikode: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said he has some issues with the party which he would take up with the leadership, and asserted that he has never violated the organisation’s…
SIT helped Sabarimala gold case accused get bail: Satheesan

Thiruvananthapuram: Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan on Saturday, January 24, claimed that the SIT created a situation where accused in the Sabarimala gold loss cases were able…
Indonesia’s Java hit by landslide; 8 dead, 82 missing

Jakarta: A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least eight people on Saturday and left 82 missing as rescuers struggled through deep mud, searching…

Society achieves progress only when girl child empowered, protected: AP CM

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday, January 24, said a society achieves true progress only when its daughters are empowered, protected and given equal opportunities to succeed. Commemorating…
Meta pauses teen access to AI characters

San Francisco: Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday. Meta Platforms Inc, which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said that…
BTech student jumps to death from hostel building in Greater Noida

Noida: A second-year BTech student allegedly jumped to his death from the fourth floor of his hostel in Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park area early on Saturday, January 24, after being reprimanded for…
IndiGo drops 717 slots as DGCA cuts winter flights

Mumbai: IndiGo has vacated more than 700 slots at various domestic airports, following aviation watchdog DGCA curtailing the country’s largest airline’s winter flights by 10 per cent after massive operational disruptions in…
BJP-led civic body fines party over flex boards during PM’s Kerala visit

Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP-ruled Thiruvananthapuram Corporation has imposed a fine on the party and lodged a police case over the installation of flex boards on footpaths in the city in connection with Prime…
Tamil Nadu Guv Ravi insults office by skipping Assembly speech: CM Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday, January 24, claimed that Governor RN Ravi “insulted” the gubernatorial position he holds, by not reading out the speech at the commencement of…
Hyderabad: MBT slams Congress govt for ‘soft pedal’ on Hindutva rally

Hyderabad: “The Telangana Congress government’s soft approach towards Hindutva elements has emboldened communal provocations ahead of Hyderabad civic polls,” charged Amjed Ullah Khan, spokesman for Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT). “Allowing the Bhagyanagar…
Over 8,000 flights cancelled in US amid winter storm

Dallas: More than 8,000 flights across the US set to take off over the weekend have been cancelled as a major storm expected to wreak havoc across much of the country bears…