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- India
Supreme Court junks plea to increase smoking age
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea seeking a direction to increase the smoking age from 18 to 21, and ban the sale of loose cigarettes. A bench comprising…
- Technology
Nokia bullish on India’s 5G roadmap: CEO
New Delhi: As the global penetration rates for both fibre and 5G excluding China still remain very low, Nokia is bullish on the 5G roadmap in India which is an important country…
- Sports
Ind vs WI: ‘I don’t feel odd, have heard it for 10 years’, Shikhar not bothered by his criticism
Trinidad: Ahead of the first ODI of the three-match series against the West Indies, stand-in captain Shikhar Dhawan laughed about the criticism of his batting form, saying that he has been hearing…
- Pakistan
Modi, Shehbaz meeting likely in Uzbekistan at SCO summit
Islamabad: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary General Zhang Ming is visiting Pakistan on Friday for three days and will invite Pak Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to participate in the SCO annual summit to…
- Sports
World Athletics C’ships: Eldhose Paul becomes first Indian to qualify for men’s triple jump final
Eugene: Eldhose Paul became the first Indian to qualify for the men’s triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships 2022 with an effort of 16.68 metres here. Placed in Group A,…
- India
Oppn continues protest on GST rates in Parliament, PM meets top ministers
New Delhi: Congress and other like-minded opposition parties held a joint protest against the price rise and increase in the GST rates of essential commodities in the Parliament House complex even as…
- Telangana
Telangana: 544 vacancies at AIIMS Bibinagar yet to be filled
Hyderabad: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bibinagar currently has 544 vacancies including teaching and nursing posts, impacting the standard of services at the national medical facility. The Bharatiya Janata…
- India
Gujarat: Bajrang Dal workers scrawl ‘Haj house’ on Cong office walls
Ahmedabad: A few Bajrang Dal workers scaled the walls of Congress office Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan here and marked it with a graffiti reading “Haj house” in black paint. Pictures of the incident…
- India
Rains cause potholes on Bundelkhand expressway, days after PM Modi opens it
Jalaun: A portion of the Bundelkhand expressway developed deep potholes due to heavy rains here, within a week of Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the 296-km-long road. The portion of the road developed…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana Police fined for cutting down trees
Hyderabad: Telangana police department was fined a sum of rupees 11,030 after two trees were cut down in the early hours of Wednesday at the Panjagutta ACP office without prior permission from…
- India
Court reserves order on Teesta, Sreekumar’s bail application
Ahmedabad: The Additional City Civil and Sessions Court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail applications of activist Teesta Setalvad and former DGP R B Sreekumar. Both were arrested in a case…
- Business
ADB cuts India GDP forecast for FY23 to 7.2 pc on Covid
New Delhi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday trimmed India’s economic growth forecast for current fiscal year to 7.2 percent from 7.5 percent as pandemic and war impact is weighing down alongside…
- India
Kerala NEET row: All seven arrested released on bail
Thiruvananthapuram: All seven persons, arrested by the Kerala Police in connection with the NEET girl aspirants innerwear removal row in the state, on Thursday got bail from a lower court in Kollam…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 20 pleas on Gyanvapi mosque, says will await decision of Varanasi judge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will await the Varanasi district judge’s decision on the Gyanvapi mosque committee’s application raising objections to the maintainability of the civil suit…
- India
UP minister who resigned says he will continue in office
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Dinesh Khatik, who had created a furore on Wednesday by sending his resignation to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, said on Thursday that…