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- India
Post jail release, Kashmiri journalist booked under Public Safety Act
32-year-old Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on Sunday. The detention comes immediately after Sultan was released from jail. The journalist spent 1317 days in jail…
- World
Biden and PM Modi to have virtual meeting on Monday: White House
Washington: US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would meet virtually on Monday, the first of its kind between the two leaders that would coincide with the maiden India-US 2+2…
- Delhi
Photos: Iftar at Jama Masjid in Old Delhi
Traditional Iftar (mass fast-breaking) at Jama Masjid during the first Friday of the month of Ramadan, in Old Delhi (Photo: Hamid Ali/Siasat.com) Traditional Iftar (mass fast-breaking) at Jama Masjid during the first…
- Hyderabad
Citizens fall sick after drinking polluted water in parts of Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The locals in several areas of the city complained of sickness after drinking water polluted by a drainage line. On Thursday, a man died and 60 others were admitted after drinking…
- India
India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report
New Delhi: India has 103 active or defunct spacecraft and 114 objects categorised as ‘space debris’ in orbit and it has embarked on a research to reduce such fragments from outer space.…
- India
Rajasthan: A day after Karauli riots, Muslim man lynched to death
A 55-year-old Muslim man was lynched to death in Beawar, in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, on April 3, a day after communal riots broke out in Karauli where 40 shops, belonging to Muslims,…
- India
Indo-Pak border viewing point inaugurated by Union HM Amit Shah
Banaskantha: Union Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated the Indo-Pak border viewing point in Nada Bet in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district. The viewing point has been built on the lines of the…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru civic body bans sale of meat on Ram Navami
Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) banned the animal slaughter and the sale of meat on the occasion of Ram Navami on April 10. “There will be a blanket ban on the…
- Business
Strong dollar dents India’s foreign reserves, forex down by over $11 bn
Mumbai: Global currency fluctuations, due to a rise in US dollar strength, depleted India’s foreign reserve by over $11.173 billion during the week that ended on April 1. The foreign currency assets…
- India
Air pollution led to 1,00,000 premature deaths in India: Study
New Delhi: The increase in the number of people dying prematurely from exposure to air pollution was highest in cities in South Asia. In India it caused an estimated 1,00,000 premature deaths in…
- India
Tamil is root of our existence: AR Rahman amid Shah’s Hindi remark controversy
Ever since Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s controversial ‘speak Hindi instead of English’ remark made headlines in the country, many prominent southern political parties, including BJP ally AIADMK have opposed it. The…
- India
Personal liberty of accused cannot be sacrificed on altar of preventive detention: SC
New Delhi: Personal liberty of an accused cannot be sacrificed on the altar of preventive detention merely because a person is implicated in a criminal proceeding, the Supreme Court has said as…
- Entertainment
Veteran Telugu actor Mannava Balayya passes away at 94
Hyderabad: Veteran Telugu actor Mannava Balayya passed away at his residence in Hyderabad on Saturday, aged 94. Mannava Balayya had acted with actors such as NT Rama Rao, Nageswara Rao and many…
- India
COVID 19 precautionary dose: How to register? What’s the price?
Those above the age of 18 will be eligible for a ‘precautionary’ or booster dose against the COVID-19 virus from April 10, the Union health ministry announced on Friday. However the booster…
- World
If Imran likes India so much, then he should leave Pak & move: Maryam Nawaz
Islamabad: Maryam Nawaz, Vice President of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), while taking a dig at Prime Minister Imran Khan said the latter has “gone mad” after seeing that he was losing…