India
- Business
Centre, top economists set to discuss employment generation trends in India
New Delhi: As the statistics reflect a significant increase in employment in the country, non-profit organisation PRS Legislative Research, commonly referred to as PRS, is set to organise a ‘National Workshop for…
- Hyderabad
Telangana industries min seeks removal of Centre’s counter sign for pharma license
Hyderabad: Proposing possible solutions to various critical issues concerning the Contract Research Organizations (CRO) and Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMO) sectors, Telangana industries minister D Sridhar Babu has written to Union…
- World
3 more cases filed against Hasina in Bangladesh’s international crimes tribunal
Dhaka: At least three more cases were filed on Wednesday against Sheikh Hasina at Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, accusing the deposed prime minister of committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the…
- Telangana
Telangana govt will also topple if Siddaramaiah removed: Karnataka min
Bengaluru: Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi has warned that any attempt, to remove CM Siddaramaiah could destabilise and topple the Telangana government. Addressing a gathering at his government residence in Bengaluru, Jarakiholi stated…
- India
Where are we going as a society, says Rahul Gandhi on Badlapur horror
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over the ‘shameful crimes against daughters’ and asked where the country is heading as a society. “After West Bengal, Uttar…
- India
India rocked by series of rapes; is Badlapur incident the beginning of Arab Spring?
By Mahesh Vijapurkar A lot went into the buildup to the public outrage that gripped Badlapur town near Mumbai on Tuesday. The police delay in registering an FIR, and the school management’s…
- India
Udaipur stabbing case: School principal suspended, teacher put on APO status
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government on Wednesday suspended principal, Isha Dharmawat of government higher secondary school Bhatiani Chauhatta, Udaipur, for negligence in discharging duties in the student death case. Joint director of Udaipur…
- India
Centre notifies appointment of nine permanent judges in Allahabad HC
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday notified the appointment of nine additional judges of the Allahabad High Court as permanent judges on the recommendation made by the Supreme Court (SC) Collegium. “In…
- World
UK university leads digitisation project for post-Partition documents
London: Coventry University in the UK is leading a new research initiative that will involve around 20,000 images, prints and documents from two decades following India’s Partition in 1947 being digitised. The…
- Photos
In pics: India-Japan bilateral meeting
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with his Japanese counterpart Minoru Kihara ahead of their bilateral meeting at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)…
- India
PIL filed in HC demanding ED probe against RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh
Kolkata: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed at the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, demanding an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College &…
- India
BMW hit-and-run: HC asks cops to respond to Mihir Shah’s plea
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought the police’s reply on the pleas filed by Mihir Shah, the main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, and his driver Rajrishi Bidawat, seeking…
- Crime and Accident
Man sentenced to 10 years jail for kidnapping-raping minor
Noida: A court in Gautam Budh Nagar district on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in 2021. A police spokesperson said the court…
- World
Azerbaijan applies for BRICS membership
Baku: Azerbaijan has formally applied to join the BRICS group, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has announced. The bid follows Azerbaijan’s expression of interest at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana in…
- India
Pawan Khera defends Hasina’s ‘prolonged’ stay
New Delhi: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday defended former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s extended stay in the country amid calls from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for her extradition and…