India news
- Bangalore
IT firms resort to work-from-home amid Bengaluru rain fury
Bengaluru: India’s best-known IT firms and startups have asked staff to work from home as torrential rains brought chaos to the streets of the technology hub, marooning roads and snapping water and…
- News
Rahul Gandhi meets Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here. The Congress said the two leaders had a fruitful discussion on a number of issues.…
- India
Police obtain CCTV footage of Cyrus Mistry’s car shortly before it crashed
Palghar: Palghar police in Maharashtra have obtained the CCTV footage of the Mercedes car in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was travelling to Mumbai, shortly before it crashed, killing him…
- India
Cyrus Mistry car accident: Mercedes team collects data
Mumbai: A team from the German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz, whose car crashed into a road divider killing industrialist Cyrus Mistry and another occupant, has collected the vehicle’s data which will be decrypted…
- Offbeat
Russian-born man, Ukrainian woman tie knot in Dharamshala with message: Make love, not war
Dharamshala: While Russia and Ukraine are entangled in a fierce fight, a Russian-born man and a Ukrainian woman urged the two countries to “make love, not war” on the occasion of their…
- India
Man arrested for posting objectionable remarks against UP chief minister
Gorakhpur: A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the changing of names of municipal wards. Accused Bhola Yadav, a resident of Matsyendra…
- India
How a decline in vulture numbers led to a shift in centuries-old Parsi custom of treating the dead
Mumbai: Dwindling vulture populations have led to a major change in the way some progressive elements in the Parsi community treat their dead. This issue was in focus again on Tuesday after…
- India
Mission 2024: Shah, Nadda meet BJP leaders to discuss roadmap for 144 weak LS seats
New Delhi: BJP chief J P Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah held a brainstorming session on Tuesday with key party leaders tasked with boosting its prospects in 144 Lok Sabha…
- Sports
Akal Takht, SGPC condemn hateful comments against cricketer Arshdeep Singh
Amritsar: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami on Tuesday condemned hateful comments against cricketer Arshdeep Singh on social media after he dropped…
- Hyderabad
Intranasal vaccine will be global game changer: Krishna Ella
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech’s iNCOVACC, the world’s first intranasal vaccine for Covid-19 which received approval for emergency use in India on Tuesday, will be a global game changer in intranasal vaccines technology and…
- India
Indian Railways to provide training, IT solutions to Bangladesh Railway
New Delhi: The Indian Railways will provide training to the employees of the Bangladesh Railway as well as offer IT solutions for the computerisation of its passenger ticketing and freight operations, according…
- India
Bihar political upheaval unlikely to have nationwide impact: Kishor
Sitamarhi: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Monday asserted that the recent upheaval in Bihar, which stripped the BJP of power in a trice, was a “state-specific” phenomenon and unlikely to have nationwide…
- India
More than 4,000 drug smugglers nabbed in last two months: Punjab Police
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Tuesday said it has arrested more than 4,223 drug smugglers in the last two months under its ongoing anti-drug drive in the state. The police also recovered…
- Kerala
Kerala parish does away with wooden coffins, starts using cotton shroud for burial
Alappuzha: A church in Kerala has stopped the time-honoured practice of using wooden coffins for burial in favour of eco-friendly cotton cloth. St George Church in Arthunkal near here under the Latin…
- India
Congress govts ‘maladministration’ is why Bangalore is suffering: Bommai
Bengaluru: Many parts of the rain-battered city on Tuesday saw a repeat of scenes witnessed on September 5–inundated roads and streets, tractors ploughing through flooded localities ferrying people, submerged vehicles and more overnight…
