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- India
Rahul highlights gig workers’ plight, posts video of Uber cab ride
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday highlighted the plight of gig workers and asserted that the Congress governments in states would make concrete policies to…
- India
Nirbhaya’s mother slams Mamata Banerjee, says CM failed, demands resignation
Ballia: Amid protests against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal, the mother of Nirbhaya, the victim of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, on Saturday demanded…
- India
Mall in Noida gets hoax bomb threat on email
Noida: People were evacuated from DLF Mall of India in sector 18 here on Saturday, following a bomb threat email, with police later saying that nothing was found following anti-sabotage checks. Additional…
- Middle East
PM Modi stresses need to deescalate situation in call with Netanyahu
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, August, 15 stressed the need for de-escalation of the situation in West Asia during a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and…
- India
BJP allies hesitant on UCC, back simultaneous polls
New Delhi: Most BJP allies have kept their cards close to their chests on the issue of the Uniform Civil Code, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly backed in his Independence Day…
- India
Health officials urged to screen for Mpox at airports in India
New Delhi: Amid reports of Mpox cases in Sweden and Pakistan, an infectious disease expert on Friday, August ,16 urged health authorities to begin screening for the deadly infectious disease at key…
- India
Man bites off father’s thumb in property dispute in Thane
Thane: A man allegedly bit off a part of his father’s thumb during a property dispute in Wagle Estate in Thane, Maharashtra, a police official said on Friday, August,16. The incident took…
- India
Two ‘IED-like devices’ found in Guwahati: Police
Guwahati: Two ‘IED-like devices’ were found in Guwahati on Friday, August,16, taking the total number of ‘bomb-like substances’ seized across Assam in the last 24 hours to 10 after the banned ULFA…
- India
Sensex gains over 1,300 pts led by IT, auto stocks
Mumbai: India’s equity indices closed higher on Friday as global markets rallied after the latest economic data from the US faded out chances of recession in the world’s largest economy. At closing,…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru faces traffic surge with 2000 new vehicles added each day
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru city is grappling with a severe traffic crisis as the number of vehicles continues to surge at an alarming rate. With an estimated one lakh vehicles entering and leaving…
- India
Unhappy with PM Modi’s remarks on UCC: AIMJ chief Shahabuddin
Bareilly: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a forceful argument for adopting the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) during his Independence Day speech on Thursday, August, 15, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, the president of…
- India
BJP sweeps Panchayat polls in Tripura, wins 97 per cent of seats
Agartala: The ruling BJP swept the three-tier Panchayat polls in Tripura, winning 97 per cent of seats, an official said on Wednesday. The BJP secured victory uncontested in 71 per cent of…
- Hyderabad
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: AIIMS Bibinagar hold candlelight vigil
The resident doctors’ association in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bibinagar, conducted a solidarity march and candlelight vigil on Tuesday, August 13 in solidarity with the nationwide protests regarding the…