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- Sports
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 sees massive jump in prize money
Dubai: The winner of the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be held across six venues in New Zealand from March 4 onwards, will be richer by USD 1.32 million…
- India
Video: Muslim man takes daughter away from school amidst hijab row
In a school in the Mandya district of Karnataka, the hijab row seems to have acted to the detriment of girls’ education in Karnataka. A father, whose daughter is enrolled in a…
- India
Hijab row not a controversy, but conspiracy against India: BJP
New Delhi: Referring to a plea in the Karnataka High Court to defer hearing on the ‘hijab‘ row till the Assembly polls were over, the BJP has raised questions over the timing of…
- India
India reports 27,409 new COVID cases, daily positivity 2.23 percent
New Delhi: India continues to witness its downward trajectory of fresh COVID-19 cases with the country reporting 27,409 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and…
- India
Hijab Row : Students refuse to remove headscarf in Shimoga
Amid the growing debate over ‘Hijab‘ in Karnataka , Muslim students are being forced to remove the head scarf at educational institutions across the state. Some of them have been forced to…
- Elections
High voting turnout reflects anti-incumbency : Congress on Goa polls
New Delhi: With Goa reporting a high voter turnout in Assembly elections held on Monday, the Congress party in the state exuded confidence in forming the government with a full majority. According…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Two villages boycott polls over contaminated water supply
Badaun: People of two villages– Narau and Milaal Nangla– in Shekhupur assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Monday said that they have boycotted the voting for the second phase of…
- Sports
VFI to have a new official volleyball league in India
Bhubaneswar: The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) has announced its plans to launch a new franchise-based annual domestic league that is tentatively scheduled to start in June-July 2022. The Indian Volleyball League,…
- Offbeat
A love like that: 90-yr-old man lives with wife’s urn for 32 years
Patna: As the world celebrates Valentine’s Day, a 90-year-old man’s undying love for his wife even after 32 years of her death, in Bihar’s Seemanchal district, is winning hearts. Bhola Nath Alok,…
- India
Elderly woman comes in ambulance from hospital to caste her vote
Saharanpur: A 70-year-old woman undergoing treatment in a hospital here, came to a polling booth in an ambulance to cast her vote during 2nd phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.…
- India
Prominent Indians sign petition against draconian anti-conversion bill
In view of the fact that the Anti-Conversion Bill is scheduled to be tabled in Karnataka Upper House, prominent Indians including noted documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, activist Medha Patkar and others have…
- Sports
IPL Mega Auction: End of an era? ‘Mr. IPL’ Suresh Raina goes unsold
Bengaluru: Even as the ten franchises splurged cash, former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina went unsold at the IPL 2022 mega auction, here on Sunday. After going unsold on the first day, the…
- Telangana
Telangana: Environmentalist transplants 70-yr-old uprooted banyan tree
Hyderabad: An environmentalist saved a 70-year-old uprooted banyan tree and transplants it in the collectorate grounds in the Rajanna-Sircilla district of Telangana. Environmentalist Bobbala Prakash took care of the tree by pouring…
- India
Separate wing for women in Lucknow mosque soon
Lucknow: The Ambar Masjid in Lucknow will now have a separate wing for women and the project is being spearheaded by the All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) president Shaista…
- India
Telangana Cong leaders lodge police complaint against Assam CM
Hyderabad: The Congress party in Telangana on Monday filed complaints against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his derogatory comments on party leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress leaders at various police stations…
