India
- Sports
BCCI announces squads for Women’s T20 Challenge 2022
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma as captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively. The three teams will…
- Telangana
Telangana: Medara tribals bamboo business flourishing after COVID-19
Hyderabad: The business of the tribal community Medara here who make bamboo products is flourishing again this summer after being hit for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Expressing their happiness,…
- India
Karnataka: Lingayat community seeks OBC status, BJP in a fix
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP is in a fix over the demand of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community seeking its inclusion in the Other Backwards Classes (OBC) list by the Centre. The community leaders have…
- India
Heat waves, floods, rain: India battling climate change and it is getting worse
New Delhi: The spectre of climate change is here to stay and even worsen, say climate scientists as searing winds blow across swathes of north India, including New Delhi where temperatures have…
- Technology
India-based fintechs continue to dominate funding in Asia-Pacific
New Delhi: Fintech companies in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region raised $3.33 billion over 186 deals in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, dominated once again by India-based fintechs, a new report said…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Stalin writes to PM Modi on cotton prices
Chennai: Flagging the “serious disruptions” faced by the textile industry in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M K Stalin has urged the Centre to initiate a series of steps including making mandatory for spinning…
- India
‘Shivling’ claim made at Gyanvapi, court orders sealing of area
Varanasi: As the third day of the court-ordered videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded on Monday, the Hindu petitioner in the case, Sohan Lal Arya claimed…
- Technology
India tablet market set to grow up to 12% this year
New Delhi: Driven by resurgent demand, the India tablet market grew 68 per cent year-on-year (YoY), while 4G tablets recorded a sequential growth of 74 per cent YoY in the first quarter…
- India
Following the row, ASI releases photos of rooms inside Taj Mahal
The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) released pictures of two areas inside the Taj Mahal in the ASI January 2022 newsletter. The release comes soon after a plea hearing in the Allahabad…
- India
Bharatiya Kisan Union splits, Tikait brothers ‘removed’
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has split with a breakaway group, claiming to be the ‘real’ organisation, appointing Rajesh Chauhan as the new chief. Naresh Tikait has been removed from the…
- India
Fadnavis likens MVA govt with Babri structure; says won’t rest till it is toppled
Mumbai: Hitting out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday likened the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state with the Babri mosque structure and said…
- India
We will overcome, Congress will have a new ‘uday’: Sonia Gandhi
Udaipur: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, in her concluding remarks at Chintan Shivir, on Sunday said that a task force would be setup in the next two to three days to implement…
- India
Survey underway at Gyanvapi Masjid complex for third day
Varanasi: A court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex here began for the third consecutive day on Monday amid tight security, officials said. Till Sunday, around 65 per cent of the survey…
- India
Noida: 80-year-old man held for ‘digitally raping’ minor girl
Noida: A 17-year-old girl has been allegedly “digitally raped” for a period of seven years by an 80-year-old man who was arrested by the Noida Police on Sunday. In a “digital rape”, the…
- India
Arvind Kejriwal to hold meeting over anti-encroachment drive
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arivind Kejriwal will on Monday to hold a meeting with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs regarding the anti-encroachment drive in the national capital. The meeting, which will begin…
