India
- Middle East
Loud blasts, warning alerts in Riyadh: India urges citizens to remain calm
Riyadh: The Embassy of India in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, March 19, advised Indian citizens to remain calm and follow official safety guidelines after warning alerts were reported in the capital and…
- Kolkata
Political interference of the highest order: Mamata on transfer of 50 officials
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, March 19, expressed alarm over the “arbitrary removal of more than 50 senior officials” in the poll-bound state, terming it a “political interference…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad to host moon sighting meeting for Eid-ul-Fitr in India
Hyderabad: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of Sadar Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Deccan, also known as the moon sighting committee, is scheduled to convene its monthly meeting on March 19 at 6:00 pm to determine the commencement…
- Kerala
70% Kerala MLAs face criminal cases, over half are crorepatis: ADR
Nearly 70 per cent of sitting MLAs in Kerala have declared criminal cases against themselves, while more than half are crorepatis, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).…
- Kerala
Kerala High Court quashes FIR against actress Shwetha Menon
The Kerala High Court has observed that maligning the character of a woman without any substance is a “pernicious form of social violence”. It also observed that when a society focuses more…
- India
Tamil Nadu: No alliance with NDA, TVK to go alone says Vijay
Dismissing speculation about the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) aligning with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, party president Vijay on Wednesday asserted that there would be…
- India
SC dissolves NRI marriage, refuses to recognise US decree
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage between an NRI couple, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure “complete justice” after holding that the relationship…
- India
All Indian seafarers safe in Middle East: Ministry of Ports
New Delhi: All Indian seafarers in the Middle East region are safe, and no shipping incident involving Indian-flagged vessels has been reported in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping…
- Hate Crime
Islamophobic Ola driver said he beat up, intimidated passengers: SC lawyer
A Supreme Court advocate, Dr Saif Mahmood, reported an alarming incident in which an Ola driver glorified violence and deliberately intimidated Muslim passengers in New Delhi. In a letter addressed to Ola…
- Hyderabad
LPG panic spikes demand by 20k cylinders, prices soar to Rs 5k in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The fear of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shortage has sent Hyderabad households and eateries into a frenzy, with black marketers having a field day. Over 20,000 cylinders more than the usual average…
- World
US dangles free tickets, USD 2,600 to lure ‘illegal aliens’ to deport to India
The United States Department of Homeland Security, on Wednesday, March 18, announced a “historic opportunity” for those staying illegally in the country to self-deport without any fines and instead get a bonus…
- India
Kathua rape-murder: HC rejects mastermind’s plea to suspend life sentence
Chandigarh: The mastermind behind the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua does not deserve the “concession of suspension of sentence at this stage”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court…
- India
Acid thrown on Class 6 girl in Maharashtra, accused on the run
Ahilyanagar: Acid was thrown at a 13-year-old girl by an unidentified assailant in Maharashtra‘s Ahilyanagar district on Tuesday, March 17. The girl suffered from severe facial burn injuries and is undergoing treatment.…
- India
Allocate 60 pc seats on any flight free of charge: Govt to airlines
New Delhi: In a bid to further enhance ease of air travel, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Wednesday that a minimum of 60 per cent of seats on any flight…
- India
Kharge bids farewell to Rajya Sabha retirees, calls for rule review
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, March 18, bid farewell to retiring members and called for a review of the rules of procedure and conduct…
