India
- Hyderabad
Kalma homework row: Teacher booked under Juvenile Justice Act
Hyderabad: A first information report (FIR) was registered against a teacher and others of Success The School in Saidabad for allegedly assigning “Islamic religious practices” as homework to a Hindu student, police…
- India
Rupee rises 14 paise to close at 96.28 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee rose 14 paise to settle at 96.28 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday on possible intervention from the Reserve Bank of India after four consecutive sessions of decline.…
- India
HC seeks Delhi police’s stand on Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday, July 17, sought the Delhi Police’s stand on activist Sharjeel Imam’s plea seeking bail in a case under the anti-terror UAPA law concerning the…
- Middle East
Iran attacks Kuwait’s power and water desalination plant
Kuwait on Friday, July 17, said that Iran attacked a power and water desalination plant, causing widespread damage to the station. About 90 per cent of drinking water in Kuwait comes from…
- Hate Crime
Jaisalmer: ‘Illegal’ mosques, madrasa razed near Indo-Pak border
Jaisalmer: Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district administration has carried out an anti-encroachment drive in border areas adjoining the India-Pakistan international boundary and demolished six alleged illegal mosques and madrasa buildings constructed on government land,…
- Hate Crime
Latur: Muslim minors tied, beaten; FIR filed against them first
Latur: Three Muslim boys between the ages of 13 and 15 were allegedly tied to a tree and a pole and beaten by a group of Maratha men in Latur district of…
- Bangalore
Bidar cops arrest two, seize illegal arms worth Rs 6.73 lakh
Bidar: Bidar police have arrested two men for allegedly attempting to sell illegal country-made pistols, live ammunition and other weapons procured from Maharashtra’s Nanded district. The accused were caught during a special…
- India
Allahabad HC upholds gang rape conviction after 47 Years
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has upheld the conviction of a 71-year-old man in a 1979 gang rape case of a minor, but reduced his sentence from 7.5 years to four years…
- India
Gujarat ATS arrests five JeM suspects in Patan; 8 held earlier
Mehsana: As many as five persons were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Thursday, July 16, in connection with its probe into a terror module of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)…
- India
Panel probing badrinath theft suggests dress code, CCTV
Gopeshwar: An inquiry committee constituted by the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) to probe the alleged theft of offerings at Uttarakhand’s Badrinath temple submitted its report on Thursday, July 16. BKTC Chief…
- Mobile
OnePlus begins exiting US, Europe; India could follow in 2027
Hyderabad: OnePlus, one of the most recognisable Android smartphone brands in India, could wind down its India operations as early as 2027, according to a Bloomberg report, even as the company begins shutting down its…
- India
Kudankulam nuclear power plant data breached, says Reliance
Hyderabad: A ransomware group has posted online a large cache of files linked to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, India’s largest atomic energy facility, which it claimed had been obtained from Anil Ambani’s…
- India
SC orders policy on early release of old, terminally ill inmates
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 16, directed all states and Union territories to formulate and notify a policy within three months for early or premature release of prisoners who…
- India
ISRO tightens exit rules after over 100 quit key missions
Hyderabad: The Department of Space (DoS) has tightened rules governing voluntary retirement and resignation of scientists attached to Gaganyaan and other flagship missions, after more than 100 personnel from the Indian Space Research…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Woman dragged out of bus, hacked to death in Bantwal
Bengaluru: A 25-year-old woman was brutally hacked to death in full public view after being dragged out of a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus at the BC Road bus stand…
