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UP: Upper-caste family blocks daughter’s baraat over loudspeaker songs
Bareilly: A marriage procession was stopped from entering a village here by members of an upper-caste community who objected to certain songs being blasted out from loudspeakers, prompting police to intervene and…
- Featured News
Chaupal panchayat of WhatsApp University: Why has social media become an addiction?
A long-time journalist friend after a prolonged marathon of playing with words and scribbling hundreds of stories on national and international events had a nagging doubt early in the morning and raised…
- Kashmir
J-K: Bridge in Gurez among 75 BRO projects inaugurated by Rajnath Singh
Srinagar: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday, October 12 virtually inaugurated the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)-built bridge in Jammu & Kashmir’s border area of Gurez. A Defence Ministry statement said that the…
- Featured News
Mental well-being needs to get centre stage in health management
By Seema Kumar and Prachi RaturiAs journalists we often get beats to cover. From politics to education to health to lifestyle to crime to now even social media, we hear. News and…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia explores investment opportunities in India’s BPCL new refinery
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is looking for investment opportunities in the Indian Government-backed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) new refinery project. This initiative is part of Kingdom’s broader investment strategy…
- India
Madrasas promoting Islam over education: BJP
New Delhi: Commenting on the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’ (NCPCR) recommendation of stopping madrasa funds, BJP National Spokesperson, R P Singh, welcomed the suggestion and remarked that instead of…
- India
Child rights body urges state to stop Madrassa funding over RTE violations
New Delhi: The apex child rights body has raised serious concerns about the state of functioning in madrassas and called for stopping state funding to them unless they comply with the Right…
- India
BSF shoots down drone carrying gun, heroin in Punjab
New Delhi: The alert troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday, October 11, shot down a drone in Punjab’s Ferozepur near the India-Pakistan border and seized a packet of heroin,…
- Technology
Hyundai to invest Rs 32,000 cr in India, predicts strong EV market growth
New Delhi: IPO-bound Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) has earmarked investments worth around Rs 32,000 crore for India till 2032, as the company predicts a strong and steady EV market growth till…
- Andhra Pradesh
Centre releases grants worth Rs 2,255 cr for rural development in AP, Rajasthan
New Delhi: In a major boost for rural development, the government on Saturday said it has released the first instalment of the 15th Finance Commission grants worth more than Rs 2,255 crore…
- India
Live cockroach removed from man’s intestine in Delhi
New Delhi: A live cockroach measuring 3 centimeters was successfully removed from the small intestine of a 23-year-old man at a private hospital here, officials said on Friday. The procedure, which took…
- Pakistan
UK: Pak-origin man gets life term for murder of Indian restaurant manager
London: A 25-year-old man of Pakistani heritage has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an Indian restaurant manager who was killed in a road collision with a car while…
- Sports
Bumrah named India vice-captain for NZ Test series, in indication of leadership role in Australia
New Delhi: Premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Friday named vice-captain of India for the upcoming three-match home Test series against New Zealand, strongly indicating his possible elevation to the leadership role…
- India
Outcry over arrest of senior journalist in Gujarat
Journalist bodies in the country have raised concerns over the arrest of The Hindu’s Gujarat correspondent Mahesh Langa by the state police in an alleged tax evasion case lodged by the directorate…
- India
Hubballi riot: Joshi slams Karnataka govt’s decision to withdraw cases
Hubballi: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi on Friday, October 11 condemned the Karnataka government’s decision to withdraw cases in connection with the Hubballi police station riot,…
