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US: Family of Andhra student killed by officer to get Rs 262 cr settlement
Seattle: The city of Seattle has reached a USD 29 million (Rs 262 crore) settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police…
- Kerala
Kerala HC grants bail to expelled Congress MLA in sexual assault case
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday, February 12, granted anticipatory bail to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case of rape and forced abortion against him. Justice Kauser Edappagath granted…
- India
UP: Tobacco tycoon’s son arrested after Lamborghini crash
Kanpur: The Kanpur police on Thursday, February 12, arrested Shivam Mishra, son of local tobacco baron KK Mishra, in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini crash that left several people injured on the…
- India
Punjab: AAP extends support to ‘Bharat Band’ by farmers, workers
Chandigarh: Punjab’s ruling party, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has extended support to the nationwide strike called on February 12 by the central trade unions and farmer bodies. In a statement here, the…
- India
Rahul Gandhi backs Bharat Bandh, voices support for workers and farmers
New Delhi: As the joint forum of central trade unions announced nationwide protests against the Centre’s labour and economic policies, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, February 12, extended his support, saying…
- India
Maharashtra: DGCA launches investigation into Ajit Pawar plane crash
Pune: A four-member team of senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials on Wednesday, February 11, the site of the plane crash that killed Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and four…
- World
India reducing Russian oil buys, claims US
Washington: The United States has claimed India has been “reducing” its purchases of Russian oil and diversifying energy imports, as lawmakers pressed the State Department on enforcement challenges tied to Moscow’s war…
- Middle East
11 stranded migrants return to India, 3 prefer to stay back in Dubai
Ranchi: Eleven of the 14 migrant workers from different districts of Jharkhand allegedly stranded in Dubai returned to India on Wednesday, a government official said. The three others wanted to continue with…
- India
Centre sanctions Rs 6.09 crore to State and UT biodiversity bodies for 2025–26
New Delhi: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has provided financial assistance worth Rs 6.09 crore to State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils (UTBCs) based on proposals received in 2025-26,…
- News
JNU students protest rustication, fines against student union members
New Delhi: Students of JNU’s School of Social Sciences (SSS) went on a strike on Wednesday, February 11, to protest what they described as the “unjust rustication” of five students, including office…
- India
Russia allows Indian labourers in bulk due to labour shortage, Ukraine war
Moscow: While it is not new that Indians work as labourers in foreign countries, Reuters reported that Russia has eased the visa process for Indians in bulk to keep up with its…
- India
Bharat Bandh: Banks, health, transport services to be hit on Feb 12
New Delhi: Services related to electricity, banking, insurance, transport, health, as well as gas and water supply, are likely to be affected across the country on Thursday, February 12, due to a…
- World
India and Pakistan war could have been nuclear: Donald Trump
New York: US President Donald Trump repeated the claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last year, which he said could have turned nuclear, through tariffs. “I settled eight…
- World
India-US trade deal: WH drops reference to ‘certain pulses’ in fact sheet
New York: The White House has removed “pulses” from a list of American products on which it said India will eliminate or reduce tariffs, in a revised fact sheet issued on the…
- Middle East
Dubai airport handles 95.2M fliers in 2025; India remains top destination
Dubai: Dubai International Airport maintained its crown as the world’s busiest airport last year as officials said Wednesday that a record 95.2 million passengers transited through its terminals, part of the emirate’s…
