India
- Technology
WhatsApp denies popular username reservation claims
New Delhi: WhatsApp has asserted that username reservation relating to well-known public figure names is restricted only to their legitimate account owners, and termed as “false” any claims that people are reserving…
- Middle East
Mehbooba Mufti, Khurshid to travel to Iran for Khamenei funeral
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir’s former chief minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and Congress leader Salman Khurshid are set to travel to Iran on Thursday, July 2, to…
- India
Uttarakhand abolishes Madrasa Board, sets common authority
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday, July 1, officially replaced the state’s Madrasa Board with the Uttarakhand State Minority Education Authority, bringing educational institutions belonging to all six notified minority communities under…
- News
Assam man declared foreigner despite providing 15 documents
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday, June 30, declared a 38-year-old man in Assam a foreigner despite him furnishing 15 separate documents to prove his Indian citizenship. Citing the burden of proof…
- Offbeat
Donate blood and get free VIP darshan pass at Omkareshwar temple
Khandwa: Devotees visiting the famous Omkareshwar temple of Lord Shiva in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district can now get a free VIP pass for darshan of the deity by donating their blood, a…
- India
Zero tolerance for AI-generated fake judgments: SC
New Delhi: Red flagging the use of “non-existent, fake, and hallucinated” judgements generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the Supreme Court on Thursday, July 2, set aside a verdict of the National Company…
- Hyderabad
Gold rates surge in Hyderabad after a near six-month low
Hyderabad: Gold rates in Hyderabad climbed by over 2 per cent on Thursday, July 2, after nearly six-month low. On Wednesday, July 1, the prices for 10 gram of 24-carat and 22-carat…
- India
SC dismisses plea against Manipur HC panchayat polls order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 2, refused to entertain a plea challenging the Manipur High Court order extending the deadline for conducting panchayat elections in the state to October…
- India
Japanese PM accorded ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on Thursday, July 2, accorded a warm ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present on…
- Kerala
Two BJP workers held over CPI(M) office vandalism in Kasargod
Kasaragod: Two BJP workers were arrested for allegedly vandalising a CPI(M) local committee office at Ennappara here, police said on Thursday, July 2. The arrested have been identified as Vishal K Babu…
- India
Trinamool rebels to meet ECI, stake claim to party symbol
Kolkata: A team of 10 legislators from the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress’s legislative party will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Commission’s…
- India
Bhagwat: Post-partition arrivals were ‘Warriors,’ not refugees
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday, July 1, said after the 1947 Partition, the people who came to India were not refugees, but “warriors of struggle ” who endured significant hardships…
- India
Air Marshal Dixit, Lt General Jain assume Vice Chief roles
New Delhi: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, who served as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff during Operation Sindoor, took charge as the new Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) on Wednesday,…
- Telangana
Telangana clears salaries for contract, outsourced staff on CM’s orders
Hyderabad: The Telangana government said salaries to employees working on an outsourcing and contract basis were credited on Wednesday, the first day of July, as per Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s directives.…
- Telangana
Telangana STF seizes 102 kg ganja worth Rs 10L, arrests one
Hyderabad: The Telangana Excise State Task Force (STF) seized 102 kg of ganja valued at around Rs. 10 lakh and arrested a drug courier during an operation near Pedda Amberpet on the…
