India
- Delhi
Delhi’s air quality ‘severe’ again on Friday as AQI crosses 400
New Delhi: Air quality in Delhi turned “severe” again on Friday with a dip in temperatures and slow wind speed at night allowing accumulation of pollutants. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI)…
- India
Jilted UP woman re-enacts ‘Sholay’ on mobile tower
Maharajganj: The people of Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh witnessed high dram — straight out of Bollywood blockbuster ‘Sholay’ — when a 20-year-old woman scaled a mobile tower in Semra Raja village because…
- India
Karnataka cabinet withdraws consent to CBI inquiry against Shivakumar
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to withdraw the permission granted for a CBI investigation into the disproportionate assets case against Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. The decision was made during a…
- India
Taj Hotels’ data breached, around 1.5mn customers at risk
New Delhi: Around 1.5 million people may have had their personal information compromised in a recent data breach at Taj Hotels, owned by Tata, as per reports. “The perpetrator, known as ‘Dnacookies’,…
- India
Sukhbir seeks PM Modi’s intervention in appointment of Sikhs as judge
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Badal on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking “his immediate and urgent intervention against the omission of two Sikh lawyers Harmit Singh Grewal and…
- India
Campaigning in Rajasthan ends, polling on Saturday
Jaipur: The high-pitch electoral campaign in Rajasthan for the November 25 assembly elections came to an end Wednesday evening with the BJP going all out to wrest power from the Congress, which…
- India
Rahul Gandhi has become ‘national problem’, claims BJP’s Shivraj Chouhan
Jaipur: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Thursday targeted Rahul Gandhi for his “panauti” jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming when the Indian cricket team lost the World Cup final…
- Middle East
Air Arabia launches first direct flight from RAK to Kozhikode
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia has commenced its first non-stop flight from Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) to Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala, the Emirates News…
- India
Congress upholds secularism, BJP indulges in polarisation, says Kharge
Nagpur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in polarisation and appeasement politics, and claimed that the grand old party upholds secularism. He was speaking…
- India
Centre plans to counter deepfake menace with new regulations
Concerned over the menace of deepfake technology, which uses AI to create misleading and fake videos, Union minister of electronics, IT and communication Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday, November 23, held a meeting…
- Business
Banks, RBI keeping close watch to tackle cyber fraud: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that while government institutions, banks and insurance companies were building greater awareness over cyber fraud, there was a need for people also…
- Technology
IRCTC website goes down, users complain on X
New Delhi: Website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday suffered a technical glitch, causing a temporary pause to its e-ticketing services. The outage left passengers stranded and…
- India
Agents charging Indian students more ahead of UK govt ban on dependents
London: Education agents are charging Indian students more money to secure spots at UK universities ahead of a government ban, which prohibits dependents from entering the country, beginning January 1, 2024. A…
- India
MNS hints at protests over Marathi signboards for shops in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Wednesday displayed banners in Mumbai hinting at an aggressive protest if the Supreme Court ‘deadline’ for putting up signboards of shops and hotels in Marathi (Devnagari…
- India
TMC to bring resolution in Assembly condemning violation of constitution by Centre
Kolkata: The ruling TMC in West Bengal is poised to table a resolution in the upcoming Winter session of the Assembly, condemning the alleged constitutional violations by the central government. The Assembly…
