India
- India
PM Modi pays tributes to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid rich tributes to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary, saying he will forever be a symbol of India’s relentless fight for…
- Sports
Indian men’s 10m air pistol team strikes gold at Asian Games
Hangzhou: The men’s 10m air pistol team continued India’s success story at the Asian Games here, winning gold with two marksmen also making it to the individual finals on Thursday. The team…
- India
Prayagraj flights cancelled due to air show on Air Force Day
Prayagraj: The air show to celebrate the Air Force Day will impact the operation of flights from different cities to Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj between October 3 to 8. The mega air show…
- India
Charge sheet against ex-BSP minister for announcing reward on Danish cartoonist
Meerut: The Uttar Pradesh Police have filed a charge sheet against former BSP Minister Yaqub Qureshi, 17 years after he offered a Rs 51 crore for the “beheading” of a cartoonist from…
- India
Indian convicted for orchestrating $2.8mn healthcare fraud in US
New York: A 43-year-old Indian national has been convicted by a federal jury in Michigan for orchestrating a $2.8 million healthcare fraud and wire fraud conspiracy, and engaging in money laundering, aggravated…
- India
EAM Jaishankar to meet US Secretary Blinken amid India-Canada diplomatic row
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Thursday, amid the diplomatic rumpus between India and Canada stirred over the killing of…
- Business
Central government to sell 50-year bonds for first time
New Delhi: The Central government for the first time will sell 50-year bonds to meet the demand for longer dated securities from the country’s life insurance and pension fund segments. This comes…
- Mumbai
Tarikh pe Tarikh: Congress takes dig at Shinde govt over quota & other issues
Mumbai: Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Wednesday targeted the Eknath Shinde government over issues ranging from the demand of the Maratha and Dhangar communities for quotas and the proceedings on the…
- Hyderabad
Crocodile surfaces out of open drain in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A baby crocodile surfaced from an open drain in Hyderabad during rains that lashed the city on Wednesday evening. The reptile came out of the drain in Chintal Basti in Khairatabad,…
- India
UP: Tension in Bahraich over putting up green flags for Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi
Bahraich: Tension flared up in Visheshwarganj area here after some members of Hindu community objected to putting up of “green” flags on the pillars outside their houses and a temple by Muslim…
- India
‘Amit Shah assured that murderers will be punished’, Manipur CM on students’ killing
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said on Wednesday that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured him that the case of the murder of two young students will be dealt…
- Mumbai
More than 19,000 cops on Ganesh immersion duty in Mumbai
Mumbai: Mumbai Police are deploying more than 19,000 personnel, including officers, to thwart any untoward incident when processions will be taken out to immerse idols of Lord Ganesh on Anant Chaturdashi, the…
- India
Karnataka bandh will be successful, say Kannada outfits
Bengaluru: ‘Kannada Okkuta’, an umbrella organisation for Kannada organisations, on Wednesday claimed that the dawn to dusk bandh called by them on September 29, to protest against release of Cauvery river water…
- Andhra Pradesh
Hearing on Chandrababu Naidu’s bail plea adjourned to Oct 4
Vijayawada: A special court here on Wednesday adjourned to October 4 hearing on bail petition of former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Skill Development Corporation scam. The special ACB court also…
- India
HRW report links BJP with hate speeches against Muslims in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its affiliated right-aligned organisations are responsible for the “escalating trend” of anti-Muslim hate speeches, according to a report by Hindutva Watch, a US-based…
