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UK PM Rishi Sunak says hopes to get free trade deal with India done
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reiterated his commitment to closer India-UK ties across different sectors, including a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. Addressing a reception by the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt mulls dropping cases against DJ Halli-KG Halli riots accused
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government may consider dropping cases against the accused in the DJ Halli-KG Halli riots in Bengaluru. Sources said the Home Department has sought an opinion from the police department…
- India
Bihar: All-party meet welcomes caste survey, BJP says there are irregularities
Patna: Bihar’s all party meeting, which was called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, has welcomed the caste based survey released by the Bihar government. However, BJP said that there appear…
- Obituaries
Hyderabad’s Zaki Ahsan passes away in Canada; laid to rest at Meadowvale Cemetery
Toronto: Toronto’s well-known personality Zaki Ahsan passed away on Monday, October 2. According to Mohammad Ayub Khan, a researcher and activist of Indian origin, Ahsan was a cheerful and gregarious personality. He…
- India
World Bank pegs India’s GDP growth at 6.3 pc as global headwinds emerge
New Delhi: The World Bank has forecast India’s GDP growth for 2023-24 to be at 6.3 per cent as global headwinds are emerging as a drag. The expected moderation (from 7.2 per…
- Politics
Mehbooba Mufti calls raids at NewsClick premises ‘fishing expedition’
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday described the raids by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell at the residences of NewsClick journalists as a “fishing” expedition. Mufti, a former chief minister…
- India
India-Canada relations sour: New Delhi asks Ottawa to withdraw 40 diplomats
The relations between India and Canada are likely to worsen further as New Delhi has asked Ottawa to withdraw approximately 40 diplomats by October 10. Citing sources familiar with the situation, the…
- India
Maha hospital deaths: Congress demands probe, Kharge slams state health apparatus
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday demanded a thorough investigation into 24 deaths at a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Nanded with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge raising questions on the state government’s health…
- India
UP: Eight-year-old boy faces trauma of Deoria massacre alone
Deoria: A highly traumatised eight-year-old boy is the only survivor of the massacre that took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district. The incident happened on Monday. The Class 3 student is in…
- India
Delhi Police raid NewsClick’s offices, journalists
New Delhi: Delhi Police’s special cell on Tuesday morning, October 3, conducted raids at 30 premises connected with online portal NewsClick as well as its journalists’ houses, triggering outrage against the action…
- World
Urged India to cooperate with Canada in its probe into Khalistani’s death: US official
Washington: The Biden Administration has engaged with the Indian government on a number of occasions urging them to cooperate with Canada in its investigations into the death of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh…
- India
Watch: Vande Bharat Express loco pilot pulls brakes, averts accident
Jaipur: The Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat Express escaped an accident in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan on Monday as the loco pilot noticed an iron rod and stones placed on its tracks and immediately…
- India
India’s unemployment rate falls to 12-month low in Sep
Mumbai: India’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 12 months during September as the number of those without jobs declined in both rural and urban areas of the country, according…
- India
Transgenders not happy with caste survey in Bihar, calls it ‘fake’
Patna: After Bihar on Monday became the first state in the country to release data from a caste-based survey, the transgender community in the state has expressed its displeasure over the report.…
- India
Mahatma Gandhi was against religious conversion: Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asserted that Mahatma Gandhi was against the religious conversion by allurement. Sarma visited Gandhi Mandap located at the hilltop of Sarania Hill in…
