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Bihar BJP MLA’s ‘objectionable’ photos go viral on social media

Patna: Female BJP MLA from Narkatiaganj in Bihar’s Champaran district, Rashmi Verma, was ‘shocked’ after her ‘objectionable’ photographs went viral on social media on Wednesday. In the purported photographs, she was seen…
India

Kharge holds meeting with party’s Jharkhand leadership to discuss 2024 polls

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday held a meeting with the party’s Jharkhand leadership regarding the 2024 Lok Sabha poll preparations. During the meeting, a strategy to defeat the BJP…

Kashmir

Article 370: SC asks if Parl can enact law to divide J-K into 2 UTs during Prez’s Rule

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether Parliament could have enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which divided the erstwhile state into two union territories, during the subsistence of…
India

PM Modi welcomes WHO DG to India

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to India. PM Modi used the name ‘Tulsi Bhai’ for Tedros, a name…
India

CBI sends 53 officers to probe Manipur violence cases; 29 women among them

New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday deputed 53 officers, including 29 women officers, from different ranks to probe Manipur violence cases, officials said. Three Deputy Inspector General ranked officers, who include women…
Delhi

Woman found lying in semi-naked state in Delhi; probe launched

New Delhi: A semi-naked woman, aged around 22 years, was found lying in a semi-conscious state near the Wazirabad crematorium in Delhi on Wednesday evening, the police said. A senior police officer…
India

Chandrayaan-3 completes last manoeuvre, gears up for propulsion

Bengaluru: India’s ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission hit another mark on Wednesday when its spacecraft successfully underwent a fifth and final lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre, which brings it even closer to the surface of the…

Delhi

Delhi court allows Jacqueline to fly abroad sans prior permission

New Delhi: A Delhi court has modified the bail conditions for Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who is one of the accused in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case in which jailed…
Bangalore

Techie caught having affairs with men, wife lodges complaint of torture in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Jnanabharthi Police in Bengaluru on Wednesday lodged an FIR against a software engineer following the complaint by his wife who alleged that the techie husband has turned out to be a…
Bangalore

Decision of Karnataka’s Congress govt to scrap NEP slammed

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) from the next academic year has drawn criticism from various quarters. T. V. Mohandas Pai, chairperson of Manipal Global Education…
India

Modi surname case: Jharkhand HC exempts Rahul from appearing personally

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday granted relief to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi from personally appearing before a special Ranchi court hearing a defamation petition related to the Modi surname’…
India

MP: Dalit sarpanch says was not invited to hoist flag at school; probe on

Vidisha: A Dalit sarpanch has alleged that he was not invited to hoist the Tricolour in their village school on Independence Day and accused the principal of making casteist remarks against him…
Delhi

Teachers’ bodies form D.U.T.A. – an alliance to fight DUTA elections

New Delhi: Several teachers’ bodies in Delhi University, have decided to constitute a Democratic United Teachers’ Alliance (D.U.T.A.) for the Delhi University Teachers Association election. The Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), one of…
India

India announces multiple-entry tourist visas for Kuwaitis

The Indian ambassador to Kuwait, Dr Adarsh Swaika, has announced multiple entry tourist visas for Kuwaiti nationals, Arabic daily Al Qabas reported. Under this new visa arrangement, Kuwaiti visitors are given the…
Telangana

Telangana polls: Is Congress taking Muslim voters for granted?

Hyderabad: Muslim leaders in the Telangana Congress Pradesh Committee (TPCC) are miffed with the party’s top brass over ‘a lack of planning to attract Muslim voters’ in the upcoming state elections. Many…