India
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Defence ministers of all SCO countries except Pakistan to attend key conclave in India
New Delhi: Defence ministers of China, Russia and other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) except Pakistan will travel to India to attend a key meeting of the grouping this…
- India
Maha: Court grants bail to 111 people held during protest against refinery
Mumbai: A court in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri has granted bail to 111 people, most of them women, who were arrested for holding an agitation against a proposed oil refinery at Barsu village in…
- World
World is recognising capabilities and contributions of ‘New India’, EAM Jaishankar
Bogota: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that the world is recognising the capabilities and contributions of a ‘New India’ as he underscored that there is a feeling that today’s India…
- Kerala
Kochi Water Metro commences commercial operations; over 6,500 people ride on first day
Kochi: The Kerala government’s ambitious Kochi Water Metro service, a first in the country and launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day ago, commenced its commercial operations on Wednesday on a…
- India
Same-sex marriage: Rijiju says to be decided by people, court no place to settle such matters
New Delhi: As the Supreme Court hears pleas seeking legal sanction for same sex marriages, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said an important matter like the institution of marriage has…
- India
Ayurveda practitioners not entitled to same pay as doctors with MBBS degrees, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that practitioners of alternative systems of medicine such as Ayurveda are not entitled to equal pay with allopathic doctors as they not are involved…
- India
Pravin Togadia blames Muslims for India’s population record
Guwahati: Pravin Togadia, the President of Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP), a right-wing outfit, on Wednesday held a minority community responsible for India overtaking China as the world’s most populous nation. Togadia, who…
- Middle East
India planning power grid with Saudi Arabia, UAE via undersea cable
India is planning to link its power grid through undersea cables to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), local media reported. India’s Ministry of Energy has…
- India
Case registered after celebratory firing during Eid prayers
Kota: Police on Wednesday lodged a case after a video showed a group of people allegedly indulging in celebratory firing during Eid prayers at an eidgah in Sangod town here, an officer…
- India
Rape case can’t be quashed just because victim agrees for it, says HC on FIR against Bhushan Kumar
Mumbai: A case of rape cannot be quashed merely because the victim granted her consent to do so, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday while expressing its disinclination to quash an…
- India
534 Indians evacuated from strife-torn Sudan under ‘Operation Kaveri’
New Delhi: India has evacuated at least 534 Indian nationals from Sudan and is looking to rescue more of its citizens from the strife-torn African nation before the end of a tenuous…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi appeals to Karnataka voters to ‘stand with Congress’
Chikkamagaluru: AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday stated that her family is facing a period of struggle in the contemporary period and made an appeal to the people to stand…
- India
BJP, AAP trade barbs over expenditure on renovation of Kejriwal’s official residence
New Delhi: The political slugfest over the alleged Rs 45 crore expenditure on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence intensified on Wednesday, with the BJP accusing him of building a “palace…
- India
Same-sex marriage: SC asks Centre not to cite US verdict on abortion
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, hearing pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage, observed on Tuesday that it is a well-settled principle that “judges don’t legislate” and asked the Centre not to…
- India
India’s vision for healthcare is universal, says PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India’s vision for health was universal even when there were no global pandemics. While inaugurating virtually the 6th edition of Advantage Healthcare India…
