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Karnataka: Congress announces free travel for women in public transport buses
Mangaluru: Announcing the fifth poll “guarantee” of the Congress ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised free travel for women in public transport…
- India
HC seeks DU stand on St Stephen’s plea against absolute weightage to CUET score for minorities
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought Delhi University’s response on a plea filed by St Stephen’s College against the varsity’s notification insisting on admission under minority quota solely on…
- India
Poonch terror attack: Man who consumed poison after being called for police questioning dies
Poonch: A 50-year-old man who allegedly consumed poison on being called by police for questioning in connection with last week’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch died on Thursday, sparking protests…
- Business
Airtel 5G Plus now available in 3,000 cities, towns
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that its ultra-fast 5G service is now available to customers in 3,000 cities and towns in the country. From Katra in Jammu to Kannur in…
- Opinions
Poonch terror attack – its dynamics pose new challenges
The Poonch terror attack of April 20 has its own dynamics which are being papered over by old-themed analysis The fundamentals of this attack, in which five soldiers were killed, need to…
- World
Abolish veto rights or give them to newbies in reformed UNSC: India
United Nations: Pressing its case for reforming the UN Security Council, India has said that either the veto rights should be abolished or be given also to new permanent members in a…
- India
Bihar: Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh released
Saharsa: Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh was released from Bihar’s Saharsa jail early Thursday morning, a jail official confirmed. Singh’s release was necessitated after the Bihar government recently amended the prison rules allowing…
- Top Stories
Spurred border tensions: India’s 2022 military spending rose by 6%
New York: Spurred by tensions along its borders, India’s defence spending rose by nearly six per cent to $81.4 billion last year, ranking it fourth in military expenditures, according to an analysis…
- Delhi
DU to launch ‘Panchang’ on April 28 to disseminate ancient Indian knowledge
New Delhi: The Delhi University (DU) will release a ‘Panchang’ (religious almanac) prepared by it on April 28, which will be shared among the students across the country with an aim to…
- India
IndiGo offers to operate chartered flights under Operation Kaveri
New Delhi: IndiGo on Wednesday said it has offered services for chartered flights to Jeddah to bring back Indians evacuated from Sudan. Under the evacuation mission ‘Operation Kaveri’, India is taking the…
- India
Wary of cyclone, Odisha gears up for calamity in advance
Bhubaneswar: After being hit by summer cyclones for three consecutive years in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the Odisha government on Wednesday geared up for such an eventuality in the coming days, though…
- India
Check today’s US dollar, UK pound, & other INR exchange rates
The exchange rates of the US dollar, UK pound, Saudi riyal, UAE’s Dirham, Australian dollar, and other currencies to Indian rupees depend on demand and supply. Following are the exchange rates as…
- Pakistan
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…
