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- India
Journalists’ body calls for law to protect scribes, tackle fake news
New Delhi: Journalists and experts from different fields deliberating on challenges confronting the media “on a daily basis” have called for a central law to protect “truth-seeking journalists” and censure those peddling…
- Telangana
Centre to set up turmeric board, tribal university in Telangana: Modi
Mahabubnagar: Ahead of the Telangana elections at the end of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that the centre has decided to setup the National Turmeric Board in Nizamabad…
- Telangana
BRS-BJP poster war ahead of PM Modi’s Telangana visit
Hyderabad: A poster war erupted between BRS and BJP in Hyderabad, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Telangana on Sunday. While ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has put up posters…
- Telangana
Telangana: KCR to again skip PM Modi’s program in state today
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will skip Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s program in the state on Sunday. Telangana Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav confirmed to…
- World
US misses the ‘bigger picture’ on row with Canada: Jaishankar
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was struck by how little people in the US, specially officials he met over the last days including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security…
- India
No fault found on part of police in killing of Atiq Ahmad, his brother: UP tells SC
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court that “no fault” has been found on the part of the police in an ongoing probe into the killing of dreaded…
- Bangalore
Review petition filed before Cauvery Water Management: Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said a review petition has been filed before the Cauvery Water Management Board regarding the Cauvery water release order. The state government said in its…
- World
Freedom of speech doesn’t extend to incitement of violence: India on Canada row
Washington: Stating that India does not require lessons from others on the concept of freedom of speech, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, in an apparent reference to Canada, said that freedom of…
- World
Blinken urged India to ‘cooperate fully’ with Canada’s probe: US official
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged India to “cooperate fully” with the ongoing Canadian investigation into the killing of a Khalistani separatist, a senior state department official said on…
- India
Not advisable to tinker with age of consent: Law Commission to govt
New Delhi: The Law Commission has advised the government not to tinker with the existing age of consent under the POCSO Act and suggested introducing guided judicial discretion in the matter of…
- India
EAM Jaishankar meets US Secretary Blinken amid India-Canada diplomatic row
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here and discussed ways to further the bilateral ties, amid the diplomatic row between India and Canada…
- India
LS Speaker refers plaints against Ramesh Bidhuri to privileges panel
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has referred MPs’ complaints on the issue involving BJP member Ramesh Bidhuri’s use of objectionable words against BSP’s Danish Ali to the Privileges Committee, sources…
- 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…
- 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…
- Telangana
‘One nation one poll’ an attention diversion gimmick of PM Modi, says BRS
Hyderabad: Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday termed one nation one poll “an attention diversion gimmick” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that if he was sincere about the issue,…
