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- India
After 2 years in jail, Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan walks out
After spending two years in Lucknow jail, Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan finally walked out free on Thursday. The sessions court had ordered his bail the previous day. Visuals of Kerala based journalist…
- World
Indian-American Nikki Haley expected to announce US Prez bid
Washington: Indian-American Republican leader Nikki Haley is expected to announce her bid for the 2024 US election run as she sent out invitations for a ‘special announcement’. Taking to Twitter, Haley wrote,…
- India
Morbi bridge collapse: Oreva group MD Jaysukh Patel sent to 7-day police custody
Morbi: A court in Gujarat’s Morbi town on Wednesday sent managing director of Oreva Group Jaysukh Patel in seven-day police custody in a case related to the Morbi suspension bridge collapse which…
- India
Union Budget: Massive cut in funds for madrasas; merit-cum means scholarship
The Union budget 2023 witnessed an 87% cut in the merit-cum means scholarship meant for professional and technical courses for students from minority communities with just Rs 44 crore allocated to it.…
- India
No income tax for individuals earning upto Rs 7 lakhs: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the personal income tax rebate is extended on income up to Rs 7 lakhs in the new tax regime. The minister also announced revised tax slabs.…
- Politics
BJP plans nationwide campaign on Union Budget
New Delhi: The BJP will start a 12-day nationwide campaign on Wednesday to make people aware of the “pro-people” measures that are to be announced in the Union Budget, party leaders said.…
- India
Activist Shoma Sen seeks discharge in Elgar Parishad case
Mumbai: Activist-academician Shoma Sen, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on Tuesday moved an application before a special court here seeking discharge in the matter on the ground she has…
- India
After Ravish Kumar & Sreenivasan Jain, Nidhi Razdan quits NDTV
Three days after her colleague Sreenivasan Jain declared his exit from NDTV, Nidhi Razdan announced her resignation as the executive editor of NDTV. Ravish Kumar also had resigned from the Adani group…
- Hyderabad
How BJP MLA Raja Singh is bypassing his gag order on hate speech
Hyderabad: Hit with a gag order from the Telangana High Court, suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh seems to be subverting his restrictions by passing communal and inflammatory remarks…
- Andhra Pradesh
Vishakhapatnam will be Andhra Pradesh’s capital: CM YS Jagan announces
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday announced that the city of Vishakhapatnam is going to be the capital city of the state. “I am here to invite…
- Delhi
Parliament address: President Murmu calls Art 370, triple talaq moves ‘decisive’
New Delhi: In her first address to Parliament as President, Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday expressed her gratitude to citizens for electing a stable government for two consecutive terms and said that the…
- India
2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits nine accused
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday acquitted nine persons accused of rioting, arson and other offences during the 2020 Delhi riots, granting the benefit of doubt, which includes delay by the…
- India
Adani-Hindenburg war intensifies; Adani gets backing as UAE royals invest USD 400 million
New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s embattled group clutched on to a USD 400-million investment by Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Co. in its flagship firm’s share sale to restore confidence in the conglomerate…
- India
Hindenburg Research’s expose: Adani Group to go forward with planned IPO
As the Adani Group tries to grapple with the Hindenburg Research report that accused them of financial fraud, mounting debts and offshore tax havens, the former has announced that it will go…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: 46 killed, over 100 injured in Taliban suicide blast at Peshawar mosque
Peshawar: A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 46…
