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- India
Hyderabadi boy Mohammed Siraj levels series for India with magic spell
London: The perseverant Mohammed Siraj’s warrior spirit steered India to a series-levelling six-run victory over England in the fifth and final Test here on Monday, bringing a fitting end to one of…
- World
India can’t continue financing Ukraine war by purchasing oil from Russia: Trump aide
New York: India portrays itself as being one of America’s closest friends in the world, but imposes massive tariffs, engages in “cheating” on immigration policies, and its purchases of Russian oil are…
- India
Concerning rise of hate, large-scale evictions against minorities in Assam
India Hate Lab recently released a report under its Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) initiative, highlighting a worrying rise in hate speech, harassment, violence and forced evictions targeting Bengali-origin Muslims who are being…
- India
Army officer attacks SpiceJet staff over cabin luggage dispute; FIR filed
New Delhi: SpiceJet on Sunday, August 3, said a senior Army officer, who was to board a flight to Delhi, assaulted four airline ground staffers at the Srinagar airport on July 26,…
- India
ECI abusing its powers, must be fought legally: Chidambaram on Bihar SIR
New Delhi: Amid the raging row over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission is trying to change…
- India
Pune village erupts in communal violence over WhatsApp post; 18 held so far
Communal violence was witnessed after an irate mob vandalised properties and indulged in arson in Yavat village of Maharashtra‘s Pune district on Friday afternoon (August 1) over an objectionable WhatsApp status allegedly…
- India
Kerala nuns get bail in ‘trafficking-conversion’ case; victims allege assault by Bajrang Dal
Bilaspur: A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district on Saturday, August 2, granted bail to two nuns from Kerala and one other person arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious…
- World
Trump deploys 2 US nuclear submarines over ex-Russian leader Medvedev’s remarks
Washington: In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday, August 1, he’s ordering the repositioning of two US nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of the country’s former…
- Business
UPI payments hits record in July; NPCI rolls out new rules
Transactions via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) touched a record high of 19.47 billion in July. The transaction value stood at Rs 25.08 lakh crore, the second-highest ever recorded, according to data…
- India
Former JD (S) MP Prajwal Revanna convicted in rape case
Bengaluru: Former MP and suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna was on Friday convicted by a Special Court here in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases registered against him. Special…
- India
Bihar electoral rolls: EC publishes draft following SIR
Patna: The Election Commission on Friday, August 1, came out with the much-anticipated ‘draft electoral rolls’ in Bihar, enlisting 7.24 crore voters but knocking off more than 65 lakh names, claiming that…
- India
EC to release Bihar draft electoral rolls on Friday
Patna: The Election Commission (EC) is all set to publish the draft electoral rolls for Bihar on Friday following the completion of a month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise ahead of the…
- Telangana
SC gives Telangana Speaker 3 months to decide on disqualification of defected MLAs
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 31 directed the Speaker of Telangana State Legislative Assembly to take a decision in three months on the petitions for disqualification of 10 BRS MLAs,…
- India
Malegaon blast case: Court acquits ex-BJP MP Pragya Thakur, six others
A special NIA court on Monday acquitted former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and six others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The court cited insufficient evidence. Delivering the verdict, the judge…
- India
Malegaon blast case: After 17 long years, verdict to be delivered on Thursday
New Delhi: After a wait of 17 years, a Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court is set to deliver its verdict in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on Thursday. The court had…
