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- India
BBC India on ED radar; probed for foreign exchange violations
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has registered a FEMA case against news broadcaster BBC India for foreign exchange violations, official sources said Thursday. The federal probe agency has also called for documents and the recording…
- India
Karnataka polls: BJP announces 2nd list of 23 candidates, 7 MLAs denied tickets
Delhi: BJP on Wednesday released the second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka. The official media handle of BJP took to Twitter. It said, “The Central Election…
- India
Karnataka polls: BJP faces heat from aspirants as candidate list announced
Bengaluru: Discontent seems to be brewing within the ruling BJP in Karnataka, with the party facing the heat after announcing its first list of candidates for the May 10 Assembly polls, as some…
- India
‘Historic’ Oppn Unity: Nitish, Tejashwi meet Congress’ Kharge, Rahul
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge here in the presence of Rahul Gandhi. The meeting at Kharge’s residence comes amid…
- Technology
Pegasus-style spyware attack hits journalists, politicians via iPhone exploits
New Delhi: The fear of Pegasus-style spyware attack resurfaced on Tuesday after researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab identified new victims in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia,…
- India
How long will Muslims be connected to Pakistan?: Owaisi slams FM
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for comparing the situation of Muslims in India with Muslims in its neighbouring country Pakistan and…
- Mumbai
Maha to celebrate Savarkar’s birth anniversary as ‘Swatantryaveer Gaurav Day’
Mumbai: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday announced that the state will celebrate May 28 – the upcoming birth anniversary of the state’s Hindutva icon Vinayak D. Savarkar – as the ‘Swatantryaveer…
- World
California rolls back caste-bias case partially, right-wing Hindus claim victory
Washington: California state has dropped its allegations of caste-based bias by two Indian-descent employees of IT giant Cisco but will continue the larger case against the company. California’s Department of Fair Employment…
- India
AAP now national party; Pawar’s NCP, Mamata’s TMC, CPI lose status
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday recognised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew the national party status of the All India Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the…
- India
‘Territorial sovereignty violated’: China as Amit Shah visits Arunachal Pradesh
Beijing: China on Monday criticised Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, stating that it violated Chinese sovereignty over the area, a claim outrightly dismissed by India. Home Minister Shah on…
- World
Video: New Jersey imam injured in stabbing during Fajr prayer; now stable
A New Jersey imam who was stabbed during Fajr prayer on Sunday is now in stable condition. The incident occurred at the Omer mosque in South Paterson when around 200 worshipers were…
- India
UP: 28 booked for ‘rioting’, ‘trespass’ to offer namaz on govt property in UP
Lakhimpur Kheri: Twenty-eight persons, three named and other unnamed, have been booked for ‘rioting’ and ‘criminal trespass’ by police for allegedly installing loudspeakers and offering mass prayers on a state government property…
- Delhi
Modi degree row: AAP begins ‘show your degree’ campaign
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has begun a ‘show your degree’ campaign and urged BJP politicians to do the same. Delhi education minister Atishi, began the campaign a week after the Gujarat…
- India
Raj: Pilot to fast against Gehlot govt’s inaction on corruption during BJP rule
Jaipur: Ahead of the assembly elections in Rajasthan, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday said he will observe a day-long fast here demanding action against alleged corruption in the previous BJP government.…
- Politics
Kharge sets wheels of opposition unity moving, despite divergence on Adani
New Delhi: At a time when Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar, a Congress ally in Maharashtra, has expressed doubts over Opposition’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into…