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Kerala: Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted in nun rape case
Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala court on Friday acquitted Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the nun rape case. Kottayam Additional district court judge G.Gopakumar’s verdict enabled Franco to walk out free. The trial extended…
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India may see rise in deaths, economic disruption in ‘near future’: UN report
United Nations: A United Nations report said on Thursday that the deadly wave of COVID-19 Delta variant stole 240,000 lives in India between April and June in 2021 and disrupted economic recovery,…
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PM Modi pushing India to massacre Muslims: Amnesty International
Washington DC: While discussing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Islamophobic policies, Amnesty International USA, Genocide Watch, and 17 other human rights organsiations in the USA expressed concern at the plight of Muslims in…
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KCR skips PM Modi’s meeting with chief ministers on Covid crisis
Hyderabad: Amid tense relation between Telangana government and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre, state chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video conferencing with chief ministers from other…
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HAL apprenticeship notification issued for graduates, diploma holders
New Delhi: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has issued an apprenticeship notification for the engagement of graduates and diploma holders. As per the notification issued by HAL’s Manager (Training) Padole Harshwardhan, there are…
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Bengal train accident: Death toll reaches 9, Railway Minister visits spot
Kolkata: The death count in the Guwahati-Bikaner Express train accident in north Bengal climbed to nine and the officials said tracks have been cleared for traffic. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw arrived…
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India reports 2,64,202 new COVID-19 cases, highest in 239 days
New Delhi: India added 2,64,202 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 239 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,65,82,129 which includes 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant, according to…
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UP polls: Muslims remain tight-lipped even as political cauldron boils
Lucknow: Their silence, this time, is deafening and even unnerving. Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh remain tight-lipped even as the political cauldron boils over with vote bank politics. Talk to any Muslim…
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Doctors, health workers test positive as COVID cases surge in Telangana
Hyderabad: Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Telangana, several doctors and health workers have also been infected with the coronavirus. Speaking to ANI, Dr Sambit, HOD of Critical Care at Krishna…
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TRS to take a call soon on campaigning for SP in UP polls: KTR
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday said that his party will soon take a call on campaigning for the Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly…
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Plea in HC seeks regulation of protests blocking Delhi roads
New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking regulation of protests by various political parties, blocking roads and causing inconvenience to the commuters and general public. The…
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Omicron could push air traffic recovery into fiscal 2024: Crisil
Mumbai: The ongoing third pandemic wave led by Omicron could pose fresh turbulence for air traffic, pushing its full recovery into fiscal 2024, ratings agency Crisil said on Thursday. The agency had…
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Delhi registers 28,867 new COVID cases, highest-ever in a single day
New Delhi: Delhi reported 28,867 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, registering its highest single-day cases since the beginning of the pandemic, as per the Delhi government on Thursday.…
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Hyderabad: With suspended Numaish, Kashmiri traders suffer huge losses
Hyderabad: “90 percent Kashmiri traders have gone back home from Numaish exhibition,” says Mushtaq Hussain, one of the few businessmen from Kashmir who has stayed back in the city. Hussain came to…
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Jitendra Singh Tyagi aka Wasim Rizvi arrested in connection with Haridwar event
Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi (formerly Wasim Rizvi) was arrested by the Uttarakhand police on Thursday, in the Haridwar Dharam Sansad case. “Uttarakhand Police have arrested Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi in connection…