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Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigns
Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Friday, two years ahead of the end of his tenure. “I am suffering from various health…
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India orders GitHub to remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat app
New Delhi: Home ministry’s cybercrime arm, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, has ordered Microsoft subsidiary GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based messaging application Bitchat, according to a notice. “The Government of India does not…
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SIO holds protest over NEET paper leak at Hyderabad’s Charminar
Hyderabad: The Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) on Friday, July 24, held a protest over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak at the Charminar in Hyderabad. The protest was held…
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TGHRC takes suo motu cognisance of Bellampalli food poisoning
Hyderabad: The Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the suspected food poisoning incident at the BC Girls Gurukul School in Bellampalli, Mancherial district, in which around 30…
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NEET protests: SC to hear pleas on police excesses on students
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 24, agreed to hear on July 27 two separate petitions alleging police excesses on students protesting against the NEET paper leak. The matter was…
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Supreme Court to track Centre’s NTA reforms over NEET paper leak
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 24, said it would “very closely monitor” the Centre’s road map for institutional reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA) and measures to prevent…
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Viral video of cop ‘manhandling’ woman disputed by Mumbai Police
Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Friday, July 24, said that a viral video purportedly showing a plainclothes policeman manhandling a woman during a protest was being misinterpreted, stressing that he was attempting…
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Modi messed with the wrong people: KTR on Gen Z protests
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has demanded the Centre to immediately sack Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and bring education reforms in the country by discussing…
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Rahul Gandhi slams DU over Jantar Mantar protest advisory
New Delhi: With the Delhi University urging students to “stay away” from Jantar Mantar protests, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, July 24, slammed the varsity and asked how dare it “threaten”…
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CJI rejects snubbing plea against police brutality on protesters
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday, July 24, dismissed as “completely false” media reports claiming he had refused to list a petition challenging police action against student protesters,…
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid NEET paper leak protests
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned further till 2 pm on Friday, July 24, as Opposition parties continued to protest, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET…
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Supreme Court proposes special courts for Manipur violence trials
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 24, proposed setting up special courts to conduct day-to-day trials in criminal cases arising from the 2023 ethnic violence in Manipur. It also directed…
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Iran claims strike on Amazon data centre in Bahrain
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Friday, July 24, that it had struck and destroyed a data centre belonging to US technology giant Amazon in Bahrain, alleging the facility played…
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Left-backed student unions observe bandh over NEET row in Telangana
Hyderabad: Educational institutions observed a bandh on Friday, July 24, in Telangana following a call by Left-affiliated student unions to protest against the alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET. AISF state…
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Hyderabad: Minor driving auto with woman on lap penalised
Hyderabad: A video showing a juvenile driving an autorickshaw on Hyderabad’s Chaderghat Bridge while a woman sat on his lap inside the moving vehicle has gone viral on social media, drawing attention…
