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Fact check: Is RBI replacing Mahatma Gandhi with Lord Ram on Rs 500 notes?
Ahead of the Ram Temple inauguration, images of Rs 500 notes circulating on social media depict Lord Ram instead of Mahatma Gandhi, with claims that the RBI will issue such currency notes.…
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Israel to maintain security control over Gaza after conflict: PM Netanyahu
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his country will maintain security control over the Gaza Strip after the ongoing conflict with Hamas ends. Israel will have “complete security control…
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EC begins nationwide awareness programme on EVMs, VVPATs ahead of 2024 LS polls
New Delhi: Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, a nationwide awareness programme on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is underway to provide citizens with a…
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SC Collegium recommends 7 additional judges of 3 HCs to be made permanent
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, on Thursday recommended appointment of five additional judges in the Calcutta High Court, one additional judge of the Jharkhand High…
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Gujarat: 14 students, 2 teachers dead as boat capsizes in Vadodara; PM expresses grief
Vadodara: Fourteen students and two teachers died after a boat overturned in a lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat on Thursday, officials said. Those on board the ill-fated boat…
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Telangana: BJP’s Eatala Rajender may join Congress ahead of LS polls, says report
Hyderabad: The Congress is reportedly in talks with senior BJP leader Eatala Rajender in Telangana, with the possibility of offering him a ticket for the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency. Rajender, who previously…
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London Stock Exchange Group opens Technology CoE in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has officially announced the opening of its technology Center of Excellence in the city on Thursday, January 18. The facility aims to drive the development…
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India gets consular access for its ex-Navy officials in Qatar’s custody
New Delhi: The Indian ambassador to Qatar and the embassy officials met with the eight detained veteran navy officials and a legal team is looking into the appeal aspect as 60 days…
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Yasin Malik shot 4 IAF officers in 1990: Eyewitness in CBI court
Jammu: An eyewitness before the special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Thursday, January 18, named Hurriyat leader and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik as the primary gunman who…
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India now pays for gold imports from UAE in rupees: Official
In a significant development, India is now paying for its import of gold and other commodities from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in its national currency — Indian National Rupee (INR). A…
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Civil aviation minister launches GMR aviation school in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia digitally launched the GMR School of Aviation in Shamshadabad on Thursday, January 18. It was set up in collaboration with Airbus on the sidelines of…
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Telangana: Congress govt working with Adani on BJP’s orders, says KTR
Hyderabad: A day after Adani Group announced its investments worth Rs 12,400 crores in Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao alleged that the Congress-led Telangana government was working with Adani…
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Merchant vessel with 9 Indians comes under drone attack in Gulf of Aden
New Delhi: A Marshall Island-flagged cargo vessel with 22 crew members, including nine Indians, came under a drone strike in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday night and the Indian Navy swiftly…
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Watch: Wings India 2024 begins in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Asia’s largest civil aviation event Wings India 2024 began at Begumpet Airport on Thursday. Being organised jointly by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce…
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Bilkis Bano case: 3 convicts seek more time from SC to surrender
New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) Three convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in Gujarat moved the Supreme Court…
