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CJI concerned over large population of under trials in jails
Jaipur: Out of 6.10 lakh prisoners in the country, nearly 80 per cent are undertrials, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Saturday while stressing the need to increase the efficiency…
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Foods stocks dwindling, country staring at severe food crisis: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday flagged “dwindling food stocks” and said the country was staring at a “severe food crisis” for which the Modi government’s “anti-farmer” policies were responsible. The Opposition…
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AAP to support Yashwant Sinha in presidential poll: MP Sanjay Singh
New Delhi: The AAP will support opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in the Presidential Poll, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said after a political advisory committee (PAC) meeting of the party on Saturday.…
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Gujarat riots: Ahmed Patel plotted against Narendra Modi, says SIT
Ahmedabad: Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who passed away two years ago, conspired against Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside activist Teesta Setalvad after the 2002 Gujarat riots, said the Gujarat Police’s Special Investigation…
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FIR lodged against Mahua Moitra in Assam for ‘Gogoi’ tweet
Guwahati: An FIR has been filed against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in Assam for ‘insulting’ the sentiments of the Assamese people. The police complaint was lodged by Jatiya Sangrami Sena, Asom,…
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Telangana: Probe ordered into food poisoning at IIIT Basara
Hyderabad: Telangana’s education minister has ordered a probe into the incident of food poisoning at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies (RGUKT) at Basara town in Nirmal district where over 100…
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Osmania University among top 25 varsities in India
Hyderabad: The National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (NIRF 2022) results were released on Friday by the Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Prasad in New Delhi. Osmania University has been ranked 22nd in…
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BJP parliamentary board meeting to pick Vice Presidential candidate
New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board will be meeting Saturday evening to pick the party’s candidate for the post of Vice President of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders…
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Monkeypox can be fatal for children: Expert
New Delhi: After India reported its first case of monkeypox, experts from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday said the infectivity of the viral disease is less but…
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NIRF Ranking 2022: 6 DU colleges among top 10 in India, JMI ranking improves
New Delhi: The colleges of Delhi University (DU) have dominated the latest rankings released by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 National Ranking for higher educational institutions across the country. As…
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Joe Biden, Saudi Crown Prince repair rupture with a fist-bump
Washington: US President Joe Biden ended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “pariah” status with a fist-bump when they met for the first time in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Biden switched…
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Donald Trump celebrates his acquittal by Senate
New York: Former US President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal by the Senate by calling the entire ‘theatre of politics’ part of a “witch hunt” by one political party. The Senate voted…
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‘Rupee could break Rs 80 mark against dollar next week’
Chennai: The Indian rupee will trade between Rs 79.50-Rs 80.50 against the US dollar next week, a senior official of LKP Securities said on Friday. On Friday during the early trade, the…
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COVID deaths again on rise, Soumya Swaminathan says be prepared for waves
New Delhi: Even as Covid cases and even deaths are again on the rise globally, the world must be prepared for such Covid-19 waves, World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan…
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Patna SSP issues clarification after backlash on PFI, RSS comparison
Patna: Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manavjeet Singh Dhillon who found himself in hot soup on Thursday for comparing the PFI with the RSS, on Friday said his statement was wrongly…
