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Nikhat Zareen becomes World Champion, fifth Indian woman boxer to achieve feat
New Delhi: Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen emerged world champion with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in the flyweight (52kg) final of the Women’s World Championships in Istanbul on Thursday.…
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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress to take along like-minded political forces, NGOs
New Delhi: The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra will try to take along like-minded political forces and NGOs working in social sectors, sources said on Thursday. The yatra which will start from Kanyakumari…
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Telangana: TRS to turn into national party? What we know so far
Hyderabad: Will Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) transform the existing TRS into the BRS, or Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi? That question is on the minds of many ever since he dropped…
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Israel will not stop me preaching at Al Aqsa: Imam Ekrema Sabri
Jerusalem’s former Grand Mufti and main preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri said that the Israeli occupation’s decision to prevent him from traveling will not intimidate him, and will not stop…
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Assam: Headmistress booked for allegedly serving beef at function
The headmistress of a government school at Goalpara in Assam has been arrested by the state’s police on suspicion of bringing beef into the school for lunch. The headmistress has been identified…
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PM Modi’s Hyderabad visit to rev up Telangana BJP
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Hyderabad on May 26 is likely to rev up the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana. During the visit Modi is likely to address BJP…
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Karnataka: Cop who issued notice against weapons camp gets transferred
The police inspector who registered a case and issued a notice to the organisers of ‘Shourya Prashikshana Varga’ was transferred. The event was a training camp in which members of the right-wing…
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Will behead Muslims who pray in Gyanvapi mosque: Bajrang Dal worker
A Bajrang Dal worker has threatened to kill Muslims who offer prayers at the Gyanvapi masjid. In a video that has been circulating on the internet for two days, a right-wing person…
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First case of BA.4 Omicron variant detected in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: India reported its first case of BA.4 Omicron variant in Hyderabad. The sample was collected on May 9 by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a group of genetic laboratories that…
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Eight UP districts on alert following Mathura dispute
Lucknow: In the wake of a slew of petitions filed in various courts over the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah dispute, the Uttar Pradesh Police have directed its units in eight districts to ‘remain…
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Maha: ASI closes Aurangzeb’s tomb for 5 days
Aurangabad: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has shut Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb here in Maharashtra for five days after a mosque committee in the area tried to lock the place, an…
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India witnesses marginal rise in COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: With 2,364 fresh cases, India witnessed a slight rise in the registered COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. On…
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Gyanvapi Mosque row: BJP pushing country back to era of riots, says Owaisi
Hyderabad: Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Gyanvapi Mosque row, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said the ruling party at the Centre wants to take the country back to…
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Seventy-five years after partition, Pakistani woman reunites with Indian brothers
Islamabad: Seventy-five years after she was separated from her family during the violence at the time of the Partition, a woman born in a Sikh family who was adopted and raised by…
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SC likely to deliver order on Azam Khan’s interim bail plea today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to deliver on Thursday an order on the interim bail plea of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a case relating to Kotwali police station…