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UK PM race: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss emerge as final two candidates in the fray
London: Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss emerged as the final two candidates in the Tory leadership race after Penny Mordaunt was knocked out of…
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3 weeks after arrest, Mohammed Zubair released from Tihar jail
New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was released from Tihar on Wednesday night, hours after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against…
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Centre reviews Covid situation in 9 states showing upsurge
New Delhi: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid situation in nine states reporting a surge in new daily cases or a rise in…
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Covaxin booster dose gives long-term immunity against COVID: Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced that the administration of the third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) after six months of two-dose vaccination dramatically increased neutralizing antibody responses against…
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BJP loses mayoral post in Morena; Cong wins Rewa after 25 yrs
Bhopal: After losing the mayoral post in the Gwalior municipal polls in the first phase of counting in the urban body elections in Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP got another jolt in…
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Nagaland killings: SC stays police trial against 30 Army personnel
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday stayed the Nagaland police’s proceedings against 30 army personnel who opened fire at tribals killing 14 people on December 2021. The court was hearing two…
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Interim bail for Zubair in UP cases; SC transfers all FIRs to Delhi
In a huge relief, the Supreme Court of India has granted interim bail to Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair in all FIRs filed by the Uttar Pradesh police concerning his…
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Telangana has not received any funds for flood relief since 2018
Hyderabad: Central government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that no funds were released for flood relief in Telangana since 2018. As per the reply given by the Union Minister of State…
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Karnataka: Muslim educational institutions to establish colleges allowing hijab
Bengaluru: As many as 13 Muslim educational institutions have sought Karnataka government’s permission to set up Pre-University Colleges in Dakshina Kannada which would enable Muslim girl students to wear hijab inside classrooms.…
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Inter exams: TSBIE plans to shift to digitised evaluation – Know how it works
Hyderabad: Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) is planning to shift from the conventional way of evaluation to digitised evaluation. The board already sent the proposal to the government of Telangana.…
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TS EAMCET 2022: New dates announced for exams postponed due to rains
Hyderabad: Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has released the new dates for the TS EAMCET (AM) 2022 examinations that were postponed due to rains in the state. The exams that…
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Sri Lanka: Voting begins to elect new president
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday began voting to elect the successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a three-way presidential contest, following a high-voltage political drama which saw the former president fleeing…
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Ballot boxes of presidential polls brought to Delhi
New Delhi: ‘Mr Ballot Box’ carrying votes cast by the lawmakers in the presidential election in all states and Union territories reached the strongroom of Parliament on Tuesday evening. The team from…
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Ilhan Omar, 16 other lawmakers arrested in Washington DC amid protest
Washington: More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress, including lawmaker Ilhan Omar, were arrested in Washington DC during an abortion rights protest in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday (local…
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Capitol Hill Riots: Two key White House aides to testify on Thursday
New York: The Congressional Committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection of January 6, 2021 has lined up for Thursday two key witnesses, both then US President Donald Trump’s top aides, to testify…
