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ECB frustration ends as Pak-origin spinner Shoaib Bashir gets visa for India

London: England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir was on Wednesday granted a visa to travel to India for the five-match Test series beginning from Thursday, announced the country’s cricket board. Bashir will now travel…
AMU case: How can you not accept Parliament amendment, SC asks Centre

New Delhi: The Chief Justice of India (CJI), DY Chandrachud, on Wednesday expressed surprise over the Centre’s stand that it does not accept the 1981 amendment inserted by the Parliament to confer…

Hyderabad: Centre to hand over 3380 sq yards land for Mehdipatnam skywalk

Hyderabad: The Union defence ministry on Wednesday, January 24, agreed to hand over 3,380 sq yards of land in the city to the Telangana government for the construction of the skywalk in…
ASI survey report on Gyanvapi to be given to both sides, rules Varanasi court

Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Wednesday ruled that the ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque that adjoins the Kashi Vishwanath Temple will be given to both sides in the temple-mosque dispute, the…
Punjab CM rules out alliance with Congress in LS elections

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would go alone in the next Lok Sabha elections and would contest on all 13 seats in the…
Telangana to formulate policy for reintegration of migrant workers

Hyderabad: Telangana is gearing up to become the first state in India to formulate a policy aimed at reintegrating returning international migrants. According to a report by TOI, the state labour department…
Indian polls most vulnerable to misinformation: WEF report

In 2024, nearly three billion people worldwide, including those in major economies like the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Indonesia, are set to participate in electoral processes. However, the…

Telangana: Unauthorised changes made in Dharani records at govt offices

Hyderabad: The Congress government has identified the lapses in the implementation of Dharani portal and ordered a forensic audit to ascertain the extent of irregularities. The Dharani portal, launched by BRS government…
US visa appointment wait times at Hyderabad Consulate nearly one year

Hyderabad: Despite numerous initiatives, the US visa appointment wait times at the Hyderabad Consulate still hover around nearly one year. While the US embassy in New Delhi and consulates in various Indian…
Rahul Gandhi dares Assam Police to file more FIRs; says he won’t be intimidated

Barpeta: A day after Guwahati Police filed a case against him and other Congress leaders for allegedly provoking crowd, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dared the BJP-ruled state to file “as many cases…
Missing Bengaluru boy found in Hyderabad

Bengaluru: Since January 21, when he went missing — he left his coaching centre in Whitefield in Bengaluru and never returned home — 12-year-old Parinav, a student of Deens Academy, Gunjur Branch,…
Watch: Hyderabad’s Uppal Stadium decked up for India vs England test match

Hyderabad: Ahead of the India vs England test match in Hyderabad, the Uppal Stadium has been decked up. The test is scheduled to kickstart on January 25. The other four matches of…
11 arrested for waving saffron flag in UP mosque

Agra: Eleven people were arrested for allegedly waving saffron flag in a mosque in Billochpura under Tajganj police station of Agra in Uttar Pradesh. The arrests were made on Tuesday after a…
Case filed against Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders: Assam CM

Guwahati: A case has been filed in Assam against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, Kanhaiya Kumar and others on charges of violence, provocation and damage to public property, Chief Minister Himanta…
UN chief warns of spillover of war in Gaza

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the spillover risks of the war in Gaza. War and misery in Gaza are fueling turmoil far beyond, he told a high-level open…