- India
At least 12 die in Bihar as speeding truck ploughs into religious procession
Hajipur: At least 12 people, including women and children, were killed on Sunday night when a speeding truck ploughed into a religious procession in the state, officials said. The incident took place…
- India
COP27 ends with compensation fund; heeds India’s call for sustainability
New Delhi: The UN climate summit in Egypt concluded on Sunday with a landmark decision to establish a fund to address loss and damage, but the outcome on other crucial issues such…
- India
Assam CM Himanta raises Mehrauli killing issue, demands law against ‘Love Jihad’
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday demanded a stringent law against “Love Jihad” as he raised the issue of the gruesome Mehrauli killing while campaigning for the municipal…
- India
As a kid, Rahul asked Sonia if he was good-looking, she told him – perfectly average
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a kid asked his mother Sonia Gandhi whether he was good-looking and her response was “perfectly average”. This anecdote from his childhood was narrated by…
- Kashmir
Hurt by criticism of Nehru, Indira Gandhi: Farooq Abdullah
Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday slammed the critics of former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi and said he was hurt by “derogatory remarks” against the towering national…
- India
IIT-Delhi’s extension campus to come up on 50 acres in Jhajjar district: Khattar
Chandigarh: An extension campus of IIT Delhi will be set up on a 50-acre land in Badsa village of Haryana’s Jhajjar district, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday. In a…
- India
Houses in Argentine colours, huge cutouts of players on display as Kerala gears up for World Cup
Thiruvananthapuram: Houses in Argentine colours, huge cutouts of Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr. and Cristiano Ronaldo and fans, donning jerseys of their favourite teams, are on display in various parts of Kerala, which…
- India
SC to hear Maha govt plea against staying probe against Arnab Goswami
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of the Maharashtra government challenging a Bombay High Court’s 2020 order by which it had suspended a probe into two…
- Delhi
Delhi records ‘very poor’ air quality
New Delhi: Air quality in the national capital was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category on Sunday with the 24-hour Air Quality Index settling at 314, according to Central Pollution Control Board…
- Kashmir
No accountability whatsoever: Mehbooba on encounter in J-K’s Anantnag
Srinagar: Hours after a “hybrid” militant assisting police was killed in an encounter in Anantnag district, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged the “same story is repeated” in Jammu and Kashmir and there…
- India
Strict action against fanning communal tension online: Coimbatore Police
Coimbatore: Coimbatore Police Commissioner V Balakrishnan on Sunday issued a stern warning of taking stringent legal action against anti-social elements spreading rumours on social media over an issue that did not happen in…
- India
India’s Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar observes Nepal polls
Kathmandu: A delegation from the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Sunday observed the general elections in Nepal and visited several polling stations. Nepal went to…
- India
Previous govts in UP ‘criminalised politics’ and ‘politicised crime’: Adityanath
Lucknow: Security is the top priority for the BJP government, unlike previous dispensations in the state that “criminalised politics” and “politicised crime”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday. He also said…
- Delhi
Don’t vote for those who want to stop welfare work in Delhi: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged people not to vote for those who want to stop the development and welfare work in the city in the upcoming civic…