July 2024

RANCHI: Following an alleged attack on tribal households after a dispute over making an objectionable edited video of a girl viral on social media by her neighbour, state BJP Chief Babulal Marandi has said that the tribals in Jharkhand are…

NEW DELHI: Naveen Jindal, the chairman of Jindal Enterprises, on Friday assured a woman of “strictest action” against one of his top employees accused of molesting her in a flight. The assurance from Jindal, who is also a Member of…

SRINAGAR: The security agencies are concerned after the Army personnel recovered Steyr AUG assault rifle, made in Austria, from the terrorists killed in an encounter in the Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday.…

MUMBAI: The Congress has decided to take disciplinary action against the seven Congress MLAs who cross-voted in the recent Maharashtra Legislative Council elections. “These MLAs will be expelled from the party in the next two days,” a…

NEW DELHI: Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on the need to constitute a team of young and tech-savvy officers to dismantle the terror ecosystem utilising big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning driven analytics.…

JAIPUR: The demand to form a separate ‘Bheel Pradesh’ or Tribal state is gaining momentum. Thousands of tribals from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra held a mega rally on Thursday at Mangarh Dham in Banswara to raise this…

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday urged the Centre to adopt distinct norms for hilly states like Himachal Pradesh for sanctioning projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transport…

LUCKNOW: The controversy over the display of owners’ names on eateries falling on the Kanwar Yatra route is far from over with the UP government's decision drawing flak from various quarters including a BJP leader, allies and the…

Chandigarh: The anti-terror federal probe agency NIA has arrested one Baljeet Singh alias Rana Bhai alias Balli, a key aide of Canada-based designated individual Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa, in connection with its…

Mumbai: The women’s T20 World Cup scheduled in Bangladesh is approaching soon. Every move made by the ten teams will be under scanner till the tournament. Traditionally, Bangladesh has been a heaven for the spinners. Take for example the…

SYDNEY: Former Olympic powerbroker Kevan Gosper, one of Australia's top sports administrators, has died aged 90, the Australian Olympic Committee said Friday. Gosper, who served two stints as International Olympic Committee…

Mumbai: Kolhapur, a district in Western Maharashtra, is known for its spicy food, a one-of-a-kind temple of Goddess Mahalaxmi and Kusti (wrestling). Such is the hold of wrestling in the city and people that Kolhapur is the home of Khasbag…

MUMBAI: The country’s forex reserves, a key monetary defence against external risks, have rallied by a whopping $10 billion to touch an all-time high of $666.85 billion as of the week ending July 12, boosted by the heavy inflow into…

NEW DELHI: The initial public offering of Sanstar Ltd was fully subscribed on the first day of subscription on Friday. The plant-based speciality products company’s Rs 510-crore initial share-sale received bids for 15,62,64,000 shares…

NEW DELHI: An online platform designed for the registration and resolution of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting exporters is anticipated to launch within the next two-three months, said Rajesh Agarwal, additional secretary with Commerce…

Mumbai: Snapping a four-day winning rally, India’s equity market benchmarks – BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 – took a beating on Friday due to a global sell-off, triggered by operating system issues that caused devices to crash worldwide.…

GENEVA: UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Friday he was deeply concerned by this week's violence in Bangladesh, calling the attacks on student protesters "shocking and unacceptable". "There must be impartial, prompt and exhaustive…

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