August 2024

KYIV: Ukrainian forces shot down all 89 Shahed drones launched by Russia in a nighttime attack on the country, Ukraine’s air force said Wednesday, in what was one of the largest drone barrages this year. No damage or injuries were…

TEHRAN: Iran held funeral processions on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led…

With beginning of new month August 2024, we launch a news sharing collaboration with a leading Spanish journal ATALAYAR, from Madrid, to bring Europe's and particularly Spanish media coverage of Indian, Asian and Global Affairs, for the…

New Delhi: A woman and her son drowned in a drain in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar Phase 3 amid the heavy rain that lashed the Capital Wednesday evening. Police said the two were returning home when the boy, Priyansh, slipped into an open drain…

Gurgaon: Following the accident on the Delhi-Jaipur highway that killed a kanwar pilgrim in the early hours of Wednesday, police said drones will be deployed to ensure smooth movement at busy intersections in the city amid the annual Kanwar…

SRINAGAR: After the peaceful first few months of this year, there has been a sudden surge in militant violence in Jammu and Kashmir. In the month of July, eight encounters, three attacks including an attack by notorious BAT team on security…

NEW DELHI: (PTI) "Have they lost it?" That was the Delhi High Court's poser on Wednesday as it pulled up Delhi Police for its "strange probe" against an SUV driver arrested for his alleged role in the drowning of three IAS aspirants at a…

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday termed as "baseless" Union Home Minister Amit Shah's claim that the state government did not heed the Centre's warning regarding a possible natural calamity in Wayanad…

NEW DELHI: The UPSC on Wednesday said it has cancelled the provisional candidature of probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar and debarred her from all future examinations or selections. "The UPSC has examined the available records…

NEW DELHI: India is working on developing bullet trains with indigenous technology, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. He said in the Lok Sabha that the bullet train project, first of which is under construction…

LUCKNOW: BSP supremo Mayawati criticised both the BJP and Congress over the caste census row in the ongoing parliament session on Wednesday and said that both parties have been fiercely anti-OBC. Taking on to the social media platform X…

WAYANAD (Kerala): Students from a Government Higher Secondary School at Meppadi here are tirelessly volunteering in the relief camps, working diligently to assist survivors of the massive landslides which hit the high-range district with…

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the 18 per cent goods and services tax (GST) on life and medical insurance premiums. In his letter to…

RANCHI: Amid a sand crisis in Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced during Tuesday's monsoon session of the state assembly that sand will be provided free of charge to the poor, exempt from income tax, for house construction.…

NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Anshuman Gaekwad, who has served the game in different capacities after his retirement as a player, died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for…

PARIS: They call it the ordeal or the curse of the fourth-place finish. One can be on the podium or last but the fourth is called the worst of all. It will torment the athletes throughout their life. Ask any Indian athlete — from the great…

New Delhi: Citing the ongoing growth momentum led by government capex, deleveraged balance sheets of corporate robust quality banks’ assets, and a likely revival in private corporate capex, India Ratings has upped its growth forecast for…

PARIS: The killing in Tehran of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, which the Palestinian militant group has blamed on Israel, has exposed the depth of Israeli penetration inside the Islamic republic, analysts say. Doha-based Haniyeh,…