- India
West Bengal: Schools to close, offices to work with 50% capacity
West Bengal: On Sunday, the state of West Bengal reimposed COVID-19 restrictions amid the Omicron scare. Schools will be closed, while offices will function at 50 percent capacity. The state government has…
- Middle East
Burj Khalifa: Lightning strikes the world’s tallest building
A lightning bolt struck the top of the Burj Khalifa on January 1, 2022, in the emirate of Dubai, which had been experiencing severe rainfall for hours. A video of a lightning…
- Telangana
Telangana: NIT Warangal increases PhD seats from this year
Hyderabad: The National Institute of Technology in Warangal (NIT-W) has increased the number of PhD seats from 150 to 200 for the academic year 2021-22. The institute will offer full time and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man thrashed for not lowering music on New years eve
Hyderabad: New Year’s Eve celebrations turned sour on December 31 as a 43-year-old man was thrashed by a group of people allegedly for not lowering music. Raju and Vinay, two residents of…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to impose 100,000 riyals for not wearing face mask
The Saudi ministry of interior has cautioned citizens and residents that any person who breaks COVID-19 safety precautions and preventative measures would face severe penalties. The ministry stated in a statement that…
- Telangana
Reopen Adilabad’s Cement Corporation of India (CCI) unit: KTR to Centre
Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KTR wrote letters to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey and requested them to reopen the Cement Corporation of India…
- India
Fatima, missing JNU student Najeeb’s mother auctioned on ‘Bulli bai’
Fatima Nafees, the 52-year-old mother of Najeeb Ahmed, the JNU student who’s been missing for more than five years, was listed on the Bulli bai deals app that has a number of…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Over 14k ‘illegal’ residents arrested in one week
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) arrested 14,227 violators of residency, labour and border security laws across the nation between December 23 to December 29 the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported…
- Telangana
Telangana ban on UP potatoes likely to affect AIMIM in elections
Hyderabad: As Telangana bans the import of potatoes from Uttar Pradesh, it is bound to impact the elections hopes of the Hyderabad-based political party, the All India Majlis-e- Ittihadul-Muslimeen and its President…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Government college bans Hijab, use of Urdu language
Karnataka: The Government PU college for girls in Udupi, has banned the Hijab, the use of Urdu language, and the greeting Salaam. Students stood outside classrooms in protest of the college’s decision.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 2500 booked for drunk driving on New years eve
Hyderabad: As many as 2,500 people were booked for drunk driving during a special drive at new years eve. The drive was conducted at the tri-commissionerate of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Rachakonda. Out…
- India
Haridwar hate speeches: SIT constituted to probe the case
Haridwar: Garhwal deputy inspector general Karan Singh Nagnyal on Sunday said that a five-member special investigation team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the Haridwar hate speech case. He also said that…
- India
‘Sulli Deals’ 2.0: Muslim women harassed and ‘auctioned off’ once again
Following the incident of July 2021, another episode of Sulli deals, the auctioning of Muslim women online by right wing trolls, has taken place. With the return of the auction, the scant…
- India
AMU VC Tariq Mansoor releases biography on freedom fighter Syud Hossain
Aligarh: Not many people know that a leader of the Indian Freedom Movement who was an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) buried in a solitary yet elegantly made marble tomb with…
- India
Congress prepares new year resolutions for PM Modi and Cabinet
The Congress party on Saturday readied mock resolutions on Twitter for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and important ministers of his Cabinet. The tweets that accompanied the resolutions packed equal sarcasm and criticism…
