- India
Jaishankar discusses bilateral ties with Turkiye counterpart
Vientiane: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held a meeting with his Turkiye counterpart Hakan Fidan during which the two leaders discussed bilateral ties and exchanged views on regional and global…
- India
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to skip Niti Aayog meeting in Delhi
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not be attending the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, officials said. The state will be represented at the meeting by deputy chief…
- Sports
Ex-India coach Dravid’s ‘exhale’ message to incoming Gambhir
New Delhi: Former India coach Rahul Dravid passed a lead to his successor Gautam Gambhir in taming the tough situations he is bound to encounter – “exhale, take a step back”, a…
- Chennai
Stalin lashes out at Centre, calls Union Budget a ‘revenge’ against country
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday launched a sharp attack against the ruling BJP at the Centre over the 2024-25 Union Budget, calling it a ‘revenge’ taken by…
- India
Every athlete is India’s pride: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended his best wishes to the Indian contingent participating in the Paris Olympics, and said every athlete is India’s pride. As the Paris #Olympics…
- India
Tharoor introduces Bill to give 1% reservations to transgender persons in govt
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday introduced a private member bill that seeks to provide one per cent reservation for transgender persons across categories in government establishments, including educational institutions.…
- India
Police send report on marriage of Puja Khedkar’s parents to govt
Pune: Pune Police has sent a report about the marital status of the parents of controversial trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar to the Maharashtra government, an official said on Friday. The couple,…
- World
‘Boop’, ‘the ick’, ‘chef’s kiss’ new additions to ‘Cambridge Dictionary’
London:Informal words used as slang, such as ‘boop’ and ‘the ick’, are among more than 3,200 new words and phrases added to the ‘Cambridge Dictionary’ in its latest update this week. Boop,…
- Bangalore
Congress membership drive & elections from August 16: Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is the state president of the Congress, on Friday announced that the Karnataka unit of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) will take up a…
- Telangana
Telangana: Student of state-run residential school dies due to ill-health
Karimnagar: An eighth standard student of a state-run residential school in Jagtial district of Telangana died following ill-health on Friday, police said. The boy suffered seizures in the wee hours and died…
- India
Madras HC deprecates use of caste names for schools
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday came out strongly against the continued use of caste-based terms in the names of government schools, saying the practice may end up causing stigma to…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HC adjourns POCSO case against ex-CM Yediyurappa for a week
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday adjourned for a week former chief minister B S Yediyurappa’s petition to quash the POCSO case registered against him. Yediyurappa had approached the high court…
- India
Rs 5.13 cr collected as fine for littering, spitting on railway premises in two fiscals: Govt in RS
New Delhi: More than 3.30 lakh people were penalised and a fine of around Rs 5.13 crore was recovered from them in 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscals for littering and spitting on railway…
- India
SC flags lack of facilities in Assam’s detention centre
New Delhi: Flagging the “sorry state of affairs” at a detention centre for declared foreigners in Assam, the Supreme Court on Friday said it lacked adequate water supply, proper toilets and sanitation.…
- India
India’s digital payments record double-digit growth: RBI data
Mumbai: Digital payments in India have registered a 12.6 per cent increase year-on-year with the RBI’s Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) rising to 445.5 at the end of March 2024 compared to 418.77…
