- India
Bill Gates visits Statue of Unity, calls it ‘incredible engineering feat’
Ekta Nagar: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Friday visited the Statue of Unity at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat’s Narmada district and termed the 182-meter tall monument dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as…
- India
Red Fort, Qutub Minar among top 10 most visited monuments: Eco survey
New Delhi: Monuments such as Red Fort, Qutub Minar, and Humayun’s Tomb were among the top 10 centrally-protected monuments across the country, witnessing the highest domestic footfall till February 2023, the Delhi…
- Kolkata
Modi slams TMC over Sandeshkhali atrocities, calls for party’s defeat in LS polls
Arambagh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a no-holds-barred attack against the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal over atrocities on women in Sandeshkhali, and said that the entire country…
- India
PM CARES: HC seeks IT’s stand on plea against order setting aside CIC direction
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the stand of the Income Tax department on an appeal challenging an order that had set aside the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) decision…
- India
Hope the court upholds justice for Mirwaiz’s rights: Srinagar Jamia Masjid committee
Srinagar: Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid — the managing body of the grand mosque here — Friday expressed hope the judiciary would uphold justice and ensure the restoration of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s religious…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM Jagan disburses Rs 709 cr under fee reimbursement scheme
Pamarru: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday disbursed Rs 709 crore under Jagananna Vidya Deevena, a total fee reimbursement scheme for the quarter October-December, 2023, which benefits…
- Top Stories
Kashmiri journo rearrested 2 days after release from 5-yr detention
Srinagar: Two days after Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was released from a five-year detention, he has been rearrested here in another case, officials said on Friday, March 1. “Sultan was rearrested late…
- News
Muslim boy slapping row: UP govt apprises SC about status of counselling of students
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday apprised the Supreme Court about the status of counselling of students who were allegedly instructed by their school teacher to slap a Muslim boy…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s new president to be elected on March 9; Zardari frontrunner
Islamabad: Pakistan’s election commission on Friday announced that the polling for the presidential election will take place on March 9, with former president Asif Ali Zardari almost certain to bag the top…
- Top Stories
NBDSA asks 3 news channels to remove videos targeting Muslims
New Delhi: The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has penalised some television channels and ordered the removal of certain programmes from their websites, saying that they spread hatred and communal…
- India
Maharashtra’s GSDP has expanded by 10 percent, govt focus on farmers: Ajit Pawar
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) has grown by 10 per cent in the current fiscal and the government is committed to ensure that revenue deficit doesn’t cross the prescribed limit,…
- India
Mahadev app: ED freezes assets of Dubai-based ‘hawala-operator’ worth Rs 580 crore
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has frozen security holdings of more than Rs 580 crore of a Dubai-based “hawala operator” and seized cash and valuables worth Rs 3.64 crore after fresh raids…
- News
12.5 mn children in India obese in 2022, up from 0.4 mn in 1990: Lancet study
New Delhi: Obesity among children in India has spiked sharply with about 12.5 million of those between the ages of five and 19 overweight in 2022 compared to 0.4 million in 1990,…
- India
Rs 8470 cr worth of Rs 2000 notes still with public: RBI
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said nearly 97.62 per cent of the Rs 2000 bank notes have returned to the banking system, and only about Rs 8,470 crore…
- Business
Direct Benefit Transfer worth Rs 34 lakh cr facilitated by PFMS: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said Direct Benefit Transfer of Rs 34 lakh crore has been facilitated by the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) and asked accounts officers to…
