- India
VHP moves HC against housing lions named Akbar, Sita together in WB park
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has filed a petition before the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court claiming that a lioness transferred to Bengal Safari Park here from Tripura was named “Sita”…
- India
Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award
New Delhi: Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday. Gulzar is known for…
- Sports
Video: Sachin visits bat making unit in Kashmir, pleased with quality
Srinagar: A cricket bat manufacturer in the Sangam area here was in for a pleasant surprise when Sachin Tendulkar and his family visited his manufacturing unit on Saturday. Tendulkar, accompanied by wife…
- India
If I were to join BJP, I will inform media first, says Kamal Nath
New Delhi: Amid speculation that he could cross over to the BJP, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath arrived in the national capital Saturday, February 17, afternoon…
- India
Bihar: Nitish Kumar downplays Lalu’s ‘doors always open’ remark
Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad caused a flutter by saying “doors were always open for Nitish Kumar”, the Bihar Chief Minister on Saturday downplayed the issue,…
- Kashmir
PM Modi’s J-K visit: Searches conducted for possible cross-border tunnels
Samba: The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted a joint search on Saturday for any possible cross-border tunnel along the International Border in Samba district, amid heightened…
- Top Stories
AIMIM to field more candidates from Bihar’s Seemanchal: Owaisi on LS polls
Kishanganj: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) is planning to field more candidates from the Seemanchal region of Bihar in the upcoming general elections, party supremo Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday. The AIMIM…
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Pregnant woman gang-raped, set ablaze in MP’s Morena
Morena: A 34-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly raped by three men and set on fire in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, and is battling for her life in a hospital, police said on Saturday.…
- News
Video: Temporary structure at Delhi stadium collapses, 8 injured
Delhi: At least 11 people trapped under the debris of a collapsed temporary structure at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in south Delhi were rescued on Saturday, officials said. The incident occurred at…
- World
Navalny dies in prison- but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on
Bloomington: Long lines of Russians endured subzero temperatures in January 2024 to demand that anti-Ukraine war candidate Boris Nadezhdin be allowed to run in the forthcoming presidential election. It was protest by…
- Delhi
CM Kejriwal exempted from personal appearance in case of evading ED summons
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday granted exemption to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance for the day in connection with a complaint filed by the ED against him over non-compliance…
- India
India approves defence purchase worth Rs 84,560 cr
New Delhi: India on Friday approved defence big-ticket acquisition projects worth Rs 84,560 crore that included procurement of mid-air refuellers, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, heavy weight-torpedoes, air defence radars and new generation anti-tank mines…
- Telangana
SHO appears before Telangana HC for not registering FIR against district judge’s son
Hyderabad: A Station House Officer (SHO) appeared before Telangana High Court on Friday for not registering an FIR against the son of a district judge for alleged assault and sexual harassment despite…
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Imran Khan’s PTI to sit in Opposition in Pakistan’s Parliament
Islamabad: With its efforts to form the next government going nowhere despite winning the maximum number of seats, beleaguered Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday decided to sit in the…
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Muslims must not waste votes on Nitish, RJD: Owaisi in Bihar
Kishanganj: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday claimed that he had predicted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s return to the NDA well ahead of the JD(U) president actually went back to the…
