- Pakistan
Saudi Arabia extends term of USD 3 billion deposit to Pakistan: Central bank
Islamabad: In a major relief to debt-ridden Pakistan’s struggling economy, Saudi Arabia has extended the term of its USD 3 billion deposit with the country’s central bank for another year, according to…
- India
SC grants actor Jaya Prada exemption from surrendering within time in ESIC case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted actor and former Lok Sabha MP Jaya Prada exemption from surrendering within time in a case in which she was awarded six-month simple imprisonment for…
- Pakistan
Pak court acquits Nawaz Sharif in Avenfield case
Islamabad: In a major relief to Nawaz Sharif ahead of elections, a top Pakistani court on Wednesday acquitted the former prime minister in the Avenfield corruption case while his acquittal in another…
- Delhi
Manish Sisodia moves SC seeking review of order denying him bail
New Delhi: Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order denying him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases related to…
- India
Railway Minister dismisses reports of decrease in number of train passengers post Covid
New Delhi: There has been no decrease in the number of train passengers and by the end of the current financial year, the Indian Railways will touch the pre-Covid passenger traffic of…
- India
Lalu slams BJP for crediting Modi with Uttarakhand tunnel rescue
Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday slammed the BJP for showering encomiums on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for the rescue of 41 workers from a collapsed tunnel in…
- India
Vision document being prepared for Viksit Bharat @2047: NITI CEO Subrahmanyam
New Delhi: NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday said a vision document is being prepared for India to become a developed economy of about USD 30 trillion by 2047, and it…
- India
Kharge best suited to lead Cong in battle for India’s soul: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said Mallikarjun Kharge is “best suited” to lead the Congress party in the “historic battle for India’s soul”, while leaders of some…
- India
Court denies Mehul Choksi permission to intervene in bank’s plea
Mumbai: A special court here on Wednesday rejected absconding diamond merchant Mehul Choksi’s application seeking to intervene in an application filed by the ICICI Bank for the release of certain mortgaged properties…
- Technology
YouTube users have to disclose altered content that looks realistic: Google
New Delhi: In a bid to tighten norms to tackle deepfakes, Google on Wednesday said content creators on YouTube will have to disclose any altered or synthetic content that they post on…
- India
SC allows Centre to extend Delhi chief secretary’s tenure by six months
New Delhi: In a major setback to the AAP government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the Centre to extend the tenure of Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, a day before he…
- India
Don’t repeat Morbi ‘engineering disaster’ while repairing Gondal bridges: HC to govt
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed the state government not to repeat the Morbi “engineering disaster” while repairing two over-a-century-old bridges in Gondal town. The division bench of Chief Justice…
- World
‘Plot to kill Sikh extremist on US soil’: India forms probe panel
New Delhi: India has constituted a high-level enquiry committee to probe allegations relating to a conspiracy to kill a Sikh extremist on American soil. The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week…
- India
Cake shop owner kills vegetable vendor after argument over setting up stall
Nagpur: A man allegedly killed a vegetable vendor following a heated argument over the latter setting up a stall in front of his cake shop in Nagpur city of Maharashtra, police said…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh CM inaugurates slew of projects
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation for nine projects in food processing and other industries worth Rs 1,100 crore. The…
