- Elections
EC to deploy 2,407 central force companies for first phase of Bengal polls on Apr 23
Kolkata: The Election Commission will deploy 2,407 companies of central armed police forces for the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on April 23, with the highest number of personnel…
- India
Nara Lokesh appointed TDP ‘national’ working president
Amaravati: In a politically significant development in the ruling TDP in Andhra Pradesh, IT Minister Nara Lokesh was appointed as the ‘national’ working president of the party on Wednesday, April 15. Nandyal…
- India
No more Sheru or Shaitan: Rajasthan govt to change student names if offensive
Jaipur: Names like “Sheru”, “Shaitan” and other unusual or derogatory monikers often finding their way into school registers could soon be a thing of the past in Rajasthan, with the state government…
- India
Justice Sharma’s children empanelled govt lawyers: Kejriwal in HC on recusal plea
New Delhi: Seeking recusal of Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has claimed in an affidavit that the judge’s children are empanelled central government lawyers…
- Hollywood
Game of Thrones movie title announced: ‘Aegon’s Conquest’
Los Angeles: The new “Game of Thrones” movie now has a working title, “Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest”. The title was unveiled as part of Warner Bros.’ CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas…
- World
Boat carrying 250 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis sinks in Andaman Sea
At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently on the way to Malaysia, according to the United Nations’ refugee…
- India
Noida DM warns outsourcing agencies, workers against bad conduct
Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam has warned outsourcing agencies and contractors of strict action, including blacklisting and licence cancellation, in case of any unruly behaviour by them or their workers.…
- India
Delhi: Toddler among three killed in Budh Vihar fire
New Delhi: A couple and their two-year-old child were charred to death in a massive fire that broke out in a cluster of shanties out near Mange Ram Park in Delhi’s Budh…
- India
Consult states before delimitation, says Shashi Tharoor to PM
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday, April 14, suggested “degressive proportionality” in the Lok Sabha to balance population with federal equity and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold extensive…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Vedanta plant boiler blast kills 13, injures 21
Sakti: In a major industrial accident, at least 13 workers were killed and 21 others injured after a steam-carrying tube connected to a boiler exploded at a Vedanta Ltd power plant in…
- Pakistan
Sisters of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan disallowed from meeting brother
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s sisters were again denied a meeting with their brother at Adiala Jail on Tuesday. The sisters were not allowed to enter the jail in Rawalpindi…
- India
UP: Tension in Kasganj, Agra and Lakhimpur Kheri on Ambedkar Jayanti
Tension prevailed in Kasganj, Agra, Lakhimpur Kheri and Lucknow districts of Uttar Pradesh on Ambedkar Jayanti. The situation became tense in Kasganj after a stone-pelting incident during a procession, while miscreants climbed…
- Top Stories
MP woman tonsured, paraded over infidelity; 4 arrested
Jhabua: A 32-year-old woman was publicly tonsured and forced to carry her husband on her shoulders around the village as a punishment for an extramarital affair in the tribal-dominated Jhabua district of…
- India
Trump dials PM Modi, both leaders push for ‘open and secure’ Strait of Hormuz
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, April 14, to discuss the West Asia crisis and the need to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and…
- Sports
IPL 2026: Noor does the star turn as CSK outclass KKR by 32 runs
Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) IPL season just went from bad to worse with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) demolishing them by 32 runs on a tricky surface, exposing head coach Abhishek Nayar’s…
