News
-
On ‘Cloud Nine’: Shreyas, Rahul fireworks power India to 160-run win over Netherlands
Bengaluru: KL Rahul’s pillaging hundred, the fastest by an Indian in World Cup, and Shreyas Iyer’s doubts-allaying 128 lit up the Diwali day as India mowed down Netherlands by 160 runs here…
-
Biden dismisses poll surveys showing him trailing behind Trump
Washington: US President Joe Biden has dismissed poll surveys predicting he was trailing behind his predecessor Donald Trump in five swing states sayin,g “I am beating Trump in eight of the ten…
-
Pakistan: Justice (retd.) Hussain takes oath as caretaker CM of KP
Peshawar: Justice (retd.) Arshad Hussain was on Sunday sworn in as the interim chief minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after caretaker chief minister Muhammad Azam Khan died following a…
-
Kejriwal meets families of jailed AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday met the families of jailed AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh on the occasion of Diwali. Sisodia was arrested in February in…
-
Sharjah Police honour boy for saving classmate’s life
Abu Dhabi: Sharjah Police on Sunday, November 12, honoured a boy for saving the life of a classmate who had accidentally swallowed a coin. The incident happened recently when a student at…
-
Ban on firecrackers flouted in Delhi despite SC order
New Delhi: The ban on firecrackers was violated in several areas of Delhi as people celebrated Diwali on Sunday. People burst firecrackers in Shahpur Jat and Hauz Khas area. Several people were…
-
UAE: Indian woman showcases 30 kg handwritten Quran at SIBF
Abu Dhabi: A 46-year-old Indian woman has displayed her handwritten Holy Quran in Arabic calligraphy weighing over 30 kgs at the 42nd Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF). Jaleena Hussain, who hails from…
-
Devout Hindu’ Rishi Sunak shares Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas greetings
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a “devout Hindu”, issued his greetings for Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas on Saturday expressing hope for a brighter tomorrow. The 43-year-old leader referenced his Indian…
-
AP: 5 persons injured after car hits lorry in Rajamahendravaram
Rajamahendravaram: Five persons, including two children, are seriously injured after the car in which they were travelling collided with a lorry on Sunday evening, police said. The accident took place on the…
-
Power supply, healthcare facilities remain concern for Asia’s oldest monastery
Tawang: For Asia’s oldest monastery in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang, uninterrupted power supply and accessible medical care remain major concerns. The garbage left behind by the growing number of visitors in the monastery…
-
Ration supply scam case: Jyotipriya Mallick remanded to 4-day judicial custody
Kolkata: A special court in Kolkata on Sunday sent West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution case in the state, to…
-
No place in Gaza is safe, situation in hospitals catastrophic: UNRWA
Tel Aviv: Tamara Alrifai, Director of External Relations and Communications at The United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA), on Sunday said that there is large displacement of people taking place in…
-
Jamia Millia: Eqbal Hussain named Acting V-C as Najma Akhtar retires
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice-Chancellor Prof Najma Akhtar handed over the charge of her office to Prof Eqbal Hussain, Pro Vice Chancellor of the university, after she completed her tenure…
-
Telangana polls: BRS, Congress trade barbs after ‘attack’ on MLA
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and opposition Congress traded allegations after MLA and BRS candidate from Atchampet (SC) constituency, Guvvala Balaraju was injured in an alleged attack by Congress leaders. Balaraju was…
-
Modi divided country, says Telangana woman who climbed tower at PM’s rally
Hyderabad: A day after widespread media coverage of how a young woman climbed a light tower in order to ‘speak to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ during his public rally in Secunderabad on…
