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- Middle East
3 Palestinians held on suspicion of torching Christmas tree in West Bank
West Bank: Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the Israeli-occupied West Bank…
- India
Telugu Maoist Ganesh Uike neutralised in Odisha, carried Rs 1.1 crore bounty
Bhubaneswar: A high-ranking Telugu Maoist commander, Ganesh Uike, was reported killed along with five others, including two women, in a major operation in the forests of Kandhmal, Odisha, in a joint operation…
- India
Charred bodies, scattered debris: 5 death after truck collides with bus in Karnataka
Chitradurga: At least five people were killed when a speeding truck crashed against a luxury sleeper bus, which caught fire under the impact in Chitradurga district in Karnataka early on Thursday, December…
- Middle East
Bethlehem lights up on Christmas Eve after two years of Gaza war
Bethlehem (West Bank): Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as crowds of families and music and decorations heralded a much-needed boost of Christmas spirit after two years…
- India
UP government orders schools to remain open on Christmas
Lucknow: Schools in Uttar Pradesh will remain open during Christmas this year, after the state government announced the day will instead be celebrated to mark the birth centenary of the co-founder of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s IT Hub sees decline in fatal road accidents; Rs 239 crore slapped in fines
Hyderabad: Cyberabad police commissionerate has seen a marginal decline in fatal road accidents from last year, even as non-fatal accidents and non-injury accidents have only risen, shows data from their 2025 annual report…
- World
Visa delays leave H-1B families stranded abroad amid tougher US vetting
Washington: Indian H-1B visa holders are facing months-long uncertainty after US consulates in India delayed appointments due to new screening requirements, a development that has triggered concern on Capitol Hill, while the…
- Hyderabad
Cybercrime tops list of offences in Hyderabad’s IT hub
Hyderabad: Although cybercrime has seen a sharp decline from last year, it has still emerged as a top contributor among all cognizable offences recorded within the limits of the Cyberabad police commissionerate…
- Hyderabad
1 in 5 crimes in Cyberabad is now a cybercrime: 2025 crime report
Hyderabad: Cybercrime cases dropped sharply in 2025, with 7,636 cases registered under the Cyberabad jurisdiction, nearly four times fewer than in 2024, marking a significant decline, according to the official crime report…
- India
UP court rejects BJP govt plea to withdraw charges against Akhlaq lynching accused
A court in Surajpur in Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Tuesday, December 23, rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea to withdraw all charges against the accused in the 2015 mob lynching of…
- India
Over 13 lakh Indian students studied abroad in 2024: NITI Aayog
New Delhi: India continues to send a large number of students overseas for higher education, with more than 13.35 lakh Indians studying abroad in 2024, highlighting the country’s growing dependence on foreign…
- Middle East
Israel bars Save the Children from working in Gaza
Israel has barred Save the Children, a leading non-profit organisations, from carrying out relief work in Gaza after it introduced new rules that mandate international NGOs to register under its new framework,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad NRIs confused ahead of SIR in Telangana
Hyderabad: Ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana, which will be held in phase 3, Non-Resident Indians (NRI) are confused over the fate of their names in…
- India
VB-G RAM-G gets President’s assent, replaces MGNREGA
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, which replaces the MGNREGA and has a…
- Middle East
Israeli cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank
Tel Aviv: Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal for 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister said. The settlements include two that were previously evacuated during…
