- Thursday, April 24, 2025
SKELETAL remains of burnt vehicles, a looted shopping mall and a vandalised pharmacy were some of the tell-tale signs of violence that engulfed parts of Murshidabad district of West Bengal during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. At least three people, including a man and his son, were killed in…
TAMIL NADU governor R N Ravi's reported remarks asking students of a college in Madurai to chant "Jai Shri Ram" have triggered a controversy with educationists calling for his removal citing violation of his oath of office to abide by the Constitution and is secular principles. The State Platform for…
THE TRUMP administration has granted tariff exclusions for smartphones, computers and other electronics imports supplied largely by China, sparing them from much of president Donald Trump's steep 125 per cent duties. In a notice to shippers, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency published a list of tariff codes…
MORE than 350 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Saturday (12) due to traffic congestion. Social media users shared pictures and videos of waiting passengers at the airport. Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were disrupted on Friday evening due to adverse weather conditions and as…
CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday said the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are "safe" and "tamper-proof". He said that EVMs used in India cannot be connected to internet, bluetooth or infrared and it is not possible anyway to tamper with it. "In India, EVMs are used for polling exercise.…
A COURT in Delhi has dismissed the plea of a doctor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) seeking exemption from personal appearance in a case where he is accused of raping a colleague on the pretext of marriage. The court said that allowing the application would shatter…
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS batter Quinton de Kock said having former Chennai Super Kings players Ajinkya Rahane and Moeen Ali in their ranks gave them key insights into the Chepauk conditions, which prompted the decision to field an extra spinner, a move that proved crucial in their eight-wicket win in the…
DIGITAL payments across the country came to a standstill on Saturday (12) after an outage in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services, a real-time payment system used for sending and receiving money between bank accounts using a mobile app. This disruption in UPI has paralysed digital transaction capabilities on payment…
THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY is carrying out an extensive interrogation of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana to uncover the “deeper layers of the conspiracy”, the probe agency told a Delhi court. "His (Rana) prolonged custody has been deemed necessary to facilitate an extensive interrogation aimed at uncovering deeper…
A JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER of the Indian army died while leading an operation to thwart an infiltration attempt by terrorists in the Akhnoor sector, officials said on Saturday (12). The terrorists are believed to have sneaked back into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following the intense gunfight in the Keri Bhattal area,…
