- Thursday, February 27, 2025
THE Uppinangady Government First Grade College management in the southern state of Karnataka has suspended 23 girl students who staged a protest demanding permission to wear hijab inside classrooms last week. The Puttur BJP MLA and the College Development Committee (CDC) chairman Sanjeeva Matandoor told PTI on Tuesday, "The students…
AMID the growing backlash that India faced from the Gulf countries over the controversial remarks that a leader of its ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allegedly made on Prophet Muhammad, #BoycottQatarAirways started trending on Twitter on Monday (6) with many people targeting the Gulf country's carrier. There were also people…
A TERRORIST of the Hizbul Mujahideen extremist group has been arrested in the Indian city of Bengaluru, capital of the southern state of Karnataka, in connection with the targeted killing of Hindus in Kashmir Valley. Basavaraj Bommai, the chief minister of Karnataka, was quoted as saying by India Today, "It's…
INDIA has emerged as Sri Lanka's top inbound tourist market in May, even as there is a slump in the cumulative arrivals of holiday makers due to the ongoing economic and political situation in the country, the tourism authority here said on Tuesday. As many as 5,562 tourists from India…
INDIA is all set to introduce cheetahs from South Africa in a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh by August as part of attempts to rehabilitate the species that had become extinct from the country. A top environment ministry official said a special 10 sq km enclosure for cheetahs has been…
THE Bombay High Court in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday (7) closed all arguments and reserved its order on a plea filed by the Tata Motors challenging its disqualification from the tender process for 1,400 electric buses for the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking. The Tata Motors participated in…
THE South African government has confirmed that the wealthy Gupta brothers were arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday (6), media reported. The brothers Atul and Rajesh Gupta are facing charges of political corruption and making political profits through influential ties with former South African president Jacob Zuma.…
A LAWMAKER from southern Indian state of Telangana was on Tuesday (7) booked for allegedly unveiling the identity of a schoolgirl who was allegedly gang-raped inside a Mercedes car in an upscale locality of state capital Hyderabad last month, by releasing pictures and videos related to the incident, according to…
INDIA on Monday (6) successfully carried out a "training launch" of the Agni-4 intermediate-range ballistic missile from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, marking a significant boost to the country's military capabilities. In a brief statement, the defence ministry said the test was carried…
BEFORE the three sisters and their children were found dead in a well, they left a message blaming the family they had married into. Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their daughters. The sisters…
