NEET ‘irregularities’: Akhilesh Yadav targets BJP, demands SC-monitored probe
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged rigging in the graduate level medical entrance examination NEET and demanded the court to take suo motu cognizance of the matter and conduct a thorough investigation and give strict punishment to the guilty. The result of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) was declared on June […]
Israel rescues 4 hostages kidnapped in Hamas’ October 7 attack; at least 94 Palestinians are killed
Deir al-Balah: Israel on Saturday rescued four hostages who were kidnapped in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, the largest such recovery operation since the war began. At least 94 Palestinians including children were killed as heavy fighting continued around the sites in central Gaza, the Health Ministry said. Israel’s army said it rescued Noa […]
Normalisation of our ties with China must be based on mutual respect, mutual interest, mutual sensitivity: India
New Delhi: India on Saturday thanked China for congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his election victory and said it would continue to make efforts for normalisation of the bilateral ties based on “mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity”. The comments by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal came as relations between India and […]
Russia puts former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on its wanted list
Moscow: Russia has put former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on its wanted list, Russian state media reported, citing the Interior Ministry’s database. Russian state news agency Tass said Tymoshenko was listed as wanted on unspecified criminal charges. She reportedly joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, on the same list, which […]
Promotion of violence not acceptable in Canada: Minister on Khalistani supporters’ Indira Gandhi assassination posters
Ottawa: Promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada, a minister has said after posters depicting the assassination of India’s former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were reportedly put up by Khalistan supporters in Vancouver. An Indian-origin Canadian lawmaker also expressed concern over the issue, saying by doing so, the Khalistan supporters are trying to instil […]
Timber dealer’s house raided in 2013 terror attack in Sopore
SRINAGAR: The State Investigation Agency on Saturday raided the residence of a timber dealer in the old city here in connection with an 11-year-old terror attack in Sopore which left four policemen dead, officials said. The SIA sleuths carried out the searches at the residence of Ahmadullah Malla in the Nawab Bazar area of the […]
Properties of 2 Pak-based terror handlers seized in Baramulla
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police attached properties worth crores of rupees belonging to two Pakistan-based terror handlers hailing from Baramulla district on Saturday. According to officials, terror handlers Jaleel Ahmad Rather and Mohammad Ashraf Mir, both residents of Baramulla’s Tilgam, have been operating from Pakistan for some time now. After obtaining an attachment order passed […]
Media baron Ramoji Rao no more, condolences pour in
HYDERABAD: Veteran media personality and Ramoji group chairman Ch Ramoji Rao, who revolutionised the news and entertainment industry, died at a hospital here early on Saturday. He was 88. Rao, who was admitted to a hospital here on June 5 following respiratory problems, passed away at 4.50 am, according to Eenadu sources. The mortal remains […]
Labourer killed in suspected firing along IB in Samba
SAMBA/JAMMU: A man was killed in suspected firing along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Saturday. Vasudev, a 28-year-old labourer, was brought dead to hospital with a bullet injury in his chest, they said. He was working on a construction project along the IB when he received a […]
President appoints Narendra Modi as PM-designate; oath on Sunday evening
New Delhi: Narendra Modi will take oath as the prime minister for a third consecutive term on Sunday evening as President Droupadi Murmu has invited him to form the government. Murmu appointed Modi as the prime minister-designate on Friday after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief J P Nadda handed her a letter on Modi’s election […]
