Dalal Street hails truce in West Asia, Sensex rises 3k points
MUMBAI: A tentative truce in the West Asian war overnight prompted global investors to hit the buy button on Wednesday, leading to sharp gains in global markets including India. Starting in Japan, moving on to Hong Kong, China, Pakistan, UK, Germany and…
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, DGP changes; Stalin shouts foul
CHENNAI: Ahead of the April 23 elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly, the Election Commission of India on Wednesday replaced state chief secretary N Muruganandam with senior bureaucrat M Sai Kumar and DGP (Armed Police, Vigilance and…
Appointment of priests by government committee cannot be secular act: Center
NEW DELHI: The Center on Wednesday launched a veiled attack on a Tamil Nadu law that wrests control over the appointment of “archakas” in temples, saying the Supreme Court had wrongly classified the appointment of “archakas” as a…
Sanitation workers appointed as BLO for Hyderabad SIR pre-exercise
Representative Image (PTI) Hyderabad: Several residents of Old Hyderabad on Tuesday approached a station-level officer (BLO) of the Election Commission to help them identify their names in the 2002 electoral roll as part of the SIR pre-mapping exercise.…
No Muslim names in BJP’s Bengal list
KOLKATA: The Bharatiya Janata Party has not fielded a single Muslim candidate in the Bengal elections, even in seats where minority members were nominated in the previous state polls, despite having around two lakh Muslim members in the state. Eight…
Government approves bill to amend women’s quota law
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved the draft amendment bill to the Women’s Reservation Act, paving the way for Parliament to take up legislation to implement 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies from…
Sabarimala PIL admitted in 2006, dismissed now: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging the rampant misuse of public interest litigation for ulterior motives or pursuing one’s own interests, India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would dismiss the petition if it was filed by a group of lawyers…
India welcomes Pakistan-brokered ceasefire and hopes it will also bring peace to Ukraine
After six weeks of brutal war in West Asia, a temporary ceasefire brokered by Pakistan was welcomed by India in an official statement, in which the Indian government also expressed hope that the ceasefire will bring lasting peace in the region. The…
Jammu-Srinagar national highway closed for third consecutive day
Jammu: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) remained suspended for the third consecutive day despite fresh landslides continuing amid heavy rains in Ramban district, officials said.Due to recent rains, NH-44, the only all-weather road…
