Questioning the ‘public cause’ claim of the erstwhile AIADMK government and unjustifiable procedural lapses in acquiring former chief minister Jayalalithaa’s house at Poes Garden to convert it into a memorial, the Madras high court quashed the...
Questioning the ‘public cause’ claim of the erstwhile AIADMK government and unjustifiable procedural lapses in acquiring former chief minister Jayalalithaa’s house at Poes Garden to convert it into a memorial, the Madras high court quashed the...
Harjinder Singh Dhami, 65, a low-profile Akali leader from Hoshiarpur district, was elected president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), replacing Jagir Kaur at the helm. Dhami is the SGPC member from Sham Churasi segment...

In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Karnataka government has requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent...
BJP won 329 out of 334 seats in urban local bodies polls in Tripura which was termed as 'murder of democracy' by both Trinamool Congress and CPM. Mamata Banerjee's TMC, which got just one seat in Ambassa Municipality, said it had petitioned...
Islamabad: Amid strong protests by the opposition, the Imran Khan-led coalition government in Pakistan managed to bulldoze amendments to the Elections Act, 2017 in the joint session of parliament, thereby allowing the use of electronic voting...

Kampala: The Ugandan police have shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people, officials said, following twin suicide bombings claimed by an ISIL (ISIS)...

Karachi: Massive protests have erupted in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar against unnecessary checkpoints, part of a growing backlash in the country against...
Arguing that India's economy is back on track and state-run banks have “remarkably turned around”, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman made an impassioned plea to India Inc to step up investment, while promising to remove whatever obstacles...
Naypyidaw: Myanmar's junta has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with electoral fraud during 2020 polls that her party won in a landslide, state media reported. Suu Kyi was accused of "election fraud and lawless actions", state-run newspaper...

Pakistan will ensure legislation is passed on central bank autonomy as agreed with the IMF, said Finance Adviser Shaukat Tarin, who is equivalent to the...