Rampur: Targeting Opposition parties for their stance on the Ram temple embezzlement issue, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday said those who attacked Ram devotees and questioned the existence of the god were now speaking up in the name of faith. Accusing the Congress and the Samajwadi Party of being hypocrites for their newfound support for...

Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, Tuesday, rejected the plea from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction seeking a fast-track hearing on its petition challenging the freezing of three bank accounts of the party. Earlier this month, the authorities of the private sector commercial bank, where these three accounts are maintained, chose to freeze...

Abdin: As Israeli troops and vehicles entered the town of Abdin in southern Syria, residents blocked the roads with rocks, and some young men and boys threw stones to push back the military patrol. Tensions in this part of the country created by a buffer zone occupied by Israeli forces have flared into violence in recent days,...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed Bhubaneswar and Kataka early Tuesday, with the regional centre of the Indian Meteorological Department forecasting that rainfall intensity is likely to increase further in the coming days as the southwest monsoon becomes more active from July 1. The weather office has forecast moderate to very heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha over the...

Caracas: Venezuela has appreciated the Indian medical team's efforts to help victims of the earthquake that rocked the South American nation, killing over 1,700 people. Under Operation Amistad, the Indian Army established a field hospital comprising highly experienced doctors at the International La Rinconada Racetrack in Caracas after arriving in the country. The Indian Embassy in Venezuela...

Dubai: The United States and Iran Monday separately announced they will send delegations to Qatar this week, though Tehran insisted it has not agreed to meet with the US at any level after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged negotiations to end the war. US President Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic had requested...

New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced the start of global reservations of usernames, a major privacy feature designed to protect the privacy of users’ phone number. Usernames reservations will begin rolling out on Monday, allowing people to create and reserve a username before the feature is available in-app later this year. Once reservations become available, users will...

Washington: The US-India trade deal is in its final steps, with only the last one per cent of negotiations left to be concluded, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Tuesday, expressing confidence that the deal would soon be sealed after nearly 18 months of talks. Addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum Leadership Summit here, Gor said...

Bengaluru: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls commenced across Karnataka Tuesday, with more than 59,000 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) launching a month-long door-to-door verification exercise aimed at ensuring the state's electoral rolls remain accurate, complete and up to date. Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar personally filled out his Enumeration Form in Bengaluru and...

Kolkata:  Within 24 hours of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's warning, three organisers of Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir's meeting were arrested for a controversial speech made by the Naoda MLA there. The names of the arrested persons are Golam Mustafa, Mohammad Aminuk Haque and Anisur Rahman. The Murshidabad district police arrested them in two...