BIHAR: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Bihar government to release the break-up of the caste survey’s findings to allow people to challenge the inferences drawn from the data, PTI reported. On October 2, the Bihar government had released the findings of its caste survey,
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has recently denied requests for a new panel to be formed to investigate fraud allegations made by a US investment research firm against the businesses owned by billionaire Gautam Adani. According to the BBC, Hindenburg Research accused Adani's firm
LONDON: In the wake of pandemic-induced restrictions, 2023 saw a surge in "revenge travel," with tourists flooding back to previously inaccessible destinations. However, the evolving landscape has led to closures and transformations, leaving us with a list of places that will remain off-limits for travel in
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India exchanged their lists of prisoners and nuclear installations and facilities, following up on a years-long agreement between the two arch-rivals who have fought numerous battles since their independence in 1947. Both nations, who parted ways after ousting the Britishers, exchange the lists
ADDIS ABABA/MOGADISHU: Somalia will hold an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday, state media said, after the breakaway region of Somaliland struck a “historic” deal with Ethiopia allowing Addis Ababa access to a Red Sea port. Monday’s surprise pact announced in Addis Ababa has triggered anger in
LONDON: Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel from mainland Europe to Britain in small boats in 2023, an annual drop of more than a third, according to government figures released Tuesday. The last arrival of the year was on Dec. 16, when 55 people were detected
UTTAR PRADESH: The owner of an oil mill and his two associates allegedly pushed an 18-year-old Dalit woman into a cauldron with hot oil after she resisted sexual harassment in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, reported NDTV. The police said that they had arrested the three accused following
KARNATAKA: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of being “anti-Hindu” after the police arrested a man in a 31-year-old rioting case that took place ahead of the Babri mosque demolition in Ayodhya in 1992. On December 29, the Karnataka Police arrested
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped up the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can "break out any time" on the peninsula, according to state media. Kim
GAZA CITY: Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take “many more months” to end. Netanyahu’s comments signal no let-up