Daily Archives: August 29, 2024
Centre’s bonanza for Punjab, okays Rs 1,367-crore Rajpura industrial project
NEW DELHI: Reeling under heavy debt and low investment, Punjab on Wednesday received a booster dose from the Centre with a Cabinet...
Congress targets PM Modi over collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s statue
NEW DELHI: The collapse of Shivaji statue at Sindhudurg in Maharashtra recently has given Congress fresh ammunition to fire at Prime Minister...
UPSC adopts Aadhaar-based authentication for candidates’ verifications
NEW DELHI: The Centre has allowed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to utilise Aadhaar-based authentication to verify candidates' identities voluntarily, both...
Panels set up to probe collapse of Shivaji statue, build new one
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Government has set up a technical committee comprising engineers, IIT experts and Navy officials to probe reasons behind the collapse...
Imran Khan eyes Oxford University Chancellor post
LONDON: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has decided to enter the race to be elected the new Chancellor of the...
Journalist’s body recovered from lake in Bangladesh
DHAKA: The body of a 32-year-old woman TV journalist in Bangladesh was recovered from a lake here in the capital on Wednesday,...
Ukraine drones set oil depot ablaze in Russia’s Rostov
MOSCOW: A Ukraine drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region, while drones also attempted to...
Israeli forces launch strikes across Gaza Strip, 34 killed
CAIRO: Israeli forces sent tanks deeper into Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and launched strikes across the enclave as they...
Interim govt revokes ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government Wednesday revoked a ban on the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, less than a...
Want stable ties with India, but Delhi mustn’t interfere: Jamaat supremo
DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami supremo Shafiqur Rahman has said his party seeks harmonious and stable ties with India but asserted that New Delhi...