Mumbai (PTI): The National Investigation Agency has announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, an official said on Thursday. The probe agency has also announced a cash r

Mumbai (PTI); The rupee depreciated 31 paise to an all-time low of 80.15 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday tracking the strength of the American currency and firm crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 80.10 against the dollar, then lost ground to qu

Former Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Amir and reputed Muslim scholar Maulana Jalaluddin Umri passed away on Friday August 26. He was 87. Maulana Jalaluddin Umri was the Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind from 2007 to 2019. Born in 1935 in Puttagram, District of North Arcot, Tamil Nadu he was a graduate of Ja

Twitter is reportedly working on bringing together the teams that engages in reducing toxic content and spam bots on the social media platform. The latest development comes amidst a former Twitter security chief Peter 'Mudge' Zatko alleged that the company misled regulators regarding the poor cybers

Ajman (Press Release): In a bid to bring speedier access of expert care, Thumbay University Hospital-one of the UAE’s leading healthcare service providers- has inaugurated on August 24, 2022, a new state-of-the-art facility specializing in Chest Pain to address patients experiencing a life-threateni

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed an agreement with arcab to launch a digital platform on a trial basis in the shape of a smart app to meet the public demand for medium-sized bus services. The trial platform will be operational in two of Dubai’s districts. Th

New Delhi, Aug 22: A discussion was held at the National Human Rights Commission here on Monday and the release of the 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case figured in it, sources said. NHRC chairperson Justice (retd.) Arun Kumar Mishra headed the discussion, they said. However, there was n

Close on the heels of Mangalore University (MU) vice chancellor Prof P S Yadpadithaya’s announcement on issuing TC (transfer certificate) to students who were not keen on attending classes without the hijab (headscarf) in May this year, over 16% of Muslim girl students in second, third, fourth and f

Mathura: A war room will soon be set up in Lucknow to curb the menace of copying in exams, Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay said on Saturday. "All the examination centres will be connected to the Lucknow-based war room for ensuring transparency in examination," Upadhyay said

Mumbai(PTI): The Shiv Sena on Thursday claimed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has created a storm by severing ties with the BJP and this storm can pose a challenge to the saffron party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls if it intensifies into a cyclone. An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' l

New Delhi (PTI): Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday set in motion the process of appointment of his successor by recommending the name of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the most senior judge, to the Centre. The CJI personally handed over the copy of his letter of recommendation to Justice L

Beijing: Asia's wealthiest woman lost more than half her fortune over the past year as China's real estate sector was rocked by a cash crunch, a billionaire index showed Thursday. Yang Huiyan, a majority shareholder in Chinese property giant Country Garden, saw her net worth plunge by more than 5

Srinagar, Jul 27: A 26-year-old man from the remote Bandipora district here has hand-written the Holy Quran on a 500-metre-long paper scroll -- a calligraphic feat achieved through painstaking work over three months. Mustafa-Ibn-Jameel, a resident of Tulail area of the frontier Gurez in the north

New Delhi, Jul 28: Braving mosquitoes and the heat, some of the suspended MPs like CPI's Santosh Kumar, AAP's Sanjay Singh spent the night beside the Gandhi statue in Parliament complex. TMC's Dola sen and Santanu Sen were present on the site till post midnight. With no permission for a tent g

New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwal government on Wednesday launched the second Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) centre here to provide job-oriented skill education and soft skills training to the youth from low-income communities. The DSEU has entered into an agreement with Pune-based

Kollam(PTI): Two more persons, who oversaw the NEET exam held in an educational institution in Kerala, were arrested by police on Thursday for allegedly asking girl students to remove their innerwear for appearing in the test on July 17. The arrest of a NEET observer and an exam coordinator was r

Colombo(PTI): Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka's eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the country out of its economic crisis and restoring order after months of mass protests. Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the 8th Executive Pr

Mumbai(PTI): Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has dissolved all departments and cells of the party with immediate effect, senior NCP leader Praful Patel said. While informing about this on Wednesday, Patel did not disclose the reason for the sudden move, which comes three weeks a