New Delhi, 2/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people of Telangana on the state’s formation day on Friday. India’s youngest state, Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 following a decades-long agitation. The prime minister said, “On the Formation Day of Telangana, my greetings to the people of this wonderful state. The…
Kyiv, 2/6: Ukrainian authorities on Friday lifted air raid alerts across most of the nation, including for the capital Kyiv, hours after Russia fired off a new round of aerial missiles, official websites showed. Russia has launched around 20 separate missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian cities since the start of May. Kyiv Mayor…
Manipur, 1/6:The security forces including the Army will begin a combing operation from Friday in order to recover the weapons, which were snatched by miscreants during the riot since May 3. The combing operation was ordered as repeated appeals by the Centre as well as the Manipur government for surrender of the weapons…
Jalandhar, 1/6: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Franco Mulakkal as bishop of Jalandhar in northern India, who was acquitted last year of repeatedly raping a nun over a two year period. The Vatican announced the decision on Thursday, without giving any further information. Mulakkal, 59, was appointed bishop of the Diocese…
Chennai, 1/6: Tollywood actor Varun Tej is all set to enter a new phase of life. The Tholi Prema star is set to get down on one knee and get engaged to his lady love and actor Lavanya Tripathi soon. We have learnt that this Tollywood couple would be officiating their relationship with…
Chattisgarh, 1/6: Two Naxalites, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, surrendered in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on ThursdayThe rebels turned themselves in before police and the Central Reserve Police Force’s second battalion officials here on Wednesday evening citing disappointment with “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist ideology, a…
Kashmir, 1/6: Security forces arrested two militant associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession, police said. Acting on specific information regarding the movement of terrorists in Frestihar Kreeri village, the security forces placed a mobile vehicle checkpoint (MVCP) at…
Manipur, 1/6: Senior Indian Police Service officer Rajiv Singh was on Thursday appointed as the new DGP of Manipur, according to an official order. Singh replaces P Doungel, who will be Officer on Special Duty (Home), a new post created by the Manipur government. Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department Special Secretary N Geoffrey…
Colombo, 1/6: Sri Lanka’s central bank caught markets off-guard by cutting its key rates by 250 basis points on Thursday, as it cited inflation easing faster than expected and the price outlook turning more benign. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) cut its standing deposit facility rate and standing lending facility rate to 13…
Kyiv,v1/6: Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least three people including two children and bringing fresh terror to the city after a week of strikes. Moscow’s forces have recently launched a series of aerial assaults on the Ukrainian capital, including an unusual daytime attack on Monday that sent…
