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Arrest of impeached prez Yoon triggers riot in court

HOURS after South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said on Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month.

What Not To Expect Of Budget 2025

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OUTWARD APPEARANCES, INNER MOTIVES AND ALL THAT GREED

WAMI Vivekananda's birthday, by the English calendar, was on January 12, but his birth anniversary, or Jayanti, according to the panchang or Indian calendar, is on January 21 this year.

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India to start 2 automotive steel units in 2025

ARCELORMITTAL Nippon Steel India, a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, is set to commission in 2025 two production lines dedicated to manufacturing advanced automotive steel products.

EPFO Simplifies PF Account Transfer Process

THE Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has simplified the process for transfer of PF account on change of jobs wherein the requirement to route online transfer claims through either the previous or current employer has been removed in majority of cases.

Detained 900 Bangladeshis and Rohingyas from 2021-24, says RPF

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) officially claimed on Sunday that it has detained over 900 Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas from railway areas between 2021 and 2024.

Love Affairs Key Reason for Kota Suicides: Minister

DAYS after another student suicide in Kota, Rajasthan's Education Minister Madan Dilawar made a rather curious and controversial statement.

Foden stars as Man City hit Ipswich for six

PHIL Foden struck twice as Manchester City climbed to fourth in the Premier League with a 6-0 rout of struggling Ipswich on Sunday.

Suspected Hooch Claims Six Lives in 'Dry' Bihar

AT least six people died allegedly after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's West Champaran district during 36 hours on Sunday.

ASR Collector Directs Officials to Rename Araku Festival as 'Chali'

ASR District Collector AS Dinesh Kumar held a video conference with key line departments on Sunday, stressing the importance of extensive publicity through various media platforms.

C'garh to develop marine fossil park at 280-mn yr-old fossil site

Throwing insights into Earth's ancient history

Hyundai Creta Electric Car Launched

The Hyundai Creta Electric car was launched at Lakshmi Hyundai showrooms in CBM Compound & Gajuwaka branch, in Vizag on Sunday.

Ensure steel plant remains a PSU: CPM to Naidu

STATE CPM secretary V Srinivasa Rao on Sunday wrote a letter to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, urging him to initiate permanent measures to ensure that Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) remains a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).

AIR to help mitigate man-animal conflicts in MP

COUNTRY'S public radio broadcaster, the All India Radio (AIR-Akashvani) has a new role to play in Madhya Pradesh - alerting people about movement of wild animals, including elephants, tigers and leopards to prevent human-animal conflicts and related casualties.

Global leaders keen on India's growth story: Vaishnaw ahead of Davos visit

UNION Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday highlighted the significant global interest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies, which are set to take centre-stage during discussions at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

World No 1 An Se-Young lives up to billing at India Open

Pornpawee Chochuwong stood bemused in the middle of the court.

52,221 Diagnosed with Cancer in State So Far

Over 53L people screened since Nov 2024, funding for treatment raised to ₹624 cr under Dr NTR Vaidya Seva

Congress MLC ticket aspirants make beeline to New Delhi

AS the graduates and teachers constituencies as well as MLAs quota MLC elections are round the corner, the ticket aspirants within the Congress have intensified lobbying to secure nominations, with most of them making trips to New Delhi to impress the party high command.

Appointment of independent chief for persons with disabilities sought

Representatives of the All India Confederation of the Blind and the Development and Welfare Association of the Blind met State Chief Secretary K Vijayanand at the Secretariat in Velagapudi on Sunday.

Fire at Maha Kumbh after cylinder blast guts 40 tents

A major fire broke out on Sunday in the Mahakumbh area of Prayagraj on Sunday, police said, adding that there was no report of any casualty.

Covid-19 remains a distant memory in China's Wuhan

BUILT in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.

Botcha: VSP aid package contained several riders

THE YSRCP has demanded the TDP-led NDA government to categorically state that it is against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP).

Naidu got MHA probe into TTD withdrawn

THE sanctity and image of Tirumala has suffered a big dent with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu continuing his cheap gimmicks to stall the probe of any kind into the Tirupati stampede, said former TTD chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy.

Local Help To Success

With Indian singles shuttlers struggling, badminton officials are looking inwards for local coaches to spark revival. Anmol Gurung tries to find out BAI's plan...

Happy couple Svitolina, Monfils win; Swiatek dominates

DEFENDING champion Jannik Sinner raced to victory at the Australian Open on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 as Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu.

TikTok to 'go dark' in US today as SC upholds bans

TIKTOK said it will have to 'go dark' this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the firm it won't enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

Attack on Iranian judiciary: 2 hard-line judges shot dead

A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in the late 1980s.

J&K Mysterious Deaths: Shah Orders Probe

AS the health and medical experts have failed to ascertain the cause of 16 mysterious deaths in Budhal village of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district in 45 days, Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday ordered constitution of an inter-ministerial team led by MHA to visit the affected village to ascertain causes of deaths.

Women Power in Maha Kumbh, 1K to Get Diksha on Jan 29 Amrit Snan

IN addition to meeting the rare celestial alignment leading to 'Pushya Nakshtra' after a period of 144 years, the Maha Kumbh is poised to be historical in more than one way.

Hyundai, TVS to make 3W, micro 4W for Indian mkt

Hyundai to offer design, engg, tech; TVS to do mfg, marketing