- Telangana
Telangana to emerge as clean energy hub: Deputy CM Vikramarka
Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday, August 18, said that the government aims to transform the state into a clean energy manufacturing hub. Speaking after inaugurating a two-day…
- India
Weak evidence: HC suspends life term of Dabholkar murder convict
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday, August 18, suspended the life sentence of Sachin Andure, a convict in the 2013 murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, and granted him bail, stating…
- Sports
When India avenged 1982 Asian Games loss to Pakistan
Amstelveen: Sixteen years ago, when India and Pakistan last met in a men’s Hockey World Cup, the contest was more than just two arch-rivals facing each other. It was about settling an…
- India
SC to set up high-powered panel to probe Delhi Police brutality
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 18, said it would constitute a high-powered committee comprising retired apex court and high court judges, a former Director General of Police (DGP), and…
- India
Dipke urges politicians to experience rural students’ plight
Hingoli: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke on Tuesday, August 18, said ministers and politicians should send their children to village schools for at least a day to understand the challenges…
- Pakistan
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan to be shifted to pvt hospital
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 18, ordered the shifting of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital for medical examination a day after jail authorities said the…
- India
Girl killed for meeting boy in Haryana; father, grandfather held
Hisar: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly killed over suspicion of having met a boy in Haryana’s Hisar, police said, adding that her father and grandfather have been arrested in this connection. The…
- India
Congress accuses Narendra Modi of sabotaging caste census
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday, August 18, alleged that the Modi government wants to sabotage the caste census and asked why the 2027 census does not include a drop-down menu for…
- India
Students may end protest after Jharkhand exam cancellation
Ranchi: Students protesting against alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations may take a call on withdrawing the demonstration on Tuesday, August 18, after the state government cancelled all recruitment tests, including the…
- World
Trump cites India’s voter cards to make case for SAVE America Act
Washington: Making a strong case for stricter electoral laws in the US, President Donald Trump praised the Indian election system and recalled Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar questioning lack of voter identification…
- India
UGC-NET re-exam fallout: NTA axes over 50 staff members
New Delhi: Under fire over a re-test in three UGC-NET subjects after errors in exam papers, the National Testing Agency (NTA) went into damage control on Monday, August 17, by removing more…
- Pakistan
TikToker with over million followers shot dead in Pakistan
Islamabad: A 28-year-old Pakistani TikToker with over a million followers was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Taxila near Islamabad following a financial dispute, according to a local media report. The victim…
- India
UGC-NET retest: Student groups in Delhi demand NTA be scrapped
New Delhi: Several student organisations held protests in the national capital on Monday, August 17, against the National Testing Agency’s decision to reconduct the UGC-NET examinations for three subjects, demanding that the…
- India
Jharkhand: Talks yet to begin as student protest enters day 24
Ranchi: Talks between a government panel and protesting job aspirants in Jharkhand were yet to begin on Monday, August 17, as Chief Minister Hemant Soren held a meeting with his ministers at…
- India
BLOs are bedrock of democracy, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Patna: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, August 17, described booth-level officers (BLOs) as the “bedrock of democracy”, who ensure that eligible electors get their voter ID cards made. Kumar made…
