- Kashmir
Omar to review post-floods relief, rescue operations in Poonch
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will on Wednesday assess the ground situation in the flash flood and landslide-hit areas of Poonch following last month’s rain fury, which claimed 16…
- Hyderabad
Universities key to Nasha Mukt Bharat: Telangana Governor
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Tuesday, August 4, called upon Vice-Chancellors of all universities in the state to implement My Bharat registrations, Red Cross enrolment, and the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva’…
- News
Digital fraud: SC asks RBI to issue SOP on mule accounts
New Delhi: Observing that mechanisms to tackle cyber crimes needed “wider adoption, faster implementation, and continued follow-up,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 4, asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to…
- India
BJP can repeat Kashmir like reconstitution in India: Farooq
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said the reconstitution of Jammu and Kashmir into Union territories in 2019 had wider implications and that the BJP would repeat such moves in other…
- India
No insurance, no fuel: SC tells Centre to launch pilot project
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday took serious note of a large number of vehicles plying without third-party insurance cover and directed the Centre to evolve a pilot project…
- Telangana
Telangana’s EAGLE busts Alprazolam supply network, 6 held
Hyderabad: Telangana’s anti-narcotics unit–EAGLE Force on Tuesday, August 4, said it has busted a major Alprazolam supply network and apprehended six people allegedly involved in the illegal procurement, financing, transportation and supply…
- Hyderabad
Gen Secretary of Telangana Basketball body booked under POCSO
Hyderabad: A POCSO case was registered against an office bearer of the Telangana Basketball Association here for allegedly sexually harassing a player, police said on Tuesday, August 4. In a complaint lodged…
- India
Maharashtra Congress draws flak for calling NCP Dy CM ‘gungi gudiya’
A political storm broke out in Maharashtra after the Congress on Tuesday branded Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar a “gungi gudiya” (mute doll), drawing a sharp and vocal rebuttal from her party…
- Hate Crime
Madrasa education develops terrorist-like mindset: UP Deputy CM Maurya
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya sparked controversy on Tuesday, August 4, when he claimed that individuals who receive education in madrasas “develop a terrorist-like mindset.” Speaking to reporters…
- India
Punjab Assembly passes resolution to suspend rollout of E20 fuel
The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution urging the Centre to review and suspend the mandatory rollout of E20 ethanol blended fuel for vehicles until all concerns are comprehensively addressed. The…
- India
AIMPLB slams author Taslima Nasreen for remarks on madrassas
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Tuesday termed as “inflammatory” exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen’s remarks that madrassas should not exist, as it called upon the government to take serious…
- Hate Crime
5 juveniles held for gang-raping 9-year-old Dalit girl in UP
Lucknow: Five minors have been booked for allegedly gang-raping a nine-year-old Dalit girl in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur, police said on Saturday, August 1. Circle Officer (Tilhar) Vidush Saxena told…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: DoPT pushes BRICS action on fugitive offenders
Hyderabad: Highlighting the challenge posed by fugitive economic offenders, Secretary of the Department of Personnel Training, central government, Rachna Shah, on Tuesday, August 4, stressed the need to ensure that no jurisdiction…
- Hollywood
Spider-Man: Brand New Day beats Avengers: Endgame box office record
Los Angeles: “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” broke the “Avengers: Endgame” record for the biggest North American opening weekend with USD 360 million in ticket sales from theatres in the US and Canada,…
- India
Govt to raise CSAM, account issues with Meta global team
New Delhi: The government will raise a number of issues, including lapses in tackling of CSAM as well as wrongful action on prominent account during the upcoming meeting with Meta’s global team,…
