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Chhattisgarh: Security forces recover explosives after exchange of fire with Naxals

Gariaband: Security forces recovered explosives following a gunfight with Naxalites on Sunday in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh after four Maoists carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 19 lakh surrendered themselves, a senior…
India is expanding energy infrastructure in quest for self-reliance: Puri

New Delhi: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday that India is powering its quest for energy security with a focus on strengthening and expanding energy infrastructure in…

Kerala agriculture growth doubles national average, says CM Vijayan

Thrissur: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday that Kerala’s agricultural sector is on the path of growth and that the state has achieved more than double the national average growth. He…
Jamia Islamia hikes fees by 30 pc; BA Social Work sees 147 pc rise

The Jamia Islamia University, New Delhi, released its new fee structure for the 2025–26 academic year, stunning the student community with a staggering 30 percent hike across its programmes. BA (Hons) Social…
Tejashwi Yadav drives jeep with Rahul Gandhi in Bihar’s Adhikar Yatra

Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday made it clear that in Bihar, where his Voter Adhikar Yatra was kicked off, he would like Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD to be in…
BJP nominates Maha Guv CP Radhakrishnan as NDA’s VP candidate

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Sunday nominated Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan as the NDA candidate for vice-president. Announcing the nomination, BJP president J P Nadda said a meeting chaired…
Mob attacks UP police station after duo given protection from assault

Two Muslim men were violently attacked by an angry mob in Nayagaon of Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of theft. Fahim and his relative Firoz were returning home after attending a…

J&K cloudburst: Death toll reaches 61 as search for survivors continues on Day 4

Chisoti: The death toll due to a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district rose to 61, as rescuers continued operations for the fourth day on Sunday, effecting three more blasts to…
Verbal duel between BJP, Congress over Dharmasthala excavation

Bengaluru: The ruling Congress and opposition BJP traded charges on Sunday, August 17, over the ongoing excavation in Dharmasthala, based on allegations of multiple murders, rapes and burials, particularly of young women…
Maharashtra tehsildar suspended for singing Amitabh Bachchan song

Latur: A tehsildar from Maharashtra has been suspended after he was filmed singing a Bollywood song while seated in his official chair at his send-off function following transfer, officials said on Sunday.…
After Kishtwar, another cloudburst hits J&K’s Kathua; 7 dead

Jammu: At least seven persons were killed and five others injured in two separate incidents of cloudburst and landslide in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said. The calamity…
EC ‘stealing’ elections in collusion with BJP, will not allow that: Rahul

Bihar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed the whole country now knows that the Election Commission is “stealing” elections in collusion with the BJP and asserted that the INDIA bloc will…
‘We will cut you with jhatka’: Elderly man attacked in Uttarakhand; 3 held

A group of inebriated men attacked a Muslim man, forced him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram‘ and threatened to cut off his beard in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal region. A video of the…
EC dismisses Opposition’s ‘vote chori’ charge; calls SIR transparent

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday, August 17, have categorically dismissed the Opposition charge over alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound Bihar. Addressing a much-anticipated…
PM Modi inaugurates two major highways in big push to Delhi-NCR infra

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated two major highway projects — the Delhi sections of the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) and the Dwarka Expressway, built with an investment of…