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Bengaluru student assault turns political, AISA, ABVP trade charges

Bengaluru: An alleged assault on a 19-year-old student in Bengaluru’s Jalahalli has snowballed into a controversy, with the All India Students’ Association (AISA) accusing activists linked to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad…
Karnataka Cabinet expansion: Senior leaders left out, two quit

Bengaluru: Ripple effects of the Karnataka Cabinet expansion have begun, with senior Congress leaders Yashwanthrayagouda Patil from Indi and Sagar MLA Belur Gopalakrishna formally resigning from the party on Monday, August 3.…
Trapped in Iran for a year: Two Indian seafarers plead for help

Two Indian seafarers have allegedly been stranded aboard a vessel at Iran’s Port Bushehr for nearly a year without salaries, electricity, adequate food or water, prompting the Forward Seamen Union of India…

CJP will expand, meeting called on August 5: Abhijeet Dipke

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: After the success of students’ protests at Jantar Mantar that led to the subsequent resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) would expand its operations. “Of course, the responsibility…
SC refuses to stay Madras HC order on Thiruparankundram Deepam

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, August 3, issued notice on a plea filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging a Madras High Court order permitting the lighting of the traditional…
Prashant Kishor attains indisputable lead in Bankipur bypoll

Patna: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday, August 3, established an unassailable lead in Bihar’s Bankipur assembly constituency, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bastion where a bypoll was necessitated after…
70 pc water samples near Union Carbide contaminated: Report

Bhopal: Survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal on Monday, August 3, accused the Bhopal Municipal Corporation of creating a situation like Indore’s Bhagirathpura by supplying contaminated water in…

Shah must explain student lathicharge in Parliament: Kharge

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday, August 3, demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah come to Parliament and explain the police use of lathicharge and pellet guns on students…
Saffron attire row: Pappu Yadav asks, ‘Where’s the insult?’

New Delhi: Facing allegations of insulting Sanatan Dharma, MP Pappu Yadav on Monday, August 3, continued to dig his heels in, insisting he had done no wrong. Yadav, an Independent MP from…
Vishwesh Negi named India’s next ambassador to Iran

New Delhi: The Government of India has appointed Vishwesh Negi as the next Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Monday, August 3. Negi,…
My US studies funded by scholarship, loan: Abhijeet Dipke

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday, August 3, asserted that he funded his studies in the US through a scholarship and an education loan, amid questions raised…
SC declines to revisit FIR order on Thakur’s ‘goli maaro’ remark

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition filed by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat seeking reconsideration of its April 29 judgment, which had declined to interfere with the refusal to…
Ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan acquitted in harassment case

New Delhi: Citing lack of evidence, a Delhi court on Monday, August 3, acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and co-accused Vinod Tomar in a sexual harassment…
Policing the Republic: Inside view of how India fights crime

Bhopal: Former Intelligence Bureau special director Yashovardhan Azad’s book Policing the Republic, an insider’s account of India’s policing and intelligence apparatus, national security challenges and democratic institutions, will be launched in New…
Kunal Kamra cancels shows amid opposition from Hindutva activists

Bengaluru: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has cancelled his scheduled shows in Whitefield here following strong opposition from Hindutva activists, police said on Monday, August 3. He personally visited the Whitefield police station…