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US woman found chained to tree in Sindhudurg forest visited Mumbai in June: Police

Mumbai: A 50-year-old American woman, who was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, had visited Mumbai in June but the motive behind…
Kerala CM debunks Amit Shah’s claim on landslide warning

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan termed on Wednesday, July 31, “baseless” Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s claim that the state government did not heed the Centre’s warning regarding a possible natural…

LoP Rahul, Priyanka to visit Wayanad on August 1 to meet landslide-hit families

New Delhi: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi will visit Wayanad on Thursday, to take first-hand account of the devastation caused by landslides in many regions…
UP: 23-yr-old shoots self during video call with woman blackmailing him

Gorakhpur: A 23-year-old man allegedly shot himself in the head during a video call with a woman who was blackmailing him, police said on Wednesday. The two had allegedly been in a…
Dalai Lama expresses sadness over Wayanad tragedy in letter to Kerala CM

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama expressed sadness on Wednesday, July 31, over the devastation caused by massive landslides in Wayanad in Kerala. According to authorities, 158 people have died and…
Five Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district

Bijapur: Five Naxalites, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, July 31, police said. They turned themselves in before senior police and…
BSF woman cop attacked by Bangladeshi intruders in West Bengal

Kolkata: A BSF woman constable was attacked by Bangladeshi intruders at the Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal’s Nadia district, following which she fired in self-defense, a statement by the paramilitary force said. On…

377 people died while cleaning sewers in 5 years, claims minister

New Delhi: A total of 377 people have died from 2019 to 2023 while hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks but there is no report of practice of manual scavenging in…
Wayanad landslides: Kerala CM rejects Amit Shah’s ‘calamity warning’ remark

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday termed as “baseless” Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s claim that the state government did not heed the Centre’s warning regarding a possible natural calamity…
Karnataka Deputy CM meets PM, seeks funds for Bengaluru development

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital and sought more funds for development of Bengaluru and irrigation projects in the…
INDIA bloc will pull farmers out of debt trap: Rahul

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that the INDIA bloc would pull farmers out of the debt trap by providing them with the “weapon”…
UPSC strikes off Puja Khedkar’s name from IAS, bars her permanently from all exams

Mumbai: In a major development, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has cancelled the provisional candidature of IAS Probationary Officer Puja Khedkar and has permanently barred her from all future examinations/selections, as…
‘RSS committed to serve nation’, says RS chairman Dhankar, Oppn walks out

Chairperson of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankar objected to the reference to the RSS on Wednesday, July 31, when Samajwadi Party MP Lal ji Suman remarked on the right-wing organisation while talking about…
Jharkhand: Saimul Sheikh beaten to death over ‘phone theft’; 3 detained

A 22-year-old man named Samiul Sheikh was beaten to death with sticks and rods and strangled by Hindutva goons who thought he was a thief in Jharkhand’s Pakur district. The grievously wounded…
Bihar: 5-year-old carries gun to school, shoots another student

Supaul (Bihar): A five-year-old boy in Bihar reached his school with a handgun on Wednesday and opened fire on another child, leaving the Class 3 student injured, police said. The shocking incident…