India
- Telangana
7 non-cadre Telangana SPs given IPS status by Home Ministry
Hyderabad: Seven non-cadre superintendents in the Telangana Police Department were given Indian Police Service (IPS) status, according to a Union Home Ministry notification dated Monday, August 24. The Union Home Ministry took…
- India
UN flags police abuse against Rohingya, Dalits, Muslims in India
Geneva: A United Nations committee on racial discrimination has flagged grave concern over the significant increase in police action and state-administered violence against Rohingya refugees, Bengali-speaking Muslims and Dalits in India. The…
- India
SC rejects Tejpal’s exemption plea, orders surrender in 2 weeks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 25, directed journalist Tarun Tejpal to surrender within two weeks to undergo the sentence in a 2013 rape case in which he was convicted…
- India
Rajnath clears DRDO missile tech transfer to private firms
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the transfer of DRDO-developed technologies of all conventional missile systems to Indian industries for production within the country. “This Transfer of Technology (ToT) marks…
- Hate Crime
TN: 25-year-old Dalit man hacked to death in honour killing
Chennai: A 23-year-old Dalit youth was hacked to death in a suspected honour killing in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district. The assailants, identified as Manikandan, Ezhumalai, Nantheesh, and Gautam, allegedly used machetes to…
- Middle East
Rs 13,000 crore drug case: India brings Baisoya back from UAE
Wanted drug trafficker Virender Singh Baisoya was brought back to India from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday, August 14, nearly two years after he allegedly fled the country following the…
- India
Kharge, Rahul urge PM to revise caste census questionnaire
New Delhi: Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the caste census issue, demanding that the government scrap the existing questionnaire for it…
- India
EC launches drive to verify voters, family members
Ranchi: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday, August 25, launched a drive to verify voters and their family members as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an official…
- India
HC grants protection to Abhishek Banerjee from arrest in 3 cases
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, August 25, directed the police not to take any coercive steps against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in three criminal cases against him till November 30,…
- India
Plea seeks committee reconstitution over police excess allegations
New Delhi: A plea was mentioned in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 25, seeking reconstitution of the five-member high-powered committee headed by former top court judge Justice R Subhash Reddy to…
- Hyderabad
US envoy holds business meeting at Taj Falaknuma in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Monday, August 24, held a business meeting to boost trade between the two countries at the Taj Falaknuma in Hyderabad. Gor stressed accelerating bilateral…
- Middle East
India, UN chief condemn killing of 2 peacekeepers in South Sudan
United Nations: India and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have condemned the killing of two Ethiopian peacekeepers serving in South Sudan and demanded immediate action to ensure accountability for the attack. India’s UN mission…
- India
Govt revises raw sugar import norms
New Delhi: The government has revised the timeline for processing and selling duty-free imported raw sugar and allowed importers up to two months from the date of filing the bill of entry…
- India
Gujarat HC rejects remission plea in ex-Congress MP murder case
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has dismissed the plea filed by a convict in the 1992 murder of former Congress MP Rauf Valiullah, challenging the rejection of his remission application by the…
- India
Mahayuti allies agree not to criticise each other: Bawankule
Mumbai: The constituents of the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra have decided to contest upcoming elections together and refrain from making critical or contradictory remarks against each other, senior BJP leader and…
