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Six bulldozers deployed to raze a 59-year-old madrasa in UP
Lucknow: A madrasa was demolished early Tuesday, August 18, in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district after allegations surfaced that it was built on government land. According to local media, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, along…
- India
SC to set up high-powered panel to probe Delhi Police brutality
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 18, said it would constitute a high-powered committee comprising retired apex court and high court judges, a former Director General of Police (DGP), and…
- India
Dipke urges politicians to experience rural students’ plight
Hingoli: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke on Tuesday, August 18, said ministers and politicians should send their children to village schools for at least a day to understand the challenges…
- India
Girl killed for meeting boy in Haryana; father, grandfather held
Hisar: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly killed over suspicion of having met a boy in Haryana’s Hisar, police said, adding that her father and grandfather have been arrested in this connection. The…
- India
Congress accuses Narendra Modi of sabotaging caste census
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday, August 18, alleged that the Modi government wants to sabotage the caste census and asked why the 2027 census does not include a drop-down menu for…
- India
Students may end protest after Jharkhand exam cancellation
Ranchi: Students protesting against alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations may take a call on withdrawing the demonstration on Tuesday, August 18, after the state government cancelled all recruitment tests, including the…
- World
Trump cites India’s voter cards to make case for SAVE America Act
Washington: Making a strong case for stricter electoral laws in the US, President Donald Trump praised the Indian election system and recalled Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar questioning lack of voter identification…
- India
SIT submits final report in Ayodhya temple donation theft case
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Home Department has handed over the Special Investigation Team’s final report in the Ayodhya Ram temple donation theft case to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to…
- India
Jharkhand: Talks yet to begin as student protest enters day 24
Ranchi: Talks between a government panel and protesting job aspirants in Jharkhand were yet to begin on Monday, August 17, as Chief Minister Hemant Soren held a meeting with his ministers at…
- India
BLOs are bedrock of democracy, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Patna: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, August 17, described booth-level officers (BLOs) as the “bedrock of democracy”, who ensure that eligible electors get their voter ID cards made. Kumar made…
- India
Did PLA block Indian Army patrols, Owaisi asks NDA govt
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, August 17, posed several questions to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government over the “situation” on the China border in Arunachal…
- Telangana
Senior IPS officer Avinash Mohanty takes charge of TG SAFE
Hyderabad: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Avinash Mohanty on Monday, August 17, took charge as the Commissioner of the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE), a new…
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Pressing emergency: Shehzad Poonawalla officially quits BJP
New Delhi: Almost a fortnight after reports of quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shehzad Poonawalla resigned from all positions as well as his primary membership through a letter to party chief…
- Education and Career
TGHRC directs TGCHE to enforce engineering admission rules
Hyderabad: The Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) on Monday, August 17, asked the Telangana Council of Higher Education (TCHE) to strictly enforce admission guidelines for Category-B (Management/NRI) seats in engineering colleges to…
- Hyderabad
Rights group claims suspicious stray dog deaths in Miyapur
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based animal rights group on August 12 filed a first information report (FIR) at Cyberabad’s Miyapur police station alleging that multiple street dogs are being poisoned to death. According to…
