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- Bangalore
Karnataka: Row over BJP’s exclusion of Nehru in freedom fighters’ list
On August 14, Karnataka woke up to an advertisement splashed on the front page of a prominent newspaper featuring the ruling BJP-led state government congratulating its citizens on its 75th year of…
- Telangana
Political temperature heats up in Telangana with resignation of sitting Cong MLA
Hyderabad: With sitting Congress MLA K Rajagopal Reddy quitting his post and the party, political temperature hotted up in Telangana as the outcome of the upcoming by-poll to his Munugode Assembly segment…
- World
Details of Salman Rushdie attacker Hadi Matar emerge
Hadi Matar, who is accused of stabbing Indian-born-British author Salman Rushdie, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder in the second degree and other charges in a New York court. As per the…
- World
Sri Lanka allows controversial Chinese ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ to visit port
Colombo: Amidst controversy and a diplomatic tussle between India and China, Sri Lanka on Saturday announced that it has allowed controversial Chinese vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ to dock at the island’s southern-most…
- India
Noida: Woman slaps e-rickshaw driver 17 times in 90 secs, arrested
Noida: Noida Police on Saturday arrested a woman for thrashing an e-rickshaw driver in full public view, a video of which has gone viral on social media. The accused woman has been…
- India
Muslims, Christians barred from voting in constitution of ‘Hindu Rashtra’
A group of 30 Hindu seers and experts prepared the first draft of the constitution for the proposed ‘Hindu Rashtra.’ Haridwar Dharam Sansad seer Anand Swaroop released a preamble for the constitution,…
- World
Race against time for Rishi Sunak as Liz Truss touted to win UK PM contest
London: Amid the race for the Conservative party leadership, British Prime Minister hopeful Rishi Sunak has vowed to support the most vulnerable people of the UK amid the rising energy crisis in…
- India
Telangana among states with lowest active public grievances
Hyderabad: Telangana is among the states with the lowest number of active grievances pending as of August 7, according to data by the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS). Data…
- India
Bangladeshi Muslims make flags for Har Ghar Tiranga, boycott them: Yati
After making multiple disparaging statements against Muslims, Hindutva seer Yati Narsinghanand urged Hindus not to purchase flags as he claimed that the main manufacturer for the same is a Muslim company from…
- India
Omicron strains 20-30 percent more infectious
New Delhi: Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants on Friday, said…
- Telangana
Telangana: Sanction of 10 lakh new Aasra pensions approved
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Thursday announced that 10 lakh new beneficiaries would get pensions under the Aasra scheme from August 15. This will be in addition to the existing 36 lakh…
- India
Karnataka: Mangalore college cancels ABVP’s pooja permission
The University College Mangalore, Humpankatte, withdrew permission to the ABVP for organising a ‘Bharath Mata Pooja’ in its campus on Thursday. The move came after student groups and pro-hijab activists demanded it…
- India
Anubrata Mondal: Bengal’s ‘Bahubali’ and trusted aide of Mamata
Kolkata: The CBI arrest of senior TMC leader Anubrata Mondal — a loyalist of party supremo Mamata Banerjee — in the alleged cattle smuggling scam on Thursday threatens his three-decade-long political career,…
- India
Income tax payers barred from enrolling in Atal Pension Yojana from Oct 1
New Delhi: Income taxpayers will not be allowed to enrol in the government’s social security scheme Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from October 1, according to a notification. The government introduced APY on…
- Politics
Bihar: How a courtesy call changed the political scenario
New Delhi: Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time after forming a new “Grand Alliance” which includes Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya…
