Chandigarh, Aug 8 — Punjab is set to get its own IPL-style T20 league, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday unveiling the Sher-e-Punjab T20 League, featuring six franchise teams and star Punjab cricketers, comprising Shubman Gill and Arshdeep Singh. The league will be played from August…
Coimbatore, Aug 8 — Farmers from Appanaickenpatti and Karadivavi villages in Sulur taluk in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district on Saturday raised serious concerns over alleged air and groundwater pollution from a nearby cast iron unit, claiming that toxic emissions have damaged crops, affected public…
Pulwama, Aug 8 — In a shining example of women-led entrepreneurship, a Self-Help Group at Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, has established a successful Food Service Enterprise (FSE) with support from National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), turning a livelihood initiative into…
Kolkata, Aug 8 — Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said that two minutes of silence will be observed in all government health centres and institutions in the state on Sunday in memory of the RG Kar rape and murder victim. Before observing the silence, a lamp will be lit to pay tribute to the victim.…
Itanagar, Aug 8 — Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen K.T. Parnaik (Retd) on Saturday directed Director General of Police S.D. Singh Jamwal to expedite border fencing work to help prevent incidents of extortion and kidnapping in the state. The Governor, while reviewing the law and order situation…
Jaipur, Aug 8 — Effective coordination between the Bench and the Bar is essential to ensure justice to aggrieved parties and expedite the disposal of cases at the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Jaipur, said Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain, Chairperson of the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT), Delhi.…
Jaipur, Aug 8 — A grand Tricolour rally will be held in Jaipur on Sunday under the leadership of Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and MP Madan Rathod. The rally will feature patriotic programmes, with “Jana…
Jaunpur (UP), Aug 8 — As Independence Day approaches, women from rural self-help groups (SHGs) in UP’s Jaunpur are playing a key role in the government’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign by stitching the national flag for households across the district. Under the Centre-sponsored National Rural…
Guwahati, Aug 8 — Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) in Gangtok on Saturday organised a peaceful rally in Sikkim's capital as part of a global chain of protests led by the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), voicing concerns over the situation in Tibet and opposing China's…
Gandhinagar, Aug 8 — Gujarat has recorded 217 suspected cases of Chandipura virus since June 30, with 39 testing positive and 23 deaths reported among confirmed patients, according to the latest state health department figures on Saturday. The data covers the period from June 30 to August 8 and…
New Delhi, Aug 8 — Delhi Police's Crime branch has busted an international drug syndicate operating in the National Capital Region (NCR) with the arrest of five traffickers, including foreign nationals, and recovery of drugs worth Rs12 crore, police said on SaturdayAn official statement said that…
Panaji, Aug 8 — Strong coordinated action against organised drug trafficking was in focus as NCB’s Deputy Director General (South Western Region) Vishal M. Sanap and Inspector General of Goa Police K.R. Chaurasia co-chaired the 2nd Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting of 2026 for Goa Zone, an…
Patna, Aug 8 — The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee has intensified its organisational preparations for the upcoming Panchayat elections, with senior party leaders visiting Bhagalpur to chalk out the party's strategy and strengthen its grassroots network. Bihar Congress In-Charge Krishna Allavaru…
New Delhi, Aug 8 — Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi. Taking to social media, the Chief Minister shared the photographs of his respective meetings. “Today, I had a heartfelt…
Jaipur, Aug 8 — Governor Haribhau Bagde on Saturday called for a large‑scale public awareness campaign against substance abuse, stressing the need to educate young people and their families about its serious social and familial consequences. “Substance abuse is like a fire whose heat can reach…
Ahmedabad, Aug 8 — The Ahmedabad Police seized 5,050 bottles of prohibited cough syrup worth Rs 59.41 lakh during a night-long checking operation across the city, with the consignment recovered from parcels at the General Post Office on Relief Road, officials said on Saturday. The seizure was made…
Jaipur, Aug 8 — An attempted theft was reported at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges (MFFR) in Bikaner district in the early hours of Saturday after unidentified individuals allegedly gained unauthorised entry into the premises by breaching the perimeter fence. According to an official statement, a…
New Delhi, Aug 8 — Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday praised students for lighting a “beacon of light” amid systemic darkness, crediting them with changing the nation through courage their parents could not muster. Interacting with youth at the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event, organised…
Kolkata, Aug 8 — The Army’s Eastern Command on Saturday extended greetings to the people of Sikkim and Nagaland on the occasion of the Tendong Lho Rum Faat and Metümnyo festivals. “Eastern Command extends greetings and best wishes to the people of Sikkim on the occasion of Tendong Lho Rum Faat.…
Ahmedabad, Aug 8 — Families of Indian fishermen imprisoned in Pakistan, along with fishermen's organisations, have urged the governments of India and Pakistan to release and repatriate those who have completed their sentences and whose nationality has been verified, with a specific appeal for their…
Ahmedabad, Aug 8 — The Gujarat Police's State Monitoring Cell (SMF) has raided four spas operating on Ahmedabad’s S.G. Highway and nearby areas, arresting nine people and naming 10 others as wanted in separate cases alleging prostitution activities being conducted under the guise of spa services.…