New Delhi, Aug 3 — Pakistan has been making a major push to build a massive influencer network in India. The push to build this pan-India network continues despite the Indian agencies busting many such modules in recent months. The decision to ramp up these networks came in the aftermath of…
New Delhi, July 3 — A couple was killed after the roof of a ground-floor room collapsed at a house in H Block, Jai Prakash Nagar, under the New Usmanpur police station area in northeast Delhi on Sunday night, officials reported on Monday, adding that their child survived the incident.According to…
Ranchi, Aug 3 — The Jharkhand Crime Investigation Department (CID), which is probing alleged irregularities in the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) Civil Services Preliminary Examination, launched a major statewide crackdown on Monday, carrying out simultaneous raids at more than 20…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday said that the court verdict in the wrestlers' sexual harassment case was a "victory of the junior players" and proves that "Olympians can lie for their own interests". Additional Chief…
Srinagar, Aug 3 — The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Monday that it has approved two projects worth Rs 10.95 crore for the preservation and upgradation of important religious sites in Anantnag district.Office of the J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, said on X, “Government of Jammu &…
Bengaluru, Aug 3 — Even as Karnataka remains locked in a dispute over the sharing of Cauvery river water with Tamil Nadu, the state is witnessing a striking weather contrast. While incessant rainfall has lashed the Cauvery catchment and the Western Ghats, rapidly filling major reservoirs and…
Guwahati, Aug 3 — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the state government will rope in experts from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-Guwahati) to prepare a scientific and long-term strategy to tackle the recurring problem of riverbank erosion caused by the…
Kolkata, Aug 3 — The Birbhum District Police on Monday morning arrested Sitesh Pramanik, the manager of an absconding stone-quarry owner from the district, Tulu Mondal a.k.a. Mohammad Nazibuddin.Last week, the Birbhum District Police arrested Minar Mondal, a close relative of Tulu Mondal, after Rs…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Monday said that Independent MP Pappu Yadav’s decision to dress as a saint during a protest over the alleged embezzlement of Ram Temple donations was inappropriate, as saints had no connection with the alleged theft. He further said that it…
Kolkata, Aug 3 — As the second anniversary of the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata approaches on August 8, her mother, Ratna Debnath, has decided to observe a seven-day self-seclusion to mourn the loss of her…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. on Monday following a heated protest by Opposition members during Zero Hour. The members demanded the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah in the House, disrupting proceedings and forcing the Chairman to call off the sitting temporarily.As…
Chennai, Aug 3 — The Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, has amended the State’s minor mineral concession rules to permit the sale of certain naturally occurring rocks containing higher-value minerals from authorised mining areas, subject to laboratory testing and payment…
Bengaluru, Aug 3 — The much-awaited expansion of the Karnataka Cabinet is expected to gather pace on Monday, with the final list of ministers likely to be approved at a high-level meeting at the residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi.Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — Reacting to the FIR registered against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Purnia MP Pappu Yadav after their symbolic protest at the Parliament over alleged donation theft at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP, N.K.…
Kolkata, Aug 3 — In a move to strengthen security and monitor detainees, the Kolkata Police is planning to install 59 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras at the Central Lock-up in Lalbazar, the city police headquarters, at an estimated cost of around Rs 35 lakh, officials said on Monday. According to a…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan's bail plea in a case registered under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain, who had reserved the verdict last week,…
Ghaziabad, Aug 3 — A 40-year-old psychiatrist from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad died after allegedly falling from the fifth floor of her residential apartment in the Raj Nagar Extension area. Family members have claimed that she had been facing severe emotional and mental health challenges since her…
Guwahati, Aug 3 — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday announced that nearly Rs 160 crore has been transferred directly to the bank accounts of families affected by the recent floods, providing immediate financial relief to thousands of households across the state. The Chief Minister…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 — Kerala politics has found its newest protagonist, the helicopter. Not because helicopters are new to Kerala's political landscape.Quite the contrary. The government's monthly helicopter lease itself was introduced during the decade-long Pinarayi Vijayan administration…
Kolkata, Aug 3 — The police on Monday arrested Sitesh Pramanik, the manager of the absconding stone-quarry owner Tulu Mondal a.k.a. Mohammad Nazibuddin, in West Bengal's Birbhum district.Last week, the police arrested Minar Mondal, a relative of Tulu Mondal, after cash worth Rs 28 crore and 15…
New Delhi, Aug 3 — After being acquitted in the wrestlers' sexual harassment case on Monday, former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said that it was a "moment of happiness" for him and his supporters. Singh said that even if the court had found him guilty,…