Lucknow, Aug 28 (PTI) A three-member judicial commission headed by retired Allahabad High Court judge Devendra Kumar Arora on Thursday submitted its report on the November 2024 Sambhal violence to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The panel members, including Arora, retired IPS officer Arvind Kumar Jain, and ex-IAS officer Amit Mohan Prasad, met the chief minister and submitted their report on the violence that erupted near the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on November 24 last year, ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar held a meeting with a delegation from the Communist Party of India, led by its General Secretary D. Raja, on Thursday at Nirvachan Sadan, Delhi, to receive their suggestions, ECI said in a release. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were also present on this occasion. Also Read | Mahindra Aerostructures Secures Contract To Manufacture Main Fuselage for Airbus H125 Helicopters, Boosting 'Make ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with Delhi Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, flagged off buses for college students under the 'U-Special' scheme on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, the Delhi CM said, "This U Special was closed for years, which neither the AAP government nor the Congress government cared about. I am happy that the BJP government, in its short tenure, has once again brought vibrancy to Delhi University, wherein students will be able to trave...Read More
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] August 28 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party president K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) on Thursday spoke with party leaders of flood-affected areas. The president instructed the party's working president, KTR, to ensure that party cadres participate in relief efforts, as per a statement released by BRS public relations officer. BRS President KCR expressed deep concern over the disruption due to heavy rains in the state. Due to heavy rains in Adilabad, Nizamabad, ...Read More
Kolkata, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress councillor Maya Saha on Thursday appeared before Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in the CGO Complex office in Kolkata's Salt Lake area in connection with the School Service Commission (SSC) teachers recruitment case. Maya Saha is the aunt of the arrested Trinamool MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, and was summoned by the agency in the case. She, however, claimed that she was not involved in the SSC recruitment corruption. Before entering the CGO ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the Centre of betraying farmers by removing the 11 per cent import duty on cotton, alleging that the move was taken under pressure from the US. Kejriwal said the decision would render domestic farmers uncompetitive, as US cotton would now be available Rs 15-20 cheaper per kg than Indian cotton. He claimed that India's textile industry will procure cheap...Read More
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Industries Minister Dr TRB Rajaa on Thursday called for urgent intervention from the Union government to support exporters hit by the US tariff hike. He criticised New Delhi for remaining "mute" without consulting key states such as Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra during what he described as "extremely tumultuous times." In a social media post, Rajaa said Tamil Nadu had consistently supported the Centre when Washington imposed tariffs in the name of national interest. "While we i...Read More
(Bloomberg) -- Oil fell as traders looked past US efforts to force India to quit buying Russian crude, and broader markets carried a risk-off tone. Global benchmark Brent dropped below $68 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate was near $64. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro stepped up the pressure on New Delhi to halt purchases of Russian energy after Washington doubled a levy on imports from the country to 50%. Calling Indians "arrogant," he cast the conflict in Ukraine as "Modi's war,...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russi...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh on Thursday backed Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil who is facing sexual harassment charges over allegedly sending obscene messages to some women. He accused the police of registering false case against the suspended Congress member without receiving any complaint or finding evidence. "FIR lodged by the Crime Branch against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was a "false case" and will not stand in court," he said. The Congress MP from Mavelikkara...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Thursday called the US's 50 per cent tariff on India a tariff war against a sovereign nation and urged the Centre to pursue its own independent economic and foreign policies. "Our party, the Communist Party of India, strongly condemns what the Trump administration is doing as far as the tariff is concerned. It is nothing but a tariff war on sovereign independent nations in the world," Raja told ANI. ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh on Thursday hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks labelling the 'Gujarat Model' as a "model of theft," accusing him of misleading people and undermining democratic institutions. Sharpening his attacks, the Union Minister stated that whatever Rahul Gandhi says is far from reality. This came after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi augmented his allegations of "vote theft" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Un...Read More
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the Centre of betraying farmers by removing the 11 per cent import duty on cotton, alleging that the move was taken under pressure from the US. Kejriwal said the decision would render domestic farmers uncompetitive, as US cotton would now be available Rs 15-20 cheaper per kg than Indian cotton. He claimed that India's textile industry will procure cheaper imports before October...Read More
Nalanda: Bihar's Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar was attacked and chased by angry villagers for nearly a kilometre on Wednesday, August 27, when he visited Jogipur Malawan village in Nalanda district to meet the families of nine people killed in a recent road accident. Villagers Alleged Delay According to officials, the minister, accompanied by a local MLA, arrived at the village to offer condolences. Within minutes, a large group of residents surrounded them, expressing anger over wh...Read More
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said it has so far received 82 objections from political parties and nearly two lakh applications from voters in Bihar seeking inclusion or deletion of names from the draft electoral rolls. In its daily bulletin, the poll body said that the CPI(ML) Liberation has filed 79 objections, while Bihar's Opposition party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), has submitted three complaints. The Commission also said it has so far received 1.95 lakh applications from ...Read More
Shimla: As rains wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said flash floods in River Ravi have washed away several government buildings at the remote Bada Bangal village in Kangra district. However, no loss of life has been reported, they said. "A primary and high school, the panchayat ghar, an ayurvedic dispensary and a civil supplies store that housed about 70 quintals of ration were washed away in lower Bada Bangal on Tuesday. The village has been cut off from the rest of th...Read More
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should hold a dialogue with Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange and address the reservation issue with patience. Talking to reporters, Raut said the government had held talks with Jarange before the Lok Sabha polls. Jarange, who has been demanding a 10 per cent quota for Marathas under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, on Wednesday set out for Mumbai from his native Antarwali Sarat...Read More
Patna, August 28: A class 5 girl student, who was found with severe burns in a Patna school, died at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH). The girl was found with severe burns inside the washroom of Amla Tola Kanya Vidyalaya in Gardanibagh. The incident has triggered outrage, with the victim's family alleging foul play. An FIR of murder has been lodged at the Gardanibagh Police Station against unknown persons, based on the statement of Zoya's father. According to police, Zoya was rushed to...Read More
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the governor cannot have a dominating position over the state executive and the state legislature, since the arrangement was akin to having "two swords in the same scabbard". A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and comprising Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha, and AS Chandurkar, is hearing submissions on the presidential reference, which raised constitutional questions on whether the...Read More
Chennai, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu has once again emerged as the country's leader in industrial employment, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin attributing the achievement to the policies of the Dravidian model government. Citing the Union government's Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24, CM Stalin said the recognition from New Delhi is itself the strongest rebuttal to critics, who have been "targeting" the state government on the industrial and economic fronts. In a post on 'X', the Chie...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday termed the upcoming Global Ayyappa Summit a political drama by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The Global Ayyappa Summit, scheduled for September 20, to be held on the banks of the sacred Pampa River near Sabarimala, is part of the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). CM Vijayan will inaugurate the event, conceived as one of the largest spiritual congregations in ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar held a meeting with a delegation from the Communist Party of India, led by its General Secretary D. Raja, on Thursday at Nirvachan Sadan, Delhi, to receive their suggestions, ECI said in a release. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were also present on this occasion. "The meeting is in continuation of the interactions being held by ECI with the Presidents of various National and State Politi...Read More
Hyderabad, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kamareddy and Medak districts of Telangana received the highest rainfall in the last 50 years, state government officials said on Thursday. The two districts witnessed unprecedented rain during the last 24 hours, triggering flash floods. While Argonda station at Rajampet mandal in Kamareddy received 44 cm of rain, a total of 23 locations received more than 20 cm of rainfall. These include 10 stations in Kamareddy, four in Nirmal, six in Medak and the remainin...Read More
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], August 28 (ANI): Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday implemented Deendayal Lado Laxmi Yojana for social security and respect of women. It will be launched on September 25, 2025, the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Under this scheme, eligible women will receive a monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,100. "On September 25, 2025, all our sisters who are 13 years of age or above will get the benefit of this scheme. Both married and unmarried women ...Read More
Bengaluru, Aug 28 (PTI) Karnataka BJP on Thursday demanded that the SIT probe into allegations of multiple murders, rapes and burials in Dharmasthala over a period of the past two decades should be "time-bound". The party's state President B Y Vijayendra, rejecting allegations that the BJP was trying to politicise the case, questioned the Congress government's inaction against the conspirators and those behind the smear campaign against Dharmasthala. Responding to a question while speaking to ...Read More
Srinagar, Aug 28 (PTI) The flood threat in Kashmir eased on Thursday, with the water levels in the Jhelum river and other water bodies starting to recede as the weather improved. In the past 12 hours, there has been very little rainfall in the Kashmir Valley, officials here said. Due to the let-up in the rain, the Jhelum dropped below the flood alert level at Sangam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, they said. Though it is still above the danger level downstream in Srinagar, the water lev...Read More
Patna, Aug 28 (PTI) A policeman was injured as a protest over the death of a schoolgirl in Patna turned violent on Thursday, officials said. The 12-year-old girl, a student of class 5, was found with severe burn injuries in the washroom of a state-run school in Gradani Bagh on Wednesday. She was taken to the Patna Medical College and Hospital, where she died. It was being investigated how the girl received the burn injuries, according to the police. A large number of people gathered outside t...Read More
Jharkhand Assembly on Thursday (August 28, 2025) passed a resolution to send a proposal to the Centre recommending Bharat Ratna for veteran tribal leader and former chief minister Shibu Soren. The resolution, moved by Transport Minister Dipak Birua, was passed by voice vote. JMM founder Shibu Soren died on August 4 while undergoing treatment at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. He was 81. The former Rajya Sabha MP, who played a key role in Jharkhand's creation, has left behind a legacy that re...Read More
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Thursday greeted the people on the occasion of 'Nuakhai', an agrarian festival mostly celebrated in the western parts of the state. 'Nuakhai', which means 'new feed', is basically an agrarian festival where the first crop of the year is offered to the goddess in the western districts of Odisha, and younger people seek the blessings of ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with Delhi Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, flagged off buses for college students under the 'U-Special' scheme on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, the Delhi CM said, "This U Special was closed for years, which neither the AAP government nor the Congress government cared about. I am happy that the BJP government, in its short tenure, has once again brought vibrancy to Delhi University, wherein students will be able to trave...Read More