The Supreme Court will decide Monday on pleas to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih reserved the order on May 22. The Act, which amends the Waqf Act 1995, has sparked controversy over its effects on Muslim institutions. The Supreme Court is set to pronounce its decision on applications seeking a stay on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, on Monday (September 15). A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih had reserved the order on May 22. ...Read More
Security forces also recovered several weapons, including an AK-47, from the site. The encounter is still underway, with forces combing the area for more rebels. At least three Naxalites, carrying a combined reward of Rs 1.35 crore, were gunned down during an encounter in the Pati Piri forest of Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said Monday. Superintendent of Police Anjani Anjan identified the slain Naxalites as Sahdev Soren alias Parvesh, a Central Committee member with a Rs 1 crore bou...Read More
The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts, warning of very heavy rain (11-20 cm), gusty winds of 30-40 kmph, and risks of power cuts, house damage, and uprooted trees. Bengaluru recorded 52.8 mm rain in 24 hours, while Kolar saw 102 mm. Widespread heavy showers are forecast across Karnataka over the next three days. Bengaluru, The India Meteorological Department on Thursday sounded an orange alert for Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts. ...Read More
Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Sunday evening, leading to water-logging and traffic disruptions across the city. Several areas, including Boudha Nagar and Jawahar Nagar in Musheerabad, experienced significant rainfall. The IMD has issued warnings for more heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and gusty winds in multiple districts. GHMC is actively working to manage the situation and divert water. Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Sunday evening causing water-logging on the roads and traffic snarls at dif...Read More
West Bengal conducted School Service Commission exams for assistant teachers in government schools. Around 2.29 lakh candidates appeared across 478 centers. Education Minister Bratya Basu highlighted the large number of out-of-state applicants. The recruitment follows the dismissal of 26,000 teachers due to a Supreme Court ruling. Basu emphasized transparency in the process. In all, 2,29,497 candidates appeared for the School Service Commission (SSC) examinations on Sunday for the recruitment o...Read More
DALTONGANJ/NAGPUR: A 38-year-old commander of TPSC, a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu Sunday. Mukhdev Yadav, alias Toofan, was involved in the killing of two cops in Keydaal jungle on Sept 3.On Saturday, notorious Maoist Shankar Mahaka (32), carrying a Rs 2 lakh bounty, was arrested in Tekameta jungle in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli. Mahaka, wanted by NIA for a civilian's murder in 2023, was scouting f...Read More
The top court says the failure to ensure humane conditions in such homes does not merely amount to maladministration; it constitutes a constitutional breach of the fundamental right to life with dignity A beggars' home maintained by the state is not a discretionary charity and its administration must reflect the values of constitutional morality, the Supreme Court said while issuing a slew of directions to ensure that dignified living conditions are maintained continuously at such centres. A b...Read More
Birla says working days in Assemblies as well as Parliament is 'matter of concern' The Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly has proposed a "no work, no pay" rule for members of all state legislatures. Chintakayala Ayyannapatrudu was speaking on Sunday at an event in Tirupati where Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was present. The first 'National Conference of Parliamentary and Legislative Committees on Empowerment of Women', inaugurated by Birla, drew MPs and MLAs from across India to the temple t...Read More
New Delhi: The withdrawal of the southwest monsoon began from parts of western Rajasthan on Sunday, three days ahead of the expected schedule, said the India Meteorological Department. The primary rain-bearing system usually makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17 and withdraws completely by October 15. This year, the monsoon covered the entire country nine days before the usual date of July 8....Read More
BRS leader K.T. Rama Rao lashed out at both the Congress government in Telangana and the BJP-led Centre over the SLBC tunnel collapse that killed eight workers. He accused both parties of negligence and promised justice to victims' families if BRS returns to power. Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao has come down heavily on both the Congress government in the State and the BJP-led government at the Centre for their negligence and inaction following the colla...Read More
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will launch a comprehensive citywide dog census on September 17 in response to the rising street dog menace. The enumeration drive will cover all 67 wards under the civic body's jurisdiction and continue till September 24. Massive Exercise Across the City According to BMC officials, the exercise will involve 420 teams, including Swachh Sathis, sanitation workers, and BMC officials. To ensure accuracy, all participants will undergo a three-day special...Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a Rs 5,000-crore bamboo-based ethanol plant in Assam, a zero-waste facility expected to significantly boost the rural economy. The plant will source bamboo from northeastern states, benefiting over 50,000 people. Earlier, Modi laid foundation stones for health and infrastructure projects worth Rs 6,300 crore. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated a Rs 5,000-crore bamboo-based ethanol plant at Numaligarh in Assam's Golaghat district. The pla...Read More
Pathanamthitta, September 14: A couple from Charalkunnu in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala has been arrested for assaulting young men after luring them into a honeytrap, police said on Sunday. Police added that they were shocked by the disturbing videos the duo had filmed on their mobile phones. According to investigators, the first case came to light when Reshmi, the wife, befriended a 19-year-old youth from Ranni over the phone and later invited him to her home. On September 1, her husband ...Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended Bhupen Hazarika's birth centenary in Guwahati. Modi stated Hazarika's songs unite India. His music embodies 'Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat'. Modi honored Hazarika with a commemorative coin and book release. He emphasized cultural connectivity for national development. Modi promotes Assamese 'gamosa' and urged support for local products. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that Bharat Ratna awardee Bhupen Hazarika's songs continue to unite India an...Read More
JP Nadda stated that BJP is now the world's largest political party. It boasts 14 crore members. Nadda addressed a party rally in Visakhapatnam. He praised PM Modi's NDA regime. Nadda highlighted the government's performance and accountability. He contrasted it with previous governments. He mentioned the abrogation of Article 370. He also spoke about the construction of Ram Mandir. BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday said that the saffron party has become the world's largest political par...Read More
New Delhi: Delhi Police's Crime Branch has busted a visa fraud racket operating from south Delhi's Zamrudpur, arresting three men for allegedly duping foreign job seekers. The accused -- Deepak Pandey (33), Yash Singh (23), and Wasim Akram (25) -- posed as representatives of a global outsourcing company handling visa, passport, and consular services. They allegedly extorted large sums of money by issuing fake appointment letters and visas. The case came to light after a consultant from VFS Globa...Read More
Varanasi: Six police personnel were suspended, while another five were sent to lines in connection with the death of a BJP worker in a police lathicharge in Ghazipur on Thursday. Ghazipur district police chief has made a formal request to the district magistrate to order a magisterial probe into the alleged police action.According to reports, a protest over power crisis at Nonhara police station turned violent around 1 am on Tuesday, when police baton-charged demonstrators, injuring 7-8 people, ...Read More
'We will move forward. We were once divided, but we will unite that again,' RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India is moving forward on the path of development by proving everyone's predictions wrong as it is driven by faith in the traditional philosophy of knowledge, action, and devotion. His comments came at a time when the Indian economy recorded a better-than-expected growth rate of 7.80 per cent in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal, the highes...Read More
Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy condemned BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao's remarks on the recently conducted Group-I examinations, alleging that Mr. Rama Rao was conspiring to block employment opportunities for the youth under the Congress government. Responding to Mr. Rama Rao's statement that the government had allegedly collected around ₹3 crore each from 563 candidates to secure their selection, the MP hit back saying, "Do you think 563 parents can afford to pay ₹3 crore each?...Read More
Kolkata: Questioning the timing of SIR in Bihar just ahead of the assembly elections and calling it "an exercise of deleting the targeted groups", Congress general secretary K C Venugopal claimed on Thursday in Kolkata that the "SIR is planned by the Election Commission of India, specially what is witnessed in Bihar, is an exercise of deleting some targeted group-SC, ST, OBC, minority community and poor people of the country." Venugopal alleged that ECI has lost its impartiality and said that "...Read More
Padmaja alleges that Congress cheated her family by not clearing the debt of ₹2.5 crore her father-in-law had incurred allegedly at the behest of the party A day after Jose Neeledam, a member of the Mullankolli panchayat, was found dead in a pond, a suicide attempt by Padmaja Vijesh, daughter-in-law of N.M. Vijayan, the former District Congress Committee treasurer who committed suicide in December 2024, rocked the Congress in Wayanad district on Saturday. Ms. Padmaja had, on Friday met media ...Read More
New Delhi, Sep 14 (PTI) An arms supplier linked to the Neeraj Bawana gang and three of his receivers were arrested in Delhi along with 15 semi-automatic pistols, 150 live rounds and eight additional magazines, police said on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Harsh Indora said this is one of the biggest recent seizures of firearms meant to be supplied to gangs in Delhi and NCR. The accused arms supplier has been identified as Mohammad Shajid (42), who was caught near Netaji S...Read More
The declaration comes at a politically sensitive moment. While Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently sidestepped questions on the Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial face, Yadav's statement signals his bid to project himself as the coalition's natural leader. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has announced that his party will contest all 243 assembly seats in Bihar, intensifying uncertainty within the Mahagathbandhan over seat-sharing. Speaking at a workers' rally in Kant...Read More
Ferozepur: The district police have foiled an attempt at cross-border smuggling of narcotics on Sunday. Acting on a specific input, the police nabbed a drug smuggler and recovered 15.775 kg of heroin smuggled through floodwater by Pakistan-based drug smugglers.Giving information on X, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said the police arrested Sonu Singh, a resident of the border village Habibwala in Ferozepur, and recovered 15.775 kg of heroin from him. According to police officials, the initial investiga...Read More
"...This is a constitutionally mandated process. Supreme Court has also accepted that this process comes under the purview of Election Commission of India. This has been undertaken in India very successfully. It will be undertaken in other states of the country too. Those who are making inciting statements over this should avoid doing that," Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said. Following Tamil Nadu Minister Durai Murugan remarks "Tamil Nadu is not Bihar" on proposition of Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...Read More
The Delhi government announces the opening of a senior citizens' home and a hostel for visually impaired students, reflecting its commitment to inclusive education and dignified living. These projects, inaugurated as part of 'Seva Pakhwada', showcase the government's focus on welfare and empowerment. The Delhi government is set to inaugurate a senior citizens' home and a hostel for visually impaired students, as announced by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. The unveilings are part of the 'Seva Pakhw...Read More
The rail connectivity to Kashmir has not only shored up the economy of the Valley but also ensured cost-effective and efficient transportation of famed apples from Kashmir to other parts of the country. "On Saturday, an apple goods train with 10 wagons was operated from Anantnag Railway Station of the Kashmir valley to Adarsh Nagar in Delhi. The three wagons were unloaded at Jammu's Bari Brahmana and seven wagons will be unloaded at Adarsh Nagar Delhi," said senior divisional commercial manager...Read More
MUMBAI: The OBC versus Maratha community tussle over reservation is heating up with OBC leader and NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday taking his own government to task for bending backwards for the Maratha community on reservations. "The Maratha community gets Rs 25,000 crore (under various state government schemes whereas the OBC community gets Rs 5,000 crore. Where is justice in this. For the Maratha community there are newer announcements (of govt schemes) almost every other day," said B...Read More
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay addressed a rally in Tiruchirappalli. Audio problems plagued his 20-minute speech. Supporters chanted his name amidst the unclear address. Vijay questioned the DMK government's unfulfilled promises from the 2021 election. He criticized the DMK regime regarding an illegal kidney sale racket. Vijay highlighted Tiruchirappalli's historical significance in Dravidian politics. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay's address from atop his campaign vehicle on Saturd...Read More
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday took an indirect jibe at the US over the high 50 per cent tariffs it imposed on India, and hinted that the move stemmed out of the Trump administration's desperation and frustration, saying those who are afraid of India's growth are resorting to such measures. Last month, US President Donald Trump first levied 25 per cent base tariffs on Indian goods and then announced another 25 per cent duties over New Delhi's continued purchase ...Read More