Kolhapur witnessed a massive turnout on Sunday (August 3, 2025) as thousands of locals walked in a silent protest, urging authorities to the bring back 36-year-old elephant Mahadevi, also known as Madhuri, from NGO Vantara's wildlife rehabilitation facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Elephant relocated to Gujarat facility run by Vantara from Kolhapur; devotees bid emotional adieu Vantara is the brainchild of Anant Ambani, son of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, and is supported by Reliance Industries L...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Air India cancelled its flight from Singapore to Chennai on Sunday as the Airbus A321 plane operating on the route developed a technical snag. Air India said in a statement that the flight AI349 scheduled to operate from Singapore to Chennai has been cancelled due to a maintenance task identified prior to departure, which required additional time for rectification. "Arrangements are being made to fly the passengers to Chennai at the earliest. Hotel accommodati...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 3 (PTI) A Delhi-bound Air India flight from Bhubaneswar was cancelled on Sunday due to "high temperature" in the aircraft cabin just prior to its departure for the destination, the airline said in a statement. Air India did not provide details such as the number of people on board the aircraft, the type of aircraft or even the time the now-grounded flight was scheduled to take off from Bhubaneswar. This is the second incident of an Air India flight confronting a technical glitch in...Read More
Mumbai: The Customs at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, arrested one passenger who smuggled 14.738 kg of suspected hydroponic weed (marijuana) worth approximately Rs 14.73 crore in a sealed envelope bearing fake Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) markings and sealed with official MEA tape.Acting on specific intelligence, Customs officials intercepted a passenger who arrived from Bangkok. Upon examining his baggage, officials discovered the contraband cleverly concealed ...Read More
Pathankot, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 20th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) on Saturday, transferring about Rs 20,500 crore directly into bank accounts of 9.7 crore eligible farmers. The financial assistance under the scheme has helped crores of farmers not just in meeting their agricultural needs but also in sailing through any crisis. In Punjab's Pathankot, many farmers were elated on receiving the 20th instalment of PM-KISA...Read More
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A direct rail connectivity between Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh is going to be established for the residents of Vindhya and Mahakaushal region of Madhya Pradesh. The new train Rewa to Hadapsar (Pune) Superfast and Jabalpur to Raipur Express has been started, whose inaugural service will be operated on August 3, 2025. Inauguration Special Trains The train number 02152 Rewa - Hadapsar and train number 01702 Jabalpur - Raipur are Inauguration Special Trains. Both these ...Read More
Since October 9, 2023, banks no longer exchange Rs 2,000 notes. However, the RBI still provides this service at its 19 issue offices, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Bhopal The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) frequently revises its currency policies, and one significant move was the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes, announced on May 19, 2023. At the time of the announcement, the total value of these notes in circulation was Rs 3.56 lakh crore. According to a Moneycontrol report, only Rs 6,017 ...Read More
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 3 (ANI): In a major crackdown on narcotics smuggling, officers of the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III, have seized 14.738 kgs of suspected NDPS hydroponic weed (marijuana) valued at approximately Rs 14.73 crore during operations on Sunday. The seizures were made across Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI), resulting in the arrest of one passenger, as stated in the press release. The passenger was arrested under the provi...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Passengers scheduled to fly from Bhubaneswar to Delhi on Air India flight AI500 faced unexpected disruptions on Sunday as the airline cancelled the service due to a technical issue. The airline cited abnormal cabin temperatures on the ground as the reason behind the cancellation. In an official statement, an Air India Spokesperson said, Flight AI500 scheduled to operate from Bhubaneswar to Delhi on 3 August has been cancelled due to a technical issue causing ...Read More
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday announced the arrest of Viresh Joshi, a former chief trader and fund manager at Axis Mutual Fund, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Joshi is accused of defrauding investors of approximately Rs 200 crore through "front-running" in trading activities. A special PMLA court remanded Joshi, taken into custody on Saturday, to ED custody until August 8. The agency's action follows searches conducted on August 1 across multiple lo...Read More
Bhavnagar (Gujarat) [India], August 3 (ANI): Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday flagged off a new train from Gujarat Bhavnagar Terminus Railway station to Ayodhya. On the occasion, the Railway Minister said, A lot of new developmental works are being undertaken in Bhavnagar. Many new trains will also start from Bhavnagar. It is also emerging as a great hub of container manufacturing. PM Modi increased the budget for railway development projects by 29 times for Gujarat. 87 new stations...Read More
Bhavnagar (Gujarat) [India], August 3 (ANI): Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday flagged off a new train from Gujarat's Bhavnagar Terminus Railway station to Ayodhya. On the occasion, the Railway Minister said, "A lot of new developmental works are being undertaken in Bhavnagar. Many new trains will also start from Bhavnagar. It is also emerging as a great hub of container manufacturing." Also Read | Belagavi Horror: Water Tank at Govt School Poisoned to Oust Muslim Headmaster; Sri Ram...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast intense rainfall activity across Kerala over the coming days, triggered by a cyclonic circulation over the Gulf of Mannar and adjoining south Tamil Nadu. Several districts in the state have been placed under Orange and Yellow alerts till August 7, with southern Kerala likely to witness extremely heavy rainfall. According to the IMD, the weather system currently lies at an altitude of 5.8 km above ...Read More
Nagpur police arrested a man for allegedly threatening to bomb Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's residence on Wardha Road in Maharashtra's Nagpur District. The incident led to heightened security at the senior BJP leader's house. The accused, identified as Umesh Vishnu Raut, was detained by the police and is now in police custody. NAGPUR: Nagpur police arrested a man for allegedly threatening to bomb union minister Nitin Gadkari's residence on Wardha Road in Maharashtra's Nagpur District. The inci...Read More
In a move to boost affordability, the government on Saturday fixed retail prices of a range of essential drugs. The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers notified the move through a detailed order covering 35 medicines marketed by top pharmaceutical companies. The notification aims to ensure affordable access to essential medicines through price regulation by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). The pricing decision was made under the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) ...Read More
Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) produced a stunning lap (1:10.972s) late in the qualifying session to snatch the pole position from Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing, 1:11.249s) in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category, kickstarting his campaign in the Rolon Round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2025 at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore on Friday. Raj Kumar (Motul Sparks Racing) in Super Stock 165cc Intermediate, Mohamed Mikail (M...Read More
The body of an Indian man was recovered from an irrigation canal in southern Terai plains in Nepal on Sunday, after he drowned in Bagmati river. The body was identified to be of Rohit Kumar Singh, a resident of Bihar's Khagaria district, reported news agency PTI. The 30-year-old man was bathing at the Bagmati river, in Chandrapur Municipality around 2.40 pm on Saturday, shortly after which he went missing. He had reportedly consumed alcohol before stepping into the river water, PTI quoted The...Read More
NEW DELHI: State-controlled Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) to deploy a private 5G network for the public sector oil company, which would be India's first captive non-public network (CNPN) in the refinery sector. BSNL and NRL, in a joint statement on Sunday, said that the deployment would usher in a new era of secure, ultra-reliable, and real-time industrial connectivity, while supporting mission-critical oper...Read More
Complaints are routed directly to authorities for quick resolution The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a fresh directive for all food business operators (FBOs) across the country, including restaurants, cafs, dhabas, and street-side eateries, to visibly display their FSSAI licence or registration certificate along with a QR code that links to the Food Safety Connect App. This move, according to the authority, is aimed at empowering consumers and making it easier ...Read More
Mumbai: CBI arrested Krishna Kumar, superintendent of customs, stationed at Sahar Air Cargo, following a dramatic chase in his residential colony in Kharghar at Navi Mumbai on Saturday night. Kumar was apprehended after he accepted a bribe of Rs 10.2 lakh. Kumar also fixed a rate card for cleaning the complainant's consignment in the future, said the CBI. CBI officials produced Kumar before the court, and he has been remanded into CBI custody until August 6. CBI sources said that Kumar had block...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The government has notified a new framework for the edible oil industry, imposing stricter registration and reporting requirements on producers to enhance transparency and oversight, according to an official release. The 2025 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order, notified on August 1 by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 20...Read More
Shimla, Aug 3 (PTI) Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash parts of Himachal Pradesh, resulting in the closure of 297 roads, including one national highway on Sunday, officials said. The local meteorological office has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rains in isolated areas of Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur on Monday and Una, Bilaspur, Kangra and Sirmaur on Tuesday. A person died and two others sustained injuries when their vehicle fell into a gorge following a landslide near Dargi ...Read More
New Delhi : In a major step toward accelerating India's digital transformation and industrial modernization, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the "Industry 4.0 Workshop for CPSEs" organized under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance in Guwahati. Under this MoU, BSNL and NRL will collaborate to deploy India's first 5G CNPN (Captive Non-Public Network) within the refinery sector, ushering in a new ...Read More
NEW DELHI: An Army official allegedly "grievously assaulted" four SpiceJet employees at Srinagar Airport on July 26, 2025, after they asked him to pay for excess cabin baggage he was carrying on a flight (SG 386) to Delhi. The airline says its staff members "suffered a spinal fracture and serious jaw injuries after being attacked with punches, repeated kicks and a queue stand." The passenger, an army officer, "was carrying two pieces of cabin baggage weighing a total of 16 kg, more than double t...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cybersecurity Bureau (TGCSB) on Sunday, August 3, announced that 228 criminals have been arrested for cybercrime in Telangana between January and July, during which, citizens were cheated of nearly Rs 92 crore. According to TGCSB director Shikha Goel, the cybercriminals are involved in 1313 cases across India, including 189 in Telangana. The accused were arrested from states including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra...Read More
MEA FactCheck NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Sunday debunked claims doing the rounds on social media that "India is considering suspending or reviewing certain bilateral agreements with the United States if hostile economic policies continue". Posting a snapshot from two X handles -- Middle Eastern Affairs and China in English, the foreign ministry said: "Disinformation being spread on X".This comes at a time when India-US trade relations hit a bump after US President Donald Trum...Read More
NEW DELHI: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has arrested Viresh Gangaram Joshi, the former fund manager of Axis Mutual Fund, in connection with a multi-crore front-running scam that allegedly defrauded investors between 2018 and 2021. A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court has sent Mr. Joshi, who was taken into custody on Saturday, to ED custody till August 8, the agency said. The ED's investigation, initiated based on a December 2024 FIR from Mumbai Police, alleges that ...Read More
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday sharply criticised the Delhi Police for a controversial reference to Bengali as the "Bangladeshi language," calling it an insult to the language and its speakers. TMC shared a letter from a Delhi Police inspector requesting a translator for what was labeled "Bangladeshi language" in a statement on X. The police official also mentioned the arrest of eight individuals under suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India. "Is...Read More
Union Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in a series of social media posts that he held meetings with the textiles, steel producers in Mumbai and those from the engineering goods sector to discuss strategies for exports. In a post on X, Goyal said, "Held an engaging and forward-looking interaction with the champions of India's agriculture, food-processing and seafood sectors -- the true architects of our food and nutritional security. We discussed a wide range of strategies to scale...Read More
New Delhi, August 3: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will commence operations "very soon," and it will reduce travel time between the two cities to just 2 hours and 7 minutes. Talking to reporters at the Bhavnagar terminus in Gujarat, after virtually flagging off three trains: the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express, and Jabalpur-Raipur Express, Vaishnaw stated that the bullet train project is moving quickly. Mumbai's ...Read More