Rescue operations are ongoing in extremely challenging conditions as the region remains cut off from both north and south A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and eight jawans from the Indian Army are still missing after a devastating cloudburst triggered flash floods and landslides near Uttarkashi's Dharali, close to Harsil in Uttarakhand, officials said on Wednesday. Rescue operations are ongoing in extremely challenging conditions as the region remains cut off from both north and south. Acc...Read More
The Indian government is reinforcing creative freedom by maintaining strict regulations on OTT platforms through the IT Rules, 2021. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasized safeguards against harmful content while promoting the AVGC-XR sector. The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies aims to bolster industry skills with global partnerships. The Central Government on Wednesday renewed its pledge to protect creative freedom, highlighting regulations for Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms enforc...Read More
A social activist named Jayanth, from Ichlampady village in Puttur taluk, has claimed that he witnessed the burial of the decomposed body of a teenage girl in Dharmasthala-Ujire 15 years ago. A second witness has emerged in the mass burials case in Karnataka's Dharmasthala. According to The News Minute, a man claimed to have witnessed the body of a girl being buried in violation of procedure 15 years ago. A social activist named Jayanth, from Ichlampady village in Puttur taluk, has claimed tha...Read More
Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi lauded Operation Sindoor as a pivotal, intelligence-driven mission that redefined India's counter-terrorism approach, showcasing the Armed Forces' capability to address evolving warfare challenges and readiness for fifth-generation conflicts, in Chennai on Monday (August 4, 2025). General Dwivedi inaugurated the research facility 'Agnishodh', a joint project of the Indian Army Research Cell (IARC) and the IIT Madras campus on the campus for self reliance in de...Read More
Kendrapara: In another tragic case of 'self-immolation', a college student died after setting herself on fire at her home in Kendrapara district's Pattamundia area, on Wednesday. The deceased, a final-year Plus Three student, allegedly took the extreme step after months of harassment by her ex-boyfriend, who reportedly blackmailed her using obscene photos. According to the victim's father, the young woman had been in a relationship with the accused, which ended some time ago. However, the ex-b...Read More
Mahendra Prasad, the manager of a DRDO guest house in Jaisalmer, has been detained on suspicion of espionage for Pakistan. Police suspect he leaked sensitive information about strategic operations and activities in the region, where DRDO conducts missile and weapon tests at the Pokaran firing range. A joint interrogation is scheduled to further investigate the matter. Manager of a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) guest house was detained in Jaisalmer district on suspicion of...Read More
Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu), Aug 6 (PTI) A male elephant was found dead under mysterious circumstances with the tusks removed in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve area in Nilgiris district, an official of the forest department said on Wednesday. Examination of the carcass by forest department officials revealed that the animal could have died about four months ago. It is suspected that the elephant could have been poached for the tusks. The incident came to light on August 5 evening. A case has been...Read More
UDHAGAMANDALAM: A highly decomposed carcass of a male elephant was found on a piece of patta land in the Singara forest range in the Nilgiris district on Wednesday. Both the tusks of the elephant were missing, forest department officials said. Arun Kumar, deputy director of Masinagudi forest division in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, said the forest field staff members found the carcass on a piece of land belonging to Gem Park Resort Private Limited. Forest veterinarian Dr Rajesh Kumar conducted a...Read More
Gangtok, Aug 6 (PTI) Traffic movement on a key section of NH-10 -- from Coronation Bridge to Chitrey -- will remain suspended until 9 am on August 8, officials said on Wednesday. The road was already closed from August 3 to 6, and the shutdown has now been extended due to safety concerns, they added. A notification by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) said under Section 33 of the National Highway (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002, the stretch is being tem...Read More
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 6 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has initiated a joint rescue and relief operation in response to a cloudburst-triggered flash flood in Uttarkashi Harsil, which has left the region isolated, the IAF said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the Indian Air Force, Mi-17 helicopters and ALH Mk-III aircraft stationed at Bareilly have been placed on high alert. Additionally, An-32 and C-295 transport aircraft from Agra have landed in Dehradun to support...Read More
CHANDIGARH: The Kinnaur Kailash Yatra in Himachal Pradesh has been suspended as a pilgrim died and nearly 700 stranded devotees were rescued and evacuated in a nine-hour operation after a cloudburst triggered a flash flood that washed away a large part of the trekking path, including makeshift bridges at Tanglippi and Kangarang. The pilgrims currently on the route have been safely sheltered at Milling Khata and Gufa, and all necessary arrangements have been made for their safety. Most of the t...Read More
Uttarakhand: CM Dhami holds disaster meeting on Uttarkashi cloudburst; PM Modi calls to review relief Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a disaster management meeting at the State Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to assess the cloudburst and.. IndiaTimes 6 hours ago Uttarakhand Flash Floods: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Sounds Alert as Death Toll Rises to 4, 100+ Missing Four people have been confirmed dead and over 100 are missing after devastating flash floods hit Uttarakhand, ...Read More
Chennai, Aug 6 (PTI) India's Harish Prakash and Tayin Arun produced fine efforts to enter the third round of the Under-18 boys' category in the Asian Surfing Championships here on Wednesday. On the third day of the tournament, Arun registered the best score among the Indian competitors -- 9.23 -- while moving to the third round behind behind Tinn Johnson of Thailand, who logged 9.60 points....Read More
Bengaluru, August 4: A shocking incident has come to light from Karnataka, where the deaths of 20 peacocks have rocked a village. It is reported that carcasses of three male and 17 female peacocks were allegedly found in Hanumanthapura village. Notably, the carcasses were found near a stream by local farmers and were allegedly scattered across a farmland this morning, August 4. That said, the cause of the death of the peacocks, the country's national bird, is yet to be ascertained. According to...Read More
Navi Mumbai: The Maharashtra Home Department has appointed four new Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) to Navi Mumbai as part of a wider administrative reshuffle involving 65 police officers across the state. The reshuffle also includes the transfer of two existing ACPs from Navi Mumbai to new postings elsewhere. About The New Appointments These new appointments follow recent structural changes in the Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate, which saw the addition of a new division, Belapur Z...Read More
Navi Mumbai: Just hours after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray criticized the growing number of illegal dance bars in Raigad district, MNS party workers allegedly vandalized a ladies bar in Panvel late Saturday night. About The Vandalization According to police, a group of 15 to 20 MNS workers attacked the Night Riders Live Orchestra Bar, located in Kone village on the Old Mumbai-Pune Highway, around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. The attackers reportedly hurled stones, broke glas...Read More
Mumbai: Mumbai's busy suburban railway network witnessed chaos recently as a video of a woman creating a dramatic scene during a ticket inspection went viral. Allegedly filmed at Dadar railway station's foot-over bridge, the video captures the woman yelling, crying and arguing with ticket-checking staff and Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials. Viral Video Shows Woman Creating Scene On Busy Bridge In the video, the woman, dressed in formal office attire, is seen protesting loudly while a m...Read More
Bengaluru: While former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the sexual assault of a woman, the victim and her family continue to live in fear and trauma, still reeling from the emotional and psychological toll of the ordeal. The victim's son-in-law spoke out about the ongoing challenges, recalling how, despite the victim's brave testimony and the eventual conviction, the family's hope for justice had been overshadowed by the pressure from Revanna's influential ...Read More
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Jharkhand government declared a three-day state mourning, starting Monday, following the passing of the state's former Chief Minister and co-founder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren. "In honour of the late Honourable former Chief Minister-cum-Rajya Sabha MP, the State Government has decided to observe 03 (three) days of state mourning from August 4 to August 6," the message from the Jharkhand government read. Also Read | Kerala Shocker: 47-...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Aug 3 (PTI) A motor vehicle inspector was arrested in Odisha's Boudh district on Monday after 44 plots, 1 kg of gold and other valuables were allegedly found in his possession, officials said. Golap Chandra Hansdah, working at the RTO in Boudh, was arrested after assets disproportionate to his known sources of income were found in his possession, they said. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him, they added. Among the other valuables found in his...Read More
RANCHI: (Aug 4) The Jharkhand government declared three-day state mourning in honour of former CM Shibu Soren, who died on Monday morning, according to a statement. Soren, the founder of the state's ruling JMM, died at 81 at a hospital in New Delhi following a prolonged illness. The government has also cancelled all its scheduled programmes during the period, the statement said....Read More
NEW DELHI: A Kolkata-bound Air India Express flight returned to Bengaluru on Sunday evening due to a technical issue. Flight IX2718, operated by an Airbus A320, turned back after being airborne for over two hours, according to data from flight tracking website Flightradar24.com. "One of our flights from Bengaluru returned to the airport following a technical issue. The aircraft circled to reduce fuel and weight before executing a safe, precautionary landing," an Air India Express spokesperson ...Read More
MUMBAI: City-based businessman and BJP functionary Dilawar A Chaugle has appealed to the Centre to give Padmashree Award to Sunni Cleric "Grand Mufti of India" Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar for getting execution of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya suspended.Though office of the senior cleric claimed the execution order has been "revoked" by the Houthi militia in Yemeni capital Sanaa, there is no official confirmation either from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) or family of Yemeni...Read More
SRINAGAR - A senior officer of Indian Army landed in trouble due to his violent behavior at Srinagar International Airport. Serving Lieutenant Colonel assaulted multiple SpiceJet staff members during a dispute over excess cabin baggage charges. The incident occurred as he was gearing to board SpiceJet flight SG 386 to Indian capital. In a statement, Spicejet said the confrontation started when ground crew informed officer that he was carrying more hand baggage than the airline's policy permits ...Read More
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as...Read More
Dehradun (Uttarakhand): In Uttarakhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for three days in the districts of Dehradun, Nainital, Champawat, Bageshwar, Pauri Garhwal and Udham Singh Nagar. In view of the alert issued by the IMD, the Dehradun district administration announced the closure of all schools up to Class 12 and Anganwadi centres on August 4, 2025. According to an alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the National Disaster Alert...Read More
Sangrur/Mastuana: The second day of the ongoing deliberative conference focused on restructuring the legal and policy framework of the Shiromani Akali Dal was marked by intense discussions and thoughtful participation. The event is being held at Sant Teja Singh Hall, Mastuana Sahib (Sangrur), organized by Akal College Council Mastuana Sahib with the support of various Sikh organizations. The core theme of the conference is how to revive the Akali Dal in alignment with Panthic principles and a cl...Read More
AGRA: An FIR was filed under BNS section of "murder" against two named and three unnamed UP cops after a 17-year-old boy allegedly died hours after visiting Nidholi Kalan police station in Chandra Bhanpur village of Etah district on Saturday morning.The teenager, Satyaveer Singh, was found dead with injury marks on his body, including his private parts, after he returned from the thana, where he had been called for questioning about the "disappearance of a girl of the same age".While senior poli...Read More
Ranchi: JMM founder Shibu Soren died on Monday, his son and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said. "Respected Dishom Guruji has left us all... I have become 'shunya' (zero) today," Hemant Soren posted on X. Shibu Soren had been regularly receiving treatment at the hospital for an extended period of time. "He was admitted here recently, so we came to see him. His health issues are currently being examined," Hemant Soren had said on June 24 when his father was admitted to the hospital in t...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): A robbery took place at a jewellery shop in Chand Bagh, northeast Delhi, where 4 to 5 men looted cash and jewellery at gunpoint. According to Delhi Police, a robbery incident at a jewellery shop at Chand Bagh was reported at PS Dayalpur. Immediately, a team reached the spot where the complainant, Sadiq, aged 27 years, reported that while he was attending to a customer, 4 to 5 people entered his shop and pulled down the shutter. They robbed cash and jewellery ...Read More