Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said the state government is taking strong measures to contain inflation and make the upcoming Onam celebrations affordable for ordinary people. He also alleged that the Centre has "failed to provide even a single quintal of additional rice", despite the state's repeated requests for the festival season. Vijayan made the remarks while launching the state-level inauguration of Supplyco's Onam fair. Highlighting s...Read More
Lucknow, Aug 25 (PTI) IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who recently became the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an Axiom-4 mission, received a rousing reception in his hometown Lucknow on Monday, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announcing a scholarship in his name for students pursuing space technology. Shukla, who returned to India from the US on August 17 following his 18-day mission, visited his hometown for the first time since the historic spac...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) India and Japan on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to energy security and inclusive growth and welcomed progress made in areas like energy efficiency, clean hydrogen, ammonia and renewable energy. At the energy dialogue, co-chaired by India's Minister of Power Manohar Lal and Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto Yoji, held through video conferencing, the two countries agreed to expand cooperation on carbon capture, utilisation, and storage, ...Read More
Rajouri, Aug 25: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (JKACB) on Monday arrested a policeman posted at Police Post Laam in Nowsherea area of Rajouri district for demanding and accepting bribe. An official said that ACB received a complaint alleging therein that the complainant was called in Police Post Lam telephonically by Sgct Arif Iqbal on the basis of a complaint lodged by a person of Pukharni, Tehsil Qila Darhal District Rajouri. The said Sgct demanded Rs 10,000 as bribe for himself an...Read More
New Delhi, August 25: As Union Home Minister Amit Shah cited Arvind Kejriwal's case to defend the bill to oust jailed Ministers and CMs, the former Delhi Chief Minister on Monday demanded action against those who implicate rivals and get them sent to prisons in false cases. After HM Shah in an interview cited Kejriwal as an example of an elected representative not resigning despite being jailed, the AAP leader hit back claiming that the 160-day government that he ran from the jail performed much...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) Freedom of speech and privilege of members of legislative bodies should not be construed as the freedom to lower the dignity of the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Monday. Delivering the valedictory speech at the All India Speakers Conference hosted by the Delhi Assembly, Birla voiced concern over the "gradual decline" in upholding the dignity of legislative bodies and asked all stakeholders, including the members of the Houses and political parties, to reflect...Read More
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde expressed his gratitude towards party leader Nilesh Rane for facilitating the launch of the Shiv Sena Express, a special train service dedicated to the residents of Konkan on August 25. Speaking about the initiative, Shinde said, "Today, through Shiv Sena, our leader Nilesh Rane facilitated the departure of the Shiv Sena Express for the residents of Konkan. I sincerely thank him from the bottom of my heart, as this initiative provides people with the con...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday stayed FIRs filed against psephologist Sanjay Kumar in a case concerning the wrong claims made by him over the election data of the State of Maharashtra. A bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice NV Anjaria made the aforesaid decision after the counsel appearing for Kumar submitted that his client is a respected figure with 30 years of service and integrity, who made a mistake, publicly apologised and del...Read More
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 25 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday questioned the independence of investigative agencies and raised concerns over the validity of the proposed 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill. He also requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to include him in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) reviewing the bill. The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, introduced in the Lok Sabha on Augus...Read More
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired the 56th IIT Council Meeting, emphasising making Indian Institutes of Technology more inclusive, research-focused, and aligned with 21st-century needs. The roadmap aims to ensure IITs lead India's scientific and societal progress by 2047, supporting PM Modi's vision of 'Samriddh, Viksit and Atmanirbhar Bharat'. In a post on X, Pradhan wrote, "Pleased to chair the 56th IIT Council Meeting to take stock of the academic progress and chart the ro...Read More
A 21-year-old man, Rithik, jumped into the Yamuna river from a southeast Delhi bridge during a video call with his sister after an argument. Police, NDRF, and rescue teams launched overnight search operations, but he remains untraced New Delhi: A 21-year-old man jumped into the Yamuna river from a bridge in southeast Delhi while on a video call with his sister, an official said on Monday. The incident occurred around 11.20 pm on Sunday when the victim, identified as Rithik, leapt off the Yamun...Read More
"I never wished that any party worker would bow their head to justify me. I have to face this situation as I have always justified the party's merits on news-media platforms, in the media, and during protests. But it is unacceptable to me that my party workers have to bow their heads due to me," he said. Mamkoottathil claimed that the transgender had contacted him and spoken about a conversation she had with a reporter. According to him, the transgender first contacted him and told him about a...Read More
Hansda, who contested multiple assembly polls, was arrested from Nawadih village in Deoghar on August 10, and the alleged encounter took place when he was being taken to Rahadbadia Hills to recover hidden weapons. The BJP and its allies on Monday held a protest outside the Jharkhand Assembly, demanding a CBI probe into the death of Surya Hansda in an alleged encounter with security personnel. The INDIA bloc legislators, including those of the JMM and the Congress, also held a demonstration aga...Read More
Amit Shah attacked Chief Minister MK Stalin, calling his government the most corrupt. Shah defended the Constitutional Amendment Bill. He accused Stalin of prioritizing his son Udhayanidhi's political career. Shah also criticized Sonia Gandhi's focus on Rahul Gandhi's prime ministerial aspirations. He highlighted corruption cases against DMK leaders like K Ponmudy and V Senthil Balaji. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Chief Minister MK Stalin does not have any right to dub the 130th...Read More
Batala: Batala police claimed to have unearthed a Pakistan-ISI-backed terror module operating in Punjab, allegedly in connivance with the UK-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).Talking to mediapersons here on Monday, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Suhail Qasim Mir said police recovered a cache of high-grade explosives concealed near a roadside bush on the Amritsar-bound route. The recovery included four SPL HGR-84 hand grenades -- commonly known as Arges HG-84 -- and a nearly 2 kg RDX...Read More
Ameet Satam, a three-term MLA, has been appointed as the new president of the Mumbai BJP unit, as announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. This decision precedes the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. Fadnavis expressed confidence that Satam's leadership will enable the BJP to regain control of the BMC, building on the party's recent successes in Mumbai. Three-term MLA Ameet Satam has been chosen as the new president of the Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) uni...Read More
NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi is now headed for Algeria to boost the bilateral defence engagement with the country, as part of the ongoing overall outreach to Africa where China has made deep strategic inroads.General Dwivedi's visit from Aug 25-28 aims at reinforcing defence and security engagement between India and Algeria, with a focus on bolstering army-to-army cooperation, sharing perspectives on regional and global security challenges, and exploring avenues for defence indu...Read More
* Madhya Pradesh government fell due to differences between Kamal Nath and J Scindia, claimed Digvijaya Singh * Kamal Nath admitted Mr Scindia's resentment was a decisive factor in the government's collapse * Mr Scindia left Congress with 22 MLAs in March 2020, reducing Kamal Nath government to minority Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Bhopal: The controversy surrounding the collapse of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh five years ago has r...Read More
During the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar, Rahul Gandhi playfully mentioned ongoing "talks" with Lalu Prasad about his marriage, referencing Prasad's previous suggestion. This followed Tejashwi Yadav's advice to Chirag Paswan to get married, reminding Gandhi of a similar suggestion from Yadav's father two years prior. The exchange occurred amidst political banter and discussions about alliances. In a light-hearted comment, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday quipped that "talks are on" with ...Read More
The home minister is also expected at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre Durga Puja in Salt Lake, which first started in 2020 After a gap of one year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to be back in West Bengal's 'City of Joy' this festive season to inaugurate a few Durga Pujas, tentatively six months from when the state goes to polls. If sources are to be believed, Shah will land in Kolkata on the very first day of the Durga Puja season -- September 22 -- when pandal inaugurations can of...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao has alleged that the Congress govt is preparing to "plunder" public funds under the guise of the Musi river beautification project. He stated that while the former BRS govt , led by K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), laid all the groundwork and prepared a master plan, the current Congress govt has inflated the project's estimates to facilitate a massive scam. Addressing the media, KTR said that it was the KCR govt that brought Godavari river water to Kondapoc...Read More
KOCHI: Congress and its INDIA bloc allies have shown where they stand on Left wing-extremism by backing retired Justice B Sudershan Reddy as vice-presidential candidate despite knowing his "ideological support" for Naxalism, home minister Amit Shah said Friday at an event in Kochi."Had Justice Reddy not delivered the judgment asking for Salwa Judum to be disbanded, Left-wing extremism would have been eradicated by 2020. This is the same person who, driven by ideology, used a sacred platform like...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) With the Delhi High Court quashing a CIC order related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bachelor's degree, the Congress on Monday said it is incomprehensible why the educational degree details of the PM be kept a complete secret when such details of everyone else have always been public. The high court on Monday set aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing disclosure of details related to Modi's bachelor's degree while holding it to be "personal info...Read More
Lucknow, Aug 25 (PTI) IAF Group Captain and astronaut Sudhanshu Shukla on Monday said it is only a matter of time before the world talks about ISRO over NASA, as India continues to advance rapidly in space exploration. "Since returning to India, I have felt an incredible excitement among people about our space achievements. The National Space Day (August 23) has only been celebrated for two years, yet the energy around it was tremendous. "As the deputy chief minister (Keshav Prasad Maurya) sa...Read More
ISLAMABAD: India on Monday made a second contact with Pakistan in a day to warn Islamabad about a potential flood in the Sutlej River, after issuing a previous warning about the Tawi River at Jammu, diplomatic sources told Geo News. The Indian High Commission in Islamabad reached out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey details regarding possible flood conditions in the Sutlej River, the sources said. They added that India has shared such data with Pakistan during flood situations in t...Read More
Bhopal, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP leader Narottam Mishra on Monday blamed the state's senior Congress leaders for the "fall" of the Madhya Pradesh government in March 2020, asserting that the truth has finally come to light. "Kamal Nath has finally accepted the truth. It is now clear that Kamal Nath was the Chief Minister, but it was Digvijaya Singh who was running the state government," claimed the BJP leader amid controversy over the collapse of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Mad...Read More
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim relief to psephologist and former CSDS director Sanjay Kumar by staying the FIRs lodged against him over a controversial social media post on voter turnout data during the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. A bench of Chief Justices B. R. Gavai and Justice N. V. Anjaria directed that no coercive action be taken against Kumar, noting that he had promptly deleted the post and issued a public apology after admitting to a data misreading erro...Read More
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Monday that Ameet Bhaskar Satam, a 49-year-old MP with three terms, ahead of the December or January Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election. This will be its next Mumbai unit chairman. According to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Ameet Satam understands Mumbai's problems and is capable of putting creative ideas into practice. Mumbai residents' safety and security are Satam's main priorities. "As Mumbai develops furt...Read More
CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss condemned the State government for reducing fund allocations for education and health and said that the DMK government has failed in all departments. "As per the report titled State of State Finances, the Tamil Nadu government allocated 13.7 per cent of its budget to education, which is lower than the recommended 15 per cent. The Delhi state government has allocated 24.2 per cent of its budget to education. Bihar, one of the underdeveloped states, has al...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court collegium on Monday recommended the elevation of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Patna High Court Chief Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi as judges of the apex court. "The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 25th August, 2025 has recommended elevation of the following Chief Justices of the High Courts, as Judges in the Supreme Court: (i) Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay (PHC: High Court of ...Read More