Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin of doing black deeds and termed the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government as the most corrupt in response to the oppostion protests over the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill brought by the Centre in Parliament. Addressing the Booth Karyakarta Sammelan in Tirunelveli, Shah said, Modi ji has presented the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha. ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, saying the days of the corrupt, atrocious and dynastic government are numbered. Shah said the people are determined to uproot the DMK government and bring the NDA to power in the state. https://x.com/AmitShah/status/1958912446749454602 In a post on X, Shah wrote, The days of the corrupt, atrocious, and dynastic DMK government are now numbered. People...Read More
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): AIADMK leader Kovai Sathyan on Friday said that actor-turned-politician Vijay, who leads the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), is struggling to position himself, a day after the party held its second state conference in Madurai. Calling TVK a toddler, Sathyan remarked that the party has a long way to go before it can be considered a serious political contender for the 2026 Tamil Nadu elections. TVK is a toddler and it has just learnt to sit and it h...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Following the Supreme Court modifying its August 11 order, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has begun the process of identifying areas that can be designated as feeder points to feed stray dogs. The Supreme Court on Friday modified its direction prohibiting the release of vaccinated stray dogs from shelters in Delhi-NCR and ordered the canines to be released post-sterilisation and de-worming. In its order, it also directed municipal authorities to create dedicate...Read More
Chandigarh [India], August 22 (ANI): Punjab Minister Aman Arora on Friday expressed disappointment over the United States decision to pause the issuance of worker visas for foreign commercial truck drivers. The reaction came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would temporarily halt issuing worker visas to commercial truck drivers, citing concerns related to road safety and job protection for American truckers. Effective immediately, we are pausing all issu...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed Secretary, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation, Vinod Kumar Suman, to coordinate with the district administration and take appropriate steps for channelisation to drain out the water from the lake formed due to debris in the Syanachatti area of Uttarkashi district. According to an official release, the Chief Minister instructed officials to take effective and precautionary measures to ensure the s...Read More
Kochi, Aug 22 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday defended the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, saying it was needed to "uphold political morality" after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal continued to hold office from prison before losing power in recent assembly elections. "In the past 75 years, many Chief Ministers and Ministers have gone to jail, and all of them resigned. But for the first time in Delhi, a chief minister was running a government while in jail. Hence, the que...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders held a protest at Acharya Sree Bhikshu Hospital on Friday, demanding police action against Moti Nagar BJP MLA Harish Khuarana over an alleged assault on doctors. The incident allegedly took place after Khurana went to the hospital for a "surprise check" on Thursday over some complaints against doctors. The doctors' association said in the statement that the residents and interns who were present do not want to escalate the matter further, a...Read More
Shimla, Aug 22 (PTI) Release of water from Kangra's Pong Dam this monsoon destroyed crops, houses and cowsheds in Fatehpur, and several villages in Indora were cut off due to closure of roads and damage to bridges, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu informed the Assembly on Friday. He held the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) responsible for the damage and loss. Responding to a calling attention motion of Congress MLA Malender Rajan, Sukhu said that crops in 50-60 hectares of land, four ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Delhi University (DU) on Friday said that admissions of 68,116 students have been confirmed so far for its undergraduate courses, following the conclusion of the second round of upgradation. According to university data, 17,595 applicants had applied for an upgrade in the second round. Of them, 7,685 secured an upgrade in their choice of programme or college, while 46,257 candidates chose to freeze their seats. In addition, 2,808 allocations have been made under perform...Read More
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Minister Aman Arora on Friday expressed disappointment over the United States' decision to pause the issuance of worker visas for foreign commercial truck drivers. The reaction came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would temporarily halt issuing worker visas to commercial truck drivers, citing concerns related to road safety and job protection for American truckers. "Effective immediately, we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for...Read More
CHENNAI: Chennai woke up to thunder, lightning and heavy showers in the early hours of Friday, with intermittent rain continuing through the day and disrupting normal life. Moderate to heavy rain lashed several parts of the city, including Nungambakkam, Anna Nagar, Porur, OMR and Egmore, and extended into neighbouring districts by evening, causing hardship to commuters returning home from work. According to data recorded in the evening, Villivakkam received 1.95 cm of rainfall, Poonamallee 1.6...Read More
Chandigarh [India], August 22 (ANI): Punjab Minister Aman Arora on Friday expressed disappointment over the United States' decision to pause the issuance of worker visas for foreign commercial truck drivers. The reaction came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would temporarily halt issuing worker visas to commercial truck drivers, citing concerns related to road safety and job protection for American truckers. Also Read | FBI Raids Home of Former NSA John...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (UNI) In a sharp attack, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today trashed Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir's "Ferrari-dumper truck" remarks as "reflective of a deeper systemic failure in Pakistan's political and military outlook". "Recently, Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir was heavily trolled both within Pakistan and across the world for his statement," the Defence Minister said at an event here. "Everyone said the same thing: if two countries gained independence a...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (UNI) The Supreme Court Women Lawyers' Association (SCWLA) has strongly condemned the recent remarks of former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju, describing them as "misogynistic" and an assault on the dignity of women in the legal profession. Justice Katju, in a controversial comment, suggested that women lawyers could secure favorable judicial orders by "winking" at judges. The association said such a statement was not only deeply offensive but also undermined the...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (UNI) The Congress today welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict on the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue, calling it a "victory for democracy" and a major setback for what it termed the "obstructionist approach" of the Election Commission of India (ECI). Notably, the Supreme Court during the day ruled that persons omitted from the draft rolls could file applications for inclusion online, without the need for physical submission. Importantly, it clarified that an Aadha...Read More
Patna: Launching a scathing attack on RJD and Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said these parties were against the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill as many of their leaders were either in jail or out on bail, while raising concerns over rapidly changing demographic profile of Bihar's border districts."The members of RJD, Congress, and Left parties are opposing this law. They are very angry, and who doesn't know what they are afraid of? Some of these RJD and Congress members ar...Read More
Patna: On the day PM Narendra Modi visited Bihar to inaugurate development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore, RJD chief Lalu Prasad launched a fierce attack, alleging the BJP leader had come to Gaya to perform the "political farewell" of CM Nitish Kumar. Responding to the remarks, Congress leader Azmi Bari said, "Laluji has his own style of expressing his feelings."Union minister Chirag Paswan condemned the Lalu's remarks. "This is wrong. What kind of language is this? You can raise questions ...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (PTI) Prem Patnaik, the brother of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, on Friday came to Bhubaneswar from Delhi and discussed with doctors about the treatment of the former Odisha chief minister. Naveen Patnaik was discharged from a hospital here on Wednesday evening after recovering from dehydration. The leader of the opposition's in the state assembly's office released a video showing Prem discussing with doctors in the presence of Naveen Patnaik and his close...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday asserted that she will never be scared and defeated, and continue to struggle for the rights of Delhi, as she resumed official engagements two days after an attack on her. Gupta returned to her "old form" after recovering from the "shock" suffered by her in the past two days and participated in public events, said a statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO). Addressing an event in Gandhi Nagar in the trans Yamuna area of the ci...Read More
Patna/Bhagalpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' gathered momentum on Friday as it moved through Munger and Bhagalpur, drawing large crowds and sharp political reactions. The yatra, aimed at highlighting alleged irregularities in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, entered its sixth day with colourful displays of alliance flags and enthusiastic supporters lining the streets. Rahul, accompanied by RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, CPI-ML general s...Read More
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defended the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill and asserted that jailed ministers cannot hold office. Addressing a public meeting at Dum Dum Central Jail ground, PM Modi lambasted the INDIA bloc parties, including Trinamool Congress, for opposing the bill and shielding corrupt leaders. "We decided to bring in a law that will not allow a corrupt chief minister, or even the Prime Minister, to hold office, if he or she spends 30 days in jail. But ...Read More
Hyderabad: Student leader and PhD scholar at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu), Hyderabad, Talha Mannan has been booked by Aligarh police for raising pro-Palestine slogans during a protest at Aligarh Muslim University on August 4. The FIR, filed on the complaint of Hindu Raksha Dal's Sanjay Arya, accuses Mannan of holding a demonstration near Bab-e-Syed Gate without permission and raising "provocative slogans" with 8-10 others. It states that videos of the protest circulated on socia...Read More
BHAGALPUR: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that the upcoming elections would be the last for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, expressing confidence that Kumar would not return as CM again. Yadav, along with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, participated in the 'Voter Adhikar Rally' held in Bhagalpur. "This will be the last election of the Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. He will not become the Chief Minister of Bihar again...Do you want an original CM or a duplicate?... We a...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (UNI) The Supreme Court today passed significant directions in the Bihar electoral rolls case, making it easier for excluded voters to reclaim their franchise. The bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi ruled that persons omitted from the draft rolls could file applications for inclusion online, without the need for physical submission. Importantly, it clarified that an Aadhaar card alone would be sufficient for filing such claims, besides the 11 other docume...Read More
Ahmedabad, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP leader Rohan Gupta, on Friday, has supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong stance against terrorism, asserting that India's defence policy under his leadership has drawn a "new line of resolve". Gupta's remarks came after PM Modi declared that "no one will be able to escape by sending terrorists and carrying out attacks in India," citing the success of Operation Sindoor. The BJP leader also praised PM Modi's uncompromising approach towards terrori...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday joined the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's charges of "vote chori", saying that the party has begun a similar study in Assembly seats in Maharashtra, and identical incidents of duplicate and fake voters, wrong addresses have been discovered in many constituencies. The party said that it will soon be presenting a detailed study of all Assembly seats and approaching the courts as well. P...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today welcomed the revised direction of the Supreme Court on stray dogs and called it a "progressive step" that carefully balances animal welfare with public safety concerns. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi said, "I welcome the Supreme Court's revised directions on stray dogs, as it marks a progressive step toward balancing animal welfare and public safety. The approach is both compassionate and rooted in scientific reasoning."...Read More
Ahmedabad, Aug 22 (PTI) The principal of an Ahmedabad-based private school, where a Class 10 student was stabbed to death allegedly by a fellow pupil, has been booked for not informing police or education authorities about the incident, said an official of crime branch on Friday. In a related development, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) has sent the accused teen, also a Class 10 student, to an observation home upon his production by the crime branch, which is investigating the case, said Assis...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (UNI) General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), is scheduled to visit Algeria in the coming week, marking his first international tour following the successful completion of Operation Sindoor. The visit highlights Indian Army's growing role in strengthening India's strategic engagements abroad, the Indian Army said . General Dwivedi's visit also follows the recent tours of President of India and the Chief of Defence Staff to Algiers, which laid the foundation for d...Read More