New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit of Japan and China August 29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Friday. In the first leg of his trip, Modi will be in Japan on a two-day visit. From Japan, he will travel to China, primarily to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The announcement of the Prime Minister's visit to the two Asian countries came just days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's trip to India...Read More
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-SCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said he has turned down Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' request to support NDA's vice-presidential nominee CP Radhakrishnan, noting that the candidate does not align with his party's ideology. Speaking at a press conference, Pawar said, "Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis urged us to support the NDA's VP candidate, CP Radhakrishnan, as he is the Governor of Maharashtra. It is not possible as he does not align ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the national capital and sought central assistance for the repair and reconstruction of roads and bridges damaged due to recent rains and natural disasters in the state. During the meeting, CM Dhami apprised the Union Minister about the extensive damage to infrastructure, particularly in the Dharali area of Uttarkashi district, followin...Read More
Kolkata, Aug 22 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress on Friday asked whether the Narendra Modi government was trying to eliminate corruption or the opposition by bringing the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025. The TMC claimed that the Bill, introduced in Parliament earlier this week, which seeks to bar prime ministers, chief ministers, and ministers from holding office if they remain in jail for 30 days or more, is aimed at the opposition parties and leaders. Addressing a press conference here...Read More
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on August 25 to dedicate railway projects worth over Rs 1,400 crore, a move set to boost connectivity and industrial growth in the state's northern region. The projects include the Rs 537-crore doubling of the 65 km Mehsana-Palanpur line, gauge conversion of the 37 km Kalol-Kadi-Katosan Road line at a cost of Rs 347 crore, and the Rs 520-crore gauge conversion of the 40 km Becharaji-Ranuj line. According to officials, the new infrastru...Read More
Narmadapuram (MP), Aug 22 (PTI) A 26-year Muslim man from Madhya Pradesh has offered to donate one of his kidneys to Hindu seer Premanand Maharaj, calling him a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity. The man, Arif Khan Chishti, has written a letter to Premanand Maharaj, a renowned religious and spiritual leader who is suffering from a kidney ailment, expressing his desire to donate his kidney. Chishti, a resident of Nyas Colony in Itarsi town of Narmadapuram district in MP, has sent the letter to the H...Read More
Patna: A political storm erupted on Friday after two Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislators -- Vibha Devi from Nawada and Prakash Veer from Rajauli -- were spotted on PM Narendra Modi's stage during his public meeting in Gaya. Their presence sparked unease within the RJD at a time when party leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi are leading the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' across Bihar while the PM has sharpened his criticism of the party founded by Lalu Prasad over its "appeasement...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit of Japan and China on August 29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. In the first leg of his trip, Modi will be in Japan on a two-day visit. From Japan, he will travel to China, primarily to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The announcement of the prime minister's visit to the two Asian countries came just days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...Read More
Bhagalpur (Bihar) [India], August 22 (ANI): 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 origi...Read More
Patna: Days after alleging, in the presence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, that the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) drive was designed to delete the names of "uneducated poor" from the electoral rolls, a young man from Aurangabad issued a public retraction on Friday, admitting he had spoken out of ignorance. The youth, Aman Kumar of Kerap village in Rafignaj block, is the second elector in Bihar to reverse his stance, creating a fresh embarrassment for Rahul Gandhi as he continues his...Read More
Guwahati, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday reaffirmed his government's decision to bar the issuance of Aadhaar cards to individuals above 18 years of age in the state, saying the move was aimed at blocking a "major support system" for illegal infiltrators. "Being a border state, we deal with a lot of issues, and we know how to tackle and fix them. We are taking our fight one step ahead by barring the acquisition of Aadhaar by 18+ year olds in Assam, exc...Read More
Ranchi, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Court in Ranchi on Friday granted bail to Chhattisgarh businessman Siddharth Singhania and retired IAS officer Amit Prakash in the alleged multi-crore Jharkhand liquor scam. The ACB court had reserved its order on Thursday after hearing detailed arguments from both the prosecution and the defence on Singhania's bail plea. The verdict, delivered on Friday, extended relief to the two accused. Earlier, the same court had gra...Read More
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao alleged that fertilizer stocks were being diverted and sold in the black market by Congress leaders, forcing lakhs of farmers to queue up for hours across the State. He also demanded that the State government release a White Paper on the fertilizer situation, providing details on the quota allocated and supplied to the State, stock position in warehouses, actual distribution to farmers and quantities diverted or missing. Speaking to t...Read More
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday (August 21, 2025) described the Monsoon Session, which was marred by the opposition's disruptions, as "fruitful and successful" for the country and the government but "unsuccessful and damaging" for the opposition. Follow the Parliament Monsoon session Day 21 LIVE After both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die, Mr. Rijiju said the government got all its business transacted and the session had a "success rate of 100%", insist...Read More
In July, Sarma had said that the cabinet was discussing a policy for new Aadhaar cards for adults Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that people above 18 years of age will not get first-time Aadhaar cards in the state as a precautionary measure to check illegal immigrants from getting Indian citizenship. Only a one-month window would be given to people above 18 years of age to apply for an Aadhaar card if anyone has not got the same yet, he told reporters after a Ca...Read More
Cleared: dkHyderabad: Stating that the Justice PC Ghose Commision of Inquiry that went into the issue of Kaleshwaram irregularities acted unfairly, former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday approached Telangana high court against the state govt for conducting a "false and premeditated" inquiry into the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project and filed a writ petition to strike down the commission's report. The case is likely to be heard shortly....Read More
Satish Golcha will take over the post of Delhi Police Commissioner from Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh. A day after the Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked inside her house, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday appointed Satish Golcha, a 1992-batch officer of AGMUT cadre, as the new Delhi Police Commissioner. "With the approval of the competent authority, Satish Golcha, presently posted as DG (Prisons), Delhi, is hereby appointed to the post of the Commissioner of Police,...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari recently met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to discuss ways to strengthen the state's disaster management system. During the meeting, Pujari highlighted Odisha's vulnerability to natural disasters like cyclones and floods due to its long coastline and sought Shah's support for five key projects. Pujari has sought technical and financial support from the Centre for the execution of these projects. The state...Read More
In a significant observation on marriage and dependency, the Supreme Court on Thursday (August 21) asserted that it is "impossible" for a husband or wife to claim complete independence while their marriage continues. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan cautioned that those unwilling to depend on each other should not enter matrimony in the first place. "Marriage means the coming together of two souls, two persons. No husband or wife can say 'I want to be completely independent of ...Read More
Vijay also pledged to champion wider Tamil causes, vowing to reclaim the disputed Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka. Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Thursday announced that he would contest the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections from the Madurai East constituency. At the party's second state conference in Madurai, he launched a fierce critique of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), declaring that TVK would position itself as the chief chall...Read More
Ahead of PM Modi's China visit for the SCO summit, India and China have announced confidence-building measures to stabilize the Line of Actual Control. This includes expert and working groups for boundary delimitation and border management. New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's China visit to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, India and China on Tuesday announced several confidence building measures (CBMs), including setting up expert group, working group an...Read More
The US Embassy in Delhi denied Donald Trump's claim of a $21 million USAID fund for voter turnout in India. The US Embassy in Delhi formally contradicted President Donald Trump's claim that Washington had allocated $21 million through USAID to boost voter turnout in India. In a communication to India's Ministry of External Affairs, the Embassy clarified that USAID/India neither received nor provided funding of $21 million for voter turnout in India during FY 2014-2024, nor implemented any voter...Read More
India is welcome to export its products to Russia if it is facing trouble entering the US market, a senior Russian diplomat on Wednesday said. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said the US' pressure on India over the latter's procurement of Russian crude oil was "unjustified" and "unilateral". "..If Indian goods are facing difficulties entering the US market, the Russian market is welcoming Indian exports....," he said. "The sa...Read More
Citing "substantial" annual fees in private universities, the panel underlined the need for the State to take steps through legislation to accommodate students from these categories. A parliamentary panel has recommended 27%, 15% and 7.5% reservation for OBC, SC and ST students, respectively, in private higher education institutions, noting the "considerably low" number of OBC students and "abysmally low" number of SC and ST students in select private institutions. Data provided by three of th...Read More
Jaishankar said that India and China were seeking to "move ahead from a difficult period in our ties". The two counterparts held discussions on a range of bilateral issues from trade to pilgrimages and river data sharing. Yi is also scheduled to meet India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval for on-going negotiations on resolving the boundary dispute between the two countries. The visit is being seen as the latest sign of a thaw in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India and Chin...Read More
The Mumbai court earlier said there was prima facie proof that NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar had knowingly participated in the fraudulent acquisition of a sugar mill by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB). NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar, who was named as an accused in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), appeared on Thursday before a Mumbai special court designated for the trial of criminal cases involving legislators. The court, which sent a s...Read More
Asia's widest bridge in Bihar set to transform North-South connectivity. (Image: PIB) Bihar is set to witness a historic moment in its infrastructure story as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Aunta-Simaria six-lane bridge over the Ganga on August 22, 2025. Touted as Asia's widest extra-dosed stay cable bridge with a deck width of 39 metres, this engineering marvel is not only a technological landmark but also a lifeline for millions across North and South Bihar. A Bridge That Redef...Read More
Police claimed that the investigations pointed to the teenager dying by suicide by ingesting poison. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Haryana Government will hand over the probe into teacher Manisha's death to the CBI for impartiality * Manisha, 19, was found dead in a Bhiwani field on August 13 after going missing on August 11 * Police claim Manisha died by suicide using poison, supported by a note and purchase evidence Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Sw...Read More
MANGALURU: One of the slowest states in completing rural housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Karnataka has proved to be a real laggard in the field. This was highlighted by several Members of Parliament in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. According to queries by multiple MPs, the primary reason cited is the low unit cost sanctioned for house construction, which they argue is insufficient to meet current material and labour costs. According to sources, the lac...Read More
Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in both House, the session has seen little business ever since it began on July 21 due to repeated disruptions and adjournments initially due to opposition demand for discussion on Operation Sindoor and then over demands for a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar Twelve bills were passed by the Lok Sabha and 14 by the Rajya Sabha during the month-long monsoon session of Parliament, which has witnessed repeated disruptions, adjou...Read More