VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani...Read More
Bengaluru, Aug 19 (PTI) The Karnataka assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to rename Bangalore City University after former Prime Minister and late Dr Manmohan Singh. The opposition BJP, however, suggested that a new university rather than an existing university should be named after the former Prime Minister as a tribute. Leader of Opposition in the assembly R Ashoka said naming an existing university after Manmohan Singh does not honour him. BJP MLA Suresh Gowda said Tumkur University should a...Read More
Ranchi: A special ACB court in Ranchi on Tuesday allowed bail by default to suspended senior IAS officer Vinay Choubey, who was the ex-excise secretary, in connection with the ongoing liquor scam being investigated by the state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) as the agency failed to submit the charge-sheet within the stipulated 90-day period since the arrest.Choubey's advocate Devesh Ajmani said, "The bail was granted on condition that Choubey would submit two sureties of Rs 25,000 each and would n...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 19 (PTI) Copious rains in catchment areas over the last couple of days have significantly increased the water level in key dams across Maharashtra, forcing authorities to open floodgates and sending alerts to people living along the rivers downstream. Koyna dam, an important reservoir and lifeline in terms of both power generation and irrigation in the state, witnessed a dramatic leap in its water stock - from 84.70 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) on Sunday morning to 93.45 TMC by...Read More
Ranchi: BJP MLA from Seraikela and former CM Champai Soren on Tuesday hit out at the Hemant Soren-led alliance govt by reiterating that the incumbent regime is busy "grabbing" tribal land.Addressing the media in Kanke ahead of his announced stir on Aug 24 against the proposed Rims-2 hospital project, Champai demanded that the state govt take this project to the Smart City area. "On Aug 24, I will be part of the mass protest here where tribals will plough the field to raise their voice against th...Read More
Nawada/Nalanda (Bihar), Aug 19 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that a "partnership" has been going on between the Election Commission and the BJP to "steal votes" and cautioned people in Bihar that once their right to vote is snatched away, their ration cards and lands will also be taken away. Gandhi also claimed that the last Bihar Assembly polls were also "stolen" and this truth would come out one day. "When this truth comes out, the Election Commission people should no...Read More
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 19 (ANI): Preliminary investigation into the Mumbai Monorail incident that occurred on Tuesday evening have revealed that overcrowding was the main reason, stated a press note by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The MMRDA in their press note mentioned that due to overcrowding, the weight of the monorail had risen to 109 metric tonnes, which crossed its designed capacity of 104 metric tonnes, causing a break in the mechanical cont...Read More
Imphal, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a landmark judgment, the Manipur High Court on Tuesday has directed the state's education boards and institutions to issue fresh certificates to Beoncy Laishram, the state's first transgender doctor, reflecting her updated name and gender. The 32-year-old doctor Laishram, earlier known as Boboi Laishram, underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2019 and was officially recognised as female by the District Magistrate, Imphal West district, under the Transgender ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant diplomatic engagement, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held wide-ranging bilateral talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the discussions were "positive, constructive, and forward-looking," covering bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual concern. The MEA has issued a list of outcomes of the meeting. In this document released after the meeting, t...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) A delegation of opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by its senior Vice President and authorised representative of the party, Debi Prasad Mishra, on Tuesday met Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi. The delegation has reportedly apprised the Election Commission of India (ECI) of the party's objections concerning alleged voting discrepancies during the 2024 State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. In an official stateme...Read More
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 19 (ANI): Psephologist Sanjay Kumar, who is the co-director of Lokniti-CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), on Tuesday issued a clarification over a post on X concerning data of Maharashtra elections, which he deleted after issuing an apology. Sanjay Kumar told ANI that he rechecked the data after receiving information that the information in his post was wrong. Actually, we (mistakenly) compared assembly constituency number 125 (Nashik...Read More
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 19 (ANI): Preliminary investigation into the Mumbai Monorail incident on Tuesday evening has revealed that overcrowding was the primary cause of the disruption, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) stated in a press note. The MMRDA in their press note mentioned that due to overcrowding, the weight of the monorail had risen to 109 metric tonnes, which crossed its designed capacity of 104 metric tonnes, causing a break in the mechanical...Read More
Srinagar- The Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has requested the Lok Sabha Secretariat to include the introduction of four new bills on its list of government business for Wednesday, August 20, 2025. According to an official document, the bills to be introduced include, The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025. The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and The Promotion and Regulation...Read More
NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has rolled out two special supplementary modules on Operation Sindoor for Classes III to XII, presenting the mission as not just a military response but also a pledge to safeguard peace and honour the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. The material has been introduced a little over three months after the counter-offensive.The modules underline that despite Pakistan's official denial, the Pahalgam attack was carried ...Read More
Patna, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar Leader of Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav, on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP and the Election Commission during the Voter Adhikar Yatra, likening the current movement to India's freedom struggle. Addressing a public meeting in Nawada, Yadav said: "Seeing the passion, enthusiasm and determination among you all, it feels like the days of the freedom struggle. Just as the country united against the British and won, today too, we are fighting to save demo...Read More
Jamshedpur, August 19: Former CM of the state Champai Soren has adopted an aggressive stance. He has opened a front against the grand alliance government of the state. Champai Soren has announced that he will support the farmers of Nagdi. On August 24, he will join the 'Hal Joto, Ropa Ropo' movement of the villagers. He will plough the land proposed for RIMS 2. He said that in this case the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, CNT Act and Gram Sabha rules have not been followed. He was talking to the ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the importance of maintaining peace and tranquillity along the frontier with China and reiterated India's commitment to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable resolution to the boundary question as he met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Modi said stable, predictable and constructive ties between India and China will contribute significantly to regional as well as global peace and that he was looking forward to meet...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Olympian Jaslal Pradhan will challenge Ajay Singh, who is seeking a third straight term, for the president's post in the much-delayed Boxing Federation of India elections, scheduled for Thursday. According to the final list, Singh, representing the Uttarakhand state unit, will be up against Sikkim Amateur Boxing Association chief Pradhan, who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in the light welterweight category, after the Returning Officer Justice (retd) Rajesh Ta...Read More
Patna: A police officer on security duty was injured on Tuesday when an SUV carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ran over his foot in Bihar's Nawada district.On being informed, Rahul asked the officer to sit in his car and offered him water. The injured policeman, who was later seen limping, had been deployed as part of Rahul's security cover.However, launching a sharp attack on the Congress leader, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, "The dynast did not even get down to check on him."...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta will convene a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review preparations for the upcoming All India Speakers' Conference, officials said. The conference is scheduled for August 24 and 25 at the Delhi Assembly premises, and marks the first time the national capital will host the event. Over the course of two days, deliberations will focus on strengthening parliamentary democracy, refining legislative practices, promoting cooperative fed...Read More
New Delhi: In a bold move to instil national pride and awareness of India's counter-terror capabilities among students, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released two specially designed modules on Operation Sindoor for schoolchildren from Classes 3 to 12. The operation, which is described as more than just a military strike, is framed as a national commitment to peace, justice, and the memory of those who lost their lives in the April 2025 Pahalgam terror att...Read More
Mumbai, August 19: The commuters who were stuck inside the Mumbai Monorail near Mysore Colony station between Chembur and Bhakti Park on Tuesday, due to a power supply issue, are now being rescued by the Mumbai fire brigade. Moreover, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officer said that around 200 passengers are being rescued. According to BMC, the monorail service between Chembur and Bhakti Park was halted due to a technical glitch around 6:15 p.m. Passengers on the monorail contacted ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Retired Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy on Tuesday expressed gratitude towards the INDIA bloc for nominating him as the joint Opposition candidate for the Vice Presidential election and appealed to all Members of Parliament to support his candidature. Thank you for projecting me as a candidate on behalf of the INDIA Alliance. But for (sic) you, it would not have been possible...As a candidate, I would humbly request and appeal to all the Parliamentarian...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): India has raised its concerns with China about the mega dam construction being undertaken by Beijing in the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra river, which will have implications for lower riparian states. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar raised India concerns during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday. The Chinese leader was on a two-day official visit to India at the invitation of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Apart fro...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday extended his greetings to retired Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy, who has been nominated as the joint opposition candidate for the upcoming Vice Presidential elections. I warmly congratulate B Sudershan Reddy Garu on being nominated as the joint opposition candidate for the Vice President of India. A distinguished jurist and champion of justice, he represents the spirit of our Constitution - safeguarding people r...Read More
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 19 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader TKS Elangovan on Tuesday said that the Vice Presidential election is a contest between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and a social justice supporter. He (B Sudershan Reddy) was not a politician, but a judge, who was for social justice. This is a fight between RSS and a social justice supporter. Naturally, it is a clash of policies. CP Radhakrishnan says he was in the RSS from his early years. How can we...Read More
Patna: The ruling NDA in Bihar questioned the purpose of the ongoing 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav when the Election Commission (EC) is following the orders of the Supreme Court where the case against special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar is being heard. BJP also said those flashing a copy of the Constitution were themselves violating it.Senior JD(U) leader and parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on ...Read More
Hyderabad, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday appealed to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N. Chandrababu Naidu and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to support INDIA Alliance candidate B. Sudershan Reddy in the Vice-Presidential election. Invoking Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder and former Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh N.T. Rama Rao (NTR), he urged TDP President Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Deputy CM and Jana Sena President Paw...Read More
Agartala, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Tuesday that on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his government has selected 75 border villages to pay befitting tributes to freedom fighters and warriors who sacrificed their lives for the nation and its people. Addressing the main function to observe the 117th birth Anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan, the Chief Minister said that PM Modi is the first P...Read More
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 19 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader TKS Elangovan on Tuesday said that the Vice Presidential election is a contest between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and a social justice supporter. "He (B Sudershan Reddy) was not a politician, but a judge, who was for social justice. This is a fight between RSS and a social justice supporter. Naturally, it is a clash of policies. CP Radhakrishnan says he was in the RSS from his early years. How can w...Read More