MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's monetary policy committee members flagged evolving risks from global trade tensions and tariffs as a key drag on growth but said the economy remains resilient with the inflation outlook benign, minutes of the August meeting showed on Wednesday. The Reserve Bank of India held its key repo rate steady at 5.50% earlier this month, after cutting rates by 100 basis points so far in 2025. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to retain a "neutral" stanc...Read More
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday alleged that BJP leaders Kiren Rijiju and Ravneet Singh Bittu, both Union ministers, "assaulted" its female MPs in the Lok Sabha amid the chaos that ensued after Home Minister Amit Shah tabled three contentious bills proposing the removal of the Prime Minister and chief ministers if they are jailed for 30 consecutive days. Actor-turned-politician Satabdi Roy, a four-time MP from Birbhum, and Arambagh MP Mitali Bag levelled the allegations, saying...Read More
MUMBAI: In a jolt to the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS, their panel has lost all 21 seats in the election to the BEST Employees Cooperative Credit Society Ltd, a platform where the two parties came together amid a buzz about a pan-Maharashtra alliance. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused the Sena (UBT)-MNS of politicising the credit society polls around the "Thackeray brand". The defeat prompted the BJP to mock the "Thackeray brand", saying it has turned to 'zero'. Sena (UBT) le...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 20(ANI): The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP N.K. Premachandran on Wednesday criticised the government for introducing the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 in haste, calling it bulldozing of legislation and alleging that the draft was not circulated among members. Speaking to ANI, Premachandran said, It is quite unfortunate on the part of the Government in bringing such a Bill. The Bill was not circulated among the Members. So, our s...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday condemned the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, calling it an attack on the entire democracy. In a post on social media X, the CM wrote that the act was not only condemnable but also unacceptable, further stating that strict action must be taken against the culprits. दिल्ली की माननीय मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती @gupta_rekha जी पर जनसुनवाई के दौरान हुआ हमला समूचे लोकतंत्र पर हमला है। इस प्रकार क...Read More
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and Kiren Rijiju assaulted the female MPs of Mamata Banerjee-led party, which happened at the time when Home minister Amit Shah tabled three contentious bills proposing the removal of Prime Minister and chief ministers jailed for 30 consecutive days.TMC MP Mitali Bagh claimed, "While we were protesting against the bill, union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and Kiren ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on Wednesday issued a showcase notice to the Centre for Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for allegedly manipulating data related to the Maharashtra elections. In a post on social media X, ICSSR alleged that CSDS had also published media stories based on a biased interpretation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being conducted by the Election Commission of India. It has come to the notic...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against 150 people for staging a protest at Dadar Kabutarkhana to oppose the Mumbai civic body's attempt to stop pigeon-feeding at the spot, police said on Wednesday. The first information report was registered at the Dadar police station five days ago for unlawful assembly, mischief and disobeying orders issued by the police commissioner under relevant sections of BNS and Maharashtra Police Act, an official said. On August 6, hundreds of people ...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) In a jolt to the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS, their panel has lost all 21 seats in the election to the BEST Employees Cooperative Credit Society Ltd, a platform where the two parties came together amid a buzz about a pan-Maharashtra alliance. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused the Sena (UBT)-MNS of politicising the credit society polls around the "Thackeray brand". The defeat prompted the BJP to mock the "Thackeray brand", saying it has turned to 'zero'. ...Read More
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the state government, in its cabinet meeting, accepted Justice H N Nagamohan Das's recommendations on internal reservation to the Scheduled Castes (SC) with certain modifications, including providing six per cent internal quota to the communities identified by the Commission as 'Left-Hand castes'. Siddaramaiah told the Assembly that as soon as the internal reservation order is issued, recruitment processes will comm...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana government's ambitious Musi river rejuvenation project will bring Old City's glory back and help the city compete with global cities like Tokyo said chief minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August 20. He added that "forces" that are obstructing the development and the Musi river and other projects like Future City are his enemies. Speaking after laying the foundation stone to Integrated Sub Registrar and District Registrar Office at Gachibowli, the Telangana CM stated...Read More
Mumbai Rain News: A 17-year-old boy died after being electrocuted while walking through floodwaters in Bhandup during heavy rain on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The victim was identified as Deepak Pillai, a resident of Pannalal Compound. He was walking home along LBS Marg when he came in contact with an exposed high-tension wire belonging to MahaVitaran (MSEDCL). According to the reports, Pillai was wearing headphones and listening to music. Residents tried to warn him, but he could not hear the...Read More
Ahmedabad: A Class-X student of a prominent school in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, died on Wednesday, a day after he was stabbed by a junior. As news of the death spread, parents gathered outside the gate of the Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Secondary School in Khokhra and staged a protest. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) - the students' wing of the BJP - lent support to the protesters and demanded action against school authorities. The incident occurred on Tuesday outside the main gate of ...Read More
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has officially approved the renaming of Jalalabad, a town in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, to Parshurampuri on Wednesday. The decision was communicated via a letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the UP Chief Secretary, stating that the central government has "no objection" to the name change. Union Minister Jitin Prasada, who hails from Shahjahanpur, called it a "moment of pride for the Sanatani society", expressing gratitude to Amit Sh...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Strongly backing India in the face of mounting US trade pressure, Charge d'Affaires of Russia in India Roman Babushkin on Wednesday asserted that Moscow will remain New Delhi's reliable partner regardless of Western criticism or sanctions. Addressing reporters in New Delhi, Babushkin remarked, "If the West criticises you, it means you are doing everything right. We don't expect India to stop buying Russian oil. This is a true strategic partnership -- we are co...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Retirement fund body EPFO recorded a 13.46 per cent year-on-year growth in net member addition of 21.89 lakh in June, according to the latest payroll data released on Wednesday. The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) provisional payroll data for June 2025 showed a net addition of 21.89 lakh members, marking the highest recorded addition since payroll data tracking began in April 2018, a labour ministry statement said. On a month-on-month basis, net payroll ...Read More
Chandigarh, Aug 20 (PTI) The Haryana government is going to hand over the probe into the death of a 19-year-old teacher in Bhiwani last week to the CBI following public outrage and amid calls in the woman's village for an indefinite protest if the probe is not handed over to the premier investigating agency. Manisha's body was found in a field in Bhiwani on August 13. She had gone missing on August 11 after leaving the school, purportedly to enquire about admission at a nursing college. Chief ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) The country's 22nd Indian Institute of Management (IIM) is set to be established in Guwahati with an investment of Rs 555 crore, as Parliament cleared a Bill in this regard on Wednesday, with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan saying the new institution will start admitting students from the current academic year itself. The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by the Rajya Sabha with a voice vote even as the Opposition staged a walk...Read More
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court has granted major relief to Abbas Ansari, the disqualified MLA from Mau Sadar and son of gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, by setting aside the lower court's order in the hate speech case on Wednesday. The Mau MLA, who had earlier lost his assembly membership after a conviction, will now be reinstated following the High Court order. The Mau MP/MLA Court had sentenced Ansari to two-year imprisonment on May 31, 2024, in connection with the alleged h...Read More
Mumbai, August 20: Did Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who appears to be at a political crossroads in his relationship with party leadership after praising PM Narendra Modi, again differed from the party line over a bill proposing forced ousting of jailed Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers facing criminal charges? The Thiruvananthapuram MP has issued a clarification after several media reports claimed he supported the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill 2025. Several media outlets on Wed...Read More
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the Congress-led government had "put Rs 1 lakh crore directly into the pockets of the poor" through various public welfare schemes. Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state unit chief, made the remark at the state party office here during the celebration of the birth anniversaries of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs. "Our government has been running guarantee schemes f...Read More
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the Congress-led government had "put Rs 1 lakh crore directly into the pockets of the poor" through various public welfare schemes. Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state unit chief, made the remark at the state party office here during the celebration of the birth anniversaries of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs. "Our government has been run...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vivek Thakur on Wednesday criticised Rahul Gandhi led 'Voter adhikar yatra' in poll bound Bihar, with the BJP leader claiming that the state is being treated like a 'tourist spot' to be visited only during elections. Hitting out at the Congress MP, Thakur said that it has become a 'habit' of Gandhi to have disruptive thinking. 'It has become their habit to talk with disruptive thinking. Bihar is very ahead in political thinking, the...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Hailing the positive response to his 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in poll-bound Bihar, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi expressed confidence on Wednesday that the entire country will also be resisting 'election chori' (election theft). Speaking to reporters at Parliament premises, the Congress leader said, 'The response is very good. Everyone is now saying 'vote chori' in Bihar. This is reality. Attempt of 'election chori' is being made...Read More
Agartala, Aug 20 (UNI) Tripura Congress President Asish Kumar Saha today said that at a time when unrest and divisive politics are spreading across the nation under Modi's rule, Congress will remain steadfast in following the path shown by late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to restore peace, harmony, and unity in the country after offering floral tributes on the occasion of 81st birth anniversary of Gandhi. He said the Congress continues to draw inspiration from the late Prime Minister's vision o...Read More
The BJP has targeted the Congress's 'vote chori' campaign after Sanjay Kumar's apology ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Sanjay Kumar of CSDS apologised and deleted tweets on voter data errors in Maharashtra polls * Claims of sharp voter changes in constituencies were based on misread data from 2024 polls, he said * BJP accused Congress of spreading fake narratives using unverified CSDS data Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: ...Read More
Special judge Vishal Gogne is hearing arguments on charges against the accused persons, including the former railway minister and others. Of the 103 accused persons in the case, four have died. Appearing for Devi, senior advocate Maninder Singh, said there was "a complete disconnect between the land and jobs" in the case, as money was paid to parties after purchasing land. "When money has been paid, at most, it can be alleged that land was bought at cheap rates. There is no quid pro quo. Sale...Read More
The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, or NCPCR, that challenged a 2022 Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict granting protection to a (then) 16-year-old Muslim girl and her 30-year-old husband. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court order that said a girl who reaches puberty, or is over 15, is 'competent' enough to marry the person of her choice under Muslim personal law, irrespective of provisions of the Protection ...Read More
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged that the Election Commission of India is working with the ruling party. He claimed the ECI threatened the opposition instead of addressing concerns about vote irregularities. Siddaramaiah questioned the ECI's handling of voter data and CCTV footage. He also raised concerns about voter surges and the ECI's opposition to transparency measures. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of "colluding"...Read More
The High Court of Manipur has affirmed the right of transgender individuals to update their name and gender in educational certificates and other official documents. The ruling was delivered by Justice A. Guneshwar Sharma in the case of 'Dr. Beoncy Laishram versus The State of Manipur & Others'. Dr. Beoncy Laishram, a 32-year-old transgender woman and MBBS degree holder, approached the court seeking to update her name from 'Boboi Laishram' to 'Beoncy Laishram' and her gender from 'male' to 'fe...Read More