"We are a nuclear power. If we go down, we'll take half the world with us," says Pakistan Army Chief. Pakistan's Army Chief, General Asim Munir, has been on a tour of the United States over several days, which included attendance at a farewell function for the chief of the US Central Command, Gen. Michael Kurilla. The trip is said to be Gen. Munir's second visit in less than two months. While in Tampa (where CENTCOM's HQ base is located), Gen. Munir also spoke at a private event for the Pakist...Read More
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit Moscow for talks with Sergey Lavrov, addressing trade, energy, and cooperation. Discussions will likely cover India's energy procurement from Russia, amid US tariff concerns, and preparations for President Putin's visit. The Ukraine conflict and the need for dialogue will also be on the agenda. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Moscow next week to hold crucial talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, amid some s...Read More
The Delhi High Court has demanded a response from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation following allegations that sanitary pad vending machines in metro stations are faulty. A lawyer, Nikhil Goyal, petitioned for immediate installation of fully operational machines, emphasizing the impact on women commuters' health and rights. The Delhi High Court has called upon the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for a response concerning a plea that highlights the malfunctioning of sanitary pad vending machi...Read More
The schools shall function only in the morning shift in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area, School Education Director said in an official communication late Tuesday. The official announced holidays for all the government and private schools in Warangal, Hanumakonda, Jangaon, Mahabubabad and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri districts. Meanwhile, state Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy directed all irrigation department officials to be stationed at the place of their duty and be fully vig...Read More
The Crime Against Women and Children Wing (CAW&CW) of the Odisha Police on Tuesday asked all SPs to review all pending grievances and fresh grievances of women and girls. Amid a slew of cases in Odisha involving young women setting themselves on fire, the state government has asked police to review women's grievances and take proactive measures. On July 12, a 20-year-old student of a leading government college in Balasore district self-immolated over alleged inaction by authorities over her co...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Describing the state's law and order situation to be 'under control', chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday reaffirmed his govt's priority for women's safety. Reviewing the crime control measures amid concerns raised by opposition parties about alleged lawlessness, Majhi highlighted a decline in major crimes."The chief minister underscored the govt's zero-tolerance stance on women's safety, directing police officers to remain in action mode in enforcing this policy. He direct...Read More
Ramesh Chennithala, Maharashtra Congress in-charge, stated that a decision regarding the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) contesting local body polls together is pending. While the Congress will discuss the possibility of an alliance, Chennithala mentioned the party has no objections to Uddhav and Raj Thackeray joining forces. Aaditya Thackeray emphasized the need for parties to unite to protect democracy. Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala has said there has been no decision yet on wheth...Read More
Fadnavis instructed the administration to take measures to ensure that devotees face no inconvenience during the festival, beginning August 27. "He also expressed the expectation that tableaux based on Operation Sindoor be dedicated to the soldiers," an official statement said. The chief minister instructed the grant of continuous five-year permissions to idol makers, similar to public Ganesh mandals. He said idol makers should renew these permits every year. They should also take advantage o...Read More
The Central government introduced regulatory relaxations to enable the issuance of visas within a day, given proper submission of all documents, stated a release. Furthermore, two new portals--District Police Module (DPM) and Foreigners Identification Portal (FIP) were launched to strengthen the monitoring of illegal immigrants and foreigners overstaying their visas. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Kumar Sanjay, in a review meeting held on Wednesday with senior officials of the F...Read More
Two Union ministers -- Suresh Gopi and George Kurian -- visited the family of a 23-year-old woman in Kothamangalam on Wednesday, who allegedly took her own life, reportedly due to harassment by her lover, a day after the party described it as the "biggest example of forced religious conversion." IMAGE: Union minister George Kurian (third from left) meets family members of 23-year-old suicide victim, Sona, in Kothamangalam, Kerala, August 13, 2025. Photograph: Courtesy George Kurian on X They a...Read More
Agartala, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Tuesday that parents should pay special attention to their children in the fight against drugs. The Chief Minister also emphasised that Red Ribbon Clubs should be increased in schools and colleges to fight HIV/AIDS, because if everyone works together, Tripura can be made an HIV-free state. Addressing the state-level 'Bell of Awareness program' organised by the Tripura State AIDS Control Society on the occasion of Inter...Read More
Telangana government has ordered half-day schools in the GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) area for today and tomorrow, that is, August 13 and 14. The Indian Meteorological Department has announced that Telangana will experience very heavy rains for two days, Wednesday and Thursday. The government and officials are on alert and have declared holidays for schools in Warangal, Hanmakonda, Mahabubabad, Janagama, Yadadri, and Bhuvanagiri districts on these days. In these districts, th...Read More
In 1982, the Centre had asked all state governments not to use the term 'harijan' to refer to Dalits. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The Odisha government has directed all departments to stop using the term harijan in communications * Scheduled caste should be used instead of harijan per Article 341 of the Constitution * The order applies to official communications, records, caste certificates, publications and many more Did our AI summary help? Let us know. ...Read More
Independence Day 2025: As India is gearing up to celebrate its 79th Independence Day on Friday, August 15, 2025, President Droupadi Murmu will deliver her address to the nation on Thursday evening. This will be President Murmu's fourth address on Independence Day eve, and will be streamed live across the nation. The address will be broadcast live in Hindi, followed by the English version. For those who prefer to listen in regional languages, the address will be broadcast in various regional la...Read More
The yatra began on July 3 and was suspended from August 3 due to heavy rainfall in Kashmir. More tha 4.14 lakh devotees took part in the yatra. Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated all security forces, Amarnathji Shrine Board, Jammu-Kashmir administration and voluntary organisations for their contribution in making the annual Amarnath Yatra safe and smooth. The yatra began on July 3 and was scheduled to conclude on August 9 on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. However, authorities decided...Read More
DMK party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * DMK accuses Election Commission of aiding BJP in mass voter deletions in Bihar under SIR process * DMK condemns removal of 65 lakh voters despite Supreme Court's warnings against mass deletions * DMK MPs met Chief Election Commissioner seeking reforms in voter roll verification and election transparency Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Tamil ...Read More
This decision was taken at a special meeting chaired by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena at the Raj Niwas. The meeting was attended by Gupta, office bearers of the Delhi Ramleela Federation, and senior officials from relevant departments. This year, the Ramlila in the capital will be held from September 22 to October 2. According to the chief minister, around 600 Ramleela performances take place in Delhi, of which 100 are conducted on a grand scale. Gupta said that a single window system is now ...Read More
Chennai, August 31: A tense standoff between Chennai's sanitation workers and authorities culminated in a late-night police operation to clear protesters from outside the Ripon Building, following a Madras High Court directive. The eviction marks a dramatic escalation in the week-long protest by workers demanding job security and opposing privatization of garbage collection services. Midnight Eviction After Failed Negotiations As darkness fell on Wednesday, the area surrounding the Greater Che...Read More
Hyderabad: The Commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, RV Karnan, has declared that the GHMC is fully prepared to handle any disastrous events following Indian Meteorological Department's warnings regarding upcoming heavy rainfall. On Wednesday, the Commissioner conducted an inspection of the control room at the GHMC headquarters. He asked about the complaints received and assessed the operations of the control room. Karnan instructed the control room staff to remain vigila...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Heavy rain lashed several parts of Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region (NCR) in the early hours of Thursday. Areas including Lajpat Nagar, RK Puram, Lodhi Road, and Delhi-Haryana border witnessed intense showers. Earlier, heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Delhi on Tuesday. Areas including Minto Bridge, Vijay Chowk, Moti Bagh flyover, Rafi Marg, and Nizamuddin flyover witnessed intense showers. According to the India Meteorological Departm...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): In their relentless efforts to counter cross-border smuggling of narcotics, vigilant Border Security Forces (BSF) troops in collaboration with the Punjab Police recovered a drone with heroin on the Tarn Taran border, the BSF said in a release on Wednesday. Public Relations Officer, Punjab Frontier, Border Security Force (BSF) said, Today (August 13), based on BSF intelligence, 01 DJI AIR 3 S drone with 01 packet of heroin (Gross weight- 600 Grams) was recover...Read More
CHENNAI: Pointing to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar that stripped citizens of their voting rights and the alleged 'vote theft' in favour of the BJP, a meeting of DMK district secretaries adopted a resolution condemning the BJP-led union government and the 'partiality' of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The meeting was held at the party headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, on Wednesday to discuss the 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu', the membership drive initiative of th...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday said the overall law and order situation in the State was well under control and his government has zero-tolerance policy in the field of women's safety. The Chief Minister, at a meeting with senior officers, reviewed the law and order situation and instructed the police to take all necessary measures so that the general public feels safe. "The meeting revealed that the law and order situation in the State is under control due to ...Read More
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has alleged massive voters' list fraud in Kerala, drawing a comparison to the irregularities exposed recently by Rahul Gandhi at the national level. In a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, Chennithala recalled that in March 2021, he had brought out evidence of widespread fake and duplicate votes in the state ahead of the assembly elections. He said a scrutiny of the final voters' list published by the Election Commi...Read More
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court prima facie disagreed on Wednesday with the argument that the Election Commission had no authority to conduct an intensive revision of electoral rolls and observed that it was within the sole domain of the poll panel to decide when and how to conduct the exercise. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi also said that the SIR being conducted in Bihar is voter friendly and not exclusionary.The bench's remark came when senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, app...Read More
Hyderabad/New Delhi: In a major reform aimed at streamlining travel and immigration processes, the central government has announced that visas can now be issued within a single day, provided all required documents are submitted. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar chaired a high-level review meeting with senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Department at North Block on Wednesday, focusing on visa simplification and enhanced monitoring of illegal immigrants. Officials ...Read More
Delhi news: Woman alleged she was raped by four men at a party after consuming alcohol. Four men allegedly gangraped a 24-year-old woman at a party in north Delhi's Civil Lines on Sunday night, police said on Tuesday. According to the Hindustan Times, a police officer said on Monday that the woman alleged she was raped by four men at a party after consuming alcohol. She's reportedly employed with a Gurugram-based firm. "In her complaint, she said she received a call from a male friend on Sund...Read More
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked all its departments, public and educational institutes and others to stop using the term 'harijan' in communications, officials said on Wednesday. The government suggested to the authorities concerned that words like 'Scheduled Caste' in English and 'anusuchita jati' in Odia or other national languages should be used to "denote persons belonging to Scheduled Castes as notified under Article 341 of the Constitution", according to a letter issued on Aug...Read More
Kendrapara: Police on Wednesday arrested four more persons for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Kendrapara district. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to five. Police on Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old close relative of the survivor, who allegedly lured her to a secluded location where she was assaulted by the five men. All five have been booked under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Protection of Children f...Read More
New Delhi: A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court is set to hear on Thursday the suo motu case titled 'In Re: City hounded by strays, kids pay price', amid an ongoing debate surrounding the relocation of stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region. Animal rights activists, celebrities, and several political figures have raised objections to the order, stressing that Delhi and other cities in the National Capital Region such as Noida and Gurugram do not possess adequate infrastructure to carry out a la...Read More