New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Former diplomat Vikas Swarup on Wednesday warned that the US is making a 'strategic mistake' by strengthening ties with Pakistan, a country closely aligned with China, a strategic competitor of the US. In an interview with ANI, Swarup, a former High Commissioner to Canada, said, 'I think it's a strategic mistake on the part of the US that you are getting into bed with Pakistan, which is in bed with China. China is the US' strategic competitor.' Swarup's comm...Read More
Hyderabad: Heavy rains lashed several districts across Telangana on Wednesday, throwing normal life out of gear as lakes and canals overflowed, roads were damaged and vehicular traffic was disrupted. Two deaths were reported from erstwhile Karimnagar district due to the downpour. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Medak, Sangareddy and Vikarabad districts for Thursday (August 14, 2025), warning of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall. The IMD has also advised the...Read More
New Delhi: India's trade negotiators will meet later this month to draw up the strategy for the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference and prepare for the country's eighth trade policy review (TPR) at the global watchdog next year, officials said. The commerce and industry ministry is organising a WTO retreat in New Delhi amid the global trade turmoil and a dysfunctional dispute settlement body of the WTO, they said. "A retreat is being planned in the week of August 25. The...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said that Singapore is a key partner in India's Act East Policy, MAHASAGAR Vision and Indo-Pacific Vision and the two countries have a strong partnerships in the areas of trade, investment, defence, culture, education, and people-to-people exchanges. The President made the remarks during a meeting with the ministerial Delegation from Singapore, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore ...Read More
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 13 (ANI): In a Savarkar defamation case against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, his lawyer Milind Pawar on Wednesday said that he will withdraw the plea claiming threat to life to the Leader of Opposition. This comes after Rahul Gandhi raised strong exception to the contents of the application filed by his lawyer, Pawar, who told a Pune court that there was a threat to the Congress leader life from the followers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Pawar had filed the prev...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 13 (ANI): In the wake of the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi allegations of fake votes against the Election Commission of India (ECI), Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday demanded answers from the EC on what happened in Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency. Speaking to reporters, Kharge said, We have put forward our point on the basis of what Rahul Gandhi had said earlier that the Election Commission is not free and...Read More
Pune, Aug 13 (PTI) Satyaki Savarkar, the complainant in a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi over his alleged comments against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, has filed an application before the court seeking to prosecute the Congress leader for 'perjury' or lying under oath. The plea, filed before the special court for MPs and MLAs, accused Gandhi of making "false and misleading statements" regarding the receipt of a video clip which, Satyaki claimed, contained defamatory remarks made by Gandhi ab...Read More
Lucknow, Aug 13 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said the Samajwadi Party (SP) never cared for Dalits and the backward classes when it was in power. Speaking in a 24-hour discussion in the Assembly on 'Viksit Bharat-Viksit Uttar Pradesh, Atmanirbhar Bharat-Atmanirbhar Uttar Pradesh,' Maurya also accused the SP of lacking a comprehensive vision for inclusive development. "From 2012 to 2017, when I was also a member of this House, SP never remembered Da...Read More
New Delhi: Stray dogs being fed on a roadside at KG Marg, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.Source : PTI New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) The MCD has picked up 100 stray dogs so far since the Supreme Court order on relocating canines, and converted the city's 20 Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres into shelter homes, Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said on Wednesday. The MCD also identified an 85-acre plot in outer Delhi to shelter more strays, Singh said. Talking to PTI, Singh said the civic body has star...Read More
Hyderabad, August 13: All Irrigation Department officers in Telangana have been ordered to stay at their stations, maintain round-the-clock vigil at dams, reservoirs, canals, and tanks, and act immediately to prevent breaches as the state braces for days of heavy to very heavy rain. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Irrigation, Food & Civil Supplies Minister Capt N. Uttam Kumar Reddy issued the emergency directives on Wednesday, authorising engineers to bypass red tape and use funds instantly for fl...Read More
Lucknow: As India celebrates its 79th year of Independence, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the state's 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign on Tuesday from his official residence in Lucknow. He led a Tiranga Yatra through the streets, accompanied by cabinet colleagues and public representatives, including Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak. The campaign, which runs from August 13-15, is a tribute to freedom fighters and brave soldiers. Before the march, the Chief Minister intera...Read More
Imphal: Former CM of Manipur N Biren Singh, along with governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, MLAs, and senior officials, paid floral tributes to Bir Tikendrajit and other heroes at the state-level event commemorating the fallen freedom fighters of the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891, reports Ngathingkhui Jagoi.Patriots' Day is annually observed in the state on Aug 13 to commemorate the hanging of Bir Tikendrajit and Thangal General in 1891 for waging war against the British Raj.Speaking on the sidelines of the ...Read More
4 Indian Batters In ICC ODI Top 10 Rankings: Shubman Gill Leads, Rohit Sharma Regains Spot At... - Check List In a controversial development, the US and Pakistan have issued a joint counterterrorism statement following talks in Islamabad between President Donald Trump's administration and Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir. The statement, part of the Pakistan-US Counter-Terrorism Dialogue, pledged cooperation against groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), ISIS-Khorasan and Tehr...Read More
Jamshedpur: A Maoist area commander was gunned down by security forces in the Saranda forest area of West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said in a statement.The deceased extremist was identified as Arun alias Nilesh Makdam, a native of Konta police station limits in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. Accused in six cases of the Arms Act, the UAPA Act, the CLA Act, besides BNS sections, Arun was wanted by the police of six police stations in the district since 2019, it added."We recieved in...Read More
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has expressed serious concern over China's expanding naval presence and strategic infrastructure in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The committee on external affairs, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, was of the view that the expanding Chinese presence in the IOR highlighted the risks it poses to India's national security and regional influence. The panel called for strengthening the maritime strategy to counter the Chinese expansion and Influence in...Read More
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, directed all states and Union Territories to immediately identify and release all convicts who are still in prison despite having completed their sentences. The Bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice K V Viswanathan was hearing a plea by Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan who has served his 20-year sentence in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, even without considering remission. The Bench further instructed that its order be sent to the member secreta...Read More
New Delhi: India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty came after Pakistan-backed terrorists killed innocent tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. According to the reports, the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government is in massive distress over the decision. Islamabad has once again appealed for the immediate restoration of the treaty. India and Pakistan had signed this treaty in 1960, and it had remained in effect ever since. Pakistan's latest statement comes after its Army Chief Asim...Read More
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 12 (ANI): The monsoon season has taken a tragic toll in Himachal Pradesh, with the death count rising to 229. This includes 119 fatalities from rain-related incidents like landslides, flash floods, and house collapses, along with 110 deaths resulting from road accidents since June 20. The impact of heavy rains has severely crippled public infrastructure across the state, with 395 roads, 669 electricity distribution transformers (DTRs), and 529 water sup...Read More
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday carried out searches at eight locations in Srinagar in connection with the 1990 abduction and killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat. The searches, which were still underway, are linked to FIR No 56/1990 registered at Police Station Nigeen, Srinagar, now being investigated by SIA Kashmir. According to an SIA press release, the case pertains to the killing of a Kashmiri ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Congress MP Manickam Tagore targeted the Election Commission of India, accusing former Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and incumbent Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of undermining the democratic process. Tagore alleged that the Election Commission has become a department of the BJP, citing irregularities such as the case of Minta Devi, a first-time voter listed as 124 years old. He demanded a parliamentary discussion on the Special Intensive Rev...Read More
Golaghat (Assam) [India], August 12 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his Assamese counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday attended the passing out parade of 700 recruits of the Goa Police from the 1st, 2nd & 3rd India Reserve Battalions at Lachit Barphukan Police Academy, in Assam Dergaon. Speaking to the reporters, Goa CM Pramod Sawant thanked Himanta Biswa Sarma for training Goa police recruits in Assam police academy. I thank Himanta Biswa Sarma that on a request from the Goa ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the Opposition parties under the INDIA bloc continued their protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal launched a sharp attack, accusing them of "lying, running from accountability, and engaging in hit-and-run politics". Responding to the INDIA bloc MPs protesting at Makar Dwar in Parliament on Tuesday over alleged voter exclusion and vote theft, Pal questioned the opposition's refusal to attend a...Read More
Shillong, August 12: Meghalaya Police has taken custody of three Bangladesh nationals, including a serving police constable and a "dismissed" army personnel, who allegedly infiltrated India through South West Khasi Hills district on August 8. The trio, along with three others already in custody, is suspected to be part of a larger group of eight to nine infiltrators who crossed over at Rongdongai village with arms and communication devices. Their motive is still under investigation. A local co...Read More
New Delhi, August 12: Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday strongly criticised the Central government for remaining silent on Israel's military actions in Palestine, asserting that such inaction amounts to complicity. Taking to X, she wrote, "The Israeli state is committing genocide. It has murdered over 60,000 people, 18,430 of whom were children. It has starved hundreds to death, including many children, and is threatening to starve millions." "Enabling these crimes by silence...Read More
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet should resign and the Lok Sabha be dissolved if the Election Commission says there are discrepancies in the electoral rolls. Banerjee, who is the national general secretary of TMC and considered the number two in the Mamata Banerjee-led party, said that the "EC cannot selectively say" that the voter list is fine in some states such as Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, but not...Read More
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday constituted a three-member committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma. The panel will be headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Aravind Kumar, with Madras High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and jurist B V Acharya as members. The decision follows an in-house inquiry report that found Justice Varma guilty in connection with the "cash discovery" incident at his officia...Read More
New Delhi: Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday reacted to the Supreme Court's directive to remove all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR, calling it a step backward from decades of humane, science-backed policy. Taking to social media platform X, LoP Gandhi said, "The SC's directive to remove all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR is a step back from decades of humane, science-backed policy." He added, "These voiceless souls are not 'problems' to be erased. Shelte...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday strongly criticised the Central government for remaining silent on Israel's military actions in Palestine, asserting that such inaction amounts to complicity. Taking to X, she wrote, "The Israeli state is committing genocide. It has murdered over 60,000 people, 18,430 of whom were children. It has starved hundreds to death, including many children, and is threatening to starve millions." "Enabling these cri...Read More
Kolkata, Aug 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee, said on Tuesday that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) proposed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) was acceptable only if the current Parliament is dissolved. "If I agree with you that SIR was necessary since there were manipulations in the voters' list, then you will also have to accept that the last Lok Sabha elections were conducted with that manipu...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned until 12 noon following a noisy protest by Opposition members, who accused the government of voter fraud and demanded the withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar. The disruption began as soon as Speaker Om Birla commenced the Question Hour at 11 am. Opposition members raised slogans, alleging voter fraud and calling for the withdrawal of the SIR process. Many were seen holding placards with anti-SIR slo...Read More