Kolkata, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on Sunday, condemned the BJP after a letter from Delhi Police referred to Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language". Both described the issue of such language by the Delhi Police as "anti-national" and "unconstitutional". In a social media post, the Chief Minister said the move was an insult to Bengali-speaking people in the country. She also urged Bengalis natio...Read More
Imphal: Manipur was awarded the best among North Eastern states in organ donation and transplant at the 15th Indian Organ Donation Day, observed under the aegis of the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in New Delhi on Saturday. The Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (ROTTO) organised the event, which Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda attended. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowled...Read More
Patna: The CPI(ML) on Sunday has writte to the Election Commission of India (ECI) pointing out serious anomalies, including cases of the Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number being changed in the draft electoral roll published as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, asking how could it happen. It also gave numerous examples of deletion of voters despite being alive and kicking, and instances of multiple listing in SIR, which, according to the ECI, was necessitated...Read More
New Delhi: The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police arrested a man convicted for kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old child in 1993. The accused, Raj Kishore alias Bade Lalla of Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh, had been on the run for 26 years. He had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of the child in 1996. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said, "In 1999, the Delhi High Court granted him a six-week parole, but he never retur...Read More
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday sharply criticised the Delhi Police for a controversial reference to Bengali as the "Bangladeshi language," calling it an insult to the language and its speakers. TMC shared a letter from a Delhi Police inspector requesting a translator for what was labeled "Bangladeshi language" in a statement on X. The police official also mentioned the arrest of eight individuals under suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India. "Is...Read More
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel outlines a comprehensive urban development plan for the state, urging cities to prepare visionary roadmaps. This initiative, forming part of Urban Development Year-2025, seeks to foster healthy competition and set a national benchmark in urban development. The plan emphasizes sustainability, infrastructure, and citizen-centric technology advances. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has called on metropolitan cities and towns across the state to craft t...Read More
The cancellation comes from Indian reactions to US tariffs, Russian defense ties, and a preference for domestic military production over foreign hardware purchases. Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump opened the door to India purchasing the fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. However, New Delhi has all but slammed shut that door, after Trump also announced a 25 percent tariff on Indian goods that was to go into effect on Friday. Indian officials were reportedly "shocke...Read More
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated that BJP addressed the Prajwal Revanna case. He emphasized that wrongdoers should face legal consequences. Joshi responded to Congress allegations of BJP's silence due to the JD(S) alliance. He cited instances of Congress members involved in crimes. Prajwal Revanna received a life sentence and fine in a rape case. Hubballi (Karnataka), Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said the BJP was never silent on former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who got life impriso...Read More
Ujjain, Aug 3 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday said 1.27 crore beneficiaries of the Ladli Behna Yojana will get Rs 250 in their bank accounts on August 7 as a Raksha Bandhan gift, which he described as a "small token of love from a brother". This amount is over and above the Rs 1250 beneficiaries of the state's flagship scheme get every month, he added while addressing a Raksha Bandhan celebration organised by women working at 'Best Lifestyle' company here. "Every woma...Read More
New Delhi, August 3: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will commence operations "very soon," and it will reduce travel time between the two cities to just 2 hours and 7 minutes. Talking to reporters at the Bhavnagar terminus in Gujarat, after virtually flagging off three trains: the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express, and Jabalpur-Raipur Express, Vaishnaw stated that the bullet train project is moving quickly. Mumbai's ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. In a social media post on X, Rashtrapati Bhavan wrote, Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Pr...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is closely monitoring the flood situation in Uttar Pradesh, issuing timely directives to ensure effective relief efforts. Acting on his instructions, state ministers are inspecting affected areas, while Relief Commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami informed that floods have impacted 37 tehsils and 402 villages, affecting 84,392 people. Of these, 47,906 have received assistance, and 2,759 animals have been ...Read More
Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is anti-national and only supports the Muslims of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign meeting in Bodoland Territorial Region, Sarma also claimed that the Congress does "not respect icons of Assam", like the Kamakhya temple and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. "Rahul Gandhi is an anti-India person. He is only with Bangladeshi and P...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Left MP from Bihar who challenged the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in the Supreme Court has come under a cloud amid reports that his wife was registered as a voter in two separate Assembly constituencies with two distinct EPIC numbers, election office sources said on Sunday. Petitioner and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation MP Sudama Prasad's wife, Shobha Devi, allegedly had two EPIC numbers - RGX3264140 and WVA03...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The Election Commission on Sunday dismissed as false former Union minister P Chidambaram's claim about "adding" of 6.5 lakh voters in Tamil Nadu and said it was absurd to connect the ongoing special intensive revision in Bihar with Tamil Nadu, where SIR has not been rolled out yet. Raising questions on SIR, Chidambaram in his posts on X suggested that migrant workers were being registered as voters in Tamil Nadu and called it a gross interference in the right of the elect...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Sunday questioned as to why the police could not arrest the perpetrators of the seven blasts that rocked the country's financial capital, Mumbai. Addressing media persons, he said, "Terrorists commit the heinous act and escape, and the police fail to nab them. It is a slap on our capability." When asked about his take on the terms "Hindu terrorism" and "saffron terrorism", he said, "Terrorism has n...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Krishan Kumar, a Superintendent of Customs posted at the Air Cargo Complex in Sahar, Mumbai, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10.2 lakh from a Customs House Agent (CHA) firm. The arrest was made during a trap operation on August 2, 2025, after a detailed verification and surveillance process. According to a CBI press release issued on Sunday, the case was registered against Krishan Kumar...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 34.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 0.7 degrees below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Heavy rains lashed the city on Sunday morning, leading to waterlogging in several areas, including Deoli, Panchkuian Road, Moti Bagh, ITO, Mukherjee Nagar and Pul Prahladpur. As per the IMD, Delhi witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall in various areas between Saturday night and Sunday morning...Read More
Hyderabad, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former Telangana minister K.T. Rama Rao on Sunday cautioned people that if they vote for the ruling Congress party in by-elections, it would stop even the existing welfare schemes. He strongly criticised the Congress party's 20-month rule in Telangana, calling it incompetent, anarchic, and riddled with corruption. Rama Rao was addressing a meeting of party workers from the Jubilee Hills constituency, where the...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Amid the claims over deletion of names from the voters' list in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday said that not a single claim or objection has been filed by any political party since the publication of the draft electoral rolls on August 1. 'From 1 August 2025 (3 PM) till 3 August (3 PM), all political parties put together have filed zero claims and objections for the addition of the names of eligible electors and deletion of the names o...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. In a social media post on X, Rashtrapati Bhavan wrote, "Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan." Also Read | Tejashwi Yadav Asked To Produce His '2nd' Voter ID Card a Day After RJD Leader Claimed His Name 'Missing in Bihar Draft Electoral Roll'. https://x.com/rashtrapatibh...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is closely monitoring the flood situation in Uttar Pradesh, issuing timely directives to ensure effective relief efforts. Acting on his instructions, state ministers are inspecting affected areas, while Relief Commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami informed that floods have impacted 37 tehsils and 402 villages, affecting 84,392 people. Of these, 47,906 have received assistance, and 2,759 animals have been ...Read More
NCP-SCP MLA Jitendra Awhad ignited controversy by asserting that Sanatan Dharma has "ruined India" and labeling its ideology as "perverted," following the acquittal of all accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts. BJP MP Sambit Patra criticized the Congress party's use of terms like "saffron terror." The NIA court acquitted all seven accused due to lack of evidence. NCP-SCP MLA Jitendra Awhad has sparked a fresh row by saying that Sanatan Dharma has "ruined India" and calling its ideology "perverted...Read More
Agartala: The high commissioner of Bangladesh to India, M Riaz Hamidullah, arrived in Agartala on Friday for a three-day visit to review bilateral issues related to Tripura. This is the first time since the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina govt in Aug last year that a top diplomat of Bangladesh has visited Tripura. The people-to-people relationship, which was built over a decade under Hasina's regime, frayed under Muhammad Yunus's administration, and the border between the two countries became host...Read More
Intel failure on range of China-made PL-15 missile central to downing of India's Rafale jet-sources * Shootdown of Rafale had raised questions about effectiveness of Western hardware against Chinese alternatives * Pakistan claims successful electronic warfare assault though India disputes scale * Outcome of the battle ignites interest from other countries in purchasing Chinese fighter jets By Saeed Shah and Shivam Patel ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, August 2 (Reuters) - Just after midnight on May...Read More
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has accused the Election Commission of attempting to manipulate the electoral landscape of states. He alleges the Bihar voter revision exercise is disenfranchising voters while Tamil Nadu is illegally adding voters. Chidambaram asserts that these actions constitute an abuse of power that must be challenged through political and legal means. Amid the raging row over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, senior Congress leader P Chidambar...Read More
Patna: Outpatient and elective services at AIIMS-Patna were brought to a standstill on Friday as over 600 resident doctors boycotted work following a violent altercation involving Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. Emergency services also experienced partial disruption. In response to the incident, which took place on the night of July 30, the AIIMS-Patna administration has constituted a fact-finding committee to determine the sequence of events and recommend appropriate action.The confrontation between ...Read More
The Congress party plans a protest regarding electoral roll manipulation in Bengaluru. H Nagesh sought a complaint copy from the Chief Electoral Officer. The CEO's office denied receiving the complaint. Congress alleges voter list fraud during the 2023 elections. Rahul Gandhi is expected to join the demonstration. The party claims bogus names were added and genuine voters were deleted. Ahead of Congress party's planned protest on August 5 over alleged manipulation of electoral rolls in Bengalur...Read More
A man from Madhya Pradesh danced at his friend's funeralHis friend had asked him to bid farewell with dance and joyA video of the moment has gone viral on social media A man from Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district kept a heartfelt promise to his late friend by dancing during his funeral procession. A video of the moment has since gone viral on social media. In Jawasia village of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, Ambalal Prajapat touched hearts when he danced with tears in his eyes during the final jou...Read More
Police arrested two, including a BJP Yuva Morcha worker, and registered a case Tension escalated in Durgapur after an incident near the Gammon Bridge under the Coke Oven Police Station area, where members of the BJP youth wing allegedly stopped a pickup van carrying cattle, assaulted the occupants, tied them up and forced them to do sit-ups while holding their ears. The victims are said to belong to the minority Muslim community. Trinamool Congress (TMC) district president Narendra Nath Chakr...Read More