New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday said that not a single claim or objection was filed by any political party in the first 48 hours of the launch of the process for addition or deletion of electors' names in Bihar's draft voter list while 941 electors had personally filed applications for the purpose. From August 1 (3 p.m.) till August 3 (3 p.m.), all political parties put together have filed "zero" claims and objections for the addition of the na...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Irinjalakuda Diocese in Kerala on Sunday issued a sharp rebuke to Thalassery Archbishop Joseph Pamplany over his remarks praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for their purported role in securing the release of two nuns arrested in Chhattisgarh. Bishop Mar Pauly Kannookadan, head of the Irinjalakuda Diocese, made it clear that only authorised Church leadership is empowered to express the official position of the Ch...Read More
Guwahati: Congress MP and APCC chief Gaurav Gogoi who here on Sunday chaired the executive committee meeting of the party said that they focused on devising a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the party's position ahead assembly elections 2026. Informing that the meeting has started discussing a roadmap for 2026 assembly polls, Mr Gogogoi told reporters that it's high time for them to gear up for a fierce political battle. Pointing out that key grassroots feedback gathered during recent out...Read More
Dimapur: On the 10th anniversary of signing the Framework Agreement (FA) with the Government of India, NSCN (IM) Chairman Q Tuccu reiterated the group's unwavering commitment to the agreement. He emphasized that the NSCN will never relinquish the gains made on August 3, 2015, and affirmed their resolve to reclaim "our rightful place with sovereign rights as a nation." Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! In his speech, Tuccu highlighted the profound ...Read More
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister and the Trinamool Congress Chairperson, Mamata Banerjee, is scheduled to hold an important virtual meeting with her party's Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs on August 4. The meeting assumes political significance for several reasons, as it coincides with the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament. Since the beginning of the monsoon session on July 21, the Trinamool Congress has been particularly vocal about the Election Commission of India's Special Intensiv...Read More
Ballikurava (Andhra Pradesh) | Six migrant workers were killed and three injured after a massive granite rock fell on them at a quarry in Bapatla district on Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred around 10.30 am today when 10 to 15 workers were engaged in mining works. "All victims are from Odisha. We suspect water seepage caused the rock to give way. Forensic teams are investigating," the police official told PTI, adding there were no blasts or seismic activity. Rescue operation...Read More
Delhi rains: In a significant threat to the national capital, the Yamuna river inches closer to the danger mark intensifying the risk. As per media reports, continuous rainfall in upstream areas and water release from the Hathnikund Barrage have pushed the river's water level to 204.14 meters, just short of the danger level of 204.5 meters, prompting authorities to issue warnings and advisories. Keeping in mind the ongoing heavy rainfall, officials have warned that the river may cross the dange...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The Election Commission on Sunday said no political party in Bihar has so far approached it for inclusion or removal of names from the draft electoral roll published on August 1. The EC said that between 3 PM on August 1 and 3 PM on August 3 (Sunday), no demand under claims and objections has been received. But individually, 941 claims and objections have been received from voters for the inclusion of names or for the removal of those they claim are ineligible from the v...Read More
New Delhi: Authorities have issued advisories for residents in low-lying areas and cautioned against venturing near riverbanks as water levels in the Yamuna and Ganga rivers continue to rise, raising concerns of potential flooding. While current levels remain below the danger mark, officials are closely monitoring the situation, especially in the wake of continuous rainfall and water release from the Hathnikund barrage. In Delhi, the administration has alerted citizens, especially those resid...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) 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 quick...Read More
Mumbai: In the detailed 1,036-page judgment in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the special NIA court, while acquitting all seven accused, has dismissed claims that senior officers from the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had directed one of the investigating officers to arrest RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in the case.Special judge A K Lahoti said the court did not find force in the contentions raised by the lawyer for a now-acquitted accused, math pontiff Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi. The lawyer had al...Read More
Bank holiday today: All scheduled commercial banks in India remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. Digital banking services remain available for transactions, offering convenience during holidays. Upcoming holidays include Tendong Lho Rum Faat and Raksha Bandhan.As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, all scheduled commercial banks in India remain closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. However, they operate as usual on the first, third, and fif...Read More
A large number of villagers from Arumugamangalam and members of various outfits took part in the funeral of caste killing victim C. Kavin Selvaganesh, 27, at his native village on Friday. Kavin, an engineer and IT company employee who belonged to the Scheduled Caste, was killed by S. Surjith, the brother of the girl he loved, at KTC Nagar in Palayamkottai on Sunday last. The accused belonged to the Most Backward Caste. Ministers P. Geetha Jeevan and Anita R. Radhakrishnan, Thoothukudi Collecto...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 3 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Sunday congratulated the investigation and prosecution teams after a special court sentenced former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna to 'imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life' in a rape case on Saturday. 'I would like to first congratulate our team on providing evidence, witnesses and so on, so that the judiciary and judges would take the right decision. I am sure that this has helped th...Read More
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 3 (ANI): Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, recently acquitted in the Malegaon blast case by NIA court, was given a grand welcome at his society in Pune on Sunday. Visuals from his society showed people showering him with petals, and bursting crackers and holding up posters which said 'welcome kaka,' expressing their gratitude for his return. Purohit also visited, along with his wife, the Hanuman mandir in his society, with a crowd of people watching him offe...Read More
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Sunday flagged off the Raipur-Jabalpur daily express train from Raipur railway station, thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for the new service for the benefit of the people of the state. Sai was accompanied by Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Raman Singh, BJP MP Brijmohan Agrawal and party MLAs while flagging off the train service. "It is a matter of great joy for the people of Chhattisgarh that a new tr...Read More
SRINAGAR, India, Aug 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than 400,000 Hindus took part in a month-long pilgrimage in contested Indian-run Kashmir, authorities said, shrugging off security worries weeks after conflict with Pakistan. The pilgrimage began on July 3 and closes officially on August 9, but organisers said that lashing rains had damaged narrow paths forcing a premature end. Official Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said in a statement late Saturday that 415,000 pilgrims had taken part. Many of the faithful...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two cases of justice have jolted the nation. Justice, it is said, is delivered on the basis of evidence, and when the same is either botched up or fabricated, we get the 2006 Mumbai train blasts verdict by the High Court and the 2008 Malegaon blasts judgement. Both verdicts have been mindboggling and exposed how a motivated system can ruin the fate of people. Though the Supreme Court has stayed the 2008 Mumbai blasts case verdict by the High Court, and victims...Read More
Gonda, August 3: A major accident in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district left 11 people dead and four others injured after an SUV carrying 15 passengers fell into the Saryu canal near Belwa Bahuta village, on Saturday morning. The victims, all from Sihagaon village, were traveling to offer holy water at the Prithvinath Temple in Khargupur when their vehicle veered off a narrow, slippery stretch of road and plunged into the canal. All 11 bodies were recovered from the water. Among the deceased were ...Read More
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi Friday again said that the Election Commission is involved in, what he called, vote theft, about which foolproof evidence will be provided soon. "We have open and shut proof that the Election Commission is involved in vote theft. Most importantly, whoever in the Elections Commission is involved in this exercise, right from top to bottom, we will not spare you," Rahul told reporters outside the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi warned the officials that...Read More
New Delhi, July 30: India has expressed its disinterest in buying the fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jet after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Indian imports. According to a Bloomberg report, after President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on Indian imports, the Indian government has informed the US that it is not interested in buying the fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jet from the US. The report states that the Indian government is considering...Read More
The Supreme Court is currently examining the status of Rohingya people in India. The key question is whether they are refugees or illegal immigrants. This determination will impact their rights and potential deportation. The court is also considering basic amenities for Rohingyas in refugee camps. Previous petitions regarding Rohingya deportation have faced scrutiny. The Supreme Court on Thursday said the first major issue to be dealt with in cases concerning Rohingyas is whether they are refug...Read More
Some of the victims' families will file an independent appeal against the judgment, said their lawyer, who also blamed the NIA for not pursuing perjury action against the witnesses who turned hostile during the trial Calling the 2008 Malegaon blast verdict "unacceptable", the father of the youngest victim of the attack said he will approach higher courts, including the Supreme Court if needed, in pursuit of justice. "The court's judgement is wrong. We will go to the Supreme Court to seek justi...Read More
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday demanded the Congress govt to implement 42% quota exclusively for Backward Classes (BCs) in Telangana. He alleged that the Congress govt was discussing the BC reservation only to gain political advantage in the upcoming local body elections."Now, under the proposed 42% quota, 10% is allocated to Muslims, leaving the actual BCs with only 32%," Kishan Reddy said while speaking at a dharna programme organised by the OBC Morcha of BJP at Indira Pa...Read More
NDTV could not independently verify the authenticity of the video. A political row erupted in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday after a video that was allegedly found on an accused in the liquor scam case and showing a man counting cash, believed to be worth Rs 35 crore, surfaced online. The accused is Venkatesh Naidu, who is believed to be a close associate of former Chandragiri MLA Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy and a key figure in the ongoing probe by the Special Investigation Agency (SIT). Authorities ...Read More
Guwahati, Aug 3: Continuing his campaign trail for the second straight day in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reiterated his development pitch ahead of the upcoming September council polls, on Sunday. Reaffirming the BJP's development agenda at a public gathering in Kumarikata, Tamulpur, , the Chief Minister stated, "The BTR needs bridges, schools, and colleges. If candidates from all communities in Assam are getting government jobs in a free and transp...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) Hiring in the IT services sector has remained stagnant over the past six to seven quarters, with no active demand likely to pick up in the second quarter either, a top official from staffing firm Quess Corp has said. Quess Corp ED and CEO Guruprasad Srinivasan told PTI that demand for technology talents is coming from global capability centres and non-IT companies. "At least for the last six to seven quarters. And we are also not seeing very active demand coming in, even...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogendra Chandolia has alleged illegal occupation by Rohingyas of a land acquired for college construction in Singhu Village, Narela. In a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, he sought their eviction. Chandolia represents the North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency and the land allegedly occupied by the Rohingyas comes under his constituency. 'I am writing to bring to your attention a pressing issue that required immedi...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, said that before 2017, recruitment in Uttar Pradesh was plagued by corruption, nepotism, and discrimination, which derailed youth aspirations and weakened law and order. Addressing the appointment letter distribution ceremony for 1,494 newly selected assistant operators in the UP Police Telecom Department, the CM recalled how past practices led to riots, terrorist attacks, and a climate of ...Read More
Bengaluru: BJP leader Tejasvi Surya on Sunday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will will visit Bengaluru and inaugurate the Yellow Line Metro on August 10. Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for Metro Phase-3, he said. In a post on 'X', Surya said, "Hon. PM Sri @narendramodi Ji's visit to Bengaluru on August 10 will be a landmark moment for Bengaluru South. He will not only inaugurate the long-awaited Yellow Line Metro operations but also lay the foundation stone for...Read More