KARIMNAGAR: The police arrested a 24-year-old youth for illegally cultivating marijuana (ganja) plants in the backyard of his house in Narsingapur village of Jagtial district on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police conducted a special search operation and found four ganja plants being illegally grown by the accused, identified as Motuku Raju. The plants, weighing approximately 241 grams, were seized. Raju was taken into custody and shifted to the Rural Police Station. A case has been regist...Read More
New Delhi: Sharpening its attack on the Opposition bloc's protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the BJP on Sunday accused them of spreading lies to weaken and insult constitutional institutions like the Election Commission, thereby denting India's credibility. A day after RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed his name was missing from the draft electoral roll, the BJP demanded that he explain why he allegedly holds two EPIC numbers and whether he submitted false documents to the El...Read More
Hyderabad: The conspicuous silence of the BRS over the Justice P.C. Ghose commission of inquiry allegedly indicting former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao in the Kaleshwaram project damage has sparked widespread speculation in political circles. The party chief has reportedly passed a gag order on the matter. The commission, which submitted its report to the government on July 31, is reported to have pinpointed the role of Chandrashekar Rao and H...Read More
KOLKATA: A man died by suicide in the Regent Park area here, reportedly fearing that he would lose his citizenship due to the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The deceased, Dilip Kumar Saha, 59, was working as a non-teaching staff at a private school. He came to India from Bangladesh in 1972. On Sunday, Saha's body was found in his room. His wife Arati said, "He used to talk about losing his citizenship if the NRC is conducted here." Saha had also stopped taking food in the last few days, ...Read More
Pathankot, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 20th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) on Saturday, transferring about Rs 20,500 crore directly into bank accounts of 9.7 crore eligible farmers. The financial assistance under the scheme has helped crores of farmers not just in meeting their agricultural needs but also in sailing through any crisis. In Punjab's Pathankot, many farmers were elated on receiving the 20th instalment of PM-KISA...Read More
Nizamabad: Telangana AICC in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan said the Congress is like a united family, with activists able to recognise party members across the country. She was speaking on Sunday during the second day of the Janahitha Padayatra programme in the Armoor and Nizamabad Rural Assembly constituencies. Natarajan highlighted that the Congress is known for its spirit of sacrifice and compassion. "Congress has never divided people; it has always worked for their development and welfare," sh...Read More
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 3 (ANI): In a major crackdown on narcotics smuggling, officers of the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III, have seized 14.738 kgs of suspected NDPS hydroponic weed (marijuana) valued at approximately Rs 14.73 crore during operations on Sunday. The seizures were made across Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI), resulting in the arrest of one passenger, as stated in the press release. The passenger was arrested under the provi...Read More
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday announced the arrest of Viresh Joshi, a former chief trader and fund manager at Axis Mutual Fund, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Joshi is accused of defrauding investors of approximately Rs 200 crore through "front-running" in trading activities. A special PMLA court remanded Joshi, taken into custody on Saturday, to ED custody until August 8. The agency's action follows searches conducted on August 1 across multiple lo...Read More
Vijayapura: For farmers in North Karnataka, the dream of raising the height of the Almatti Dam has been a decades-old aspiration. They see it as a lifeline for agriculture in a region constantly grappling with drought. However, just as the demand began to gather momentum again, fresh opposition from neighbouring Maharashtra has added a new political twist to this long-standing issue. The Karnataka government has been pushing to increase the height of the Lal Bahadur Shastri (Almatti) Dam from 5...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Four fishermen from Kankadapal village under Baliapal block in Odisha's Balasore district have gone missing after setting out to sea early Saturday morning. A massive search operation involving multiple agencies is currently underway. The missing have been identified as Gopalgiri, his sons Madhusudan Giri and Rabindra Giri, and Madhusudan's brother-in-law, Jagannath Pal -- all members of the same extended family. According to local sources, the group left the shore around 8 am in ...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
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Sunday uncovered a staggering pile of disproportionate assets allegedly amassed by Golap Chandra Hansdah, a Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) posted in Boudh district. Acting on credible inputs, simultaneous house searches were launched across multiple locations linked to Hansdah, revealing wealth far beyond his known sources of income. According to officials, the raids led to the seizure of a double-storeyed building measuring approximately 3,300 square fe...Read More
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a customs superintendent posted at Sahar airport in Mumbai, for allegedly taking a Rs 10.20 lakh bribe from an agent, an official said Sunday. The central probe agency booked Krishan Kumar for allegedly demanding a bribe at the rate of Rs 10 per kg for facilitating clearance of imported consignments from a customs house agent, a CBI spokesperson said. It was also alleged that Kumar threatened the agent when he refused to pay the bribe, and deliberately withheld ...Read More
New Delhi: State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Sunday inked a pact with public sector firm Numaligarh Refinery Limited for the deployment of the 5G private network in the refinery sector. It will not only help in connectivity but also in redefining how core industries can operate in the future, an official statement said. BSNL has just started offering 4G services, but holds spectrum that can be used for 5G services. However, the partnership between BSNL and NRL is exp...Read More
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin paid tribute to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his 220th death anniversary at Guindy in Chennai on Sunday. The Chief Minister offered flowers to the portrait of the freedom fighter in Chennai. Dheeran Chinnamalai was born as Theerthagiri Sarkarai Manradiar on April 17, 1756. He was a Palayakkarar and chieftain who ruled the Kongu Nadu region. Chinnamalai fought against the Kingdom of Mysore, which collect...Read More
Bhubaneswar: In a significant breakthrough in the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) question paper leak case, the Crime Branch on Sunday arrested Nihar Ranjan Mohanty, vice president of the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha. Mohanty was taken into custody following an interrogation by the investigating agency on Saturday. With his arrest, the total number of individuals apprehended in connection with the case has risen to eight. Investigations revealed that the leak originated fr...Read More
BENGALURU: The Maharashtra government fears that increase in height of Alamatti reservoir in Bagalkot district of Karnataka from 519.60 meters to 524.256 meters would result in flooding of Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts owing to backwaters and there is no need for the Maharashtra government to fear flooding since its own expert committee led by retired Principal Secretary to Irrigation department Nandkumar Wadnekar ruled out flooding from the Almatti and Hipparagi reservoirs, stated Minis...Read More
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has questioned Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Tejaswi Prasad Yadav for mentioning an EPIC number, that does not exist, while searching his name in the new draft electoral roll prepared after Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Sources said Mr Yadav used the Electoral Roll with EPIC No RAB0456228 for filing his nomination papers on affidavit in 2020. His name with this EPIC number exists in the draft Electoral Rolls. published as per SIR on August 1. H...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
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: KL Rahul has spent every minute after his last IPL match preparing for the England tour and rightly deserves all the recognition coming his way for doing the "dirty job at all numbers" for India, said the team's former assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on Sunday. Rahul finished as India's second highest run-scorer in the five-Test series with two tons and two fifties giving him 532 runs at 53.20 while forging a robust opening partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal....Read More
New Delhi: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Sunday lashed out at Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, after he alleged that his EPIC (Electors Photo Identity Card) number has been "changed" and his name was missing from the draft voter list. Patra alleged that Tejashwi Yadav had two EPIC numbers and two Voter IDs, and called Yadav's accusation a "conspiracy to defame India." Addressing a press conference, Patra said, "This means he (Tejashwi Yadav) had two EPIC numbers... Did he have t...Read More
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh's net GST collections have crossed Rs 2,930 crore for July with gross collections of Rs 3,803 crore -- the highest ever in July since the GST system was rolled out in 2017. In the last four months from April, AP recorded the highest-ever gross and net GST collections compared with the same months the previous financial years. Chief commissioner of state tax, A Babu, said in a statement here on Friday that the net GST collections increased by 12.2 per cent in July thi...Read More
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) continues to mount pressure on Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding the resignation of minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam following the reported suspension of the licence of his family-run orchestra bar, Savali, in Kandivali. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab asserted that returning "stolen goods" does not absolve one of the crime, drawing a parallel to the Kadam family's decision to surrender the bar's licence. He claimed...Read More
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has introduced a new WhatsApp service to make it easier for citizens to report issues related to construction and demolition (C&D) waste and garbage lifting. If construction debris is dumped near homes or garbage bins are overflowing in your area, residents can now send a WhatsApp message to 81259 66586. They can also attach photos and share their location directly through the app. There is no need to visit any GHMC office in person....Read More
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked BJP leader Rajiv Babbar to consider closing the defamation case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over his statement comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion. A division bench of justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh verbally remarked "let us close all these things. Why get so touchy about all this? This way, administrators and judges come in the same group and have thick skin". The development took place during the resumed hearing of a...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed a lower court imposing gag orders on media including Youtube channel of Kudla Rampage over publishing or circulating 'defamatory' content against Harshendra Kumar, brother of Dharmsthala Dharmadhikari Veenredra Heggade, in relation to mass burials at the pilgrim centre in Dakshina Kannada. The gag order had been passed by the 10th Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions Court following which Youtuber Kudle Rampage had moved the High Court challeng...Read More
New Delhi/Imphal, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a second consecutive arrest in the 2024 killings in Manipur's Jiribam, central probe agency sources said on Friday. The NIA in a statement said that the national probe agency caught Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang, a resident of Moinathol Village in southern Assam's Cachar district, from the Mizoram capital Aizawl on Thursday. The arrest came after the arrest of another key accused, Thanglienlal Hmar, by a jo...Read More
Mumbai: Violence broke out in Yavat village of Daund taluka in Pune district on Friday over an objectionable post about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on social media. The situation turned volatile after both sides clashed, leading to heavy stone pelting, torching of two-wheelers and attacks on shops, homes and religious places. Police responded with lathicharge and tear gas to disperse the mob and control the situation. Officials confirmed no injuries or casualties, and said the situation is now ...Read More
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan An...Read More