BENGALURU: Bengaluru city police arrested a person on charge of threatening a plywood trader to abduct his son and demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore from him, besides, three gangsters hired by him to execute the crime have also been arrested from Meerut of Uttar Pradesh. The plywood trader is residing at an apartment in Nehru Nagar under Sheshadripuram police station limits. After the arrests, the trader has been provided police security. On July 8, the plywood trader, whose identity was not dis...Read More
New Delhi: Political parties relying on caste considerations are equally dangerous for the country, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday as it refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of the registration of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) as a political party.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi pointed out that according to the constitution of the AIMIM, its objective is to work for every backward section of the society, including minorities, which is p...Read More
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a vehicle carrying 13 passengers met with an accident near the Suni bridge in Muwani town of Uttarakhand Pithoragarh district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rekha Yadav confirmed the incident and stated that a rescue operation is currently underway. Eight people died after a vehicle carrying 13 people crashed near the Suni bridge in Muwani town. The police officials ha...Read More
New Delhi: Telecom trade association Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Tuesday said that mobile users will now be able to differentiate between genuine and spam SMS as telecom operators have rolled out suffixes that will appear before the sender's name or header. The COAI, which represents telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, expressed concern over spammers or fraudsters taking the route of over-the-top or internet messaging apps which defeats the purpose ...Read More
New Delhi: India is looking at customs and trade facilitation on the review negotiations of the existing free trade agreement in goods with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations or Asean bloc, months before the Asean-India Summit, scheduled for October this year. Besides, some issues on technical cooperation, sanitary and phyto-sanitary, technical barriers to trade collaborations are on focus too, a top government official said. The review of the agreement is a long-standing dema...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) As Tesla announced its foray into the Indian market on Tuesday, Liberty General Insurance and ACKO said they have become insurance partners for the American electric carmaker in India. Liberty General Insurance said it has developed a suite of finely tuned protection plans that complement Tesla's engineering and performance excellence while anticipating the distinct needs of EV users. "At Liberty, we're deeply honoured to be among Tesla's preferred insurance providers f...Read More
Chennai: Merchandise trade deficit narrowed down, both annually and sequentially to $18.78 billion in June. Exports remained flat against the same month last year, while imports declined 3.7 per cent in the month. India's trade deficit stood at $18.78 billion in June 2025 against $20.84 billion in June 2024 and $21.88 billion in May 2025. Merchandise exports in June were flat at $35.14 billion against $35.16 billion in the same month last year. On the import side, the country saw a 3.71 per ce...Read More
PRNewswire Chandigarh [India], July 15: Chandigarh University, India leading private university, in collaboration with job platform Apna and investment firm Venture Catalysts (VCats) have launched Campus Tank, India first university-led Startup launch-pad for young innovators below the age of 30 to pitch their ideas and get funding of $1 Million to launch their startups along with expert venture guidance, strategic ecosystem alliances and immersive startup incubation. APNA which is India larges...Read More
BENGALURU: Eventually agitating farmers of Channarayapatna hobli, Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district against acquisition of about 1,232 acres had their demand conceded by the State Government after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday announced the idea of land acquisition in 13 villages of Channarayapatna hobli for the proposed aerospace park has been dropped. The farmers' protests against land acquisition under the banner 'Bhoo Swadhina Virodhi Horata Samiti' went on for more than a 1,...Read More
Mumbai, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Aasif Khan, who suffered a heart attack on Monday evening. However, the actor is now stable, and out of danger. He has assured his fans that he is on his road to recovery. Aasif is known for his work in 'Mirzapur', 'Paatal Lok', 'Panchayat', 'Jamtara - Sabka Number Ayega' and 'Human'. On Tuesday, the actor took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and penned a note, notifying his fans that he is in a better condition. He wrote, "Over the past few hou...Read More
New Delhi: Ravindra Jadeja should have gone after Shoaib Bashir instead of exposing Mohammed Siraj for three deliveries in the lost third Test against England at Lord's, feels former India captain Anil Kumble, who was reminded of a similar heartbreak against Pakistan in Chennai 26 summers back while watching the game. On that day, India lost by 12 runs after despite an epic 136 by Sachin Tendulkar, who was playing with back spasms. The dismissal of Javagal Srinath by off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq...Read More
New Delhi: The execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, sources said on Tuesday. The execution was scheduled for Wednesday. Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July, 2017. It has been learnt that the local authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution scheduled for July 16, the sources said. In 2020, a Yemeni court handed her the death sentenc...Read More
Kannur (Kerala) | Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday said that the government would not allow the "blending of religion with education" and reiterated that there would be no change in the revised school timings. Under the revised timetable, high school students (classes 8 to 10) will spend an extra 15 minutes in the morning and another 15 minutes in the afternoon on each working day except Fridays to help schools reach the required 1,100 instructional hours per year. How...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has raised strong objections to the inclusion of the Godavari-Banakacherla Link Project in the agenda of the July 16 meeting of the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, convened by the Ministry of Jal Shakti to resolve inter-state river water issues. In a detailed response to the Ministry's meeting notice, Telangana termed the discussion on the project "premature and legally untenable", citing multiple violations of statutory provisions, tribunal ...Read More
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Maharashtra wishes to see Tesla establish its research and development and manufacturing facilities in India, and invited the global EV major to consider the state as a partner in its journey. Fadnavis was speaking at the inauguration of the company's first Experience Centre in India, located at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. "We wish to see research and development and manufacturing being done in India. I am sure Tesla will think a...Read More
Mumbai: The attack on Sambhaji Brigade leader Pravin Gaikwad has triggered a stir in Maharashtra politics with opposition parties alleging the assailants were the BJP activists. However, Maharashtra minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule claimed the BJP has nothing to do with the attack. Raising the issue in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, Congress legislative party leader Vijay Wadettiwar said that Gaikwad was fatally attacked, dragged out of his car, and his face was blackened. He claimed it was an ...Read More
Hyderabad: A tragedy involving an adulterated toddy resulted in the death of a 40-year-old woman while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital, raising the death toll to nine. According to KPHB police sub-inspector Manyam, "The deceased is Gangamani, 40. She was working as a housekeeping staff member and was hospitalised after she fell sick. She died on Sunday night at 9.04 pm while undergoing treatment. She consumed toddy on July 6 and fell sick the same day. Her family admitted her to the hos...Read More
Visakhapatnam: Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said India is expanding its port capacity six-fold to reach 10,000 million tonnes per annum by 2047. This marks the country's largest-ever maritime infrastructure drive as India positions itself as a global shipping hub. "We aim to be among the top five shipping nations in the world,'' the minister said while inaugurating the second edition of the two-day Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation...Read More
Vijayawada: Hectic schedule awaits Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Delhi for two days on July 15 and July 16 as he is scheduled to meet several Union ministers, including home minister Amit Shah and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, to discuss various issues related to AP. On July 15, Naidu will arrive in Delhi at 11.45 am and meet Union minister for home Amit Shahat 1 pm. He will meet Niti Aayog member Dr V.K. Saraswat at 2.30 pm. At 3 pm, he will hold a meeting with the Delhi Metro ...Read More
Hyderabad: Hyderabad remained hot and humid through Monday, as the monsoon continued to lose steam across Telangana. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast only isolated light to moderate rainfall until July 16, leaving the city residents to brace for more heat and haze. Forecast maps show limited rainfall activity across the state in the first half of the week, with only a few districts in the west and south likely to receive brief showers. Hyderabad, too, may get occasional light ...Read More
Patna, July 14 (UNI) In a major step towards igniting the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship across the state, Bihar Industries Minister Nitish Mishra launched the official Bihar Idea Festival Portal here today. Speaking at the event Mishra said Bihar Idea festival was not just an event but a revolution to make 'Samriddh Bihar'. He said that it will encourage the youth to take up entrepreneurship to solve the grassroot challenges of Bihar. He said that the youth will be sensitised and i...Read More
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Police have arrested a Congress office bearer in Kalaburagi on charges of drug peddling. Lingaraj Kanni, president of the Kalaburagi South Block Congress unit, was apprehended in Thane city while in possession of narcotic substances and allegedly attempting to sell them. He was also found in possession of a banned Codeine-based syrup of 120 bottles. Said to be a close aide of Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge, Kanni is also associated with Gulbarga Dakshin Assembly constitue...Read More
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed the excise officials to implement state-of-the-art technology like Artificial Intelligence to keep track of the movement of liquor from distilleries to liquor depots and then to the retail shops in real time. This, he said, would help avoid any diversion or lapses. Naidu chaired a review meeting on the excise department with principal secretary Mukesh Meena and other senior officials here on Monday. The CM advised a real-time trackin...Read More
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer extended his congratulations and best wishes to Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju on being appointed as the Governor of Goa. "I wish Ashok Gajapathi Raju a successful and fruitful tenure as Governor of Goa," he said. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu also congratulated Raju, describing it as a proud moment for the people of Andhra Pradesh. "I sincerely thank President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi," the Chief Minister said. Sp...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao launched a scathing attack on the Congress government in the state, holding it responsible for the severe water crisis affecting the state's farming community for the deliberate negligence in releasing of water through the canals of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, which he termed a lifeline for agriculture in the state. In a statement, Rama Rao said that the frustration was building up among the farming community with prevailing drought condit...Read More
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the AP Drone Mart Portal at the Secretariat here on Monday. The AP drone corporation has developed the portal to avail drone services to those in varied sectors like agriculture, infrastructure, disaster management etc. Drones are already being used for spraying pesticide in the fields. With the launch of the portal, the commoners could also use drones for survey, supervision of major works and to provide security and take up mapping. ...Read More
Patna: The state govt on Monday launched the 'Bihar Idea Festival', a dedicated portal aimed at encouraging grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. State industries minister Nitish Mishra inaugurated the portal at an event held at Soochna Bhawan, describing it as a "milestone" initiative that will allow students, youth, entrepreneurs and startup teams, even from rural areas, to submit their ideas directly to the govt."The aim is to collect innovative ideas and solutions from...Read More
Hyderabad: The income-tax (IT) department has conducted inspections at 200 locations across the country, including among individuals employed in the Information Technology (IT) sector with links to Telangana, over the submission of fake bills to claim tax deduction. Although the raids were carried out in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh, it was reported that employees of several IT companies based in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu -- originally from Telangana and ...Read More
Ahmedabad, July 14 (PTI) The Gujarat High Court on Monday directed a man, facing contempt of court for attending a virtual court hearing while relieving himself on a toilet seat, to deposit Rs 1 lakh with the court's registry after observing that he was ready to tender an unconditional apology. The incident occurred on June 20 when Justice Nirzar S Desai was hearing a case. A video of the man soon went viral, prompting the high court to initiate suo motu contempt proceedings. On Monday, the di...Read More
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin and the Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami were among the top personalities who condoled the passing away of veteran south Indian film actress Saroja Devi on Monday in Bengaluru. He was saddened to hear about the demise of Saroja Devi, who had appeared in over 200 films, pairing with all top actors like Sivaji Ganesan, MGR, NTR, Gemini Ganesan, Stalin said, adding that the actress was known for her facial expression, acting skills. The deceased a...Read More