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Monthly Love Horoscope For August 2025: Old Flames May Return, And Romance Is Blooming Fully; Zodiacs The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) announced on Thursday that 5th August will be observed as a Black Day, marking the sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, along with the announcement of a new protest plan and related activities to demand the restoration of full statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. Tariq Hameed Karra, president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh C ...Read More >
Srinagar, Aug 01: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president, Tariq Hameed Karra on Friday claimed that the much-needed Coordination Committee (CC) between the Congress and National Conference (NC) has not existed for the past nine months, hampering effective coalition functioning and joint political action.Speaking exclusively to Rising Kashmir ahead of a planned series of protests and hunger strikes to mark six years since the abrogation of Article 370, Karra revealed that ...Read More >
Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 7.5 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1.96 lakh crore in July (for sales in June), data released by the government on Friday showed. Even though the pace of growth in gross GST collections picked up to 7.5 per cent in July from 6.2 per cent, this is the second consecutive month wherein the growth rate has been in single digits and much lower after posting double-digit growth in the first two months of the ongoing financial year. ARTICLE CONTINUES BE ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration clarified on Wednesday that it will not automatically extend hostel accommodation for PhD students who have received academic extensions. Citing a recent Delhi High Court order and institutional hostel rules, the university stated that such requests will now be considered on a case-by-case basis. This announcement comes amid ongoing protests by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU), which has been on a hunger str ...Read More >
Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 9 (ANI): In a landmark event celebrating the vision and philosophy of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Punjabi edition of the book Kejriwal Model was officially launched today in Mohali. The event was graced by AAP National Convenor and Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and former Delhi Deputy CM & AAP Punjab In-Charge Manish Sisodia, a release said on Tuesday. According to the release, the book has been authored by AAP leader Jasm ...Read More >
Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 9 (ANI): In a landmark event celebrating the vision and philosophy of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Punjabi edition of the book Kejriwal Model was officially launched today in Mohali. The event was graced by AAP's National Convenor and Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and former Delhi Deputy CM & AAP Punjab In-Charge Manish Sisodia, a release said on Tuesday. According to the release, the book has been authored by AAP leader Ja ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emplaned for Namibia -- the final stop of his five-nation visit -- after wrapping up his State Visit to Brasilia where he met Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended the 17th BRICS Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Taking to X, the PMO wrote: "PM @narendramodi has boarded for Namibia, the final destination of his tour" Also, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randir Jaiswal wrote on X: "P ...Read More >
New Delhi: Twelve days into its hunger strike, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) has objected to what it claims is a new undertaking format for PhD students seeking hostel extension, alleging that it requires them to express "gratitude" for being allowed to stay beyond the normal academic period.According to the union, the alleged undertaking format states that "the university has kindly agreed to allow me to stay in the hostel on humanitarian grounds" and asks students to ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lawyers in Karkardooma courts called off their four-day hunger strike protesting the decision to shift the judges of 34 digital Negotiable Instruments Act courtrooms that hear cheque bounce cases from six court complexes in Delhi to the Rouse Avenue court complex. On Monday, after the coordination committee of all district courts bar associations of Delhi held a meeting with Delhi High Court chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, the trial court lawyers decided to call off their stri ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union on Tuesday issued an open letter to the JNU faculty members, seeking their active support for students who have been on an indefinite hunger strike for the past twelve days to press their demands. The students' primary demand is the reinstatement of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Entrance Examination (JNUEE), which has been replaced with a UGC-NET-based entrance system in recent years. Addressing a press conference, JNUSU ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union on Tuesday issued an open letter to the JNU faculty members, seeking their active support for students who have been on an indefinite hunger strike for the past twelve days to press their demands. The students' primary demand is the reinstatement of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Entrance Examination (JNUEE), which has been replaced with a UGC-NET-based entrance system in recent years. Also Read | Shabana Azmi and Javed Ak ...Read More >
Jawaharlal Nehru University will conduct the second cycle of PhD admissions for 2025-26. The university also grants hostel extensions for PhD scholars nearing thesis submission. The JNU Students' Union continues its hunger strike. They demand the reinstatement of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Entrance Examination for PhD programs. The union claims the university's decision impacts many MA graduates.Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has announced the second cycle of PhD admissions, tentatively ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Nitish Kumar was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital on Monday night after he complained of severe chest pain. Kumar, along with several students, has been on an indefinite hunger strike for over a week, demanding reversal of recent policy decisions related to PhD admissions and hostel accommodations. In a statement, the JNUSU said, 'We demand immediate attention to his health and the just demands of the st ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt aims to create 10 lakh green livelihoods through engagement in eco-tourism activities by establishing 100 facilities to process medicinal plants. The move is an attempt to engage local communities in its mission to establish green Odisha by 2036. On the occasion of the 76th Van Mahotsav, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on Monday. The govt also introduced new awards for environmentalists and conservationists as well as increased the award money.In his speech, the c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Nitish Kumar was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital on Monday night after he complained of severe chest pain. Kumar, along with several students, has been on an indefinite hunger strike for over a week, demanding reversal of recent policy decisions related to PhD admissions and hostel accommodations. In a statement, the JNUSU said, 'We demand immediate attention to his health and the just demands of the st ...Read More >
Chennai: Farmers and social activists of Tiruppur and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu are gearing up for an indefinite protest demanding the revival of the Noyyal River, which they said has been reduced to a drain due to unchecked pollution. The protest, scheduled to begin on July 13 in Mangalam, calls on the Stalin government to take immediate steps to prevent the inflow of untreated sewage, industrial waste, and plastic into the river. K.N. Mohammed Ali, a social activist, said the Noyyal, which ori ...Read More >
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University will conduct its own entrance exam -- JNUEE -- for admissions in PhD courses for Korean Studies and Cinema Studies, which are not covered under the UGC-NET, while admissions for all other doctoral degree courses will be based on NET scores. According to university sources, the decision to hold JNUEE for these two programmes was taken by the respective schools. "All the deans have accepted and signed the process. This decision is their own, not of the vice ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Jawaharlal Nehru University will conduct its own entrance exam -- JNUEE -- for admissions in PhD courses for Korean Studies and Cinema Studies, which are not covered under the UGC-NET, while admissions for all other doctoral degree courses will be based on NET scores. According to university sources, the decision to hold JNUEE for these two programmes was taken by the respective schools. Also Read | India Developing Its Own Bunker-Buster Missile? Reports Say DRDO Modifyi ...Read More >
New Delhi: The famous orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala of Mumbai who operated on Rishabh Pant after a serious road accident in December of 2022 feels that although the somersaults by Pant are being done rather well, it is an unnecessary event. During his path back home in Roorkee in December 2022, Rishabh Pant was involved in an accident with his luxury car hitting a divider after which he sustained various injuries. He had been treated in Dehradun and then he was flown to Mumbai. Dr. ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Karnataka bike taxi riders have launched a state-wide hunger strike in cities including Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mandya, Davanagere and Ramanagara, demanding an immediate withdrawal of the government's ban on bike taxis. While riders from Bengaluru gathered at Freedom Park, thousands of their compatriots and their families in other cities said the ban has left them jobless and desperate. "This is how we pay our kids' school fees, take care of our parents, and put food on the table," one r ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has vehemently denounced the unrelenting arbitrary arrests and prolonged detentions of Kashmiri leaders and activists by the Delhi-installed administration led by Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement issued in Srinagar termed the arrests a deliberate attempt to crush the Kashmiris' legitimate struggle for freedom. He sa ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 29 (PTI) Members of the Bike Taxi Welfare Association staged a hunger protest on Sunday, demanding to lift the ban on bike taxis in Karnataka and calling for an inclusive policy framework. They have also written an open letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. According to the association, protests were held in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mandya, Davangere, and Ramanagara, with several bike taxi riders participating. App-based bike taxi services were suspended across Karnataka on June 16 ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 29 (PTI) Members of the Bike Taxi Welfare Association staged a hunger protest on Sunday, demanding to lift the ban on bike taxis in Karnataka and calling for an inclusive policy framework. They have also written an open letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. According to the association, protests were held in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mandya, Davangere, and Ramanagara, with several bike taxi riders participating. Also Read | Bank Holidays in July 2025: No Nationwide Holiday for Muharr ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being si ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 28: Jailed Member of Parliament (MP) and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) president, Er Rasheed, has begun a 24-hour hunger strike inside Tihar Jail from 8:00 pm Saturday evening to protest the "continued denial of democratic and legal rights" to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the party said. Responding to his call, a wide section of AIP leadership and grassroots representatives across the region have joined the hunger strike in solidarity, the AIP Chief Spokesperson, Inam Un Nabi said ...Read More >
Srinagar- Jailed Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, will observe a 24-hour hunger strike inside Tihar Jail from 8 pm Saturday to 8 pm Sunday, in protest against what he calls the "continued denial of democratic rights" to the people of Kashmir. In a statement issued on Friday, Rashid's party, the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), said the hunger strike comes amid the national political discourse around the 1975 Emergency and growing accusations of authoritarianism be ...Read More >
Gurgaon: MCG additional commissioner Yash Jaluka directed bulk waste generators (BWG) across the city to ensure proper disposal of waste by private agencies who are assisting them. Giving these instructions in a meeting held on Friday, he said it is often observed that BWGs hand over their waste to private agencies, which only sort valuable items and dump the remaining waste on roads, drains, vacant land or public places. This, he said, not only affects cleanliness of the city but also poses a t ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 27: The jailed Member of Parliament (MP) and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) president Engineer Rashid has announced that he will observe a 24-hour hunger strike inside Tihar Jail, from 8:00 pm Saturday, June 28 to 8:00 pm Sunday, June 29, to protest the "continued denial of democratic rights" to Kashmiris. AIP Chief Spokesperson, Inam Un Nabi, in a statement issued here, said the hunger strike also seeks to highlight the "deafening silence" of national parties about the hundreds of Kas ...Read More >
Srinagar: Amid the ongoing political slugfest between BJP and Congress over the Emergency period and comparisons to authoritarian rule, jailed Member of Parliament and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) leader Engineer Rashid has announced a 24-hour hunger strike inside Tihar Jail, starting at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 29. According to AIP Chief Spokesperson Inam Un Nabi, Engineer Rashid made this decision known during a recent meeting with his family, emphasising t ...Read More >
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