News from India
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Union government has unveiled the draft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026, inviting public comments as part of its consultation process to address long-standing inequities in foodgrain entitlements under the National Food Security Act...
Raipur, July 8 (IANS) In a well-coordinated joint operation, Narayanpur Police and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) recovered a large quantity of indigenous weapons and explosive materials, including a powerful 15 kg pressure cooker IED, from a hidden Maoist dump...
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and other leaders paid tributes to Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, former Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh, on...
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, met Afghanistan's Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Mawlawi Ataullah Omari in New Delhi on Wednesday, with discussions focussed on bilateral ties and ongoing cooperation for...
Jalandhar, July 8 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Wednesday visited the redeveloped Jalandhar Cantonment Railway Station along with senior officials of the Ferozepur Division to review preparations for the proposed visit of Prime Minister...
Bengaluru, July 8 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said on Wednesday that the question of who becomes Chief Minister from the party is not important but instead what matters is that the people of...
Guwahati, July 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that Mizoram has partnered with the Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), enabling cancer patients from the neighbouring state to receive cashless treatment at the foundation's cancer hospitals...
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and three others have been arrested after CCTV footage purportedly showed him and several of his supporters assaulting doctors and hospital staff inside a municipal hospital in Maharashtra's Kalyan.Speaking to reporters,...
Jamshedpur, July 8 (IANS) Vishwanath Mandal, alias Bodra, the prime accused in the sensational murder case of Karni Sena youth leader Himanshu Singh, surrendered before a court in Jamshedpur on Wednesday, officials said.Mandal, alleged to be the main conspirator behind...
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Opposition leaders, particularly the Trinamool Congress, on Wednesday lashed out at the ruling BJP government in West Bengal, accusing it of following the "Uttar Pradesh police pattern of encountering criminals".The reactions come following the death...
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) The alleged assault on women doctors and hospital staff by a Shiv Sena corporator in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation area has triggered sharp political reactions in Maharashtra, with leaders from the Opposition accusing the ruling alliance...
Bhubaneswar, July 8 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a senior state government official who was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a Rs 2 lakh bribe from a leaseholder for extending a lease and facilitating future benefits in sand spot...