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Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) BJP MLAs and MLCs staged a protest at Vidhana Soudha on Friday, condemning the government for not having a single woman in the Karnataka Cabinet and accusing it of adopting an "anti-women" approach.The protest was held...
Guwahati, Aug 14 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the state was moving towards a more organised, transparent and structured higher education system with the proposed Assam State Higher Education Council. CM Sarma said the council...
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 14 (IANS) For Kerala’s football-mad fans, Lionel Messi was supposed to be more than a footballer. He was almost a demigod who would descend on the State, pull on the Argentina shirt and turn Kerala into a little...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi's mockery of Modi government's foreign policy has drawn all-round criticism, with leaders from across the spectrum calling his actions abominable and in poor taste. Many BJP and JD(U) leaders...
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) Karnataka Housing Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan has sought exemption from hoisting the national flag at the Independence Day celebrations in Vijayanagara district on August 15, citing his inability to attend the programme, triggering criticism from the...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A total of 1,057 personnel from Police, Fire, Home Guard and Civil Defence, and Correctional Services have been awarded Gallantry and Service Medals on the occasion of Independence Day 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs...
Indore, Aug 14 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta on Friday conducted searches at the residence and properties linked to an Assistant Revenue Officer (ARO) of the Indore Municipal Corporation after a preliminary investigation found assets disproportionate to his known sources...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested another accused in connection with the targeted killing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Vikas Prabhakar in Punjab’s Nangal town. The accused, identified as Manveer Ram alias...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday attached two immovable properties in Amritsar, Punjab, belonging to accused Anwar Masih in connection with the 500-kg heroin smuggling case linked to a transnational narco-terror conspiracy. The attached...
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday hailed the return of alleged drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the United Arab Emirates, calling it a major milestone in the government’s “zero tolerance” policy against narcotics....
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Jharkhand Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi on Friday backed students continuing their protest over alleged irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC examinations despite torrential rain, saying that neither lathi-charge, FIRs nor heavy downpour had been...
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS) Sanjeev Mukherjee, another co-accused in the conspiracy of the hurried cremation of the R.G. Kar rape-murder victim's body in August 2024 at a crematorium at Panihati in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has been...