News from India
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) There are few dates in the subcontinent's calendar that two nations mark in such opposite spirit. On August 5, India observes the anniversary of the constitutional changes of 2019 that ended the special status of...
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin was released on station bail on Tuesday after being questioned by the police, hours after he was taken into custody in connection with a case registered against him.His...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday condemned the allegedly "inflammatory, misleading, and factually baseless" remarks made by Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin against madrasas. "Defaming such institutions, which render invaluable national service,...
Amaravati, Aug 4 (IANS) Claiming that the credit for Bhogapuram greenfield international airport goes to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MPs Tanuja Rani and Gurumoorthy on Tuesday accused the current Chief Minister...
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) To streamline utility management, the Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday approved the implementation of a Composite Billing System by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking for all state government...
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that since the change in regime in the state, she had stopped receiving royalties on the books penned by her over a...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner and Chairman of the Council of Member States of International IDEA Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday met Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan Azamat Yeskarayev and discussed issues of election management and the...
Jaipur, Aug 4 (IANS) The Rajasthan Anti‑Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a corruption case against a Village Development Officer (VDO) and a Sarpanch‑cum‑Administrator of Gram Panchayat Tasol in Rajsamand district for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 43,500 from a...
Amaravati, Aug 4 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday sought cooperation of all to achieve a 15 per cent growth rate for a “healthy, wealthy and happy” Andhra Pradesh. Releasing a white paper on finance and...
Bhopal, Aug 4 (IANS) Bhopal will host the third BRICS Culture Working Group (CWG) meeting and the BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting from August 5 to 8, with delegates from BRICS member and partner countries set to discuss cultural cooperation, heritage...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday iterated that as demanded by the Opposition in Parliament, the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026, be referred to the "concerned" Parliamentary Standing Committee, alleging that...
Bengaluru, Aug 4 (IANS) Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President B.K. Hariprasad on Tuesday defended the Congress’ announcement of candidates for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Legislative...