- India
Media bodies allege ‘targeted campaign’ against NewsClick
New Delhi: Several media associations on Wednesday said the accusations levelled by political leaders against NewsClick suggesting that the portal serves as a mouthpiece of a neighbouring country were “unwarranted and condemnable”.…
- India
Mumbai: Detained to commemorate Quit India Day, claims Tushar Gandhi
Mumbai: Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, on Wednesday, August 9, claimed police detained him as he left home to commemorate Quit India Day at Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan. A police…
- India
Smriti Irani slams Rahul over flying kiss in LS, women MPs lodge complaint
New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday expressed outrage over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blowing a flying kiss in the Lok Sabha, calling him misogynist and saying the House had never…
- India
78% parents in rural India want their daughters to be at least graduate: Survey
New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) At least 78 per cent parents in rural India aspire to educate their daughters till graduation and beyond, according to a survey report. The “State of Elementary…
- Andhra Pradesh
Chandrayaan-3 gets closer to the Moon’s surface: ISRO
Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft moved closer to the Moon’s surface on Wednesday after it underwent another orbit reduction maneuver, ISRO said. India’s ambitious third Moon mission’s spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 after the launch on July…
- India
Smriti Irani slams Congress over Rahul’s ‘murder of India’ remark
New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday, August 9, came down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his “murder of India in Manipur” remark in Lok Sabha, saying this is…
- News
‘Take me out of here; I don’t want to remain in jail’: Imran Khan tells lawyers
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has told his lawyers to take him out from the Attock jail as he does not want to remain in a cell that is…
- Kashmir
Infiltrator nabbed near Poonch LoC is Afghan national: J&K officials
Mendhar: An intruder, who was arrested two days ago near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir by the Army, is an Afghan national with a…
- India
India asking corruption, dynasty, appeasement to quit India: PM Modi’s swipe at Opposition
New Delhi: Recalling the Quit India movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is now speaking in one voice against corruption, dynasticism, and appeasement. Modi’s apparent swipe…
- Kerala
LDF govt to move resolution in assembly to urge Centre to rename state as ‘Keralam’
Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling Left government in Kerala will move a resolution in the assembly on Wednesday urging the Centre to rename the state as ‘Keralam’. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will move the…
- India
UP: Gang running ‘sextortion’ racket via gay dating app busted, 6 held
Kanpur: With the arrest of six men, the Uttar Pradesh Police have claimed to have busted a “sextortion” racket being run through a gay dating app in Kanpur. Additional Deputy Commissioner of…
- India
Train shooting: GRP probe team recreates crime scene in Jaipur-Mumbai Express
Mumbai: A Government Railway Police (GRP) team on Tuesday recreated the crime scene inside the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express at a car shed here as part of their probe into the July…
- India
Farmers to receive compensation for crop losses due to floods by Sept 7: Chautala
Chandigarh: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday said farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent floods will receive compensation in their bank accounts by September 7. The Jannayak Janata…
- India
Man kills mother-in-law for not allowing his wife to leave with him in Udaipur
Jaipur: A man allegedly strangled his mother-in-law to death after she refused to allow his wife from leaving with him in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, police said on Tuesday. The man allegedly carried out…
- India
Umesh Pal murder case: UP Police declares Guddu Muslim absconder
Prayagraj: Police on Tuesday declared Guddu Muslim, a member of the Atiq Ahmed gang and an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, an absconder. Umesh Pal, the main witness in the…
