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Over 30 girl students fall ill after having chicken in K'taka's Vijayanagara dist [details]

More than 30 girl students fell ill following consumption of chicken at a hostel in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka on Thursday.

Aug 10, 2023

Vizag police imposes curbs for Pawan Kalyan's visit

Police in Visakhapatnam have imposed curbs for the visit by actor politician Pawan Kalyan, who is set to begin Varahi Yatra on Thursday evening.

Aug 10, 2023

Centre to bring new Bill removing CJI from CEC Selection Panel; Kejriwal slams BJP Govt

The Centre is allegedly proposing a bill through which the committee to select the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners will consist of the Prime Minister, Opposition leaders, and nominated Central government ministers and not CJI.

Aug 10, 2023

Man who Threatened Biden Shot Dead During FBI Raid Prior to Utah Trip

A man who allegedly made threats against US President Joe Biden ahead of the latter's trip to the state of Utah, was shot dead during a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raid, media reports said.

Aug 10, 2023

We'll look into Havana Syndrome: Centre tells K'taka High Court; has the mysterious illness hit India? All that we know

In India, the first and so far, the only case of Havana Syndrome was reported in 2021 when a US intelligence officer was traveling to Delhi with CIA director William Burns

Aug 9, 2023

Amid 'Boycott Muslim' calls by 14 panchayats, BJP leaders visit Nuh district in Haryana

Five members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by State President Om Prakash Dhankar on Wednesday visited the violence-hit Nuh district of Haryana to meet administrative officials and take stock of the situation.

Aug 9, 2023

Exclusive: What made staunch Azad supporters desert DPAP; turncoats finally spill the beans

Loyalists of Azad, who recently joined Congress, said that Democratic Progressive Azad Party failed to connect with grassroots issues. Realizing that their future is bleak in the newly floated party, supporters of Azad returning to Congress for better political prospects.

Aug 9, 2023

K'taka shocker: Schoolgirl collapses while singing national anthem; dies before reaching hospital [details]

In a shocking incident, an SSLC (Class 10) female student collapsed and died while singing the national anthem in a school in Chamarajanagar district, police said on Wednesday.

Aug 9, 2023

Boycott Muslim calls continue, panchayats of 14 Haryana villages issue letters; PIL filed in SC [details]

It is not just social boycott, calls have even made for complete economic boycott of Muslims as the letters make an appeal to deny them employment, houses on rent, and any kind of business.

Aug 9, 2023

No-Confidence Motion: 'Self-goal Smritiji', says Shashi Tharoor after her speech

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that Union Minister Smriti Irani's response to party leader Rahul Gandhi's 'barnstorming speech' in support of the no-confidence motion as an "own-goal"

Aug 9, 2023

Flying kiss by Rahul in LS sparks controversy, Smriti Irani calls it "mysogynistic"

After wink and hug controversy in 2018, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday once again landed in another controversy over his alleged gesture of flying kiss while leaving from the Lok Sabha.

Aug 9, 2023

"BJP's politics murdered India in Manipur": Rahul on no-confidence motion

During the ongoing discussion over the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the BJP's politics has "murdered India in Manipur" while sharing the ordeal of the two women he met during his visit to the northeastern state.

Aug 9, 2023

81 years after 'Quit India', Mumbai Police detain Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi

Exactly 81 years after Mahatma Gandhi was targeted by the British Police on the Quit India Day, (August 9, 1942), his great-grandson Tushar A. Gandhi suffered a similar fate, here on Wednesday.

Aug 9, 2023

No-confidence motion: Rahul Gandhi to speak in LS today, says Congress amid speculation

Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has confirmed that Rahul Gandhi will participate in the ongoing discussion on the no-confidence motion and will be speaking on Wednesday.

Aug 9, 2023

Gyanvapi mosque committee seeks ban on 'false' media reporting on ASI survey

The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM) Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque, has filed an application in the Varanasi district court, seeking directions to refrain the media from "publishing, disseminating false and wrong news" pertaining to an ongoing scientific survey of the mosque.

Aug 9, 2023