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NCP to celebrate Independence Day by reading Constitution's Preamble across Maharashtra

The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will celebrate Independence Day by reading the Preamble of the Constitution across Maharashtra.

Aug 14, 2024

Misinfo-triggered riots: UK Police arrest 1,000 people

UK police have arrested over 1,000 individuals in connection with recent riots involving violence, arson, and looting, which were sparked by misinformation. Many have been charged and jailed, with sentences ranging from vandalism to violent disorder.

Aug 14, 2024

'Make in Bharat for the World' has become a reality: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister for Railways, Electronics and IT and I&B, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Tuesday said the aim of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is to build scale in domestic manufacturing, as tech giant Apple exceeded its export targets in the first four months of the current fiscal.

Aug 13, 2024

Delhi Imams share their pain over non-payment of salaries for months

Hundreds of Imams and muezzins working in city mosques are a worried lot, the reason behind is non-payment of their salaries for months.

Aug 13, 2024

Amid unrest, India-B'desh traders join 'Border Haat' in Tripura

Despite unrest in Bangladesh, traders of Tripura and the neighbouring country on Tuesday took part in the 'Border Haat' in Srinagar (south Tripura)-Purba Madhugram (Bangladesh) and the weekly markets functioned normally.

Aug 13, 2024

Calcutta HC bars Sandip Ghosh's appointment as principal of any medical college

Amid the nation-wide outrage over the rape and murder of a female doctor at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College last week, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday gave a clear instruction to the state Health Department not to appoint Sandip Ghosh, who stepped down as the principal of R.G. Kar on Monday, as the head of any medical college in the state till further orders.

Aug 13, 2024

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into Kolkata doctor's rape & murder

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a woman junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata last week.

Aug 13, 2024

Yunus visits historic Dhaka temple, assures no discrimination against Hindus in B'desh

Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government in Bangladesh, said on Tuesday that establishing human rights and freedom of speech remains one of his prime goals as the country's minority communities, especially Hindus, continue to face horrendous acts of violence and vandalism since Sheikh Hasina's resignation as Prime Minister on August 5.

Aug 13, 2024

Indian diaspora can help boost digital collaborations, create skill pool: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the Indian diaspora can help create synergy for digital collaborations for the world economies while helping the country create the necessary skilled pool for emerging technologies.

Aug 13, 2024

Pawan Khera questions lack of safety of doctors after Kolkata tragedy

Expressing concern over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday questioned whether the country was providing a safe environment for people in the medical profession.

Aug 13, 2024

Hindenburg row: Congress to launch nation-wide stir on Aug 22, demanding JPC probe

While Hindenburg Research's 'big' revelations turned out to be a damp squib, the Congress is not in a mood to relent and is set to corner the Modi government over US-based agency's 'findings', in relation to Security and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) chief.

Aug 13, 2024

NRI drug lord Raja Kandola sentenced to nine years in prison in PMLA case

The District and Sessions Court in Jalandhar on Tuesday sentenced Britain-based NRI drug lord Ranjeet Singh alias Raja Kandola, who's presently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail, to nine years' imprisonment in a 2012 PMLA case linked to a Rs 200 crore drug (methamphetamine) seizure.

Aug 13, 2024

NIA breaks into Maoist leader's home in Kochi

A team of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) officials who arrived from Telangana, on Tuesday, broke open popular Maoist leader Murali Kannempilly's home after he failed to open the front door.

Aug 13, 2024

Kolkata doctor murder case: Family approaches HC seeking court-monitored probe

The family members of the woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, who was raped and murdered on the premises last week, approached the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday with the plea for a court-monitored probe in the case.

Aug 13, 2024

Musk tries to educate climate change sceptic Trump on greenhouse gas peril, renewable energy

Elon Musk, the electric car magnate, sought to educate Republican Party Presidential candidate Donald Trump about climate change, greenhouse gases, and the future of renewable energy.

Aug 13, 2024