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CM Mann dedicates 509 'Pendu Khed Maidan' to Punjab villages

India, Aug. 25 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday inaugurated 509 modern 'Pendu Khed Maidan' across the state, taking the total number of dedicated rural playgrounds to 734 and giv... Read More


Rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 21-day parole, 17th since 2017

India, Aug. 25 -- Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of the Sunaria jail in Rohtak on Tuesday morning on a 21-day furlough, sources said. It is the 17th time he has... Read More


SC asks Centre to consider devising safeguards to ensure no misuse of EPFO, ITR data

India, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court has said the access by private entities to sensitive data of EPFO and ITR records was "worrisome", and asked the Centre to consider devising safeguards to ensure th... Read More


Karnataka suspends food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket over Datura sales

India, Aug. 25 -- Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration Department has suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket until further orders after Datura fruits and seeds... Read More


SC pulls up MCD, ASI for 'callousness' over condition of Delhi's heritage monuments

India, Aug. 25 -- Taking serious note of the condition of heritage monuments in the capital, the Supreme Court has pulled up the Municipal Corproration of Delhi and the Archaeological Survey of India ... Read More


Students in Bihar break through barricades in bid to gherao CM residence, police use water cannons

India, Aug. 25 -- Protesting students broke through police barricades in their bid to gherao the Bihar chief minister's residence here even as the law enforcers used water cannons to disperse the agit... Read More


Government approves transfer of DRDO developed missile tech to Indian defence industry

India, Aug. 25 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the transfer of DRDO-developed technologies of all conventional missile systems to the Indian defence industry for production within the c... Read More


SC declines to direct reopening of CBSE re-evaluation portal for class 12 answer sheets

India, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to direct the reopening of CBSE's portal for the re-evaluation of class 12 answer sheets for students with complaints with the On-Screen Marking... Read More


Scrap existing questionnaire, formulate new one after consulting political parties, experts: Kharge, Rahul to PM on caste census

India, Aug. 25 -- Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the caste census issue, demanding that the government scrap the existing q... Read More


Will provide government jobs to one lakh youth within six months: CM Yogi Adityanath

India, Aug. 25 -- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "The government has provided government jobs to more than 9.30 lakh youth in a transparent manner without discrimination over the last nine years... Read More