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World Bank okays rRs.r5k-cr 'secure water programme' for Haryana

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- The World Bank approved a Rs.5714 crore "Water Secure Haryana Programme" aimed at strengthening water management and helping the state become self reliant. Stating this at a mee... Read More


The Bombay I carry smelt of kerosene and wet cotton

India, Aug. 9 -- Sai Paranjpye, 88, occupies a singular space in Indian film history. Neither aligned with mainstream Hindi cinema's spectacle nor entirely enclosed within the austere idiom of paralle... Read More


HC orders Maha to make RTE fee reimbursements time-bound, review rates

India, Aug. 9 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to set a fixed timeline for reimbursing private unaided schools for admitting children from economically weaker and... Read More


'7 years of incarceration': AIP urges CJI to consider Er Rashid's bail with urgency

Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- On completion of seven years of incarceration of Baramulla Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Abdul Rashid, the Awami Itihad Party (AIP) on Saturday made an appeal to the Chief Jus... Read More


'We should grow our public land': 127 architects urge state to protect Mumbai's open spaces

India, Aug. 9 -- The city is getting denser, but its public spaces are not keeping pace and are running out of breathing space. Now, a collective of 127 architects, urban designers, planners, landscap... Read More


Haryana appeals power utilities employees to withdraw strike call

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- The Haryana government on Saturday appealed to power utilities employees to withdraw the strike call, stating it was committed to resolving issues raised by employees through con... Read More


The Punjab and Haryana high court upholds AFT order of higher pension to IAF pilot's widow

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) decision of awarding higher pension to the widow of an Indian Air Force pilot who was killed in a 196... Read More


US Joint Chiefs Chairman Secretly Pushed Vance to End the Iran War

Gen. Dan Caine, Aug. 9 -- WASHINGTON - America's most senior military officer has been meeting privately with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe o... Read More


Iran Demands Reparations and US Military Withdrawal Before Hormuz Reopening

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- Tehran is not negotiating from weakness, and the Strait is not opening soon. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and commander of the ... Read More


Amazon's Planned Texas Data Center Would Outpollute Every US Power Plant

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- FORT STOCKTON, Texas - Amazon's chief climate pledge was written in 2019. The natural gas power plant it is building in West Texas was permitted in 2026. The distance between thos... Read More