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Assam Cabinet approves major coal power projects amid growing environmental concerns

Guwahati, Aug. 14 -- The Assam Cabinet has approved the procurement of 500 MW of electricity from the Ministry of Coal at Rs 5.79 per unit and greenlit a 1,500 MW pumped storage project in Karbi Anglo... Read More


BJP's 'frustrated' jibe at Rahul Gandhi amid allegations of electoral malpractices

Patna, Aug. 14 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday that Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, who earlier in the day announced the launch of "VoterAd... Read More


Calcutta HC rules 2013 burn death was murder, not suicide

Kolkata, Aug. 14 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday upheld the life sentence of Avijit Chatterjee, also known as Ramu, ruling that the 2013 death of Sanjay Halder-who suffered 98 per cent burns-wa... Read More


Kathmandu to sterilise over 10,000 street dogs this year

Kathmandu, Aug. 14 -- The Agriculture Department under the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has decided to sterilise over 10,000 street dogs within the ongoing fiscal year. The sterilisation drive is part... Read More


Prabowo to deliver two state addresses ahead of Independence Day

Jakarta, Aug. 14 -- President Prabowo Subianto will deliver two state addresses on August 15 as part of Indonesia's 80th Independence Day commemoration, speaking before the People's Consultative Assem... Read More


Mohali: Congress celebrates withdrawal of land pooling policy

Mohali, Aug. 14 -- Senior Punjab Congress leader and former health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu welcomed Punjab government's decision to withdraw anti-farmer Land Pooling Policy, calling it a major vic... Read More


"...Not democracy but tyranny": TVK chief Vijay slams Tamil Nadu's DMK Govt over sanitation workers' arrest

Chennai, Aug. 14 -- Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Thursday slammed the Chief Minister MK Stalin-led DMK government in Tamil Nadu for what he described as "inhumane and anarchic" ar... Read More


Delhi: Rickshaw driver held for raping 12-year-old girl repeatedly

India, Aug. 14 -- A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 30-year-old rickshaw puller who lives near her house in outer Delhi's Ranhola on at least two occasions, police said on Tuesday. The accus... Read More


'Never going back': Indian woman calls Eiffel Tower lunch her most 'expensive' and 'worst' meal

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- A dream lunch at the Eiffel Tower turned into a nightmare for one Indian woman, and her brutally honest review has sparked a debate online. Ishwarya, who runs the YouTube travel... Read More


Vece Paes, father of Leander Paes, passes away; CM condoles

Kolkata, Aug. 14 -- Former Indian hockey player Dr Vece Paes, father of tennis star Leander Paes, who was a member of India's bronze medal-winning men's hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, passed... Read More