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"Returning without seeing Maa": Stranded devotees after Vaishno Devi Yatra remains suspended fourth consecutive day

Katra, Aug. 29 -- The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra in Katra remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Friday after heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in the region. The disruption... Read More


Indian stock market posts losses for second month on US tariffs, FPI outflows

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Indian stock market extended its losses for the second consecutive month in August, with the Nifty 50 falling 1.4% and the Sensex losing 1.7%, as fears mounted that higher ta... Read More


Court sacks Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Thailand's Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office over ethics violations after only one year in office. In a verdict issued on Friday, ... Read More


HC stays order awarding 1/3 share of Faridkot royal family to ruler's grandnephew

Chandigarh, Aug. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed a Chandigarh court order that granted 33.33% share of erstwhile Faridkot ruler Harinder Singh Brar's Rs.40,000-crore estate to Amrin... Read More


EPFO 3.0: PM Modi's EAC-member Sanjeev Sanyal hints at major reforms in provident fund 'big effort to de-clog.'

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) member and economist Sanjeev Sanyal hints towards major reforms in the third version of the revamped Employe... Read More


Eight months after formation, cooperatives authority yet to gather momentum

Kathmandu, Aug. 29 -- Nearly a year after a parliamentary probe committee submitted its report on the crisis-ridden cooperatives, Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa raised the issue in Parl... Read More


Narendra Modi in Japan: Prime Minister receives a Daruma doll from Rev Seishi Hirose

India, Aug. 29 -- Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday presented a Daruma doll by Rev Seishi Hirose, Chief Priest of the Shorinzan Daruma-Ji temple, Takasaki-Gunma. This special gesture reaffirms the cl... Read More


School enrolment fell by 1.1mn in 2024-2025: Govt data

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- School enrolment across India fell by 1.11 million students in 2024-25, with the steepest decline concentrated in the early years of education, according to the latest government... Read More


"Congress had nothing to do with it": Sachin Pilot condemns use of indecent language against PM Modi

Bettiah, Aug. 29 -- Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday strongly denounced the alleged abuses hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother at the Opposition's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' ev... Read More


India, Africa to work to double bilateral trade by 2030: Piyush Goyal

India, Aug. 29 -- Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday said India and Africa must work to double bilateral trade by 2030, focusing on value addition, technology-driven agricult... Read More