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Cabinet approves Rs 1,507 crore greenfield airport project at Kota-Bundi

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved the proposal of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the development of th... Read More


Roll back 5 pc GST on handlooms: Telangana Textiles min to Centre

Hyderabad, Aug. 19 -- Telangana's Handlooms and Textiles minister, Tummala Nageswara Rao, has demanded that the Central government immediately withdraw the five percent Goods and Services Tax (GST) be... Read More


'Big challenge on space station is.': Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla reveals to PM Narendra Modi

India, Aug. 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), at his Lok Kalyan Marg resi... Read More


Rajasthan Government Honours Dr. V.K. Jain with State Award for Outstanding Social Contribution

India, Aug. 19 -- HT Syndication Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], August 19: On 14 August 2025, just ahead of India's Independence Day, Dr. V.K. Jain, widely known as the "CPR Doctor of India", has been ... Read More


3 killed as PRTC bus hits pickup truck in Kapurthala

Kapurthala, Aug. 19 -- Three persons were killed after a PRTC bus collided with a light commercial vehicle near Mand village on the Kapurthala-Jalandhar main road on Tuesday, police said. The decease... Read More


Sri Lanka needs new narrative on youth, says PM Harini

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said that, for the first time in Sri Lanka's history, women's representation in the Youth Club National Youth Conference has increased, and ... Read More


Bluffmaster Asim Munir says India begged for ceasefire and Trump intervention

India, Aug. 19 -- Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir has landed in a soup after falsely boasting at a diaspora event in Belgium that India was "forced to beg for a ceasefire" during the recent Ind... Read More


Speaker says decision on no-confidence motion against Deputy Defence Minister will be announced later

Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (19) confirmed in Parliament that he has received a motion of no confidence against Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna... Read More


SC asks gov't to comment on petition vs. BSKE postponement

Manila, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the executive and legislative branches of the government to comment on the petition challenging the law that moved the Barangay and Sanggu... Read More


Omar Abdullah's cryptic post on X sets tongues wagging: 'Can't take anymore of this'

India, Aug. 19 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah made a cryptic post on X on Tuesday night that set off speculation on what it he may be referring to. Comments under his post threw up... Read More