South Indian movies superstar and President of Makkal Needhi Maiam, Kamal Haasan has called upon the DMK government in Tamil Nadu to hold gram sabha meetings on Independence Day. He slammed the government announcement of not holding gram sabhas on August 15 citing Covid-19....
Remembering Captain Vikram Batra, who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil war, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that the bravery and deep-rooted passion of the gallant heroes will always be an inspiration for generations to come. ...
The Indian stock market surged on Friday with both the BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) settling at record high closing levels....
Contrary to the 'once in a generation reforms a must' statement made in the White Paper on the state finances, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Friday presented a relatively populist budget reducing taxes on petrol, waiver of cooperative loans to self help groups, and tax amnesty scheme among others....
The speed of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan appears to have taken many by surprise, regional capitals seem to be falling like dominoes, the BBC reported....
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted an intense spell of rain over Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar is likely to continue till August 15. ...
A major landslide in trans-Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh on Friday blocked the flow of the glacial-fed Chandrabagha river, raising flood fears in downstream villages in Udaipur tehsil, officials said. However, the river made its natural course over the landslide after several hours of the lake formation. ...
The Congress in Uttarakhand is adopting a wait and watch policy in the wake of the internal rift in state BJP in the run up to the Assembly elections scheduled early next year....
The Kerala High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to former Gujarat Director General of Police R.B. Sreekumar and three others in the ISRO spy case which has been reopened following the new proceedings initiated by the CBI....
Amidst fears of the onset of a third wave of Covid in the days to come and back-to-back festivals lined up in the auspicious month of 'Shraavana' (August-September), Karnataka on Thursday ordered a ban on large scale religious, cultural and entertainment congregation/processions of people besides giving free hand to all district autho...
