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16 Aug 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaBilkis Bano gang-rape case life-term convicts released, welcomed with sweets
All 11 men sentenced to life for the brutal gang-rape of Bilkis Bano in the wake of the 2002 Gujarat riots were released from jail on Monday and welcomed with sweets.
16 Aug 2022
Rajasthan'Distressed' by Dalit boy's death, Rajasthan Congress MLA resigns
Saddened by the demise of a nine-year-old Dalit boy in an alleged caste crime, Rajasthan MLA Pana Chand Meghwal sent his resignation to CM Ashok Gehlot on Monday.
16 Aug 2022
Jammu And KashmirJ&K: 6 ITBP personnel killed in bus accident, 30 injured
A bus carrying about 39 security personnel from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police met with a severe accident on its way to Pahalgam on Tuesday.
15 Aug 2022
IndiaWill oppose distortion of history: Congress after BJP questions Nehru
A day after the BJP questioned Jawaharlal Nehru's role in India's partition, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said on Monday that the party would strongly oppose "political gains" by putting national icons of the Independence movement "on the dock based on lies."
15 Aug 2022
United KingdomBharat Biotech completes third-phase of intranasal COVID-19 vaccine trials
The manufacturing body of the made-in-India Covaxin is only steps away from releasing its intranasal vaccine for the virus.
15 Aug 2022
IndiaIndia@75: National Flag unfurled in space by Space Kidz India
As India celebrates its 76th Independence Day, the team at Space Kidz India played their part by unfurling the national flag in space.
15 Aug 2022
Madhya PradeshMP: Villagers returns home after alternate channel prevents dam collapse
Following a warning of a dam collapse, villagers in Madhya Pradesh (MP) were relocated to shelter camps.
15 Aug 2022
West BengalMarkets witness 'unprecedented' national flag demand, courtesy 'Har Ghar Tiranga'
The Centre's Har Ghar Tiranga campaign to commemorate the country's 75th anniversary of independence has helped propel the demand for the tricolor, with flag makers and traders reporting an increase in orders and purchases of the national flag.
15 Aug 2022
Narendra ModiPM Modi's I-Day address: Introduces Panch Pran, attacks dynasty politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the traditional August 15 address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day.
14 Aug 2022
PunjabSidhu Moose Wala case: Father alleges 'close friends' behind murder
Sidhu Moose Wala's case took a fresh twist after his father Balkar Singh revealed a new information.
14 Aug 2022
DelhiHow is Delhi gearing up for Independence Day?
The Red Fort, which is the main venue for India's 76th Independence Day celebrations on Monday, has been secured with a multi-layered security cover.
14 Aug 2022
RajasthanRajasthan: Dalit boy thrashed for touching 'upper caste' waterpot, dies
A nine-year-old Dalit student at a private school in the village of Surana, Rajasthan, reportedly died on Saturday, days after he was allegedly beaten by a teacher for touching a drinking waterpot meant for "upper caste" people.
13 Aug 2022
Jammu And KashmirShah Faesal returns, appointed deputy secretary in Ministry of Culture
Shah Faesal, a Kashmiri Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who resigned from the bureaucracy in 2019 to launch his political party only to leave politics later, has been appointed deputy secretary in the Culture Ministry.
13 Aug 2022
Uttar PradeshSaharanpur man, tasked to kill Nupur Sharma, produced in court
Mohammad Nadeem of Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, who was allegedly entrusted by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to kill the suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesman Nupur Sharma, has been presented before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) special court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.
13 Aug 2022
MaharashtraNot Muslim by birth: Ex-NCB officer Wankhede gets clean-chit
The Caste Scrutiny Committee has cleared former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) chief Sameer Wankhede in the caste certificate case, putting an end to a year-long dispute.
13 Aug 2022
DelhiDelhi reports fifth monkeypox case, takes national tally to 10
Delhi reported its fifth monkeypox case on Saturday after a woman hospitalized at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital tested positive, India Today reported.
13 Aug 2022
Jharkhand#NewsBytesExplainer: Why drought is looming over UP, Jharkhand and Bihar
According to the Indian Express, never in the last 122 years have Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar and Jharkhand witnessed such low monsoon rainfall.
13 Aug 2022
Jammu And KashmirJ&K government sacks terrorist Bitta Karate's wife, Salahudin's son
Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed the services of four government employees including the wife of jailed terrorist Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate and the son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin for their alleged terror links.
12 Aug 2022
Shashi TharoorShashi Tharoor to receive highest French civilian honor for writing
Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament of Thiruvananthapuram, has been popular for years.
12 Aug 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaUP, Maharashtra have highest liabilities: Freebies PIL reveals in SC
Indian states have outstanding liabilities of Rs. 59,89,360 crore as of March 31, 2021, the Supreme Court is informed in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
12 Aug 2022
KeralaKerala assault case: MLA says survivor benefited professionally from incident
Senior Kerala politician and ex-legislator PC George on Thursday said that the survivor of the 2017 sexual assault case has benefited professionally after the incident.
12 Aug 2022
Independence DayIndia Post sells 1 crore national flags in 10 days
As part of the ongoing Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, India Post has sold a whopping one crore national flags in just 10 days.
12 Aug 2022
DelhiWith 2,726, Delhi reports highest COVID-19 cases in 7 months
Delhi witnessed a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases on Thursday triggering concern for the authorities.
12 Aug 2022
Ministry Of Home AffairsJammu & Kashmir: Bihar migrant worker shot dead by terrorists
In yet another targeted killing in the Valley, a migrant laborer from Bihar was shot dead at Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Thursday night.
11 Aug 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaEconomy losing serious money: Supreme Court slams freebies
Observing that promising and distributing freebies during election season is a "serious issue", the Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the concept of freebies.
11 Aug 2022
Uttar PradeshWoman suicide: Family petitions Jaishankar to bring body from US
The family of Mandeep Kaur, an Uttar Pradesh woman who died of suicide in the United States, has created an online petition on change.org to demand justice for her.
11 Aug 2022
Narendra ModiMeet Qamar Mohsin Shaikh, PM Modi's rakhi sister from Pakistan
Qamar Mohsin Shaikh, a former resident of Pakistan, continued a 27-year-old tradition and sent a rakhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi this year to commemorate the festival of Raksha Bandhan.
11 Aug 2022
Uttar PradeshProbe ordered after UP constable's 'viral' complaint over mess food
Uttar Pradesh Police faced a huge embarrassment after a police constable in Firozabad district Wednesday stood on the road and grieved loudly about the quality of food served in the police mess.
11 Aug 2022
West BengalCattle smuggling case: CBI arrests Mamata Banerjee's aide Anubrata Mondal
More trouble is brewing up for Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's close aide and the party's Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in a 2020 livestock smuggling case.
11 Aug 2022
IndiaJagdeep Dhankhar takes oath as 14th Vice President of India
Jagdeep Dhankhar was sworn in as the 14th Vice President of India by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday.
11 Aug 2022
Jammu And KashmirJ&K fidayeen attack: 3 soldiers, 2 Lashkar terrorists dead
A suicide attack attempt on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday led to the death of three soldiers and two terrorists.
10 Aug 2022
Telangana#NewsBytesExplainer: Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022, its issues and benefits
The Centre introduced the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in the Lok Sabha on Monday, and it was quickly forwarded to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for further discussion.
10 Aug 2022
Uttar PradeshMathura shocker: Wife sets husband on fire over extramarital affair
In a shocking incident, a man in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh district was allegedly set on fire by his wife earlier this week.
10 Aug 2022
Chief Justice of IndiaJustice Uday Umesh Lalit appointed 49th Chief Justice of India
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has been appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
10 Aug 2022
AssamGirl injects herself with boyfriend's HIV-infected blood to prove love
True love knows no bounds, yet it may sometimes cross the line into lunacy and become plain bizarre.
10 Aug 2022
Narendra ModiIndependence Day 2022: Taj Mahal won't be illuminated with tricolor
In order to mark the country's 75 years of independence, the Government of India is celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
09 Aug 2022
RajasthanRajasthan: Petrol pump offers discount on fuel against single-use plastic
Bring empty plastic milk pouches and water bottles to receive a discount of Re. 1/liter on petrol and 50 paise/liter on diesel!
09 Aug 2022
JaipurRajasthan students climb atop water tanks in protest: Here's why
Two incidents this week led to students in separate Rajasthan colleges climbing atop water tanks to express their demands to the authorities.
09 Aug 2022
World Health OrganizationIndia to battle monkeypox with targeted 'ring vaccination' strategy
India is likely to adopt a new strategy to battle the monkeypox virus.
09 Aug 2022
YouTubeIndian man reunites with Pakistan-based nephew after 75 years
Recently, the Indo-Pak border witnessed a historic reunion when 92-year-old Sarwan Singh from Punjab met his 81-year-old nephew Mohan Singh from Pakistan for the first time in 75 years.
