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10 Jul 2023

Manish Sisodia

Supreme Court to hear Manish Sisodia's bail plea on Friday

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia's bail plea in the Delhi liquor policy scam case on Friday.

10 Jul 2023

Manipur

Don't use this platform to escalate Manipur situation: SC

In a cautionary message to the counsels appearing for the ethnic groups embroiled in violence in Manipur, the Supreme Court on Monday urged them not to use the apex court as a platform that could escalate tensions in the state.

10 Jul 2023

Rainfall

#NewsBytesExplainer: Why North India is facing sudden surge of rainfall

After a 10% deficiency in overall rainfall across India till the end of June, excessive rainfall activity in the west coast and northern states over the last week reportedly resulted in a 2% excess rainfall on Sunday.

10 Jul 2023

Satyendar Jain

AAP leader Satyendar Jain's bail extended on medical grounds

The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim bail of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain on medical grounds until further orders, reported ANI.

10 Jul 2023

Bihar

Bihar: Woman beaten to death, private parts mutilated

In a shocking incident, a woman in the Khagaria district of Bihar was reportedly brutalized and beaten to death over an alleged land dispute.

10 Jul 2023

Delhi

Delhi under flood alert, heavy rainfall kills 22 across states

Following incessant rainfall in northwest India over the weekend, the Delhi government issued a flood alert on Sunday after Haryana released over one lakh cusecs of water in the Yamuna River.

09 Jul 2023

Delhi

Schools shut, over dozen dead as rains batter North India

Several states of North India have been experiencing heavy rainfall for the last few days, triggering flood-like situations and landslides in many areas.

Bengal panchayat polls: BSF alleges 'no information' on sensitive booths

The West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) failed to provide details about the sensitive polling booths before the panchayat polls despite several requests from the Border Security Force (BSF), ANI reported, quoting a senior BSF official.

09 Jul 2023

Indore

MP: 2 tribal brothers held captive, thrashed after road accident

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested three people for allegedly holding a tribal man and his teenage brother captive and assaulting them in Indore district, reported PTI.

09 Jul 2023

Indian Railways

Indian Railways to roll out vintage 'electric T Train' soon

Keeping the old-world charm intact, the Indian Railways is set to soon roll out new vintage-style steam engines with the comfort of Vistadome and Vande Bharat Express coaches, reported News18.

09 Jul 2023

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh: Portion of national highway washes away amid rains

As heavy rains continued to lash Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, a portion of the National Highway (NH) 3 along the Beas River in Kullu was washed away, reported ANI.

09 Jul 2023

India

Now I'm Indian: Pakistani woman who found love on PUBG

Pakistan's Seema Ghulam Haider and India's Sachin Meena—who fell in love with each other on the internet—walked out of prison on Saturday.

08 Jul 2023

Madhya Pradesh

MP: Man forced to lick another person's feet, 2 held

While the outrage over the recent urination incident in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi has yet to subside, another unpleasant incident has reportedly taken place in the state.

08 Jul 2023

Haryana

Haryana: 8 dead, 12 injured in bus-cruiser collision in Jind

In a devastating accident near Jind's Bibipur village in Haryana, a roadways bus and a cruiser reportedly had a head-on collision that left at least eight dead and 12 people injured.

08 Jul 2023

Encounter

Sidhu Moose Wala murder accused shooter's brother killed in encounter

Raka, the younger brother of Priyavrat Fauji, a shooter allegedly associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and accused in the murder case of Sidhu Moose Wala, was reportedly shot dead during a police encounter in the Panipat district of Haryana.

Sexual harassment at workplace: SC rejects PIL seeking complainants' protection

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to protect complainants and witnesses from the accused's retaliation or victimization in cases related to sexual harassment at workplaces.

07 Jul 2023

Odisha

Odisha train accident: CBI arrests 3 railway employees

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three Indian Railways employees on Friday in connection with the Balasore triple-train accident in Odisha that left nearly 300 people dead.

07 Jul 2023

Tripura

Ruckus in Tripura Assembly over 'porn-watching' question to BJP leader

Tripura Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen suspended five MLAs on Friday for "disrupting" House proceedings after a scuffle broke out between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Tipra Motha Party (TMP) legislators.

WFI row: Delhi court summons Brij Bhushan on July 18

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has summoned Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) outgoing chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and the WFI's former assistant secretary Vinod Tomar on July 18 in the sexual harassment case lodged against them by India's prominent wrestlers.

Weather update: Monsoon surge forecast over north India from Sunday

In its latest weather bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast that the northern parts of India would receive substantial rainfall from Sunday onwards.

07 Jul 2023

Manipur

'Children dying in violence': US offers help in Manipur

United States Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Thursday said the US is ready to assist India in restoring peace in strife-torn Manipur, calling the situation a matter of human concern and not strategic.

07 Jul 2023

Ajit Doval

Ajit Doval to discuss Khalistan issue with his UK counterpart

India's National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval is set to meet his United Kingdom (UK) counterpart Tim Barrow at Sardar Patel Bhawan in Delhi on Friday.

07 Jul 2023

Rahul Gandhi

Modi surname case: Gujarat HC rejects Rahul Gandhi's plea

The Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking to stay his conviction in the Modi surname defamation case.

06 Jul 2023

Saudi Arabia

Muslim World League chief to visit India, meet NSA Doval

The Muslim World League's (MWL) secretary general and the former minister of justice of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, will visit Delhi on Monday.

06 Jul 2023

Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee may undergo knee surgery for ligament injury

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may undergo surgery on Thursday after suffering a ligament injury on her left knee, PTI reported, quoting sources.

06 Jul 2023

Manipur

Manipur violence: Woman shot dead outside school in Imphal West

A woman was shot dead outside the Shishu Nistha Niketan School in the Imphal West district, Manipur, by unidentified attackers on Thursday morning, reported NDTV.

06 Jul 2023

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Watch: MP CM washes feet of victim amid urination row

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday washed the feet of Dashmat Rawat— the tribal laborer who was urinated on earlier this month— at his official residence in Bhopal.

06 Jul 2023

Karnataka

Karnataka: Tomatoes worth Rs. 2.5 lakh stolen from farmer

Amid the soaring prices of tomatoes in India, a farmer from the Hassan district of Karnataka claimed that tomatoes worth Rs. 2.5 lakh were stolen from her farm on Tuesday.

06 Jul 2023

Kerala

Kerala rains: 6 districts on orange alert; schools, colleges shut

Heavy rainfall would continue to lash Kerala for the next three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest release.

06 Jul 2023

Zanzibar

IIT to open first overseas campus in Tanzania's Zanzibar

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday announced that Tanzania's Zanzibar will become home to the first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus outside India.

06 Jul 2023

France

Macron's advisor in Delhi ahead of PM Modi's France visit

The diplomatic advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, Emmanuel Bonne, is reportedly set to arrive in Delhi on Thursday. During his one-day trip, he would iron out the bilateral agenda and possible outcomes of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Paris next week.

05 Jul 2023

Drones

DGCA, EU aviation agency to collaborate on unmanned aircraft system

Indian aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for cooperation in unmanned aircraft systems and innovative air mobility.

05 Jul 2023

Union Cabinet

Centre approves Digital Personal Data Protection Bill: Reports

The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the much-awaited Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, thus clearing the way for it to be tabled before Parliament in the upcoming Monsoon Session, reports said.

05 Jul 2023

Manipur

SAFF Cup Final: Manipuri footballer carries Meitei flag triggering controversy

The Indian national football team defeated Kuwait to win the South Asian Football Federation Championship, or SAFF Cup, on Tuesday. However, during the post-match presentation, Indian player and Manipur resident Jeakson Singh Thounaojam walked in draping a Meitei flag, sparking a new controversy.

05 Jul 2023

Teesta Setalvad

SC extends activist Teesta Setalvad's interim bail till July 19

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the interim bail of activist Teesta Setalvad till the next hearing on July 19, NDTV reported.

05 Jul 2023

Kolkata

Kolkata: Outrage after college denies admission to non-English medium students

Loreto College, a leading educational institute in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, is experiencing a massive backlash after it allegedly denied admission to students from Hindi and Bengali-medium schools.

05 Jul 2023

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh urination case: Authorities bulldoze BJP MLA aide's house

The district administration of Sidhi bulldozed the house of the man who urinated on a tribal laborer in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.

04 Jul 2023

Odisha

Odisha train tragedy: Wrong signaling led to collision, says report

The inquiry by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has found wrong signaling and human errors as reasons for the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, which killed at least 293 people last month, reported The Indian Express.

04 Jul 2023

India

Now jeera prices sizzle at Rs. 850/kg

Your food may taste a bit bland from now on, as in the last eight months, the price of jeera, or cumin, a staple ingredient in Indian cuisines, has increased by 300%, rendering it unaffordable.

04 Jul 2023

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Speeding car rams into morning walkers; mother, daughter killed

In a tragic incident, two women were killed after a speeding car rammed into morning walkers in Hyderabad's Bandlaguda Jagir area between 5:30-6:00am on Tuesday, reported The Indian Express.