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Opposition V-P candidate Justice (retired) B Sudershan Reddy, with TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, calls on AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)
August 22, 2025 02:56 IST

Kejriwal said he had had “a long discussion on the election strategy and the current situation in the country”, issuing an appeal to all MPs to throw their weight behind him so that the nation could have “an impartial Vice President”.

The clauses of the Bill were put to a vote amid sloganeering from the Opposition, and the Bill was passed.
August 22, 2025 02:49 IST

The clauses of the Bill were put to vote amid the din and the Online Gaming Bill 2025 was passed.

rajasthan police
August 22, 2025 03:15 IST

The students, aged 10 and 11, narrated their ordeal to their parents, who subsequently lodged an FIR.

Assam will stop issuing Aadhaar to adults, says Himanta, citing ‘saturation’ and ‘Bangladeshis’
August 22, 2025 09:53 IST

Sarma said that Assam has 103% Aadhaar saturation, but that this is at 96% among the SC, ST and tea garden communities.

Punjab bjp leaders
August 22, 2025 02:04 IST

The Punjab government justified its move, claiming that ‘data breach’ concerns triggered the clampdown, as Aadhaar details were allegedly being used for scheme update.

The Piprahwa gems were set to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong in May this year, when the Indian government intervened and successfully sought their repatriation.
August 22, 2025 03:18 IST

State hopes to display these relics, which returned to India after 127 years, at a theme park that it is planning to boost footfall at this site in UP’s Buddhist tourist circuit

Jailed leaders
August 22, 2025 17:56 IST

Most of the cases pertain to Delhi, Bengal, and almost all are under PMLA, where bail conditions are very stringent

CP Radhakrishnan
August 22, 2025 06:49 IST

Vice President election 2025: After Dhankhar's exit, amid widening Govt-Oppn divides, all eyes are on CPR as to how he would run Rajya Sabha as Chairman, even though he is known for being “affable and non-abrasive”

As demand for fertilisers runs high, long queues and frayed nerves across states
August 21, 2025 01:40 IST

While this year’s well-distributed monsoon has meant aggressive planting in the kharif season, urea imports and supply has been unable to keep up with the demand.

Chishoti Bikers, first responders who saved many, are unsung heroes of Kishtwar cloudburst rescue
August 21, 2025 01:31 IST

Belonging to the Chishoti village in Kishtwar district’s Paddar, the Chishoti Bikers offer their services during the annual Machail yatra, helping pilgrims navigate the hilly terrain and narrow track to Hamuri for Rs 100

Lapata lady: How Archana, Madhya Pradesh lawyer with dreams of becoming a judge, orchestrated vanishing act to escape marriage *(can paywall, for 9 am)
August 21, 2025 17:43 IST

The subject of one of the largest search operations by the Madhya Pradesh police in recent years, she returned home from Nepal after her plan unravelled

TN Private University Bill faces backlash; Edu Minister orders review
August 21, 2025 06:53 IST

Citing “substantial” annual fees in private universities, the panel underlined the need for the State to take steps through legislation to accommodate students from these categories.

BJD seeks to stop work on Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram project: 'Will submerge parts of Odisha'
August 21, 2025 06:51 IST

A BJD delegation that met the Central Water Commission (CWC) in New Delhi asked for a fresh backwater study for the revised design flood and to initiate a consultation process with chief ministers of all concerned states.

On SC order, CBI arrests DSP, 5 other J&K cops for ‘custodial torture' of colleague
August 21, 2025 06:50 IST

The arrested cops were posted at the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) in Kupwara, where Constable Khurshid Ahmad Chouhan, was allegedly tortured in February 2023.

Students fed midday meal licked by dog, Chhattisgarh High Court orders state to pay damages
August 21, 2025 06:50 IST

84 children administered anti-rabies shots after eating the in state's Baloda Bazar district.

For sellers to reach Delhi and beyond, a cargo train from Kashmir to capital
August 21, 2025 06:50 IST

This comes two months after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Vande Bharat Express from Katra to Srinagar on June 6 this year, marking a historic leap in the region’s rail connectivity.

From Bhojpur to Mumbai, Bihar most-wanted’s run ends in arrest
August 21, 2025 06:51 IST

Harendra ‘Butan’ Chowdhury alias Buttan was tracked down by the Bihar Special Task Force (STF) and arrested on August 18 in a joint operation with Maharashtra Police, police said.

Amid monsoon bounty for farmers, lower urea stocks play spoilsport
August 21, 2025 05:56 IST

While shortages of DAP — a fertiliser with 46% P that is essential for root development and early plant establishment — have been reported in the past couple of years, the current season has seen farmers scrambling even for urea.

Bills to sack arrested ministers, Bills to sack chief ministers, Bills to sack ministers, Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, Indian express news, current affairs
August 21, 2025 04:06 IST

LJP (Ram Vilas) national vice president A K Bajpai dismissed the Opposition's concerns over misuse of the law.

Nepal stand on trade through Lipulekh not justified: MEA
August 21, 2025 03:15 IST

Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli had in 2020 opposed it, passing a map in Parliament, showing the area as part of Nepal.

Justice Surya Kant
August 22, 2025 08:31 IST

Inaugurating the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) lecture series, the Supreme Court judge spoke on the subject, ‘Justice for all — legal aid and mediation: The collaborative role of Bar and the Bench’.

Rahul: Where is Dhankhar ‘hiding’, why is he silent?
August 21, 2025 05:34 IST

On July 21, the first day of the Monsoon session, Dhankhar had formally resigned from his post citing health reasons.

IIM Guwahati clears Rajya Sabha; Pradhan brings up CSDS row
August 21, 2025 02:52 IST

The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by voice vote.

delhi high court, Civil Aviation ministry, notice to Civil Aviation Ministry on PIL citing vacancies, PIL citing vacancies, Air India Boeing, Air India Boeing crash, Indian express news, current affairs
August 21, 2025 01:04 IST

Rathore, in a fresh application, has now also highlighted vacancies and underutilisation of funds.  

Andhra pradesh
August 21, 2025 03:17 IST

This comes amid heavy rainfall in several parts of Andhra Pradesh – including Kurnool -- due to a severe depression in the Bay of Bengal.

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