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Two senior Maoist leaders involved in 2009 Rajnandgaon attack killed in Chhattisgarh encounterSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 08:00 IST
The two Maoist leaders have been identified as Vijay Reddy, a Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) member, and Lokesh Salame, a Divisional Committee Member.
Rahul has tea with ‘dead voters’ from Bihar, ‘thanks EC’ for experience
August 14, 2025 09:14 IST
A group of seven persons from Bihar met Gandhi at his residence in Delhi and shared their experience of how they were declared “dead” by the Election Commission and their names removed from the draft electoral rolls published on August 1 as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Physics Wallah to provide free JEE, NEET coaching in Bihar government schoolsSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 14:25 IST
The support includes interactive digital classes, practice tests, AI-based doubt-solving tools, free access to the firm’s app, and regular academic progress monitoring for students of classes 9 to 12.
A cousin remembers family’s ordeal after militants killed Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat in 1990Subscriber Only
August 14, 2025 12:26 IST
Police raids at 8 locations in connection with her killing 35 years later bring back haunting memories for kin.
Unfortunate that man who sent ‘perverted’ messages to woman on social media charged under bailable offences: Madhya Pradesh HCSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 06:50 IST
The victim claimed that she tried to get married to someone else, but the threatening message of the accused led to the cancellation of that engagement as well.
‘Beaten, nails broken’: Madhya Pradesh police look into claims of 3 Dalit men being tortured in custodySubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 06:50 IST
The men were arrested on August 6 for allegedly vandalising religious idols at two sculpture-making centres in the city’s industrial area.
Post-Operation Sindoor performance, talks on in Armed Forces to up retention of AgniveersSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 10:45 IST
The services have been periodically reviewing the scheme — for recruitment of soldiers, airmen and sailors for a limited period of four years — ever since it was introduced in 2022.
India & Singapore to boost ties in key areas, from healthcare to tech
August 14, 2025 05:43 IST
Pacts were signed on areas including on connectivity, digitalisation, healthcare and medicine, skills development and advanced technology, an official statement said.
Parliament panel raises ‘perpetual tolling’, seeks new tariff authoritySubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 05:45 IST
The PAC recommended that the ministry should establish a tariff authority to ensure transparency and fairness in toll fixation, collection, and regulation.
Govt OKs cadre review for BSF on back of Operation Sindoor performance
August 14, 2025 05:45 IST
The BSF is responsible for guarding India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders.
New plastics treaty draft proposes no curbs on production, chemicals; slammed widelySubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 03:46 IST
Around 190 countries have assembled in Geneva to negotiate the first-ever treaty to end plastic pollution.
Bihar Cabinet okays doubling pension of Emergency prisonersSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 05:45 IST
For J P Senani pension, those who spent one to six months in jail during the Emergency will get Rs 15,000/month from the current Rs 7,500, while those who spent more than six months will get Rs 30,000 from Rs 15,000.
Set up SIT to look into ‘collusion’ between Noida Authority officials & land owners: SC to DGP
August 14, 2025 00:57 IST
On January 23, the top court set up an SIT to probe allegations of “excess payments”. On Wednesday, while considering the report of that SIT, the bench directed setting up of a new SIT comprising three IPS officers.
ED arrests Sandeepa Virk, beauty influencer with 1.2 mn Insta followers, in money-laundering case
August 14, 2025 05:44 IST
Agency alleges her website was a sham front; probe links her to former Reliance Capital director in ₹40-crore diversion row.
Indian-origin Labour politician Thangam Debbonaire calls for removal of a Robert Clive statue in LondonSubscriber Only
August 13, 2025 22:27 IST
The bronze statue, she notes, continues to promote the controversial military officer 'in a victorious mode'.
Senior Maoist leader gunned down in Jharkhand encounterSubscriber Only
August 13, 2025 22:11 IST
The recovered weapon and materials have been seized, and further action is being taken in line with the National Human Rights Commission’s SOPs, police said, adding that the anti-Maoist operation in the region is still ongoing.
Jaishankar heading to Moscow, Wang to Delhi amid strain in India ties with USSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 05:45 IST
On Doval–Wang table: LAC situation, next steps to repair ties; Visits taking place in run-up to SCO summit in China, possible visit by Putin to India
Now, a mayor in Bihar gets Election Commission notice ‘for 2 voter IDs’Subscriber Only
August 14, 2025 05:43 IST
Poll body issues notice after Tejashwi red flags issue; comes after Deputy CM received similar notice
Why this PhD scholar refused to collect her degree from the Tamil Nadu GovernorSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 03:38 IST
Jean Joseph, the wife of a DMK leader, said her decision ‘came from my own conviction’.
Experts warn all-weather Uttarakhand road project in current form could spell disaster
August 13, 2025 19:04 IST
They also described the Dharali disaster as a fallout of state authorities ignoring repeated scientific warnings against unregulated construction and tourism activities in the fragile Himalayas.
A migrant worker’s death, a family with no money to travel, and a funeral for an effigySubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 03:26 IST
Sitaram Yadav died at a railway station in Agra; his family dressed a bamboo-and-straw effigy in his clothes to conduct the last rites
Russia’s Lavrov to hold talks with Jaishankar next week
August 13, 2025 16:39 IST
Moscow and New Delhi have talked up their "strategic partnership" since US President Donald Trump earlier this month announced higher tariffs on imports from India because of its purchases of Russian oil.
Rajasthan family of medical assistant who died in Pak attack to get battle casualty certificateSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 03:25 IST
On July 28, during a special discussion on Operation Sindoor, Congress’s Jhunjhunu MP, Brijendra Singh Ola, had pointed out statements by ruling party MPs, quoting them as saying that no casualties had taken place.
How AI tool will bring structure, uniformity to minutes of gram sabha meetings across countrySubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 03:08 IST
'SabhaSaar' will be rolled out in Tripura on Independence Day and made available to other states later.
Bihar SIR process is ‘voter-friendly, not exclusionary’: SC says ECI now allowing 11 documents as identity proofSubscriber Only
August 14, 2025 02:29 IST
Justice Joymalya Bagchi made the remark as Senior Advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the petitioners, contended that the latest Special Intensive Revision of the voters list in Bihar was exclusionary in nature.
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