Bengaluru, Aug 20 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the state government, in its cabinet meeting, accepted Justice H N Nagamohan Das's recommendations on internal reservation to the Scheduled Castes (SC) with certain modifications, including providing six per cent internal quota to the communities identified by the Commission as 'Left-Hand castes'. Siddaramaiah told the Assembly that as soon as the internal reservation order is issued, recruitment processes will comm...Read More
Hyderabad: The Telangana government's ambitious Musi river rejuvenation project will bring Old City's glory back and help the city compete with global cities like Tokyo said chief minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August 20. He added that "forces" that are obstructing the development and the Musi river and other projects like Future City are his enemies. Speaking after laying the foundation stone to Integrated Sub Registrar and District Registrar Office at Gachibowli, the Telangana CM stated...Read More
India, August 20, 2025: Placing a bold emphasis on the "Be" in its iconic "Be Your Own BOSS" platform, BOSS is proud to announce Indian actor and dancer Ishaan Khatter as one of the prominent faces of its "Be the Next" BOSS Fall/Winter 2025 campaign, celebrating individuals who are emerging, pushing boundaries, and shaping their own paths to success. Khatter, India's newest 'It Boy' taking Hollywood by storm, embodies the spirit of ambition and individuality that defines the BOSS ethos. Fresh f...Read More
_vb_68.jpeg)
Mumbai: An Air India pilot has received accolades for safely landing an aircraft at Mumbai Airport on Tuesday, amid heavy rain and strong winds. A passenger shared the video on X and wrote: "Mumbai airport landing in the midst of heavy rains. Hats off to Captain Neeraj Sethi for landing safely with less visibility." According to a report published by NDTV, The post drew wide appreciation for Captain Sethi's professionalism, with users calling him a "true hero of Indian skies." Some users noted...Read More
Mumbai Rain News: A 17-year-old boy died after being electrocuted while walking through floodwaters in Bhandup during heavy rain on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The victim was identified as Deepak Pillai, a resident of Pannalal Compound. He was walking home along LBS Marg when he came in contact with an exposed high-tension wire belonging to MahaVitaran (MSEDCL). According to the reports, Pillai was wearing headphones and listening to music. Residents tried to warn him, but he could not hear the...Read More
Ahmedabad: A Class-X student of a prominent school in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, died on Wednesday, a day after he was stabbed by a junior. As news of the death spread, parents gathered outside the gate of the Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Secondary School in Khokhra and staged a protest. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) - the students' wing of the BJP - lent support to the protesters and demanded action against school authorities. The incident occurred on Tuesday outside the main gate of ...Read More
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has officially approved the renaming of Jalalabad, a town in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, to Parshurampuri on Wednesday. The decision was communicated via a letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the UP Chief Secretary, stating that the central government has "no objection" to the name change. Union Minister Jitin Prasada, who hails from Shahjahanpur, called it a "moment of pride for the Sanatani society", expressing gratitude to Amit Sh...Read More
Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested Ananthula Venkanna, a Forest Beat Officer at Kodad in Suryapet district when he demanded and accepted Rs.20,000 from the complainant to do an official favour. Venkanna demanded bribe to avoid any hindrance to the complainant's wood business. The bribe amount was recovered from the pocket of tank cover of Venkanna's bike. The ACB officials produced him before the special court for ACB cases in Nampally after which the court ...Read More
New Delhi: A big question on the minds of many Indians is whether they could go to jail for playing online money games after the government introduced a new bill in Parliament. The answer, according to official sources, is no. Players will not be punished under the proposed law. Instead, the government has made it clear that the real targets are the companies and individuals who provide, promote, or finance such games. The Online Gaming Bill, passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, aims to regul...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Strongly backing India in the face of mounting US trade pressure, Charge d'Affaires of Russia in India Roman Babushkin on Wednesday asserted that Moscow will remain New Delhi's reliable partner regardless of Western criticism or sanctions. Addressing reporters in New Delhi, Babushkin remarked, "If the West criticises you, it means you are doing everything right. We don't expect India to stop buying Russian oil. This is a true strategic partnership -- we are co...Read More
Chennai, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that Sun TV Network Limited had willingly accepted an 'A' certificate for Rajinikanth's latest film Coolie, after refusing to carry out the additional cuts required for a U/A certification. The move effectively barred viewers below 18 years from watching the film in theatres. Appearing before Justice T.V. Thamilselvi, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A.R.L. Sundaresan sa...Read More
New Delhi: The 'Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025', which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, could spell the end of "real money gaming platforms", that have stakes in the sponsorship market of Indian sports, most significantly cricket. The contents of the bill, which aims to regulate one of the fastest growing industries, is music to the ears for the Esports fraternity in the country. But the multi-billion dollar fantasy gaming industry comprising companies that ha...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Retirement fund body EPFO recorded a 13.46 per cent year-on-year growth in net member addition of 21.89 lakh in June, according to the latest payroll data released on Wednesday. The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) provisional payroll data for June 2025 showed a net addition of 21.89 lakh members, marking the highest recorded addition since payroll data tracking began in April 2018, a labour ministry statement said. On a month-on-month basis, net payroll ...Read More
Chandigarh, Aug 20 (PTI) The Haryana government is going to hand over the probe into the death of a 19-year-old teacher in Bhiwani last week to the CBI following public outrage and amid calls in the woman's village for an indefinite protest if the probe is not handed over to the premier investigating agency. Manisha's body was found in a field in Bhiwani on August 13. She had gone missing on August 11 after leaving the school, purportedly to enquire about admission at a nursing college. Chief ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) The Centre has proposed exempting life and health insurance premium from GST, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and convenor of insurance GoM Samrat Choudhary said on Wednesday. Currently, health and life insurance premium attracts 18 per cent GST. The Group of Ministers (GoM) on life and health insurance will submit its report to the GST Council. The report will also include views and concerns expressed by some state finance ministers, he said. "The Centre's proposal is cle...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) The country's 22nd Indian Institute of Management (IIM) is set to be established in Guwahati with an investment of Rs 555 crore, as Parliament cleared a Bill in this regard on Wednesday, with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan saying the new institution will start admitting students from the current academic year itself. The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by the Rajya Sabha with a voice vote even as the Opposition staged a walk...Read More
Guwahati, Aug 20 (PTI) Two orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs, rescued from Dissoi Reserved Forest in Assam's Jorhat district, have been translocated to Dehing Patkai National Park and released in the wild, a forest official said on Wednesday. The cubs, estimated to be between four and six weeks old at the time, were discovered alone by a local youth in February this year and handed over to the Na-Kachari Beat Office under Jorhat Forest Division. As subsequent surveys found no trace of their mot...Read More
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court has granted major relief to Abbas Ansari, the disqualified MLA from Mau Sadar and son of gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, by setting aside the lower court's order in the hate speech case on Wednesday. The Mau MLA, who had earlier lost his assembly membership after a conviction, will now be reinstated following the High Court order. The Mau MP/MLA Court had sentenced Ansari to two-year imprisonment on May 31, 2024, in connection with the alleged h...Read More
Mysore/Mysuru: Hubli Tigers were clinical and produced a fine all-round display, as they defeated the Mangaluru Dragons by 23 runs in the ongoing KSCA Maharaja Trophy T20 Tournament at the SDNR Wadiyar Stadium at Manasagangothri, here yesterday. The win takes the Hubli Tigers to the top of the points table and the Mangaluru Dragons drop down to third spot. Captain Devdutt Padikkal scored a half-century for the Hubli Tigers and was ably supported by the experienced Abhinav Manohar, before bowle...Read More
)
India will promote e-sports. Representational Image/Shutterstock India is planning to ban online games played with money, in a major setback for an industry that has attracted billions in investment but remains controversial. On Wednesday (August 20), Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced the Online Gaming Bill in the Lok Sabha. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, seeks to prohibit real-money online gaming, imposing stricter ...Read More
Kochi: In a major relief for rapper Vedan alias Hirandas Murali, a native of Thrissur, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended his interim protection from arrest in an alleged rape case. A bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas restrained the police from arresting the singer till August 25, as his bail application is under consideration before the court. Vedan has been absconding after the Thrikkakara police booked him in the rape case on the basis of a complaint filed by a young doctor on Ju...Read More
Mumbai, August 20: Did Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who appears to be at a political crossroads in his relationship with party leadership after praising PM Narendra Modi, again differed from the party line over a bill proposing forced ousting of jailed Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers facing criminal charges? The Thiruvananthapuram MP has issued a clarification after several media reports claimed he supported the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill 2025. Several media outlets on Wed...Read More
Mumbai: As Ganesh Chaturthi approaches, scheduled for August 27, authorities are ramping up security measures across Mumbai. Technicians have been busy installing CCTV cameras at Girgaon Chowpatty, one of the key locations for Ganesh idol immersion (visarjan), to ensure public safety during the celebrations. This move is part of a broader high-security plan initiated by officials to prevent any untoward incidents during the festival. Girgaon Chowpatty is one of the main immersion sites in the c...Read More
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the Congress-led government had "put Rs 1 lakh crore directly into the pockets of the poor" through various public welfare schemes. Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state unit chief, made the remark at the state party office here during the celebration of the birth anniversaries of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs. "Our government has been running guarantee schemes f...Read More
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the Congress-led government had "put Rs 1 lakh crore directly into the pockets of the poor" through various public welfare schemes. Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state unit chief, made the remark at the state party office here during the celebration of the birth anniversaries of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs. "Our government has been run...Read More
NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and a few others are feared trapped after a portion of a building collapsed on Wednesday in the Indian capital, police said. The building, consisting of ground and two floors, collapsed near Sadbhavna Park in Daryaganj area of the city. The victims were identified as laborers. Rescuers are searching for more people trapped there. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known. ■...Read More
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], August 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday spoke to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini over the phone on the incident of the murder of Uttarakhand youth Sahil Bisht in Ambala. Dhami requested the immediate arrest of the culprits and to ensure strict punishment. On this, Nayab Singh Saini assured that the criminals will not be spared at any cost, and clear instructions have been given to the police to take immediate action. ...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vivek Thakur on Wednesday criticised Rahul Gandhi led 'Voter adhikar yatra' in poll bound Bihar, with the BJP leader claiming that the state is being treated like a 'tourist spot' to be visited only during elections. Hitting out at the Congress MP, Thakur said that it has become a 'habit' of Gandhi to have disruptive thinking. 'It has become their habit to talk with disruptive thinking. Bihar is very ahead in political thinking, the...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Hailing the positive response to his 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in poll-bound Bihar, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi expressed confidence on Wednesday that the entire country will also be resisting 'election chori' (election theft). Speaking to reporters at Parliament premises, the Congress leader said, 'The response is very good. Everyone is now saying 'vote chori' in Bihar. This is reality. Attempt of 'election chori' is being made...Read More
Agartala, Aug 20 (UNI) Tripura Congress President Asish Kumar Saha today said that at a time when unrest and divisive politics are spreading across the nation under Modi's rule, Congress will remain steadfast in following the path shown by late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to restore peace, harmony, and unity in the country after offering floral tributes on the occasion of 81st birth anniversary of Gandhi. He said the Congress continues to draw inspiration from the late Prime Minister's vision o...Read More