HYDERABAD: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Tuesday issued an order granting working permission and approving the transfer of defence land to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) for the construction of elevated corridors under the Strategic Road Development Project (SRDP) within Secunderabad Cantonment limits. Barely 10 days ago, the MoD and state government signed an MoU for the land swap, under which the ministry was to hand over 65.038 acres of land to the state governmen...Read More
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 9 (ANI): Public transportation was disrupted in various parts of the country on Wednesday following the 'Bharat Bandh' protests, called by ten central trade unions, intensified. In Odisha, members of the Khordha District unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) blocked the national highway at Bhubaneswar to support the 'Bharat Bandh'. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today: Kolkata FF Result for July 09, 2025 Declared, Check Winning Numbers and Resu...Read More
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 9 (ANI): Public transportation was disrupted in various parts of the country on Wednesday following the Bharat Bandh protests, called by ten central trade unions, intensified. In Odisha, members of the Khordha District unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) blocked the national highway at Bhubaneswar to support the Bharat Bandh. In Kerala, shops and shopping malls in Kottayam remain closed in support of the Bharat Bandh called by 10 central trade un...Read More
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 9 (ANI): Sanitation workers from the Thoothukudi Corporation staged a protest on Wednesday, demanding better working conditions, the provision of essential equipment, and adequate payment for their services. The workers alleged that they were provided neither gloves nor face masks, essential tools for their safety, and claimed that their pay was insufficient. The protesters further demanded the implementation of the minimum wage, as promised by the Thooth...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting Namibia, the Congress on Wednesday recalled Namibian leader Sam Nujoma's meetings with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi over the years as well as India's extensive support to him in the lead up to the emergence of Namibia as an independent country in 1990. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also recalled that Nujoma, who was Namibia's first president from 1990 to 2005, established th...Read More
New Delhi: A nationwide Bharat Bandh (general strike) has been called for today, July 9, by a coalition of 10 central trade unions. Over 25 crore workers across various sectors are expected to participate in this strike, which has been organized to protest against the government's economic policies and labour reforms. The unions claim these policies are detrimental to workers, farmers, and the poor, benefiting big corporations instead. The Bharat Bandh is being organized in response to what tr...Read More
Jadavpur (West Bengal) [India], July 9 (ANI): Left parties' trade unions are staging a 'Bharat Bandh' alleging that the central government is pushing economic reforms that weaken workers' rights. 10 Central trade unions have called the Bandh. Defying police presence, members of the Left parties' union entered Jadavpur railway station in West Bengal to block the railway tracks to mark their protest against the central govt's "pro-corporate" policies. Left parties' unions also took out a foot mar...Read More
Hyderabad: Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G Kishan Reddy, and Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender thanked Union Defence Minister Rajanath Singh for approving a budget of Rs 303 crore for development works in Secunderabad Cantonment area. Kishan Reddy announced on Tuesday that in 2024, the Defence Department transferred the land needed for the elevated corridor from Jubilee Bus Station to Shamirpet to the state government. In return, it was agreed that the Rs. 303 crore received would be deposited...Read More
Mumbai: Maharashtra has secured the eighth position in the recently released National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted under the PARAKH initiative of the National Education Policy 2020. While the state's overall performance remains above the national average in most subjects, it shows contrasting results within districts Kolhapur has emerged as the top-performing district across all parameters, whereas Mumbai Suburban ranks among the lowest performing districts. The NAS 2024 survey, held on D...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram/ New Delhi: Sources have noted that they are closely following the matter on the Nimisha Priya case in Yemen, where she was convicted for the crime of murder in June 2018. According to sources, the matter continues to be closely followed. Samuel Jerome, negotiator in the case on behalf of Nimisha's mother Prema Kumari, stated that the Indian government had the option to intervene in the case to potentially save the nurse's life. Jerome explained that they had offered blood mo...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): In a landmark move towards competency-based education and data-driven reform, the Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, conducted by the NCERT's National Assessment Centre-PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development), has delivered valuable insights into student learning outcomes across India, as per a release. Spanning 21.15 lakh students, 74,229 schools, and 781 districts across all 36 States and UTs, the survey marks the la...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Following the violent protest at Kerala University, a case has been registered against 27 activists of the ruling CPM's Students Federation of India (SFI), including its state secretary P S Sanjeev, who has been named the prime accused, police said. The case also names 1,000 identifiable protesters who have been accused of damaging public property, forcibly entering the university campus, and assaulting police and university staff, police said ...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): In a landmark move towards competency-based education and data-driven reform, the Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, conducted by the NCERT's National Assessment Centre-PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development), has delivered valuable insights into student learning outcomes across India, as per a release. Spanning 21.15 lakh students, 74,229 schools, and 781 districts across all 36 States and UTs, the survey marks the la...Read More
Mumbai: US-based Jane Street said the Indian capital market regulator's order accusing the trading firm of manipulative trading in equity derivatives reflects a 'misunderstanding of standard hedging practices and the interrelationships between derivative and underlying markets'. The firm, in an internal communication that ET has accessed, said the Securities and Exchange Board of India's claim that the firm's activity is "prima facie manipulative", disregards the role of liquidity providers and...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): In a landmark move towards competency-based education and data-driven reform, the Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, conducted by the NCERT National Assessment Centre-PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development), has delivered valuable insights into student learning outcomes across India, as per a release. Spanning 21.15 lakh students, 74,229 schools, and 781 districts across all 36 States and UTs, the survey marks the larg...Read More
Srinagar- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that street protests by ordinary citizens against Pakistan-backed terrorism reflect a growing public rejection of violence and are a positive sign for establishing permanent peace in the Valley. Addressing the Tourism Secretaries' Meet of Union Territories at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar, the LG said that a peaceful and secure environment is vital for the sustained development of Jammu and Kashmi...Read More
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emplaned for Namibia -- the final stop of his five-nation visit -- after wrapping up his State Visit to Brasilia where he met Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended the 17th BRICS Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Taking to X, the PMO wrote: "PM @narendramodi has boarded for Namibia, the final destination of his tour" Also, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randir Jaiswal wrote on X: "P...Read More
July 8 (UPI) -- The Indian government on Thursday ordered the X social media platform to ban 2,355 accounts within the country, including at least two media accounts, X officials announced on Tuesday. Officials for X called the bans "press censorship" that initially included the accounts for the Reuters and Reuters World wire services, which X blocked on Saturday. "The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology demanded immediate action -- within one hour -- without providing justifica...Read More
Hyderabad: The legacy of Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, who once stopped the Afghan forces at the Khyber Pass, is not merely history but a living inheritance, said Dr A. Tajinder Pal Singh Nalwa, his descendant. "If we could protect India from invasions then, we must now protect our children's minds from disintegration." Dr Nalwa was speaking to Sikh educators, community members, students, and lawyers at a seminar hosted by the Sikh Education Society at Guru Nanak High School Lecture Hall. Presided ...Read More
New Delhi: Only 55 per cent of Class 3 students can arrange numbers up to 99 in ascending or descending order while only 53 per cent in Class 6 know tables up to 10, a ministry of education (MoE) survey has found. Students scored the lowest in mathematics (46 per cent), while in language they averaged 57 per cent and in 'The World Around Us' scored 49 per cent nationally. The Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (Parakh) Rashtriya Sarvekshan, former...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced on Tuesday that the state's Ujjain district will be getting its very own All India Radio (Akashvani), after he called on Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan in Delhi. CM Yadav said that the in-principle approval has been granted for setting up an Akashvani station, and requested for early commencement of the Akashvani centre in view of the upcoming Simhastha 2028, read an officia...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 8: India holds 8 per cent of the world's rare earth element reserves, which gives it the potential of playing a key role in the gradually evolving global supply landscape as China's current dominance is projected to decline, according to a CareEdge report released on Tuesday. While China currently plays a leading role in both mining and refining, its projected share is expected to decrease from 69 per cent to 51 per cent in mining and from 90 per cent to 76 per cent in refining b...Read More
Puri, Jul 8 (PTI) Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath on Tuesday returned to the 12th-century shrine here through a ritual called 'Niladri Bije', 12 days after the start of the annual Rath Yatra. Niladri Bije ritual marks the culmination of the annual Rath Yatra which started on June 27 this year when the trinity rode chariots to travel to their birthplace at Shree Gundicha Temple, nearly three kilometres from the main temple. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Conferred With Brazil's ...Read More
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 8 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday evening visited the Dhalli and Bhatta Kufar areas of Shimla to assess the ongoing four-lane widening work being undertaken by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on the Shimla-Parwanoo highway. His visit comes days after a five-storey building collapsed in the Bhatta Kufar area following heavy rainfall, with six other structures declared unsafe and evacuated by the dist...Read More
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 8 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that land law has come into force in the state for land management and land system and reform. With this, in accordance with public sentiment, the uncontrolled sale of agricultural and horticultural land in Uttarakhand has been completely banned, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release. Continuous action is also being taken against those who violate the provisions of the Land Act. A...Read More
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 8 (ANI): The death toll from the ongoing monsoon fury in Himachal Pradesh has risen to 85, with 54 people losing their lives due to rain-triggered disasters like landslides, cloudbursts, flash floods, and drowning incidents, while 31 people have died in road accidents said State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday. According to the State Disaster Management Authority's latest cumulative report, since June 20 2025, when monsoon officially set in the s...Read More
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 8 (ANI): Assam Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass on Tuesday inaugurated a training session for elected Gaon Panchayat (Village Panchayat) Presidents at the Golap Borbora State Institute of Rural Development in Guwahati. On the first day of the program, 75 elected Presidents from Sonitpur district participated in the training. The session marked the beginning of a five-day training module aimed at strengthening grassroots governance throug...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 8 (ANI): Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday informed that a total of 485 people are currently on the Nipah virus contact list in Kerala as containment measures intensify across districts, according to the official statement. According to the Health Department, Malappuram district has 192 contacts under observation, followed by Palakkad with 176, Kozhikode with 114, Ernakulam with 2, and Kannur with 1. Also Read | Did Indian Government Direct Elon ...Read More
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New Delhi: A mother sits in Kochi. Wrinkled fingers clutch a photo. Her daughter smiles in it - a nurse in crisp white. The daughter, Nimisha Priya, now waits in a prison cell in Yemen. On July 16, she is scheduled to die by execution. She moved to Yemen in 2008, carrying a stethoscope and hope. Her parents were aging. She needed to support them. For years, she worked in hospitals. She treated wounds. She took blood pressure. She spoke Arabic with nurses. She earned trust. Then she opened her o...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Kausan Jahan, Chairperson of the Delhi Hajj Committee, informed that registrations for Hajj 2026 commenced on July 7 and will conclude on July 31. The passports of the applicants should be valid until December 2026. As per the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the committee is committed to providing the best facilities to the Hajj pilgrims. 'Registration for Haj 2026 has begun. It will go on from 7 July to 31 July... The passports of applicants shou...Read More