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U'khand HC upholds recovery of excess pension paid due to official error

India, July 28 -- The Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed a petition by a retired government officer challenging the recovery of excess pension paid to him due to a Treasury Department's error, holdi... Read More


SIR: Names of 1.5 lakh Meghalaya voters marked under absent, shifted, dead and duplicate category

India, July 28 -- Nearly 1.5 lakh of Meghalaya's total 23.49 lakh voters have been marked under the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate (ASDD) category during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (S... Read More


'Gen Alpha': Students take to streets seeking basic amenities at UP school, officials assure action

India, July 28 -- Safe drinking water, functional fans, clean toilets, library; armed with a lengthy charter of demands, hundreds of students at a school in Fatehpur of Uttar Pradesh, staged a five-ho... Read More


Srihari Nataraj advances to 100m backstroke semis, Sajan Prakash crashes out of 50m Fly at CWG

India, July 28 -- India's Srihari Nataraj qualified for the 100 m backstroke semifinals but veteran Sajan Prakash failed to go past the Heats of 50 m butterfly event in the Commonwealth Games swimming... Read More


'Hiru Rajadharma Pratipada' offers alms to 1,000 monks at Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara

Sri Lanka, July 28 -- Marking the sacred Esala Full Moon Poya Day, the 'Hiru Rajadharma Pratipada'programme, initiated under the devotional concept of Rayynor Silva, Chairman of Hiru Media Network, wi... Read More


Kavadi dancer arrested with drugs during Devinuwara procession

Sri Lanka, July 28 -- A member of a Kavadi dance troupe participating in the annual procession of the Devinuwara Utpalawanna Sri Vishnu Maha Devalaya was arrested with drugs this afternoon, according ... Read More


Delhi High Court orders winding up of Paytm Payments Bank, says RBI

India, July 28 -- The Delhi High Court has ordered that Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) be wound up, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday, July 28. In April this year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ... Read More


NEET protests: SC orders release of detained, arrested protestors below 18 with no criminal record

India, July 28 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 28, restrained states from taking any coercive action against protesters in the recent student-led agitation and directed them to release those und... Read More


After SC order, BJP: Protection of genuine students, not rioters

India, July 28 -- The Supreme Court's interim order on petitions related to protests over the alleged NEET paper leak draws a clear distinction between genuine student protesters and those involved in... Read More


SC urged to set up SIT headed by ex-judge to fix liability of police for attack on protesters

India, July 28 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 28, was vehemently urged to set up an SIT headed by a former judge of the court to fix responsibility up to higher echelons of police departments o... Read More