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Shehzad Poonawalla doubles down on BJP exit, urges party to accept resignation

New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 17 -- Shehzad Poonawalla has pressed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to accept his resignation weeks after he stepped down as the party's national spokesperson and from its prima... Read More


Ministry defends transfer of Sabah hospital director amid ongoing sexual harassment probe

KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 17 -- The Health Ministry's decision to remove a Sabah hospital director from his post and transfer him to the state health department is pending further investigation into allegat... Read More


SC Issues Notice on Rahul Gandhi Plea Against Allahabad HC Orders in Disproportionate Assets Case

India, Aug. 17 -- The Supreme Court barred the CBI and other authorities from submitting further reports to the Allahabad High Court and deferred the next hearing there. The Supreme Court on Monday i... Read More


Himachal: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh stages protest in Shimla over workers' demands

Shimla, Aug. 17 -- The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner's office in Shimla on Monday, raising a range of demands related to workers and employees while cr... Read More


UPT20 league 2026 opening ceremony: Jasmine Sandals, Shankar Mahadevan and Abhishek Sharma steal the show in Lucknow

India, Aug. 17 -- The opening ceremony of the UP T20 league saw mesmerising performances by Dhurandhar singer Jasmine Sandals, and singers Shankar Mahadevan with sons Siddharth and Shivam Mahadevan. T... Read More


Ukraine War: UK-Made BAE Systems Drones Hit Russian Oil Refineries in Six-Month Deep-Strike Campaign

LONDON, Aug. 17 -- British weapons manufacturing company BAE Systems builds the Nyan for reasons that include, in official communications, maritime patrol and intelligence gathering. Six months ago, U... Read More


France's Top Court Blocks Social Media Ban for Under-15s, Orders Macron Government to Start Over

PARIS, Aug. 17 -- For every French teenager who spent the past year watching Parliament debate whether to lock them off TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat until they turned 15, the answer arrived on Thur... Read More


Exporters Back PM's Call For MSMEs To Leverage India's Expanding FTA Network

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to leverage India's expanding free trade agreement (FTA) network has received support from exp... Read More


Big relief for Rahul Gandhi as SC asks Allahabad HC to defer proceedings in disproportionate assets case

India, Aug. 17 -- SC asks Allahabad HC not to proceed with case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleging disproportionate assets Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hin... Read More


Patriotic fervour marks 80th I-Day celebrations in Lucknow

LUCKNOW, Aug. 17 -- Several events marked the 80th Independence Day celebrations in Lucknow on Saturday. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath hoisted the National Tricolour in front of the Vidhan Bhavan and... Read More