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SC to set up high-powered panel headed by ex-judge to examine police action against student protesters

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will constitute a high-powered committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge to examine allegations of police excesses against student pro... Read More


Delhi Court grants 4-week interim bail to Ex-DGHS Vatsala Aggarwal in Rs 700 cr medical scam

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Rouse Avenue court on Tuesday granted 4 weeks' interim bail to Vatsala Aggarwal, Former Director General of Health Services (DGHS), on Medical grounds. She has been arrested ... Read More


Indonesia readies funds for disaster preparedness

Jakarta, Aug. 18 -- The Indonesian government has affirmed that it is always prepared with financial resources to respond to natural disasters, with around 5 trillion IDR (approximately 280 million US... Read More


Ghalibaf vows Iran will avenge war deathsPublished on: August 18, 2026 8:46 PM

Pakistan, Aug. 18 -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has vowed that deaths during the US-Israeli war will not go unavenged. He said Iran would defend the rights of its people and r... Read More


"Let them come forward": Congress leader Pawan Khera defends Goa event Vande Mataram rendition, challenges critics to debate

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday defended his party's decision to sing only the initial two stanzas of Vande Mataram during the event in Goa, challenging critics to an open... Read More


The time for an NTA self-review has passed

India, Aug. 18 -- To a naive viewer of India's education sector, it could seem that the country's apex examination agency cannot catch a break. Months after botching the country's premier medical entr... Read More


Mallikarjun Kharge slams "brazen attack" on free speech, claims Centre sent 1.95 lakh content-blocking orders between March-July to social media firms

Bengaluru, Aug. 18 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the Central government of launching its "most brazen and calculated attack" on free speech, claiming that the government ... Read More


YS Jagan urges govt to intensify search for eight missing fishermen

Amaravati, Aug. 18 -- Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday expressed concern over the disappearance of a fishing boat carrying eight fi... Read More


Satyendar Jain taken to Delhi hospital for medical exam after ACB arrest in DJB tender case

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Former Delhi Water Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain was taken to Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital for a medical examination late Tuesday night following his arrest by th... Read More


AK-47 use during protest did not result in injury, Bihar govt tells Supreme Court

India, Aug. 18 -- The Bihar government has told the Supreme Court that the use of AK-47 rifle to disperse the student protestors in Siwan did not result in any injury even as it admitted that a weapon... Read More