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Face-off in Ranchi as ABVP stages major protest march to Assembly over exam irregularities

Ranchi, Aug. 11 -- The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) holds a protest march from the Old Vidhan Sabha to the New Vidhan Sabha in Ranchi, amid ongoing student protests in Jharkhand. The mar... Read More


BJP MP Harbhajan Singh's post over 'zombie drug' video draws criticism after Punjab Police clarification

India, Aug. 11 -- A social media post by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh linking a video of two men appearing to stagger on a roadside to the alleged impact of drugs in Punjab has drawn criticism a... Read More


"Did Rahul Gandhi tell Hemant Soren to lathi-charge Jharkhand youth?": Anurag Thakur targets Congress-JMM government

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Tuesday accused the Congress-JMM government in Jharkhand of "injustice and atrocities" against protesting students, alleging that Rahul Gandhi and Jharkha... Read More


SC asks Centre to examine plea seeking emergency mechanism against digital crimes

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union government to examine a representation seeking creation of a URL-specific, judicially supervised emergency mechanism to address gr... Read More


"People of country want house to function": LS Speaker Om Birla appeals to Treasury and Opposition to end parliament logjam

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday made a fervent appeal to the House to resume normal proceedings, stating that the government has agreed to a discussion on student issues wi... Read More


Mamata becomes target of 'Chor' slogan in Kolkata's Shyambazar

Kolkata, Aug. 11 -- A couple of days after former chief minister Mamata Banerjee became of victim of public slur in Halisahar in North 24 Parganas, the Trinamool Congress supremo was again allegedly t... Read More


'Cowards': Congress on Amit Shah's 'no show' in Lok Sabha, Rijiju hits back

India, Aug. 11 -- The Congress on Tuesday took a jibe at Amit Shah, with party general secretary Jairam Ramesh saying the Union home minister was a "no-show" in Lok Sabha despite business reportedly l... Read More


'Cowards': Congress on Amit Shah's 'no show ' in Lok Sabha, Rijiju hits back

India, Aug. 11 -- The Congress on Tuesday took a jibe at Amit Shah, with party general secretary Jairam Ramesh saying the Union home minister was a "no-show" in Lok Sabha despite business reportedly l... Read More


Nepal is growing more rice but losing indigenous varieties

Nepal, Aug. 11 -- Until a decade ago, the paddies of Nepal's Tarai were dominated by rice varieties whose names were deeply woven into the region's farming culture: Sona Mansuli, Soni, Katarni, Savitr... Read More


Diet Coke as election symbol? Arvind Kejriwal's Gen Z moment has the internet in splits

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal shared a light-hearted conversation with podcaster Sarthak Goswami, where he reacted to a few 'Kejriwal memes' and also shared w... Read More