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Over 53k PMAY-U houses for urban poor remain unfinished in Punjab

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- More than 53,000 houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) in Punjab have yet to be completed and handed over to beneficiaries even as the Centre ... Read More


Iran appoints former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaee as representative to top security body

Tehran, Aug. 9 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief Mohsen Rezaee as his representative to the country's Supreme National Secur... Read More


Ladakh draws over 3 lakh tourists in first seven months of 2026

Jammu, Aug. 9 -- Ladakh's tourism sector continues to witness a strong upward trajectory, with tourist arrivals crossing the one-lakh mark for two successive months in June and July this year, accordi... Read More


Union Minister Annapurna Devi hits out at Congress' "duplicitous character" over Jharkhand protests

Koderma, Aug. 9 -- Union Minister Annapurna Devi on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party of "double standards" and a "duplicitous character" for remaining silent on the o... Read More


"Greatest service to nation...": Rajnath Singh hails donors for donating 1,000 units of blood for Indian Army

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday hailed the blood donors at the 'Sindoor-Army Maha Blood Donation Yatra', saying that donating blood for the Army personnel on the bo... Read More


Team India clears the air on Shubman Gill's injury after warm-up win over SLC XI: 'Management decided.'

India, Aug. 9 -- Team India's spin bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule on Sunday cleared the air, providing an update on Shubman Gill's injury. The India Test captain did not take the field on the opening t... Read More


Interview | 'Some BJP leaders also want J&K statehood restored'

Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- The demand for the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is no longer just the National Conference's (NC) demand. While the INDIA block stands united on this, senior v... Read More


'Distorting it': Shashi Tharoor says remarks on Rahul Gandhi's 'Chhatron ki goonj' campaign not an attack on Congress

India, Aug. 9 -- Following his remarks that Congress's student outreach did not resonate with the students as much as the Cockroach party's paper leak protests did, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on S... Read More


3 killed as car rams into parked truck on highway in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, Aug. 9 -- Three youths were killed after their car rammed into a stationary truck near Maqsudan bypass on the Jalandhar-Amritsar national highway on Saturday morning, police said. They sai... Read More


Rahul Gandhi banks on youth outreach in Congress's former bastion Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 9 -- Ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's decision to hold the 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' programme in Prayagraj is being s... Read More