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Modi meets Nitish after bypoll setback

India, Aug. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met JD (U) chief and RS MP Nitish Kumar, a day after the BJP lost the Bankipur assembly seat, its stronghold in Bihar, in the first electoral c... Read More


court summons pappu yadav over parl skit

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 5 -- A Prayagraj court on Tuesday issued notice to Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, from Bihar's Purnia after taking cognisance of a criminal complaint filed by a BJP f... Read More


after datia loss, narottam skips bjp review meet

Bhopal, Aug. 5 -- Senior Madhya Pradesh BJP leader and former home minister Narottam Mishra skipped a BJP review meeting on Tuesday convened to analyse the party's defeat in the Datia assembly bypoll,... Read More


SC seeks scheme for employing outboarded injured cadets

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to consider framing a scheme for military cadets who are boarded out of training academies due to injuries but are not eligible fo... Read More


Heatwave, lightning added to natural calamities list: Centre

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Heatwave and lightning have been included in the list of notified natural calamities under the operational guidelines for the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and National Disa... Read More


SC acquits triple murder convict after 22 years, faults Orissa HC

Bengaluru, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a man who spent 22 years in prison in a triple murder case, holding that the evidence against him was "unreliable" and expressing concern th... Read More


3 NCPI MPs skip NDA meet, deny association with alliance

India, Aug. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers and leaders of the NDA allies on Tuesday attended the ruling coalition's weekly meeting of parliamentarians, where the absence of three N... Read More


Datia loss exposes deep faultlines in MP BJP

India, Aug. 5 -- The Congress's victory in the Datia Assembly by-election is being seen as much more than the loss of a single seat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The result has exposed deep or... Read More


J&K on high alert ahead of Article 370 anniversary; protests planned

India, Aug. 5 -- Ahead of the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, Jammu and Kashmir has been placed on high alert, with intensified security measures including additional... Read More


Rajya Sabha passes birth and death registration Bill

India, Aug. 5 -- The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by a voice vote amid continuous sloganeering by Opposition members, who repeatedly deman... Read More