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Modi and Russia's Putin speak on phone, pledge to deepen strategic partnership

India, Aug. 8 -- India and Russia doubled down on their time-tested relationship on Friday against the backdrop of a US punitive tariff on New Delhi for buying Russian oil, with Prime Minister Narendr... Read More


Shashi Tharoor says 'schoolyard bully' Trump picked 'a wrong target'

India, Aug. 8 -- After US President Donald Trump's recent "dead economy" barb against India amid the ongoing tariff row, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the Republican leader has provoked the wro... Read More


Justice Varma case: SC reinforces CJI's authority in judicial discipline

India, Aug. 8 -- The Supreme Court has held that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is not a "mere post office" when forwarding findings of an in-house inquiry against a high court judge to the Presiden... Read More


Amritsar: 4 members of arms smuggling gang held with seven pistols

AMRITSAR, Aug. 8 -- Amritsar Commissionerate Police apprehended four persons involved in cross-border arms smuggling and recovered seven sophisticated pistols from their possession, Punjab director ge... Read More


Govt orders assessment of damage due to waterlogging in Fazilka

Ferozepur, Aug. 8 -- Following reports of submergence of around 20,000 acres of land due to incessant rainfall in Fazilka district, the Punjab government has ordered a special girdawari (assessment) t... Read More


Prajwal Revanna's crimes 'heinous abuse of power'

India, Aug. 8 -- A Bengaluru court has held that former Janata Dal (S) parliamentarian Prajwal Revanna's crimes were not only "heinous" but compounded by his "abuse of power," repeated sexual violence... Read More


Paddy farmers grapple with dwarf virus, seek compensation for crop loss

Karnal, Aug. 8 -- Weeks after a mysterious disease was first reported in Ambala's paddy fields, farmers across Haryana's key rice-producing districts-Karnal, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Kaithal, and Yamunana... Read More


Duo held in rRs.r78-L immigration scam, Moose Wala murder link surfaces

Chandigarh, Aug. 8 -- Probing a Rs.78-lakh immigration fraud, Chandigarh Police have arrested two men with a history of preparing fake passports, including those for conspirators in the 2022 Sidhu Moo... Read More


International Cat Day | Actor Richa Chadha on her cat family: My babies are divine beings

India, Aug. 8 -- Richa Chadha has been a proud "cat momma" to her fur babies Kamli and Jugni for the better part of nine years. "They are divine beings and a part of my family in a big way," the actor... Read More


Moradabad's dholak makers add festive beat to Ganapati celebrations

India, Aug. 8 -- Every year, for the last 70 years, 90 families from the Shaikh community in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, arrive in Kalyan just before the Ganapati festival. They come here with one missi... Read More