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A 12-year-old boy was held for allegedly killing his grandfather over his refusal to purchase him a smartphone, the police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on August 4 in the Purani Basti Police Station area, where Rampati Pandey, a retired Indian Army personnel, was allegedly murdered by...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday threw the gauntlet before the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, declaring: You cannot defeat me unless I let you.The Trinamool Congress supremo, however, did not name the BJP.Addressing a public meeting at...
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A 20-year-old Dalit woman, who had gone out with her fiance in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district, was allegedly raped by four men who also assaulted her male partner, said a police official on Wednesday.Four persons were involved in the gang-rape and three of them have been arrested, Additional...
22:38
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said United States President Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods is 'economic blackmail' to bully India into an unfair trade deal.Soon after Trump announced a penalty of another 25 per cent on India for buying Russian oil,...
22:01
The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the forfeiture of 25 books for allegedly promoting false narratives, glorifying terrorism, and inciting secessionism in the region.The action, taken under Section 98 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, follows investigations that reportedly found these...
21:25
India has strongly objected to the recent decision by the United States to impose additional tariffs, calling the move 'unfair, unjustified and unreasonable.'The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed 'deep disappointment' over Washington, DC's stance and reiterated that New Delhi would...
21:07
Tension prevailed in West Bengal's Barasat on Wednesday, after participants of a Bharatiya Janata Party rally aimed at highlighting crimes against women in the state were allegedly pelted with stones and shown black flags by a section of people.The 'Kanya Suraksha Yatra' at Champadali More in...
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As many as 11 injured army personnel have been airlifted to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Hospital located in Matli area of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, said police on Wednesday.A devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi district has triggered massive flash floods and landslides, causing...
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A 22-year-old cleric was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl inside a mosque two years ago in Belagavi, police said on Wednesday.The alleged incident occurred on October 5, 2023, but came to light on August 5, 2025, after a right-wing activist posted about it on social media, including a...
20:20
A two-wheeler driven by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar during an inspection of the Hebbal flyover loop on August 5 has 34 pending traffic violation cases and a total fine of Rs 18,500, according to the Bengaluru Traffic Police website.However, Congress sources claimed that the...
20:00
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped an additional 25 per cent tariff on goods coming from India as penalty for New Delhi's continued buying of Russian oil.Trump signed an executive order imposing the additional tariff less than 14 hours before his initial tariffs were to...
19:39
The rupee recovered from record low level and closed 15 paise higher at 87.73 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by a volatile greenback and the Reserve Bank's decision to hold interest rate steady.However, increasing crude oil prices, negative domestic equity markets,...
19:31
Donald Trump. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
'Donald Trump' is the resident of a village in Samastipur district of Bihar, a prankster wanted the authorities concerned to believe.However, the district administration was clearly not impressed and it has ordered lodging of a first information report (FIR) so that the mischief monger, posing as...
19:01
Since February 2025, the RBI has reduced the policy rate by 100 basis points.In its previous policy review in June, it had trimmed the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 per cent.Based on the recommendation of the MPC, the RBI reduced the repo rate by 25 bps each in February and April, and 50...
18:56
Highlights of Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy announced on Wednesday:- Short-term lending rate (repo) unchanged at 5.5 pc;- MPC unanimously decided to keep policy rate unchanged;- GDP growth projection for FY26 retained at 6.5 pc;- Inflation forecast for FY26 lowered to 3.1 pc;- CAD...
18:40
Among the Sensex firms, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Eternal, Tata Consultancy Services, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Steel, ITC and L&T were the major laggards.Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra, BEL, Adani Ports, State Bank of...
18:39
Falling for the second day, benchmark BSE Sensex declined by 160 points on Wednesday due to selling in IT and healthcare shares amid the Reserve Bank of India policy decision to keep the key interest rates unchanged.The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 166.26 points or 0.21 per cent to settle at...
18:33
Pic courtesy: Office of Deputy CM Ekanath Shinde
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with his family, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Wednesday. Shinde also announced his party Shiv Sena's unconditional support' to the NDA's vice presidential nominee. The Maharashtra deputy CM, who is on a visit to...
18:20
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In a bid to bypass the 'no helmet, no petrol' ban, a motorcyclist in Indore wore a milk tank lid on his head to refuel the two-wheeler at a petrol pump in Indore, leaving netizens in splits and the administration red-faced.While the witty bid to buy petrol caused a stir on the Internet, the...
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A Special Sub Inspector of the Tamil Nadu police was hacked to death when he attempted to resolve a dispute between a man and the latter's son in Gudimangalam in the district, the police said on Wednesday. According to police, M Shanmugavel (57), working as a special sub inspector at...
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The death toll in the last month's collapse of a bridge over the Mahisagar river in Gujarat's Vadodara district has risen to 22 with an injured person dying at a hospital, an official said on Wednesday.Dilip Padhiyar (34), a resident of Borsad taluka of Anand district, died during treatment at...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China to attend the regional summit SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) in Tianjin city from August 31 to September 1, reports NDTV.This will be his first visit to China since the Galwan clash of 2020. He last visited China in 2019.Discussions with...
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The maximum adulteration has been found in 'paneer' and 'desi ghee', said Punjab Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Wednesday, while citing the result of samples collected and also advising people to buy these consumable products from known sources or make them at their homes.Sharing details of...
16:41
In letter to PMO & urban affairs ministry, officers say this 'adversely affects focus and critical thinking', as well as 'discreet handling of sensitive matters'. Read more here.
16:38
The Indian economy is doing very well and contributing more to global growth than the US, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Wednesday, days after US President Donald Trump's remark of India being a dead economy. The country is expected to grow 6.5 per cent, as against the...
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Uttarkashi cloudburst incident: Sumit, an eyewitness of the incident, says, The disaster did not even give time for people to run away. Several people are missing and may have died in the incident. The flood lasted for a maximum of 10 seconds, and then there was normal water. A devastating...
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Heavy rain is likely to continue in parts of West Bengal owing to an active monsoon trough and an upper air cyclonic circulation over north Bangladesh, the IMD said on Wednesday. The sub-Himalayan districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar are likely to...
15:56
Vantara, the Jamnagar-based animal rehabilitation centre, will support the Maharashtra government's petition in the Supreme Court seeking the return of elephant Madhuri to a monastery in Kolhapur, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday. A rescue centre will be set up for her near...
15:49
India's economic trajectory is facing fresh turbulence after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped a 25% reciprocal tariff on Indian goods. In its revised outlook, Goldman Sachs lowered India's real GDP growth projection marginally by 0.1 percentage point for calendar year 2025 (CY25) to 6.5...
15:40
ITBP personnel rescue pilgrims.
The Kinnaur Kailash Yatra was suspended and 413 stranded devotees were rescued after heavy rain damaged the pilgrimage route in Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday. The devotees were stranded after two makeshift bridges at Tanglippi and Kangarang were washed away due to the...
15:26
A devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi district has triggered massive flash floods and landslides, causing widespread destruction in Dharali and Sukhi Top areas.Rescue operations are in full swing, with teams from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF),...
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A 28-member group of tourists, who are natives of Kerala, has gone missing after a cloudburst triggered massive mudslides in Uttarakhand, family members said on Wednesday. Of the 28 individuals, 20 are reportedly from Kerala settled in Maharashtra, while the remaining eight are from various...
14:30
Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule congratulated the newlyweds, saying: Congratulations, Mahua (@MahuaMoitra) and Pinaki! Wishing you a beautiful journey ahead filled with joy and happiness!
14:27
The monsoon session of Parliament may be facing disruptions every day with protests by the Opposition over SIR, but one thing that went off smoothly was a certain wedding reception which saw leaders from across the political spectrum greeting and meeting each other with bonhomie. Trinamool...
14:07
The RSS chief invoked the film, Chhaava
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said today's conflict-ridden world needs Hinduism because it is a universal religion which teaches how to accept and manage diversity.The entire world needs this 'Dharm' today. The world does not know how to live while managing its diversities, and hence so...
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External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar shares this picture alongside with the late Sushma Swaraj, writing: Remembering Sushma Swaraj ji on her Punya Tithi. Her warm and inspiring presence is missed deeply.Leaders across party lines paid tributes to former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj on her...
12:56
Continuous heavy rainfall has caused the water level of the River Ganga to rise significantly at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, with water seen touching the idol of Lord Shiva at the ashram's Aarti Sthal.An employee at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi, said that the cloudburst...
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Pic: Sahil Salvi
Protesters on Wednesday removed the tarpaulin put up by the Bombay Municipal Corporation to cover the kabutarkhana (pigeon feeding station) at Dadar in Mumbai, after the Bombay High Court ordered closure of such facilities.Irate protesters, mostly from the Jain community, clashed with police, who...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to furnish by August 9 the details of around 65 lakh electors left out from the draft electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh asked the counsel for the poll panel to...
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A flash flood washed away a large part of the trekking route in the Tangling area along the Kinnaur Kailash Yatra route, leaving hundreds of pilgrims stranded.The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) 17th Battalion rescued 413 pilgrims using a rope-based traverse crossing technique and evacuated...
12:12
A 21-year-old woman medical student allegedly committed suicide in a hostel room of a college here, police said on Wednesday. The woman was found hanging late Tuesday night and a note was found at the spot in which she purportedly mentioned that she was undergoing psychiatric treatment and wanted...
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Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand's Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. Gandhi appeared before the court around 10.55 am. Rahul...
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Actor Vijay Deverakonda on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here as part of an investigation into a money laundering case linked to illegal online betting and gambling by certain platforms. The 'Liger' actor appeared before the officials of the central agency for...
11:48
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi for being unable to stand up to President Donald Trump because of a US investigation into the Adani group.He alleged that the investigation threatens to reveal financial...
11:19
Rescuers retrieved one body from the rubble in flood-ravaged Dharali village, as the search for the missing resumed on Wednesday amid rain. Nearly half of the picturesque Dharali village was ravaged by flash floods on Tuesday afternoon. The village is the main stopover on the way to...
10:55
Trump's new rules for how countries should treat him have led to the current breakdown in India-US relations, explains Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. Read the column here.
10:53
The Indian Army has deployed 150 personnel, led by Colonel Harshvardhan, Commanding Officer of 14 RAJRIF, in rescue and relief operations amid a mudslide in Harsil in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi.Army tracker dogs, drones and earthmoving equipment have been deployed for evacuation and providing...
10:47
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami conducts an aerial survey of the cloudburst and flash flood-affected areas in Uttarkashi's Dharali. He says, 10 DSP, 3 SP and around 160 police officials are engaged in carrying out rescue operations. Helicopters of the Indian Army are also ready. As soon as the...
10:21
RBI's Monetary Policy Committee decides to keep repo rate unchanged at 5.5%, says RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra. Over the medium term, the Indian economy holds bright prospects in the changing world order, drawing on its inherent strengths, says Malhotra. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...
10:07
The Indian Army has deployed 150 personnel, led by Colonel Harshvardhan, Commanding Officer of 14 RAJRIF, in rescue and relief operations amid a mudslide in Harsil in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi.Army tracker dogs, drones and earthmoving equipment have been deployed for evacuation and providing...
09:52
US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his claim that he stopped the escalation of the recent India-Pakistan conflict after the Pahalgam terror attack, stating he stopped five wars in the last five months, including one between the two nations. Trump made this statement within...
09:39
Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT services firm, is set to complete the majority of its planned layoffs during the current July-September quarter, according to people familiar with the matter.On July 27, the company had announced it would reduce its workforce by 2 per cent -- over...
09:35
President Donald Trump has said that he doesn't know anything about the US imports of Russian uranium, fertilisers and chemicals. Trump made the comments on Tuesday while responding to a question on India's statement on American imports of these commodities.I don't know anything about it. I'd...
09:31
Despite foreign portfolio investors' (FPIs) holdings in Indian equities falling to a decade-low, they remain the most influential driver of stock prices.According to Prime Infobase, among seven key investor cohorts, companies that saw an increase in FPI holdings during the June 2025 quarter...
09:29
SAP Labs on Tuesday inaugurated its second campus worth 194 million euros in Bengaluru as the R&D division of the German software company doubles down its presence in India at a time when AI is changing the technology landscape.The second campus complements the existing one in the city's...
09:19
Rain map in Himachal for the next 3-4 hours
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a weather warning at 6:30 AM today, forecasting light to moderate rainfall at most places in Himachal Pradesh, with a few spells of intense to very intense rainfall likely in the districts of Bilaspur, Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, and Mandi over the...
09:14
Real estate companies raised over Rs 26,000 crore through capital markets in the past 12 months, majority of which were via IPOs and qualified institutional placements, according to data from financial service firm Equirus Securities.Smallcap companies have been the top performers over...
09:07
Heavy rain continued to pound Uttarkashi as rescuers resumed their operations on Wednesday in Dharali, searching for flash flood victims amid the rubble. Nearly half of the picturesque Dharali village was ravaged by the flash flood on Tuesday afternoon. The village is the main stopover on...
09:00
Tesla's Mumbai showroom
US electric car maker Tesla is planning to open a showroom in Gurgaon, where it has leased 33,475 square feet area, as the Elon Musk-owned firm doubles down on Indian bet.Once operational, it will be the second Tesla showroom in India, after Mumbai where the firm had opened a showroom less than a...
08:58
The construction of and relocation of ministries to 10 new common central secretariat (CCS) buildings, named Kartavya Bhavan, is expected to be completed within the next two years, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday, a day before Prime Minister...
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The Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) on Tuesday told the Delhi high court that physical newspapers and online news portals would soon disappear and only OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT would remain operational if large language model (LLM) makers continue to scrape and use content created by...
08:52
Actor Kelley Mack, best known for her roles in television series such as The Walking Dead and 9-1-1 has passed away. She was 33. As per Variety, Mack breathed her last on August 2. In a statement, her family informed that the actor died in her hometown of Cincinnati...
08:39
The ancient Kalp Kedar temple in Uttarkashi was buried in the debris brought over by the flash flood in the Kheer Ganga river on Tuesday. The temple remained buried under ground for many years, possibly due to a previous disaster, with only its tip visible over ground. Built in...
08:30
A camera-equipped drone crashed late Tuesday evening near platform number 7 of Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station, prompting a swift security response, officials said. Authorities suspect it belonged to a content creator filming for social media, although its owner has not yet been...
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Resident doctors of AIIMS-Patna, who are on indefinite strike in protest against alleged misbehaviour of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand, on Tuesday called off their cease work 'for 10 days'.In a statement issued late in the evening, the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) said, The abeyance of our...
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The Army on Tuesday said there has been no ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.There have been some media and social media reports regarding ceasefire violation in Poonch region. It is clarified that there has been no ceasefire violation along the LoC. Please...
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