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12/08/2025

Lok Sabha Speaker accepts motion to impeach Justice Varma, forms 3-member panel to probe charges

New Delhi, 12/8: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday accepted the motion signed by 146 MPs to impeach Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma over the cash discovery row at his house The Lok Sabha Speaker formed a three-member panel to probe the allegations against Justice Varma.  

12/08/2025

Pattern of aborted forest encounters in Jammu and Kashmir raise questions on counter-terror tactics

Srinagar,12/8: In the thick forests of Jammu and Kashmir, a new kind of battle is playing out — one where the enemy vanishes before the fight is over. Over the past more than two years, a striking pattern has emerged: high-stakes anti-terror operations in dense mountain belts are being called off ...

12/08/2025

Trump signs order extending China tariff deadline for 90 days, official says

Washington, 12/8: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending a pause in sharply higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports for another 90 days, a White House official said. A tariff truce between Beijing and Washington had been set to expire on August 12 at 00:01 (04:01 GMT), but....

12/08/2025

Govt to obtain consent from parents for distributing eggs: Karnataka Minister

Bengaluru, 12/8: After a surprise check by the Azim Premji Foundation found that eggs were not being served to schoolchildren on specific days of a week at the instance of the members of School Development Monitoring Committee (SDMC), the Department of School Education and Literacy has decided to ge...

11/08/2025

PM Modi speaks to Ukraine President Zelenskyy, asserts need for early resolution of conflict with Russia

New Delhi, 11/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that India remains committed to making every possible contribution for a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict The two leaders held a phone conversation that came ahead of a summit meeting...

11/08/2025

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11/08/2025

Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington flights from September 1

Mumbai, 11/8: National carrier Air India on Monday announced the suspension of its services between Delhi and Washington, D.C., effective September 1, 2025, due to a combination of operational factors including ensuring the reliability and integrity of the airline’s overall network.The suspension ...

11/08/2025

K N Rajanna sacked from Karnataka Cabinet

Bengaluru, 11/8: In a sudden development, Karnataka Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna was sacked from the Cabinet on Monday afternoon. Apparently, the Congress high command wanted him out for criticising top party leader Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” charge.    

11/08/2025

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11/08/2025

Rahul Gandhi, Opposition MPs detained during protest march to EC

New Delhi, 11/8: Scores of protesting Opposition MPs including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Vadra were detained by the Delhi Police during the protest march to Election Commission over voter roll revision issue. We want clean, pure voter list,: said Rahul...

11/08/2025

Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza strike, Israel says one was Hamas leader

Cairo/Jerusalem,11/8: Israel’s military said it killed a Hamas cell leader posing as an Al Jazeera journalist in a Gaza airstrike on Sunday, but rights advocates said he had been targeted for his frontline reporting on the Gaza war and Israel’s claim lacked evidence. Anas Al Sharif, 28, was amon...

11/08/2025

Chhattisgarh man buys new SIM card, gets calls from legends like Kohli, de Villiers

Gariaband, 11/8: A man in nondescript Madagaon village in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district is in seventh heaven after receiving calls from cricket legends Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, all thanks to a SIM card once used by India cricketer Rajat Patidar coming alive some time after it was reacti...