Mobile internet suspended; prohibitory orders imposed in tense Manipur
Imphal: Vehicular movement and supplies from Assam have been hit due to the blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur highway (NH-2) and Imphal-Jiribam highway (NH-39) imposed by the All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM).
BY PTI / Sunday, 7 August, 2022
Maharashtra: 2 madarsa teachers booked after train passengers hear runaway students talking about beatings
Thane: Five students had run away from the facility after an alleged beating and had boarded a train to Bihar on Friday
BY PTI / Sunday, 7 August, 2022
Hunger strike by DU law students seeking postponement of exam enters Day 2
New Delhi: Students claimed as many as 50 students are on hunger strike in the faculty. The students began the hunger strike on Saturday demanding postponement of their examination while contending that their syllabus has not been completed
BY PTI / Sunday, 7 August, 2022
Veering to conclusion that Parliament ‘dysfunctional’; democracy ‘gasping for breath’: Chidambaram
New Delhi: In an interview with PTI, Chidambaram also dismissed Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks linking the Congress' demonstration against price rise on Friday to the Ram temple foundation day
BY PTI / Sunday, 7 August, 2022
In a first, housing scheme proposed for transgender community in Maharashtra
Pune: Transgender persons often find it difficult to buy or rent a house in a good locality because of the stigma attached to their gender identity, hence the scheme would be helpful, he said
BY PTI / Sunday, 7 August, 2022
No education, rarely stepped out of house: Afghan Sikh woman recounts life under Taliban rule
New Delhi: Activist Kavita Krishnan said the Centre should have a policy of offering citizenship to such refugees in India and providing them work
BY PTI / Sunday, 7 August, 2022
NITI Aayog governing council meeting begins
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is chairing the meeting. This is the first physical meeting of the Council after July 2019
BY PTI / Sunday, 7 August, 2022
Jagdeep Dhankhar wins vice presidential election
New Delhi: NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday won the vice-presidential election by bagging more than 500 votes
BY PTI / Saturday, 6 August, 2022
MP: Male kin take oath of panchayat office instead of elected women members; official suspended
Bhopal: The male relatives, who included fathers and husbands of some women, took oath on Thursday at a few places in Sagar and Damoh districts
BY PTI / Saturday, 6 August, 2022
61 residents died of ‘unknown’ illness in Chhattisgarh village in couple of years, claim locals; authorities begin probe
Sukma: The residents of Regadgatta village, located in Konta development block, recently raised this issue with the district authorities, who said that the preliminary investigation of records shows that 47 people died due to various reasons, including ailments and
BY PTI / Saturday, 6 August, 2022
Gujarat: Women SHGs from few tribal villages roped in to make 5.5 lakh bamboo sticks for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’
Tapi (Gujarat): These SHGs have been given this task under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and the bamboo sticks will be supplied to around nine districts that have placed the orders
BY PTI / Saturday, 6 August, 2022
Bihar govt decides to release certain prisoners under special remission scheme
Patna: A screening committee of the state home department has been instructed to review records of prisoners and identify eligible ones to grant the special remission, Bihar Law Minister Pramod Kumar told PTI.
BY PTI / Saturday, 6 August, 2022
