Sajjan Kumar, a three-term Lok Sabha member and once a powerful leader of Delhi Congress, whose political career was eclipsed by his conviction in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, died at Safdarjung Hospital here on Thursday (August 20, 2026).He was 81. Kumar, who was serving a life sentence in Tihar Jail, was taken to hospital after […]
Neeraj Chopra and Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage will renew their rivalry at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Friday, with qualification for the Diamond League Final in Brussels on the line.The two will meet again just three weeks after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where Pathirage won the gold medal and Chopra finished with […]
Patna High Court has issued a comprehensive set of statewide directives to curb the unregulated use of DJs, high-decibel loudspeakers, and pressure horns. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Going hard against the rampant noise pollution in Bihar, the Patna High Court has issued a comprehensive set of statewide directives to curb the unregulated use […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Police have granted permission for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s August 22 ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event in Pune, subject to 30 conditions, including a ban on “objectionable” banners and images. The police have also directed organisers to ensure that religious sentiments are not hurt during the event.The […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Photo credit: AP South Korea’s defence minister claimed on Thursday that North Korea possesses around 80 to 120 nuclear weapons, disputing US president Donald Trump’s claim that Pyongyang has 57.The remarks were made by defence minister Ahn Gyu-back during a parliamentary session. According to news agency Reuters, the minister […]
Uttar Pradesh Congress State President Ajay Rai. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) of putting political and administrative pressure on private companies to silence Opposition voices, as his social media (WhatsApp) account has been blocked and restricted. He […]
Around 80 people were rescued from the building,which also houses other guest houses, lodges, eateries,offices and retail outlets. KOLKATA: Nine people, at least five of them Bangladeshi nationals, choked to death in their sleep after a fire broke out at a lodge inside a five-storey building on Free School Street in central Kolkata around 1.40 […]
The team has been asked to develop the class 11 textbook by November and the class 12 book by July next year. Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The NCERT has reconstituted the textbook development team for classes 11 and 12 political science with a mandate to integrate cultural rootedness, Indian knowledge systems and […]
Relatives of victims at the Sir Takhtasinh General Hospital in Bhavnagar on August 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Four persons have died and 18 others were hospitalised, eight of them in critical condition, after consuming spurious liquor in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district,” officials said on Wednesday (August 19, 2026). “Four bootleggers have been detained […]
A file photo of Mysuru Development Authority. | Photo Credit: File photo Acting on the recommendations of the single-member inquiry commission and the report of the high-level technical committee constituted to probe alleged irregularities in the allotment of 50:50 alternative sites by the Mysuru Development Authority (MDA), the State government has ordered the cancellation of […]
