12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (446+ words) The 28 long-pending CAG reports tabled by the BJP government in the Bengal Assembly on Saturday (July 25), are flagging irregularities and "shortcomings" in not just cyclone relief but in health insurance schemes, in land deals with Flipkart in Bengal and even…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago   (463+ words) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi capped a memorable maiden international series with another record-breaking performance, scoring a composed 81 off 49 balls as India defeated Zimbabwe by 35 runs in the third and final T20I to complete a 3-0 series sweep in Harare on Sunday (July 26). The 15-year-old…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago   (954+ words) From Smriti Irani's tenure marked by intense student protests at JNU and suicide of scholar Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad University to Dharmendra Pradhan's time with paper leaks in competitive exams, Pralhad Joshi, the new minister has a tough task ahead…...

15+ hour, 55+ min ago   (360+ words) India’s Rishikanta Singh Chanambam on Sunday (July 26) won India’s second medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after clinching a silver in the men’s 60 kg weightlifting event. Rishikanta was adjudged second after he was unable to lift his all-or-nothing lift…...

16+ hour, 27+ min ago   (541+ words) Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Saturday (July 25) raised concerns over the growing criminalisation of peaceful expression, questioning arrests over acts that are not offences under law and cautioning that space for democratic dissent in India is steadily narrowing....

16+ hour, 37+ min ago   (406+ words) London, Jul 26 (PTI) A merchant vessel with four Indians aboard came under attack at Ukraine's Odesa port and two of them are safe, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv said on Sunday. The information about the other two is still awaited,…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago   (625+ words) A six-year-old boy drowned after accidentally falling into a water-filled 15-foot-deep pit dug for boring work inside a residential colony in Greater Noida on Saturday (July 25). The incident comes months after Yuvraj Mehta, a techie, drowned after rescue teams hesitated…...

21+ hour, 21+ min ago   (889+ words) The US has halted strikes on Iran following two weeks of intense clashes between the two countries that had restarted while they were in the midst of a peace deal. American forces, which had been raining fire on Iran for…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (501+ words) Kolkata, Jul 25 (PTI) The CAG has flagged serious irregularities in the West Bengal government's post-Cyclone Amphan relief and restoration works, alleging that damage assessments were exaggerated, relief payments were made multiple times to thousands of beneficiaries and assistance was disbursed…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (606+ words) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has proposed bilateral talks with his Karnataka counterpart to seek an amicable solution to the long-standing Cauvery River water-sharing dispute, a move that has drawn criticism from farmers' organisations and political parties in…...