Put tricolour as profile picture on social media: PM pitches for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon all citizens to turn the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign into a mass movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag at their homes and using the tricolour as display picture of their social media accounts, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence.

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Govt proposes norms for a new category vehicle that can ply as a two- and three-wheeler

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Kathua police, SOG, SDRF rescue 24 people trapped in flash floods

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Heavy rains claim five lives, including two children, in Kathua

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J&K ANTF arrests inter-state narco smuggler alongwith over 8 kg of 'Charas'

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Howrah: ‘Huge’ cash haul from car carrying 3 Jharkhand Congress MLAs

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Cooped up in 18th-floor Kolkata flat, Partha & Arpita's pedigree dogs

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Youth dies in Kerala, monkeypox suspected

In a suspected case of monkeypox infection, a 22-year-old man from Kuranjiyur near Guruvayur in Kerala died on Saturday morning. He had returned from the UAE a couple of days ago, and had no external symptoms commonly associated with monkeypox. He was admitted to a hospital in Thrissur on July 27.

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PM Modi blames freebie culture in politics for power sector ills

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J&K: Terrorist, army dog killed in encounter in Wanigam Bala

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Two LeT ultras arrested in J&K

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A strong govt is not restrictive, doesn't control everything: PM Modi

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SC: Cases of grave offence can't be quashed on basis of compromise

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Congress moves privilege motion against Irani for Sonia 'abuse'

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Partha alleges conspiracy, says 'time will tell'

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PM Modi speaks with UN secretary general; calls for speedy probe into attack on peacekeepers in Congo

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IAF to finally retire four existing MiG-21 squadrons by 2025

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JRD Tata's 118th birth anniversary celebrated

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We have listened to public perception on Partha: TMC on Chatterjee's ouster

"Ours is a party for the people, by the people and of the people. Hence, when allegations have been raised against even a senior leader like Chatterjee, we have listened to the public perception and given the benefit of the doubt to people of Bengal and not him," TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee said.

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Monkeypox symptoms now different from those of earlier outbreaks: Study

Monkeypox symptoms being seen in the current outbreak are significantly different from those reported during the previous outbreaks in African regions, a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has claimed. It says rectal pain and penile swelling (oedema) are being commonly seen in the current outbreak as compared to the previous outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007-11 and Nigeria in 2017-18.

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Himachal Pradesh-Centre stand-off over ‘tribal’ tag for Trans-Giri

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ECI introduces advance application for 17+ voter registration

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'Unbridled powers' to probe agencies promise devastating consequences for democracy: Congress

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SC judgment on money-laundering act provisions: What is PMLA and its norms?

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Not easy to schedule: ICC CEO Geoff Allardice downplays possiblity of tri-series in hectic FTP schedule

Not easy to schedule: ICC CEO downplays possiblity of tri-series

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Cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India cross 203.17 crore-mark: Government

The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 203.17 crore-mark on Wednesday with over 36 lakh vaccine doses being administered till 7 pm, the Union health ministry said. More than 32 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm on Wednesday.

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Eknath Shinde appoints secretaries, treasurer and spokespersons for his Shiv Sena faction

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday made new appointments for the Shiv Sena faction led by him.

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Onus of shedding ‘influential' tag on arrested minister: TMC spokesperson

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Judicial infrastructure underused, manpower diverted: Govt

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Record 19 opposition MPs suspended for this week over ruckus in Rajya Sabha

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As ED quizzes Sonia, Rahul Gandhi & other MPs held during Congress march to President's House

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Congress thinks it’s entitled to ‘dacoity’: BJP on Congress stir

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Quizzed for 6 hours, Sonia Gandhi tells ED Motilal Vora handled AJL transactions

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has expressed her inability to explain the transactions that facilitated the takeover of the assets of AJL, the publisher of National Herald and other party publications, by Young Indian in which she and son Rahul hold a controlling stake. She said that Motilal Vora, the late former party treasurer, alone knew about the details of the transactions between Congress, AJL and Young Indian, ED sources said.

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BJP stand on UCC should be taken as that of nation: Rijiju

Law minister Kiren Rijiju in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday said that the government subscribes to the BJP's demand for the promulgation of Uniform Civil Code. "Let me tell you uniform civil code is our party ideology and it should be considered as the ideology of the country,” Rijiju said.

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Boxer Lovlina says ‘mentally harassed’ ahead of Birmingham Commonwealth Games

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‘Johar, Namaskar’: India’s 1st tribal President says poor too can fulfil their dreams

Marking an incredible journey from Rairangpur to Raisina Hills, Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as the 15th President of India on Monday. Murmu, 64, the youngest President yet, and the first to be born in independent India, was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana in the Central Hall of Parliament. "My election is proof of the fact that the poor in India can have dreams and fulfil them too,” she said.

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Rajya Sabha functions for first time this monsoon session amid three adjournments

The Rajya Sabha functioned on Monday for the first time since the start of this monsoon session, even as the Opposition continued to disrupt the proceedings with noisy protests and sloganeering, forcing three adjournments.

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In 5 years, almost all districts in India to get connected with 4-lane NHs boosting connectivity

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Criminal justice machinery 'relentlessly employed' against Mohd Zubair: SC

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India to deploy 2nd S-400 squadron at China front as PLA jets buzz near LAC

India’s capability to detect and destroy hostile fighters, strategic bombers, missiles and drones at long ranges will get another major boost when a new squadron of the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems becomes operational along the northern borders with China in the next two to three months. Sources say deliveries of the second operational S-400 squadron through ships and aircraft are now underway from Russia, the first since the Russia-Ukraine war erupted on February 24.

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Child has right to state only mom’s name in documents: Kerala high court

The children of unwed mothers and rape victims can live in this country with the fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity, the Kerala high court has said and allowed a person to include his mother’s name alone in the birth certificate, identity certificates and other documents.

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UP tops with 7 among 18 national toppers in CISCE XII exams, Bengal follows

UP stole a march over the rest of the country with seven of 18 toppers in the CISCE Class XII examination, the results of which were declared Sunday. Eighteen students shared the top rank with a score of 99.75%. Bengal came second with six toppers (three from Kolkata), Tamil Nadu third with three—all of them from Chennai. A student each from Maharashtra’s Thane and Haryana’s Gurugram made it to the top rankings.

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Centre holds meeting to review monkeypox situation in India

After the detection of a monkeypox case in the national capital on Sunday, which took the nation’s case tally to four, the Centre called a high-level meeting to discuss the situation in the country. The meeting was chaired by the directorate general of health sciences (DGHS), Dr Atul Goel, and attended by officials from the health ministry, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), among others.

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India’s 4th monkeypox case in Delhi, patient has no foreign travel history

Delhi reported its first case of monkeypox, and India’s fourth, on Sunday with a 34-year-old man testing positive for the disease that is spreading across the world for the first time. The man is a resident of Paschim Vihar in west Delhi and has no history of travel to countries affected by the disease, unlike the other three cases reported from Kerala, officials said.

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Margaret Alva reaches out to CMs of Delhi, Karnataka, and Assam as part of VP poll campaign

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BJP high command will decide whether my son will contest from Shikaripura, says BS Yediyurappa

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Govt tweaks flag code, Tiranga can be flown day & night now

As the nation gets ready to usher in the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence with ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’, as part of which 20 crore houses and 100 crore people will unfurl the national flag between August 13 and 15, the Centre has amended the Flag Code of India to allow the tricolour to be displayed in the open and on individual houses/buildings through “day and night”. The provision earlier allowed the flag, when displayed in the open, to be flown from sunrise to sunset “as far as possible”.

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Loco pilot finds boy walking along tracks, reunites him with family

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4 railway staffers held for rape at New Delhi station

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6 kanwariyas run over by truck in Hathras

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Govt plans to reduce prices of critical drugs on August 15

In a move that is expected to bring relief to many patients by bringing down cost of healthcare, the Centre may announce a crucial decision on August 15 to significantly bring down prices of some critical medicines such as those for cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, official sources said.

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Teacher recruitment scam: Bengal mantri Partha Chatterjee arrested after 20-hour ED quizzing

A 20-hour interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) culminated in the arrest of Bengal cabinet minister and TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee at 2.10am on Saturday and his alleged “close associate” Arpita Mukherjee later in the day, capping a run of events starting with Friday’s swoop on the latter’s south Kolkata apartment that yielded a cash stash of Rs 21.9 crore.

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Class X CBSE exams: 2.4 lakh get over 90%, highest ever; pass percentage dips

The number of high scorers in the Class X CBSE exams, the results of which were declared on the same day as Class 12, have risen to an all-time high. While 2,36,993 students (11.3% of total) scored 90%-plus, close to 64,908 students (3.1%) bagged a score of 95%-plus.

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Doctor's approval must if disabled denied boarding: DGCA

Airlines can no longer deny boarding to a person with disabilities on its own, without a doctor examining the person and stating that the said passenger’s health may deteriorate during the journey. Following an uproar over IndiGo’s recent denial of boarding to one such young passenger in Ranchi, Union aviation minister J M Scindia had ordered a review of the entire process.

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