The ongoing monsoon continues to wreak havoc across several parts of India, claiming lives, triggering landslides, and causing widespread flooding. Himachal Pradesh According to the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA), 257 people have died since June 20. Of these, 133 deaths were caused by rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, and…
New Delhi, August 15 Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai on Friday clarified that the Supreme Court Collegium, despite being the apex judicial body, does not have the authority to “dictate” names to High Court Collegiums for judicial appointments. “Even the Supreme Court Collegium cannot dictate the High Court Collegium to recommend names,” CJI…
New Delhi The Centre has proposed a sweeping overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure, reducing the number of tax slabs while easing the burden on consumers. According to official sources, the proposal retains the 5% and 18% slabs, introduces a concessional rate below 1%, and sets a 40% “sin tax” on five…
New Delhi, 15 August, 2025 The government has announced a fresh capital expenditure plan worth nearly ₹47,000 crore to strengthen state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL)’s telecom network, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said in a post on social media platform X on Thursday. Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, quoted in the DoT’s post, noted…
New Delhi, India, 15 August 2025 The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on an interim petition challenging its earlier directive to remove stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets and confine them in shelters within six to eight weeks. A Bench led by Justice Vikram Nath, with Justices Sandeep Mehta and N.V. Anjaria, declined to…
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said it “endorsed” the proposed summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15, calling it a potential step toward ending the conflict in Ukraine. The meeting could also influence the course of U.S. tariffs imposed on India. MEA spokesperson…
Dehradun, August 14 The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2025, seeking to impose stricter punishments for forced religious conversions — including life imprisonment in severe cases. This marks the second amendment to the state’s anti-conversion legislation since it was first enacted in 2018. The proposed law, to be tabled in…
Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir August 14, 2025: At least 30 people, including two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, have died and over 100 are missing after a massive cloudburst struck Chositi village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday, triggering flash floods and large-scale destruction. The incident occurred in Chasoti, the last motorable…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will kick off a 16-day “Vote Adhikar Yatra” from Sasaram, Bihar, on Sunday, as the party ramps up its campaign against alleged irregularities in the State’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. On Wednesday, Gandhi posted a video on X showing him interacting with voters who were officially declared “dead”…
The Karnataka government on Tuesday assured the High Court that it will neither publish nor circulate the John Michael Cunha Commission report on the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. State Advocate-General gave the undertaking before a Division Bench of Justice Jayant Banerji and Justice Umesh M. Adiga during a hearing on a…