1 migrant worker killed, 2 others injured after terrorists hurl grenade in Kashmir's Pulwama

Dilip Ghosh, who is an MP from Medinipur, questioned Babul Supriyo's performance during his eight-year tenure as a minister in the Narendra Modi-led cabinet. Read More

At 2,202, Delhi sees another jump in fresh Covid cases. Fatalities rise by four related deaths. Ppositivity rate at 11.84%.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday interrogated Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge for several hours in the National Herald money laundering case. Read More

Five officers of the Indian Navy completed the first all-women independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft on August 3. Read More

Japan foreign minister calls for 'immediate stop' to China's military drills around Taiwan, reports news agency AFP.

22 Chinese Air Force planes entered Taiwanese air defence zone on Thursday, reports Reuters citing Taiwan defence ministry.

Three people lost their lives and 21 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor at Saran in Bihar.

Former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee, who have been in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) since their arrest in the cash-for-jobs case on July 23, were on Thursday brought face-to-face by the federal agency to confront the two about contradictions in their statements including the source of ₹50 crore cash seized from two flats owned by Mukherjee.  Read More

Four high-level water experts from Israel shared their knowledge in a session that focused on the Israeli model for water management, policy regulations, water technologies, R&D implementation and the Israel-India water partnership. Read More

Japan's defence minister Nobuo Kishi this was the first time that such an incident was reported and Japan had lodged a protest via diplomatic routes. Read More

A suspected item was found in Delhi's Rohini area, senior officials on spot said. Reports indicate a bomb detection squad is on its way to the spot, while the area has been evacuated. Read More

The murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala in May followed by the killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik, a 75-year-old Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case, brought the spotlight back on Punjabi gangs active in Canada. Read More

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's ED custody extended till August 8 in connection with money laundering case, reports ANI.

Go First flight G8911 operating on 4th August from Ahmedabad to Chandigarh diverted to Ahmedabad after bird hit: ANI reports, citing Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the north eastern state is becoming a hotbed for Islamic fundamentalists after police found links of 11 people arrested last week, including one who was running a Madrasa, with Bangladesh-based terror outfit Ansarul Bangla Team. Read more

Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has triggered a host of sharp comments and reactions from China, most notably a flurry of military exercises and punitive measures on trade. On Thursday China foreign minister Wang Yi called Pelosi's visit a 'manic, irresponsible and highly irrational' action by the United States. Read more

Ex Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi, who was expelled from Congress in June, joins BJP in presence of CM Khattar.

Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat on August 6-7. On August 6, he will address traders of Jamnagar at Townhall; on August 7, he will address a public rally in Chhotaudepur and make an election announcement.

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to not decide on the Shinde camp's claim to be the real Shiv Sena as of now. Read more…

Justice Uday U Lalit will take over as 49th CJI on August 27 as CJI NV Ramana recommended Justice Lalit's name as his successor. Read more

Allahabad High Court refuses to grant bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan who is currently lodged in a jail in Uttar Pradesh, reported news agency ANI. He was arrested in October 2020 on his way to Hathras.

India reports 19,893 new Covid cases, 2,758 more than yesterday; 53 deaths in a day. Read more

Ukraine is seeking an opportunity to speak "directly" with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help end its war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. Read more

India on Wednesday updated its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) on emissions, promising to reduce emissions intensity of GDP by 45% by 2030, from the 2005 level, and achieve about 50% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030, as promised by the Prime Minister in the Glasgow climate conference late last year. Read more

No political party is likely to want a debate in Parliament on freebies since all want it to continue, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday, even as the Union government termed such hand-outs the “road to an economic disaster” and urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to devise ways to deal with them. Read more