Shivakumar leads Karnataka cabinet revamp Twenty new ministers are set to be inducted into the Karnataka government as the state cabinet undergoes a major expansion, with the swearing-in ceremony likely to take place at 4 pm on Monday, after the governor approved their inclusion.G S Patil has been chosen as the new speaker of the…
Parliament panel summons social media platforms at 4 pm NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology will meet representatives of major social media platforms, including Meta, X, Snapchat and Google on Monday to discuss online safety, user privacy and compliance with government rules.The meeting, scheduled for 4 pm, will focus on…
NEW DELHI: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday said he “had complete faith that justice would be done” and “never felt guilty” after a Delhi court acquitted him in the sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers.Reiterating that the case was a “conspiracy”, the ex-BJP MP said…
Section 498A prescribes imprisonment of up to three years and a fine for subjecting a woman to cruelty NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with cruelty by a husband or his relatives, would also apply to partners in live-in relationships, expanding the scope of the provision…
After hours of meticulous search, there was success For a 19-year-old battling testicular cancer, survival was only one part of the fight. The other was far more personal.After surgeons removed his only remaining testis, a team of 10 specialists at Mumbai’s Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital came together on July 25, 2026 with a…
India’s space ambitions face a setback as all launches are paused pending governmental clearance. The NVS-03 and Gisat-1A satellites are primed for their missions, but concerns have surfaced after two recent PSLV mission failures, casting shadows over the launch schedule. Experts express confusion over the decision to delay launches of seemingly unrelated rockets. To date,…
PM Modi called for rejecting stigma on the issue. “Youth who come out fighting addiction are not weak; they are real warriors,” he said. NEW DELHI: Drugs can give a momentary high but family and professional lives will hit a low, PM Modi told youth in a warning against substance abuse on Sunday, and exhorted…
NEW DELHI: For the first time since the Covid pandemic, fatalities on national highways (NHs) declined last year, even as overall road deaths rose in India. Govt data submitted in Lok Sabha last week shows that deaths on NHs, including Centre-run expressways, fell by 4.1% to 62,122 in 2025 from 64,772 in 2024.Among states and…
The attack is believed to be linked to Yadav’s recent skit outside Parliament over the alleged donation theft at the Ayodhya Ram temple. NEW DELHI: High drama unfolded at the New Delhi address of Independent MP Pappu Yadav Sunday after a man allegedly threw a slipper at him and another allegedly brandished a knife when…
NEW DELHI: Signaling continuing disruption in Parliament in the coming week, Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of avoiding Parliament at a time when the Opposition has been raising the crucial issue of Ayodhya donation scam.Congress MP Pramod Tiwari alleged that all “chanda chor” belong to BJP family, even…
