Bengaluru, 8/8: Hotel and restaurant associations have deferred their proposed boycott of food delivery platform Swiggy from August 15 to August 31 after a four-hour meeting with the company’s top management on Friday yielded positive assurances on several long pending issues. The meeting, led by Swiggy Chief Executive Officer Rohit Kapoor, was attended by representatives…
New Delhi, 8/8: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke confronted a police sub-inspector (PSI) deployed as part of his security detail at his residence in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, accusing the officer of preventing visitors from meeting him and demanding his removal. Dipke alleged the PSI behaved “rudely” with people visiting his home in the Waluj MIDC area and…
Washington, 8/8: The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill to punish Russia and key buyers of its petroleum products, such as China and India, claiming that such trade helps fuel the Ukraine war. The bill, renamed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, was approved by the Senate by…
New Delhi, 7/8: Government’s talks with entered technical rounds on day 3, while co-outlining measures to tackle deepfakes, CSAM, and unlabelled synthetic content. On Thursday, Meta executives had faced a second consecutive day of questioning by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology officials over Instagram’s content recommendation algorithms and the company’s compliance with Indian laws.
Kolkata 7/8: The Ritabrata Banerjee-led TMC faction on Friday urged Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to establish regional tribunals across West Bengal to hear disputes arising out of the SIR of electoral rolls, warning that it would move court if adequate safeguards were not put in place for genuine voters. The group also raised concerns over…
New Delhi, 7/8: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that India is not in favour of a BRICS currency and does not support the introduction of any such scheme. Bharat BRICS currency ke paksh mein nahin hai. Hum samarthan nai dete ki aisi koi BRICS currency jaisi nai yojna lai jaye. Bharat…
Bhubaneswar, 07/08/2026: The agitation condemning the alleged misbehaviour of Cuttack Sadar MLA Shri Prakash Sethi towards the Chief Warden of Ravenshaw University has been intensifying. However, the MLA has not accepted his mistake or misconduct. Condemning the incident, the Biju Janata Dal held a press conference at Sankha Bhawan. Biju Chhatra Janata Dal State President…
Islamabad, 7/8: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defence agreement under which an attack against any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack against them all, amid escalating tensions in West Asia. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep…
New Delhi, 7/8: Only days after calling Gen Z as “generation gutter” amid protests in Delhi, actor-politician Kangana Ranaut on Friday praised them as India’s biggest strength and ambassador’s of the country’s culture and identity. The BJP MP’s statement had garnered widespread attention and stirred massive controversy. However, a day after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat…
New Delhi, 7/8:The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 paper leak was not a last-minute breach but a carefully planned conspiracy in which NTA-appointed subject experts were allegedly contacted months in advance and used to access confidential question papers, a report by ANI…
