Patna, 20/8: In a significant development, the Jharkhand High Court on Thursday (August 20) stayed the Hemant Soren Government’s decision to cancel the 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examinations. The HC order has given the much-sought relief to all those 450 candidates who had qualified in these examinations, duly posted in the…
Lausanne 20/8: World leader Rumesh Tharanga and newly crowned European champion Julian Weber will headline a stellar field expected to produce one of the highlights of the Lausanne Diamond League 2026 on Friday. It will be the first meeting this year between the Sri Lankan champion and the German thrower, from whom Tharanga took…
Jagatsinghpur, 20/8:Today i.e on 20.08.2026, a short while ago, Manoj Ranjan Nayak, Block Programme Manager (NHM), Kujang CHC , Dist-Jagatsinghpur has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking a bribe of Rs.20,000/- from a health staffer (Ashakarmi) working under the said CHC threatening to prepone her retirement on the basis of her age…
New Delhi, 20/8: The United States ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, on Wednesday called Kashmir “an important part of India”, striking a jarring note to the bonhomie between President Donald Trump’s administration and the civil-military leadership of Pakistan.Kashmir is an important part of India,” Gor, who is also Trump’s special envoy to South and Central…
Kalyani, 19/8: A court in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Wednesday ordered the issuance of an arrest warrant against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for non-compliance with its order for her appearance in a hate speech case.The Krishnagar court also directed that an execution report of the arrest warrant against Moitra be submitted before it…
Washington, 19/8: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he planned to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and said the Asian nation held 57 “very powerful” nuclear weapons.The remarks come as Trump ordered Pentagon officials to cut short joint exercises with the South Korean military, writing in a Sunday social media post…
New Delhi, 19/8: Congress on Wednesday made it clear that it is not for any increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats from the existing 543 for the next 25 years, as the Modi government insists on amending the Constitution for a new delimitation regime inwhich the number rises up to 850.The party’s stand…
Bengaluru, 19/8: Two more officials from the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru were suspended as investigations continued in connection with the phones being discovered inside the jail, including in a cell housing convicted rapist and former JDS MP Prajwal Ravanna. The suspended officials have been identified as jailer Ramesh Dharmatti and warder Mahesh Sajjan….
New Delhi, 19/8: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Tamil Nadu to chair a meeting on Thursday, August 20. He is said to interact with the Southern Zonal Council in its 31st meeting at Mahabalipuram.The Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of the member states and Union Territories of the Southern region, along with…
Chennai, 19/8: The Tamil Nadu government has asked education authorities to take steps to ensure that school and college students, as well as young people, do not participate in protests or agitations organised by Left parties and the Tamil Nadu Cockroach Janata Party. The direction was issued by the Department of Collegiate Education in an…
