Yemen, 21/8: Somali pirates, in a span of four days, hijacked two ships including a Cameroon-flagged cargo vessel carrying weapons was seized off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland and a suspected Iranian shadow fleet tanker off the coast of Yemen. The earlier vessel had aboard six Indians of the total ten…
Mahabalipuram, 20/8: Identifying water as the “soul” of South Indian states, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday suggested joint meetings involving respective states and Union Ministries concerned to resolve long-pending water disputes in the region.Cauvery water and Karnataka’s proposed move to build a reservoir in Mekedatu. “…while it simply flows into the sea, then…
Ahmedabad, 20/8: The death toll in the Bhavnagar hooch tragedy rose to eight on Thursday, while at least eight others remained in critical condition. Police have registered an FIR against 21 suspects accused of buying and selling spurious liquor under the brand name “Royal Stag”. The liquor, suspected to have caused the deaths, was allegedly…
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…
