Arvind Kejriwal says Satyendar Jain arrested at BJP’s ‘behest’: ‘Lies will be exposed again’

  • August 19, 2026
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Arvind Kejriwal’s reaction came as Satyender Jain was arrested on Tuesday over alleged corruption in Delhi Jal Board tenders. Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed that the 2024 Delhi Jal Board corruption case against former minister Satyender Jain will be “proven fake”, accusing the ACB of arresting him at “the behest of the BJPKejriwal’s reaction came […]

Crowd swell, broken barricades, live wire rumour: What led to Bihar temple stampede

  • August 17, 2026
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Witnesses however countered this narrative and said the stampede occurred due to poor crowd management. As many as seven women were killed on Monday morning after a stampede broke out a temple in Lakhisarai district of Bihar. According to authorities, overcrowding led to the tragedy as thousands of devotees gathered at the Ashok Dham, one of the oldest […]

Exclusive: For 4 Seconds, Air India Phuket-Delhi Plane Had No Flight Controls

  • August 14, 2026
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The autopilot system of the airliner then disconnected, and the co-pilot who was flying at the time pushed his control stick forward after the aircraft’s systems are believed to have generated stall warnings in the cockpit. New Delhi: Airbus’s initial reading of the Digital Flight Data Recorder (black box) of the A-320 jetliner, which violently dropped 300 […]

SC flags Delhi’s ‘ad-hocism’ over repeated protection for unauthorised constructions

  • August 13, 2026
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The Supreme Court criticized repeated extensions of a temporary law, hindering Delhi’s governance and Yamuna river conservation efforts, calling for an effective action plan. The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the repeated extension of a law providing temporary protection to unauthorised colonies, slums and constructions in Delhi has contributed to “ad-hocism” in Delhi’s governance […]

Seven medals, countless stories: India’s para athletes come of age at CWG 2026

  • August 12, 2026
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India’s para athletes rewrote history in Glasgow. A 28-member contingent left the 2026 Commonwealth Games with seven medals: three gold, two silver and two bronze, matching everything the country had won across all previous editions of the Games combined. Somewhere between a landmine on the Line of Control, a motorcycle accident in Roorkee, a polio diagnosis in […]

Sensex opens 300 points lower, Nifty below 24,500; Adani Group shares in focus

  • August 11, 2026
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The BSE Sensex opened at 78,509.77 but was down 315.36 points, or 0.40%, at 78,227.08 as of 9:26 am. The Nifty 50 was down 94.05 points, or 0.38%, at 24,489.75 after opening at 24,575.10. Benchmark indices opened lower on Tuesday as firmer crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment, although strength in IT stocks and continued foreign […]

India’s US ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra debunks ‘myths’ on FCRA bill: ‘Transparency, clearer rules’

  • August 10, 2026
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India’s US ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra debunks ‘myths’ on FCRA bill: ‘Transparency, clearer rules’ Amid the controversy surrounding the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill (FCRA), 2026, India’s ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, has taken to social media to debunk some ‘myths’ about the bill.In a thread on X, the ambassador to the US has stated […]

India Counters China, Maps 27 Places In Arunachal Using Official Names

  • August 8, 2026
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China’s act of renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh has always been categorically rejected by New Delhi, which has consistently termed such moves “vain and preposterous”. New Delhi: With China repeatedly renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh, India, on Friday formally identified 27 places and features in the state by their standard names on the official Indian map. […]

Government tech fund goes to private firms linked to panel that selected them

  • August 7, 2026
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15 of 22 firms chosen have links to seven members in selection panel; members say they disclosed their interests, recused; it’s public money, need guardrails, says MP who flagged issue. A new public fund to boost India’s deep-tech ambitions in the private sector has approved, in its first round, Rs 2,192 crore in soft loans to […]