World Cup: Brilliant Pragg sets up final against Carlsen

India’s R Praggnanandhaa played two near perfect Rapid games, with 10-minute time controls, to snuff out the challenge of Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreak (3.5-2.5) and advance to the final of the Chess World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday.

Asean-India free trade talks make progress

India's negotiations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to review the free trade agreement that adversely impacts the country is making progress as negotiators are working to conclude the process by 2025, two officials aware of the development said.

IBC, Cos Act tweaks likely to come up in winter session

The government will also aim to introduce Digital Competition Bill

Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants killed by Saudi border guards

THE REPORT SAYS BORDER GUARDS FIRED MACHINE GUNS & LAUNCHED MORTARS AT ETHIOPIANS TRYING TO CROSS FROM YEMEN

British nurse Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail

Nurse Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life behind bars for killing seven newborn babies after a judge on Monday ruled Britain's most prolific serial child killer of modern times should never be released.

All quiet on the interest rate front

A spike in the prices of staples has created a dilemma: Should RBI use blunt instruments such as interest rates, or take comfort from softening core inflation? For now, it should be the latter

Eat fish regularly to get eyes like Aishwarya Rai's, says Maha minister

Maharashtra's tribal development minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Kumar Gavit has stoked a controversy with his remark that actor Aishwarya Rai has beautiful eyes because she used to eat fish regularly.

Landslides in Shimla highlight faulty urban planning, say experts

Rain-triggered landslides in Shimla last week have highlighted the vulnerability of developments along streams and water bodies; shown up the hollowness of a belief that reinforced cement concrete (RCC) structures offer resilience and strength in the face of natural disasters; and indicated the need for a geology-based approach to urban planning, experts said.

1987 UP massacre: HC moved over acquittals

ON MARCH 31, A MEERUT COURT HAD ACQUITTED ALL ACCUSED IN THE CASE CITING LACK OF EVIDENCE

Study on carrying capacity of hill states critical, says SC

THE BENCH ASKED THE CENTRE TO SUGGEST THE NAMES OF INSTITUTES WITH EXPERTISE TO CARRY OUT SUCH A STUDY

SC seeks Centre's response on pleas against Bihar caste survey in a week

The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Centre a week's time to file its response to a host of petitions challenging Bihar's caste survey after solicitor general Tushar Mehta told the court that the state's survey has some \"ramifications\" that necessitate a detailed affidavit.

Poverty reduced, income rose after '14: PM at MP rozgar mela

The average income of Indians increased from ₹4 lakh to ₹13 lakh after 2014, and people are now moving from the lower income group to the upper-income group, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

BRS releases its first candidate list, KCR to contest from 2 seats

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday announced the candidates for all but four seats for the upcoming assembly elections scheduled later this year, attempting to gather early momentum for the crucial polls.

Prestige of legislative bodies is increasingly eroding: Om Birla

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Monday said that disruptions will end when the voters start questioning the conduct of elected representatives in legislative bodies, days after the tumultuous Monsoon session of Parliament ended.

SC: Loss of key docs must be looked into

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to address the plight of the victims of the ethnic clashes in Manipur who have lost identity proofs and are in dire need of adequate compensation to rebuild their lives, as it mulled over issuing necessary directions on the reports received from a high-powered committee comprising three retired women high court judges.

Manipur tribal body reimposes blockade on NHS after flare-up

A prominent Kuki community group on Monday clamped a blockade of two arterial national highways in Manipur that is likely to severely crimp the supply of goods and essentials to the state capital Imphal, marking a setback in the faltering government efforts to restore normalcy in the state.

Speculation grows over PM-Xi meeting at Brics

Speculation is growing about a possible meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Brics Summit in South Africa following a string of engagements between the two countries that have been locked in a military standoff in Ladakh sector for more than three years.

Abortion case: SC pulls up Guj HC for its 'counterblast'

An order passed by the Supreme Court cannot be retorted to by any other court in India, the top court said on Monday, taking a grim view of an order passed by the Gujarat high court attempting to justify its rejection of a rape survivor's plea seeking abortion of her foetus of over 27 weeks. The order by the Gujarat high court, was passed hours after the top court held a special sitting on Saturday a holiday, to hear the appeal filed by the rape survivor against the rejection of her request. Even as it called for a fresh medical report to assess the feasibility of a safe abortion, the Saturday order by the Supreme Court recorded its displeasure at the manner in which the high court dealt with the matter.

Nuh panchayat hands over 16 people to cops

The Singar village panchayat in Nuh has handed over 16 suspects to Nuh police for their alleged involvement in the communal violence that broke out on July 31. They said that five of the suspects were handed over to police on Sunday and two on Monday after they held a meeting in the village earlier this month.

SC relief to St Stephen's in admission of minorities

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with a Delhi high court interim order, allowing St Stephen's College to conduct interviews of Christian candidates seeking admission under the minority quota, and said that any order passed at this stage will be \"too late\" and will result in \"uncertainty\" among students.

Temporary MCD employees will be regularised: Kejriwal

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said all temporary employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will be regularised.

Govt to hire 40 trainers for its urban farming scheme

The Delhi government's forest and wildlife department will hire 40 people to conduct workshops on urban farming at the ward level, the process for which has begun, officials said on Monday.

Union govt sells subsidised onions at ₹25 per kg in city

The Union government on Monday started selling onions to consumers at a subsidized rate of ₹25 a kg, starting with Delhi, to stave off an inflationary spell amid rising prices of the vegetable.

Temple razed during east Delhi anti-encroachment drive

The Public Works Department (PWD) on Monday undertook an encroachment removal demolition drive in East Delhi's Geeta Colony, under which a portion of a local temple and nearby shanties were razed down amid heavy police deployment, officials said.

MCD set to conduct census of street hawkers operating in city

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is set to conduct a fresh census of street hawkers, vendors, and markets in the Capital, officials said on Monday, adding that the project is likely to take around six months to complete.

Burari rape horror puts spotlight on 'church'

Allegations that a senior Delhi government officer raped a minor girl several times over three months has brought a cloistered neighbourhood church in north Delhi’s Burari into the spotlight, after it emerged that the survivor’s and suspects’ families shared ties that originated in a small prayer house decades ago.

Vikram sends images of the far side of Moon ahead of landing

The lander module of Chandrayaan-3 established two-way communication with the orbiter of its predecessor, Chandrayaan-2, on Monday, confirming the \"good health\" of the spacecraft, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said as the agency prepares for landing on August 23.

Every relationship that doesn't lead to marriage isn't rape: SC

Attempts to paint every instance of a failed relationship as a rape case can adversely impact the legal prospect of genuine cases of sexual assaults, the Supreme Court said on Monday, adding that couples choosing to have a consensual and continued physical relationship should also be ready to face the eventuality of not getting married to each other.

Delhi official held for raping girl in his care

An officer in Delhi’s women and child development (WCD) department accused of raping a minor girl for months was arrested along with his wife on Monday, even as the state government suspended him from his position amid mounting outrage over a case that has stunned the national capital and set off a swirling political controversy.

Hills on alert as monsoon trough shifts north again

Much of India will witness another break in the monsoon from the middle of this week, but the hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, battered by rains in August (and before that in July), could be set for another wet spell.