India beat South Korea after five years, clinch berth in semi-finals

Nilakanta, Mandeep and Harmanpreet score in hosts' 3-2 victory in Asian Champions Trophy

Chandra to settle debt, reclaim Dish

Essel Group founder Subhash Chandra is poised to settle the ₹6,500 crore debt it owes JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction Co. (ARC) for close to ₹1,500 crore to regain ownership of the family’s stake in assets, including Dish TV and Zee Learn, as well as three properties, including a bungalow in central Delhi.

Ant transfers 10.3% in Paytm to Sharma

The Chinese company will retain economic ownership of the shares

Philippines tells China it won't abandon post

The Philippines told China it will not abandon a disputed shoal in the South China Sea after it accused China's coast guard of using water cannons and \"dangerous\" moves to prevent Manila from sending supplies to its troops occupying the reef.

Imran's party moves top court; seeks retrial in case

Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf party on Monday launched a legal battle to secure the release of its chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan, with a petition in the Supreme Court seeking his retrial in the Toshakhana corruption case.

The new data bill will mark a paradigm shift

India is probably the last significant nation with no active data protection regime. The new bill, with its simplicity and innovations, fills that gap. No law can satisfy all constituencies, but that cannot impede progress

Nadda meets B'desh Awami League team

A visiting delegation of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Monday and discussed issues such as bilateral relations and measures to curb militancy.

Justice Muralidhar retires as Orissa HC chief justice

Orissa high court chief justice Dr S Muralidhar demitted office on Monday, bringing the curtain down on his 17-year illustrious career which saw him pass some crucial judgments in sensitive matters.

Road map for J&K's growth over next 25 years ready: LG

Hailing the development in J&K since abrogation of Article 370, Manoj Sinha said that the days of exploitation are over in the Valley

WHO flags contaminants in Indian syrup sold in Iraq

AT LEAST FIVE INDIA-MADE DRUGS HAVE COME UNDER W.H.O'S SCRUTINY IN CLOSE TO A YEAR

Bill on registration of births, deaths cleared

The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved a bill that allows the use of a birth certificate as a single identity document for admission to an educational institution, issuance of a driving licence, preparation of voter list, Aadhaar number, registration of marriage or appointment to a government job.

LS approves data bill amid Oppn protests

The Lok Sabha passed the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 on Monday, after a debate spread over 50 minutes amid heavy sloganeering by Opposition members, most of whom also opposed the law.

ED takes Balaji into 5-day custody after SC approval

Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers on Monday took custody of jailed Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji in a money-laundering case pertaining to an alleged cash-for-jobs scam in the state's transport department during 2011-15, hours after the Supreme Court permitted the agency to question the DMK leader till August 12.

Hate crime section added against cop who killed 4

The Government Railway Police has added a hate crime charge against Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh who, on July 31, killed his superior officer, and three Muslim passengers, before ranting against the community and asking passengers to record his speech, delivered standing over the body of his last victim.

Delhi's third waste-to-art park set for inauguration

The Capital's third waste-to-art theme park, conceptualised last year to mark 75 years of Independence, is set for inauguration on Tuesday, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials said.

Truck rams car on Ring Road, I killed

A 22-year-old woman was killed and her cousin critically injured after the car they were travelling in with two others was allegedly struck from behind by a truck at the Chandgi Ram Akhara traffic signal on Ring Road in north Delhi around Sunday midnight, police said. The force of the collision was such that the car smashed into a loaded, stationary truck in front of it, police added.

Conservation of Mughal-era palace to begin by October

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is expected to begin conservation work at Zafar Mahal -- a 19th-century monument in Mehrauli -- by October, officials aware of the matter said. The heritage body said that while work on the deteriorating complex will be initiated in the last quarter of the year, the tender will be floated after Independence Day.

HC asks Haryana to show notices of demolition in Nuh

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed the Haryana administration's demolition drives in strife-torn Nuh and Gurugram, observed that the law-and-order situation is being \"used as a ruse\" to pull buildings without due process, and asked if the action is an \"exercise of ethnic cleansing\" by the state.

DU admissions: 62,000 pay fee, 12.7K freeze their slots

A day after Delhi University closed the first round of seat allocations for its undergraduate programmes, the varsity on Monday released a list of vacant seats, with only around 13% of the seats yet to be filled, officials aware of the development said.

3 murder 74-yr-old man, hit 2 others in snatching spree

Three motorcycle-borne assailants stabbed and robbed three men, including two septuagenarians, within nearly 10 minutes in three separate lanes of a congested residential neighbourhood of Sagarpur in southwest Delhi on Monday morning. One of the elderly men died in the attack, police officers said.

Dengue cases spike amid rain, floods, MCD strike

Delhi has reported 105 new dengue cases in the last one week, taking the tally of the cases reported till August 5 this year to 348, the weekly mosquito borne disease report released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi showed. This is the highest number of cases reported till August 5 for at least the last 10 years.

BJP trying to snatch power through back door: Kejriwal

As the Delhi services bill cleared the Upper House on Monday, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to snatch control of the national capital \"through the back door\" after losing to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in four elections, and said the legislation was evidence that the BJP \"hates the people of Delhi\".

Short-duration variety sown on 50% paddy area in Punjab may give some respite from stubble fires

For the first time, close to half the total area under paddy cultivation in Punjab has been sown with PR-126, a variety of the crop that matures faster and leaves behind less stubble, raising the hope that it could lead to milder farm fires and reduce the annual pollution impact on the national capital after cultivation this November.

SC to monitor cases of crime against women in Manipur

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to monitor all cases of violence against women during the ethnic clashes in Manipur, and ordered the setting up of a high-powered committee, comprising three retired women high court judges, that will visit the strife-torn state and report back on the efficacy of rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures.

Rahul is back in Parliament

Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi re-entered the Lok Sabha on Monday, 137 days after his disqualification on March 24, and a day ahead of the debate of the no-confidence motion that begins on Tuesday, which he is likely to initiate.

House nod for Delhi bill after fierce debate in RS

The Rajya Sabha cleared the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, with 131 votes in support and 102 against, dealing a blow to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government by cementing the Union government's control over the Capital's bureaucracy.

Delhi court allows Jacqueliene Fernandez to travel to the US for promotional activities

Actor Jacqueliene Fernandez, who is one of the accused in a ₹200crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, has been allowed to travel by a Delhi court

'EVEN I COULDN'T HAVE PLANNED SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GIFT FOR TARA'

Actor Jay Bhanushali shares his joy as daughter Tara got featured on New York's Times Square billboard as a birthday gift from a fan

THREADS OF TRADITION: CELEBRATING OUR HANDLOOM HERITAGE

On National Handloom Day today, actor Adah Sharma plays our muse as we pay an ode to the craft that has stood the test of time

A youngster's debut in Kuchipudi

The lyrical and instrumental melodies of Carnatic music reverberated at Kamani Auditorium recently when 18-year-old Aaraynaa Lohia wore her ghunghroos and made her Kuchipudi debut, Rangapravesham, onstage