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US announces new sanctions on Russian defence sector

THE US unveiled sweeping sanctions on Friday against almost 400 individuals and companies tied to Russia's war effort in Ukraine, a day before Ukraine's independence day.

Harris first Black and Asian American woman to accept US prez nomination

Pledges a 'new way forward' if she beats Republican Donald Trump in November election

Children among 16 killed in overnight Israeli strike

THE Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital received the bodies, including the remains of a woman and three children, after strikes overnight and into Thursday.

15 dead as monsoon floods inundate cities, villages in Bangladesh

MONSOON rainfall-triggered floods in deltaic Bangladesh and upstream Indian regions killed at least 15 people and affected more than four million others in this country, posing a huge administrative challenge to the newly installed interim government amid a political transition.

Maha bandh called off after HC order

AFTER the Bombay High Court restrained the MVA from the Maharashtra bandh on August 24 against the sexual assault of two KG girls in a school at Thane's Badlapur, the Opposition, on Friday, decided to stage a symbolic protest with black tapes on their mouth and black armbands under the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar.

Protest erupts over gang-rape of minor

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Dhing area of Assam's Nagaon district, triggering an outrage among people who staged protests in different parts of the state.

Doc suspended on harassment plaint

JAIPUR’S prestigious Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College has suspended a senior resident doctor days after a female medico lodged a serious complaint.

Army mini-UAV develops snags, crosses LoC

A tactical surveillance drone (mini-UAV) of the Indian Army inadvertently crossed into Pakistan from the Line of Control (LOC) in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

Barbed wires, teargas, water cannon on BJP's Ranchi march

SEVERAL police personnel as well as BJP workers were injured in clashes after the police resorted to teargas and water cannons to stop saffron party workers marching towards CM House at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi on Friday.

Schools, colleges told to hold special events on Krishna Janmashtami

JUST a month after directing schools across Madhya Pradesh to organise special two-day events to mark the Guru Purnima festival, the Mohan Yadavled BJP government has come out with similar directions for schools and colleges on Krishna Janmashthami (August 26).

4 Nepal residents buried alive in U’khand landslip

HEAVY rains in Uttarakhand hills triggered a landslide in Phata, Rudraprayag late Thursday, killing four Nepali citizens.

NGT pulls up Mann govt, fines ₹1K cr for failing to manage waste in Punjab

THE National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of ₹1,026 crore on the Punjab government as environmental compensation for failing to manage waste and untreated sewage.

MEA raises Sikh holy book seizure with Qatari govt

Swaroops taken away from groups who ran gurdwaras sans approval

Cong holds CEC meet to discuss candidates for J&K polls; 9 names in first list

A day after the Congress and the National Conference (NC) sealed a pre-poll alliance for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress convened a meeting on Friday to decide the candidates for the first phase of the polls.

Old pension scheme to figure prominently in Modi meet with govt staff

FOR the first time in a decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet representatives of the central government employees on Saturday to discuss a slew of significant issues ahead of a possible announcement of a new pension scheme.

India, US sign reciprocal defence pact

INDIA and the United States signed two significant defence agreements during Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's four-day visit to the US.

Shun colonial-era black gown, instead go desi: Govt

THE Union Health Ministry has asked all Central government hospitals and medical teaching institutes, including AIIMS, to do away with the colonial-era black gown and cap during convocations and replace them with state-specific Indian traditional dresses.

Cong greedy for power, playing with country's security, says Shah

UNION Home Minister and BJP's principal strategist Amit Shah on Friday accused the Congress of repeatedly \"risking the country's unity and security\" in its greed for power by forging an alliance with the National Conference for the J&K assembly polls.

Nadda launches national medical register portal for allopathic doctors

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda launched a national medical register (NMR) portal on Friday, which will serve as a comprehensive and dynamic database for registered allopathic doctors in India.

SIT files 2k-page charge sheet against Prajwal

THE Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday filed a 2,144-page charge sheet against Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna in connection with the sexual assault and harassment case registered at the Holenarasipura Town police station in Hassan.

'Savukku' Shankar case: SC seeks TN's reply on second detention order

A three-judge bench of Supreme Court comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on Friday issued notice to Tamil Nadu government and sought its responses after hearing a Habeus Corpus petition challenging the recent second detention of YouTuber 'Savukku' Shankar under the preventive detention law.

AMMA breaks its silence on Hema panel report, rejects ‘casting couch' allegation

IT took five days for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) to respond to the findings in the Justice Hema committee report, which was released on Monday.

Penn Nalam hosp celebrates 15 yrs of service in prevention of cancer

PENN Nalam Hospital flagged off an advanced mobile screening bus equipped with facilities for digital scanning and testing for women on the occasion of its 15th anniversary in the service of cancer prevention and treatment, on Friday.

MGMGH docs remove ₹5 coin from girl's food pipe

A team of doctors at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) on Thursday removed a five-rupee coin from the upper esophagus of a seven-year-old girl from Thottiyam who had accidentally swallowed it earlier that day.

Bank manager steals 26 kg jewels in Kerala, pledges it in T'ppur; held

A special team of Kerala police on Friday recovered 4.6 kg of gold jewels from two branches of a private bank in Tiruppur that were part of 26.8 kg of jewels stolen by the branch manager of nationalised bank in in Kozhikode.

2 students clash at Namakkal school, one dies

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy died in a fight between two class 11 students inside a classroom at a government school in Namakkal on Friday.

AI INTEGRATION CAN REVOLUTIONISE POWER DISTRIBUTION

THE implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, spearheading transformation across industries in recent years, can be a potential game changer in revolutionising the power distribution system for reliable and efficient power supply.

Two lakh placed in private firms through job fairs in 3 yrs, says TN

THE state government on Friday said it has provided private sector jobs to 2.03 lakh people through job fairs in the past three years.

Train accident drill a 'knockout' show in Tiruchy

THE Tiruchy railway division, along with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Fire Force, conducted a mock drill of a train accident and rescue operation at the railway goods yard here on Friday.

Home dist posting for women cops returning from maternity leave: CM

CHIEF Minister M K Stalin on Friday announced that women police personnel, returning from their one-year maternity leave, would be posted for three years in districts where their family or their spouse's family lives, by providing them an exemption from seniority as required.