Giriraj Singh terms Bihar govt's caste-based survey as false

‘The caste-based survey isjustan eyewash. There are thousands of castes in Bihar, butthe Nitish govt has released data based only onafew of them’, hesaid

Pakistan: Special Court orders jail authorities to present Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi on 4 October

Aspecial court formed under the Official Secrets Act has summoned Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case on October 4, Pakistan-based Geo News reported.

Ukraine welcomes EU foreign ministers for meeting in Kyiv

The US, the EU the UK have provided massive military and financialsupportto Ukraine, enabling ittostand up to the Kremlin's attack

RBI-MPC's decision on repo rate may be unanimous but not on the stance: Economists

While there will be unanimity on not changing the repo rate from the current 6.5 per cent, there will be divergence within the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) as to the stance, said senior economists.

Stock market: Wall Street drifts as traders adjust to high interest rates

Oil prices have jumped to their highest levelin more than a year, whichis pressuring the economy by raising fuel costs for everyone

A few rotten eggs spoil the diaspora's image

Writing for The Economist on India’s diaspora in June this year, Avantika Chilkoti mentioned that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the world. She wrote, “India’s claim to be a democracy steeped in liberal values helps its diaspora integrate more readily in the West. The diaspora in turn binds India to the West.”

Army chief leaves for Tanzania to intensify defence cooperation

As part of India’s increasing defence ties with African countries, the Indian Army chief, Gen Manoj Pande, embarked on a four-day official visit to Tanzania, on Monday.

Nitish Kumar dares NDA leaders to break JD-U

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar strongly dismissed the claims made by some NDA leaders that JD-U will 'break', saying \"These are unnecessary statements which have no meaning\".

Cong takes swipe at PM over various issues, accuses him of spreading lies

PM accused the Congress of corruption besides questioning over atrocities against women

Telangana Governor pays tributes at Hyderabad's Bapu Ghat

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and state ministers Mahmood Ali and P. Sabita Indra Reddy paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary on Monday.

Bankscam: Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi leads BJP's protest march

Protesting against alleged loot of the cooperative banks in Kerala, the BJP, on Monday, embarked on a padayatra (foot march) under the leadership of actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi.

Kerala CPI(M), CPI lock horns over land grabbing in Idukki

At times the Kerala unit of the ruling CPI(M) and its second-largest ally the CPI take potshots at each other. On Monday, after a long truce, the latter hit out against the former over the issue of land grabbing in the hill district of Idukki.

BJP and NDA are being steered by Adani: KTR

While thesteering of BRS was safely in the hands of CM K Chandrasekhar Rao

Suvendu demands CBI probe in MGNREGA irregularities in state

While Trinamul Congress, led by its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, staged a protest at Rajghat in New Delhi regarding the nonpayment of central dues to the West Bengal government, the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, called for a CBI investigation into the alleged significant irregularities during the implementation of the 100-day job scheme in the state under MGNREGA.

Rainfall to continue until 5 October; police to evacuate people to safer places

The police in seven districts have been asked to make people who live in the low-lying areas aware of the possible heavy rain and evacuate them to safer places if required.

Doctors advise CM to take rest for another seven days

She underwent micro-surgery on 24Sep for fluid aspiration on herleftknee

Orange alert issued as Damodar River Valley reservoirs surge due to continuous rainfall

As a consequence of incessant rainfall in the upper catchment regions of the Damodar River Valley, particularly in Jharkhand, water levels in all reservoirs and dams have risen. This has led to the issuance of an orange alert for districts in the lower region.

Irani’s pep talk boosts BJP-linked trade unions and workers in Bengal’s tea belt

Trade union leaders associated with the BJP in tea belt have been rejuvenated, following Union Minister for Smriti Irani’s support to the tea workers for their contribution towards shoring up economy of West Bengal.

'Around 1,500 recruited illegally between 2014-2018 in different Bengal municipalities'

Allthese illegal recruitments, were done through an outsourced agency ABS Infozone, owned by Ayan Sil

Nobel in medicine goes toscientists who spurred development of mRNA Covid vaccines

Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots.

OBCS, EBCs account for 63 pc of population: Bihar caste survey

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released the much-awaited caste-based survey, on Monday, which showed that other backward caste (OBC) and extremely backward class (EBC) together account for 63 per cent of the state’s population.

Abhishek Banerjee challenges Centre over delayed MGNREGA and Awas Yojana funds

Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamul Congress national general secretary, threw a challenge at the central government in Delhi today.

PM tears into Cong in poll-bound Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

Modiraises tailor’s 2022 murder in Raj, says Cong worships one family’ in Madhya Pradesh

Athletics: Tajinderpal, Avinash win Gold each in a medal rush

Olympic steeple chaser Avinash Sable and defending shot put champion Tajinderpal toor led the charge winning a gold each in their respective events as it rained medals in the Indian athletic camp in the Asian Games at Hangzhou China on DSunday.

Badminton: Men's team creates history, bags first silver medal

Asian Games: Indiahave nowwon 11 medals-2silverand9 bronze-atthe continental meet

Suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police, the interior minister said.

A populist ex-premier who opposes support for Ukraine leads his leftist party to victory in Slovakia

A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to almost complete results.

US Congress passes stopgap Bill to avert govt shutdown

‘This is good news for the American people,’ US President Joe Biden saidinastatement

ER operates two EMU special trains to spread awareness about cleanliness

As a part of concluding ceremony of Swachhta Pakhwada, the Eastern Railway operated two EMU special trains to spread awareness about cleanliness.

33 TMC supporters injured in bus accident in Jharkhand

Around 33 TMC supporters, all of them 100 days MGNREGA job workers were injured when a bus carrying them had a mishap at Koderma in Jharkhand today morning. After getting the information from the district leadership the TMC top brass directed all the passengers to return to Purulia.