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Pooja Pal Meets Yogi Adityanath Days After Being Ousted From Samajwadi Party
- Aug 17, 2025 11:14 am IST
- Asian News International
Expelled Samajwadi Party MLA Pooja Pal on Saturday met Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow. The meeting comes after Pal was expelled from party for praising Yogi Adityanath during the UP Assembly session.
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Congress Leader's RSS "India's Taliban" Remark, BJP's Mahatma Gandhi Reply
- Aug 17, 2025 11:13 am IST
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
Senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad's "Indian Taliban" remark for BJP's ideological parent, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has drawn a sharp response from the ruling party
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Assam Principal Folds National Flag With Legs, Arrested As Video Goes Viral
- Aug 17, 2025 11:10 am IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
According to the police, the principal went to the school alone on Saturday morning and lowered the flag in an "objectionable manner".
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Chhattisgarh Cabinet Expansion Likely Tomorrow, These Leaders May Be Included
- Aug 17, 2025 11:03 am IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
Political activity has intensified in Chhattisgarh with Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai expected to expand his cabinet by Monday.
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Flash Floods Block Major Highway, Himachal's Monsoon Death Count Rises To 261
- Aug 17, 2025 10:11 am IST
- Asian News International
Multiple flash flood incidents were reported on Sunday in Mandi district at Panarsa, Takoli, and Nagwain areas along the Mandi-Kullu stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway.
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Ashram Head Priest Arrested For Alleged Rape Of Woman Inmate In Odisha
- Aug 17, 2025 09:59 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The Odisha Police have arrested the head priest of an ashram in Dhenkanal district for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman inmate, officials said.
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78 Years After 1947, PMO To Leave South Block For New Central Vista Address
- Aug 17, 2025 09:57 am IST
- Reported by: Akhilesh Sharma
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO), currently located in the South Block, is set to shift to Executive Enclave, a few hundred metres away, next month, sources in the government said
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Rs 1.5 Lakh Crore Milestone: Inside India's Defence Manufacturing Surge
- Aug 17, 2025 09:52 am IST
- Written by: Anwesha Singh
India recently achieved a breakthrough in its defence manufacturing capabilities, registering a record-high production value of Rs 1,50,590 crore in 2024-25. This represents an 18% growth over the previous year's Rs 1.27 lakh crore.
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Firing At YouTuber Elvish Yadav's Gurugram House, Notorious Gang Issues A Warning
- Aug 17, 2025 09:45 am IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Firing was reported outside the house of controversial YouTuber and Bigg Boss winner Elvish Yadav in Gurugram early this morning.
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4 Dead As Cloudburst Hits Jammu And Kashmir's Kathua, Rescue Ops On
- Aug 17, 2025 09:05 am IST
- Reported by: Nazir Masoodi
- Edited by: Pushkar Tiwari
At least four people were killed and many others were injured due to flooding caused by a cloudburst in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, officials said on Sunday.
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30-Year-Old Man Critically Injured By 'Chinese Manjha' Near Tughlakabad
- Aug 17, 2025 08:59 am IST
- Press Trust of India
A 30-year-old man was left critically injured on Saturday afternoon after his throat was slit by a Chinese 'manjha' (synthetic kite string) while passing near Tughlakabad Metro Station, police said.
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Robbers Pose As Auditors, Loot Rs 9 Lakh From Gold Loan Office In Gurugram
- Aug 17, 2025 08:47 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Five armed robbers posing as auditors looted Rs 9.5 lakh in cash at gunpoint from a Manappuram Gold Loan office on the Sheetla Mata Road here on Saturday evening, police said.
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Delhi Man Rapes 65-Year-Old Mother Twice As 'Punishment', Arrested: Police
- Aug 17, 2025 08:08 am IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
A 39-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 65-year-old mother twice, claiming he was punishing her for an alleged relationship she had in the past.
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Man Run Over By Scorpio In Jaipur. He Was In Crowd After Road Rage Incident
- Aug 17, 2025 07:55 am IST
- NDTV News Desk
Chandrashekhar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, worked as a labourer in Jaipur.
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LSE Graduate Among 3 Arrested Over Cyber Extortion Bid From Thailand
- Aug 17, 2025 07:42 am IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
A post-graduate from the London School of Economics and two others have been arrested in a cyber extortion case in Delhi. The three men allegedly tried to extort money from a businessman through a WhatsApp call from Thailand.
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Parliament To Hold Special Session On Shubhanshu Shukla's Space Mission
- Aug 17, 2025 07:41 am IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
As the Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla was given a grand welcome as he arrived in New Delhi, the Lok Sabha will hold a special discussion on India's space journey and Shukla's historic mission aboard the ISS.
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Homecoming: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, 2nd Indian In Space, Lands In Delhi
- Aug 17, 2025 02:20 am IST
- Reported by: Pallav Mishra
- Edited by: Rohit Paul
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the second Indian to go to space and the first to visit the International Space Station, has set foot in his homeland again.
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Gangster Salman Tyagi Found Dead In Delhi Jail, Suicide Suspected: Cops
- Aug 17, 2025 00:06 am IST
- Press Trust of India
A notorious gangster with several criminal cases registered against him, including those for murder and extortion, was found dead in his cell at Mandoli Jail here on Saturday, officials said.
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Man Jailed During Emergency Refuses Honour, Gives Minister Memo For Justice
- Aug 16, 2025 23:49 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
An uneasy silence fell over the Independence Day celebrations in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh on Friday after an 84-year-old man who was imprisoned during the Emergency refused an honour and handed an application to the minister instead.
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Drug Destruction Up 132%, Seizures Up 104% In Tripura: Chief minister
- Aug 16, 2025 23:34 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Tripura Chief Minister Prof. Dr Manik Saha on Friday said police and security agencies have been directed to take strict action against those involved in drug smuggling.