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"Laughable": High Court On Food Regulator's 98% Score To Secretariat Canteen
- Jul 31, 2026 17:23 pm IST
- Reported by: Puja Bhardwaj
- Edited by: Swastika Das Sharma
The Bombay High Court dismissed the FDA's 98 per cent rating of the Mantralaya canteen, calling it "laughable" and sending a team of four lawyers to inspect the premises again.
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Opinion | World's Biggest Military Now Has A Supply Problem. Inside US' Weapons Crisis
- Jul 31, 2026 17:18 pm IST
- Harsh V Pant
For the first time in decades, America is facing an existential question: not whether it can continue to fight multiple wars, but whether it has enough weapons left to do so.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 84,084-Crore Offshore Oil, Gas Exploration Scheme
- Jul 31, 2026 17:14 pm IST
- Indo Asian News Service
The scheme is also expected to stimulate significant investments across the exploration and production value chain, creating long-term opportunities for industry, innovation and economic growth, the communique said.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 36,441-Crore Sports Push Under Khelo India, NSF Schemes
- Jul 31, 2026 17:02 pm IST
- Press Trust India
The existing budgetary allocation for the Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) for the year 2026-27 stood at Rs 425 crore.
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Punjab Congress Rift: Charanjit Singh Channi's Brother Kept Out Of Key Meet
- Jul 31, 2026 17:01 pm IST
- Reported by: Gurpreet Singh Chhina
Punjab NSUI president Ishwarpreet Singh Sidhu, another aspirant from Fatehgarh Sahib, also alleged that he was deliberately kept out of the programme.
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'Embraced Freedom': Omar Abdullah, Estranged Wife Get Divorce After 17 Years
- Jul 31, 2026 16:54 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
Omar Abdullah and Payal Abdullah were married on September 1 in 1994. They have two sons and have been living separately since 2009.
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Cabinet Okays 5,000-MW Floating Solar Power Plants With Rs 5,070-Crore Outlay
- Jul 31, 2026 16:50 pm IST
- Indo Asian News Service
All states and Union Territories will benefit through this scheme, which aims to enhance the floating Solar PV capacity in the country by 5,000 MW.
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Cabinet Approves PM-Kisan Scheme Extension By 5 Years With Rs 3.15 Outlay
- Jul 31, 2026 16:41 pm IST
- Press Trust India
Under the scheme, each eligible farmer family receives annual financial assistance of Rs 6,000.
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"Savagery": Ex-AAP Leader Tahir Hussain Gets Life For Intel Officer's Murder
- Jul 31, 2026 16:19 pm IST
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
Announcing the sentence on former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, Delhi's Karkardooma court said the "manner of the crime was of utmost brutality"
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Army Downs Pakistani Spy Drone Near LoC, Memory Card Recovered
- Jul 31, 2026 16:15 pm IST
- Reported by: Pradeep Dutta
Vigilant Indian Army shot down a Pakistani surveillance drone in the Khour sector of Jammu on after it was spotted hovering dangerously close to key military installations along the Line of Control (LoC).
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Supreme Court Stays Order To Bring National Stock Exchange Under RTI Act
- Jul 31, 2026 16:14 pm IST
- Press Trust India
A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear a petition filed by the NSEI and sought responses from the Central Information Commission and others.
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Analysis: The Kingmaker Region - Why Doaba Holds Key To Punjab's Politics
- Jul 31, 2026 16:11 pm IST
- Reported by: Manjeet Sehgal
Doaba was the pocket borough of the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP till 2017. In 2012, the SAD-BJP alliance dominated the region, securing a combined 16 seats compared to Congress' six.
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Bihar Moves To Get Minister Deepak Prakash Elected To Council After Top Court Rap
- Jul 31, 2026 16:06 pm IST
- Reported by: Prabhakar Kumar
- Edited by: Mohd Asim
Top Court has asked Bihar government to explain how its minister, Deepak Prakash, is continuing in office for over six months without being elected.
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Opinion | India's Defence Deals Have A Serious Problem Nobody Talks About
- Jul 31, 2026 15:55 pm IST
- Manish Kumar Jha
For over 20 years, India believed that its defence deals would help nourish the domestic industry. Now, a parliamentary report suggests that never quite happened.
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Dressed In Saffron, Pappu Yadav Enacts Donation Theft, Rahul Gandhi Joins
- Jul 31, 2026 15:26 pm IST
- Edited by: Mohd Asim
As part of a skit, the MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, put money into collection boxes, while Yadav slipped money into his pockets to symbolise the theft
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No Food, No Water: Maharashtra Building Collapse Victims Share Ordeal
- Jul 31, 2026 14:41 pm IST
- Reported by: Anuj Sahebrao Rayate
Bhiwandi Building Collapse: Long before specialised rescue teams reached the site, locals say the first rescue operation was carried out by ordinary residents.
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Record Overlaps, Title Disputes: Why Delhi Is Pushing A Property Aadhaar Card
- Jul 31, 2026 14:38 pm IST
- Written by: Prateek Shukla
Despite its name, the proposed Delhi Property Aadhaar Card has nothing to do with an individual's Aadhaar number.
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Cauvery Protests Hit Vijay's 'Jana Nayagan' In Karnataka, Theatres Cancel Shows
- Jul 31, 2026 14:06 pm IST
- Reported by: Deepak Bopanna
- Edited by: Mohd Asim
As the Cauvery protests gathered momentum, several theatre owners voluntarily suspended 'Jana Nayagan' screenings to avoid any law and order issues.
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Opinion | Why Rahul Gandhi Keeps Making The Same 'Communication' Mistake
- Jul 31, 2026 14:00 pm IST
- Rasheed Kidwai
The Congress leader suffers from a strange paradox: always heard, but rarely followed.
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Army Major Killed, 2 Officers Injured After SUV Hits Camel In Rajasthan
- Jul 31, 2026 13:45 pm IST
- Indo Asian News Service
The impact caused the vehicle to overturn four to five times before skidding nearly 100 metres, according to police.