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Puja Khedkar

Puja Khedkar challenges UPSC’s revocation of her IAS candidature in Delhi High Court

A Delhi court denied Khedkar anticipatory bail on August 1 and instructed the Delhi Police to broaden their investigation. The court mandated that the police explore whether others might have improperly benefitted from OBC and disability reservations and investigate if any UPSC officials were complicit in the alleged fraud.

Newlywed couple finds marital bliss under VDG protection in terror-hit Doda

Doda in Jammu region was rocked by several terror incidents since June 12, which was seen as an attempt by Pakistan-based terror handlers to revive terrorism in the district after remaining peaceful for over 18 years.

Kolkata rape-murder

Kolkata rape-murder case: Police extends prohibitory orders till Aug 31 near R G Kar hospital as doctors continue to protest

Even after health department held talks with agitating doctors in an attempt to restore normalcy at state-run hospitals, the meeting did not yield any results

cbi

IIT experts examined gate of Delhi coaching center where 3 IAS aspirants drowned: CBI

The CBI investigation citing the postmortem report has revealed that the three UPSC aspirants, Shreya Yadav, Tanya Soni, & Nevin Dalvin, died due to asphyxia caused by drowning.

Mumbai

Two days after tragic BEST bus crash, Mumbai bus drivers seen stashing *liquor* in seat consoles

In one of the viral videos, a Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport driver is seen buying a bottle of liquor from a local wine shop at an unidentified place and walking up to a stationary bus. In another video doing rounds on social media, a security officer is seen questioning the driver of a bus holding up a half-empty bottle of liquor.

Delhi CM

Atishi sworn in as Delhi's youngest woman chief minister; key leaders join her cabinet

Atishi, 43, a first-time MLA from Kalkaji, became the 17th woman to hold the post of chief minister in the country and Delhi's youngest third woman chief minister.

EAM

Govt trying to correct ‘failed Nehru foreign policy’ since 2014: S Jaishankar

Both Russia and China today "unambiguously reject" the economic assumptions of that period, the External Affairs Minister said referring to Jawahar Lal Nehru’s development model, which inevitably produced a 'Nehru foreign policy'. "Its accompanying narrative permeated our politics, the bureaucracy, the planning system, the judiciary, the public space, and most of all teaching,” he said in a virtual address at a book launch event.