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Digital Desk | Gandhinagar, Sep 25 (IANS) Students and parents in Gujarat can now order textbooks online and have them delivered to their homes at the printed price, under the state government's Books to Students with Just One Click initiative. The Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks has entered into an MoU with e-commerce platform Amazon to make textbooks available online without any additional delivery charges, providing an alternative to purchasing books from physical bookstores. The init

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra on Wednesday launched a strong defence of the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying internal deliberations among Election Commissioners should not be portrayed as a sign of discord but as part of a functioning democratic institution. Reacting to the controversy surrounding the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Patra questioned the Opposition's repeated allegat

Digital Desk | Pretoria, Sep 23 (IANS) The High Commission of India in Pretoria on Wednesday organised a tree plantation drive at Amberfield College in South Africa's executive capital as part of the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative under Seva Pakhwada, with Deputy High Commissioner Banu Prakash and mission officials taking part. As part of Seva Pakhwada 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' plantation drive, the High Commission of India, Pretoria, organised a Tree Plantation Drive at Amberfield College, Pretoria

Digital Desk | Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) The level crossing gate in West Bengal, where an accident claimed five lives earlier this year, was made safer by Eastern Railway (ER) on Wednesday through the commissioning of the Non-Interlocked Level Crossing (NILC) Auto PN (Private Number) System. The system was also installed at two other level crossing gates between the Karnasubarna and Khagraghat Road stations in the presence of ER General Manager Gitika Pandey. On the morning of July 17 this year, th

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) First, it was Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitting that the country's governments have been supporting terrorists for 30 years, which incidentally came days after the Pahalgam massacre in Jammu and Kashmir where 26 innocent civilians were brutally killed on April 22, 2025. Now, it is Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif himself declaring at the United Nations that his country harboured terrorists, but they were now under control through what he impl

Digital Desk | Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Santosh Davakhar, the maker of 'Gondhal', India's official entry at the Oscars, has reacted to Anurag Kashyap's 'We Select Absolutely Wrong Films'remark. On Wednesday, Davakhar recalled introducing 'Gondhal' to Kashyap on a flight. He shared that the 'Gangs of Wasseypur' maker had assured him that he would definitely watch the movie. However, Davakhar claimed that the film has neither been screened nor is it available in Mumbai. He wrote on social media, I de

Asset-light business model, 1,500+ dealer network, successful SaaS platform and transparent customer processes drive rapid growth Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 23: Carzbazzar, one of Indias fastest-growing automotive technology companies, has

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 23: Think about the manager who talks a stressed-out employee off the ledge on Monday morning (read someone threatening to have a breakdown and resign), sits

Digital Desk | Vadodara, Sep 23 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said India's vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047 should go beyond economic advancement and include spiritual awakening, as she called for preparing a young generation equipped with skills, self-confidence, discipline and moral values. Speaking at a Brahma Kumaris organisation's programme in Vadodara, Murmu said India's large young population could play a central role in nation-building if it directed its energ

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected the suggestion that differences among its three members amount to an institutional upture, saying internal objections and written notes are an established part of the functioning of a multi-member constitutional body and do not, by themselves, establish illegality or dysfunction. The response followed The Indian Express report of September 23 that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Jos

Digital Desk | Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 23 (IANS) Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday has sought to put the sea at the centre of Keralas next phase of economic growth, projecting Mission Samudra as a broad development strategy that goes beyond ports and shipping. In a message ahead of World Maritime Day on Thursday, Satheesan said Kerala must move from discussing the potential of its coastline to converting it into jobs, investment, and new economic opportunities. The Chief Minister said M

Digital Desk | Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS) Khalin Joshi followed his career-low opening round with a four-under 68 to extend his lead to six shots at the halfway stage of the INR 1 crore Bengaluru Open 2026 at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The 34-year-old Bengaluru golfer (61-68), who began the day four strokes ahead after firing an 11-under 61 in round one, made five birdies and a solitary bogey to reach 15-under 129 at his home course on a cloudy, cool and windy

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A long-standing feud between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and yoga guru Baba Ramdev appears to have ended with the latter announcing their meeting here on Wednesday, having resolved differences. Baba Ramdev claimed later that based on hearsay and video clips, Singh had developed some misgivings that were subsequently cleared during the meeting. Thanking Singh, he further said that the former President of the W

Digital Desk | Amaravati, Sep 23 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Police have ordered rowdy sheets against 51 people, including some key leaders of the YSR Congress Party in connection with the October 19, 2021 attack on the central office of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) at Mangalagiri in Guntur district. YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLCs Talasila Raghuram, Lella Appireddy, and YSRCP NTR district president Devineni Avinash are among the leaders included in the rowdy sheet. NTR Police Commissioner Rajasekhar

Digital Desk | Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Karnataka Assembly Opposition leader, R. Ashoka, on Wednesday demanded the Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar's resignation, alleging that the Congress government had failed to manage the state's finances and was making large financial announcements despite a shortage of funds. Ashoka was speaking at a BJP protest held near the Kengal Hanumanthaiah statue on the Vidhana Soudha premises. He alleged that Shivakumar

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A new Climate Impact Lab report on Wednesday found that this years Super El Nio is projected to lead to 451,000 deaths from extreme hot days, with India projected to see 15,800 more deaths. Thats on top of the impacts from droughts, wildfires, and flooding expected from hotter temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns, as this El Nio could become the strongest on record. The report identified the regions where the greatest number of people are projected

Digital Desk | Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS) Karnataka Congress President B.K. Hariprasad on Wednesday invoked Rahul Gandhi's repeated warnings to the Election Commission while demanding answers from the poll panel over reported objections raised by two Election Commissioners on issues concerning electoral rolls. Hariprasad in his statement said that Rahul Gandhi had repeatedly questioned alleged irregularities in voter lists and warned the Election Commission that those responsible would eventually

Digital Desk | Rampur, Sep 23 (IANS) Religious scholar Maulana Mohammad Jameel Hayat condemned recent remarks made by Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, saying such statements give birth to sectarianism. He emphasised that minorities and majorities should work together in harmony. Earlier, All India Muslim Jamaat National President Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi had questioned Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Muslim representation and demanded that a Muslim chief minister be declared for

Digital Desk | Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Days after the death of a second-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay triggered protests, regular classes have now resumed at the institute, sources said on Wednesday. According to official sources, currently no protest is being staged at the IIT Powai campus. Only a dozen Humanities students and Students' Federation of India (SFI) members are sitting outside the campus, sources at IIT Bombay said. It said there are more than 12,000

Digital Desk | Shillong, Sep 23 (IANS) After functioning for nearly four-and-a-half decades from a temporary facility, the Shillong Regional Office of the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) is set to move into a permanent building, with Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma laying the foundation stone for the new facility on Wednesday. The proposed regional office will come up at the Education Complex in Laitumkhrah and is expected to provide a dedicated institutional space for the boards ope

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A Sri Lankan delegation witnessed Indias experience in large-scale land governance reforms, spanning digitisation of land records, spatial-textual integration, digital registration, mutation, geospatial identification of land parcels, computerisation of Revenue Courts and modern urban land mapping, an official statement said on Wednesday. The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, hosted a delegation of civil servants from Sri

Digital Desk | Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara on Wednesday congratulated veteran Kannada actor Anant Nag in the Legislative Assembly for being selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian cinema. Speaking in the state Assembly, Parameshwara said the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was the highest recognition in the film industry and was not an honour that could be easily earned by everyone associated with cinema. It is signifi

Digital Desk | Bhopal, Sep 23 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday said the state government may soon increase the stipend of Ayush interns after a demand to bring it on par with that of medical students. Yadav said he would issue appropriate directions to Ayush Minister Inder Singh Parmar on the demand while addressing a state-level programme organised at the Pandit Khushilal Sharma Government Autonomous Ayurveda College and Institute on the occasion of the 11th Nationa

Digital Desk | Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar be impeached and arrested immediately, alleging that he conducted assembly polls in several states after deleting names of genuine voters through the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise. Banerjee went live on Facebook in the afternoon and demanded the CEC's arrest. Referring to reported differences within the top brass of the Ele

Digital Desk | Ahmedabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Gujarat Polices Ahmedabad City Crime Branch has arrested three persons and seized 1.051 kg of ambergris, a substance derived from sperm whales, allegedly being transported for sale in the Naroda area, officials said on Wednesday. The seizure, valued at approximately Rs 1.05 crore, was made after the Crime Branch received information that three persons were moving around the Naroda area with whale vomit, commonly known as ambergris, for the purpose of selli

Digital Desk | Guwahati, Sep 23 (IANS) The prosecution continued examining witnesses in the death case of renowned Assamese singer Zubeen Garg on Wednesday, with Singapore-based Assamese Abhimanyu Talukdar appearing before the fast-track court in Assam in connection with the events surrounding the singer's final hours in Singapore. Talukdar is among several overseas-based Assamese witnesses whose statements are being recorded as the court examines circumstances surrounding the yacht party attend

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited for the procurement of 160 Satellite Smart Anti-Airfield Weapons (SAT-SAAW) along with associated equipment for the Indian Air Force at a total cost of Rs 810.79 crore under the Buy Indian - Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured category, according to an official statement. The contract was signed in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh. SAT-SAAW

Digital Desk | Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Mumbai City FC have stepped up preparations for the 2026-27 Indian Super League (ISL) season as the Islanders begin a new chapter under head coach Manolo Marquez. With the new season set to begin on October 10, Marquez and his coaching staff are using the ongoing pre-season to work on tactical structures, physical conditioning and the playing principles they want the team to adopt. The Spanish coach said the pre-season has provided an important opportunity fo

Digital Desk | Itanagar, Sep 23 (IANS) The Arunachal Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to constitute an empowered high-level committee to guide and coordinate the Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) survey and related activities for the proposed Upper Siang Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in Siang and Upper Siang districts, officials said. The SUMP is a mega hydropower initiative with a proposed generation capacity of 11,000 MW and it is a project of national strategic importance, not only for the No

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) India on Wednesday rejected the references made about the country in the Joint Communique of the OIC's so-called Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, terming them unwarranted and factually incorrect and said that the grouping has no locus standi to pronounce on its internal matters. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral and inalienable part of India, and o amount of rep

Digital Desk | Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS) The Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the state level to register complaints and conduct speedy investigations into fraudulent claims submitted to insurance companies, the Home Department said in a statement on Wednesday. The SIT has been formed following the Supreme Courts direction in its judgment in SLP (Civil) No. 5582/2023 to establish state-level special investigation teams across the country to investigate fr

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party National President Nitin Nabin on Tuesday announced a fresh set of appointments of state in-charges and co-in-charges for various states and union territories. The appointments, detailed in an official press release issued from the partys central office, take effect immediately. According to the circular, the party has assigned organisational responsibilities covering nearly all states and UTs. Notable appointments include Smriti Ira

Digital Desk | Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) The Purba Jadavpur police on Wednesday arrested two people in connection with a clash between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers over the occupation of a party office in Kolkata's Mukundapur area. Police have identified the arrested persons as Srideep Das and Pritam Pandey. However, the party is yet to confirm whether they are affiliated with Trinamool. Tensions flared between Trinamool and BJP workers on Tuesday night over the occup

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court has issued show-cause notices to the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories, seeking an explanation as to why costs of Rs 25,000 should not be imposed on each of them for failing to file reply affidavits or compliance reports in a PIL seeking wider access to affordable menstrual hygiene products. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymala Bagchi and V. Mohana took note of the fact that despite s

Digital Desk | Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 23 (IANS) The CMRL-Exalogic case, involving allegations surrounding payments to Exalogic Solutions, has triggered a fresh political battle in Kerala, with two senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) figures on Wednesday questioning the State governments decision to order a preliminary investigation by the Crime Branch. Former Kerala Director General of Police R. Sreelekha, the first woman to head the State police force and now a BJP councillor in the Thiruvanan

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to social media platforms to identify, prevent, remove, or block unlawful, provocative, hateful, abusive and misleading digital content, including fake news and statements allegedly capable of threatening public order and communal harmony. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana declined to entertai

Digital Desk | Jaipur, Sep 23 (IANS) Forest Department Ranger Pratap Singh Chundawat, who was killed while leading an operation against illegal mining in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district, is being widely hailed for his service, with public representatives, forest officials and social organisations demanding that he be accorded martyr status. The demand has gathered momentum in the wake of the ranger's death during a late-night enforcement operation in Chhoti Sadri, where he and his team had acted

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Reacting to the media report which claimed that two Election Commissioners had objected on record to several decisions taken by the poll panel, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Wednesday that deliberations are sign of a healthy democracy. Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Sambit Patra attacked the Opposition, saying that since the Narendra Modi government first came to power in 2014, opposition parties have been falling one after another. They

Digital Desk | Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Actor and filmmaker Randeep Hooda bagged his first National Film Award for 'Best Debut Film of a Director / Best Debut Director' at the 72nd National Film Awards for his biopic 'Swatantrya Veer Savarkar'. On Wednesday, Hooda shared some glimpses of posing with the National Award on social media, accompanied by his wife, Lin Laishram, and daughter Nyomica. He admitted that he was at the prestigious ceremony not just as 'Randeep Hooda', but also as Nyomicas fat

Digital Desk | Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS) Britains charge d'affaires in Russia, Danae Dholakia, was summoned by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday over the increase in the supply of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and other weapons systems to Ukraine. It was stated that the United Kingdoms policy of confrontation on the Ukrainian track is obviously aimed at drawing out and escalating the armed conflict and is delaying the possibility of a political settlement. It was pointed out that substantial

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Congress and the Trinamool Congress on Friday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while referring to the upcoming bypoll in West Bengal's Nandigram Assembly constituency as farce, after the grand old party's candidate was arrested in an old murder case. Earlier in the day, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had extended support to Congress' Milan Pradhan after, Sanchita Dey Pradhan, the candidate of the Trinamool Congress faction

Digital Desk | Ujjain, Sep 18 (IANS) Lyricist Manoj Muntashir on Friday criticised the practice of limiting 'Vande Mataram' to only two stanzas and took a strong jibe at former Prime Minister late Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress while addressing the Youth Dharma Sansad in Ujjain. The three-day Youth Dharma Sansad is being organised from September 17 to 19. On the second day, a lecture session was held at Geeta Bhawan. The event was attended by around 1,700 young students from across the countr

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15: Fredun Pharmaceuticals Limited (FPL) is charting the next phase of growth for Furlicks witha significant phase-wise portfolio expansionfollowing its acquisition of the pet-wellness brand.Over the

Digital Desk | Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Actress and environmentalist Bhumi Pednekkar, who is away from home in New York during Ganpati celebrations, says she found solace at a temple in the city and said he finds you wherever you are. The actress took to Instagram, where she shared a string of pictures Ganapati at a temple in the Big Apple and said that being away from Bappa after several years made her realise how much she misses celebrating the festival at home. Away from home for Ganpati after s

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 15: Can Fin Homes Ltd. unveiled Project Tejas, its enterprise-wide digital transformation programme aimed at further advancing the Companys technology and business capabilities. Project Tejas symbolises

Digital Desk | New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made a strong pitch for supporting innovation and technological advancement in all sectors, including defence, cyber security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and others, to strengthen India's defence propects and secure strategic advantage over global peers. Terming technology as one of most powerful tools of 21st century, the Defence Minister said that it has the power to shape country's future and make it self-reli

Digital Desk | Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) Outraged over objectionable and slanderous remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, several Uttar Pradesh Ministers tore into Neha Bora, the All India Students' Association (AISA) President, on Tuesday and cautioned her against resorting to such 'vile gimmicks' to become popular among public. Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar went to suggest 'right medicine' for her 'theatrics' in public. The controversy erupted over a viral video of AISA Chie

Digital Desk | Dhaka, Sep 15 (IANS) Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Tuesday sentenced seven Awami League leaders, including party General Secretary Obaidul Quader, to death for crimes against humanity linked to Bangladesh's July 2024 mass uprising, local media reported. The other leaders sentenced to death are Bangladesh's former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat; Awami League Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim; Chhatra League Pres

Digital Desk | Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has condemned a Texas Republican politicians social media post targeting South Asian students celebrating their universitys football victory. Krishnamoorthi described the post by Bo French, a Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, as racist and xenophobic. French posted photographs of South Asian students celebrating a University of Texas Longhorns football victory, according to a statement is

Digital Desk | Beijing, Sep 14 (IANS) China and India should translate the understandings reached at the recent meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi into concrete action, the countrys biggest English language newspaper 'China Daily' opined after the conclusion of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Sunday. It noted that while addressing their differences through dialogue and negotiation, the two countries should explore fresh avenues of cooperat