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Trumps envoy says Hamas disarmament could begin within 30 days

The comments came as Jared Kushner and Netanyahu agreed that an American general would verify Hamass disarmament, an Israeli official said, as the premier insisted there would be no Israeli pullout from Gaza until then

18 Aug 2026 4:12 am
Over 2.07 crore voter enumeration forms remain uncollected in Maharashtra

On the current deletion of voters, NCP-SP Rohit Pawar claims the BLOs are under so much pressure to complete the verification that they conducted surveys from their desks with inputs from BJP workers

18 Aug 2026 4:11 am
Delhi Court orders property attachment of Advocate Mehmood Pracha over unpaid fine

Advocate Mehmood Pracha did not pay a 6 lakh fine for seeking to have the Supreme Courts 2019 Ayodhya verdict declared null and void

18 Aug 2026 3:13 am
Floods hit 7.85 lakh people in 6 Odisha districts

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi accompanied by Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari, visited Jajpur district to make a spot assessment about flood response

18 Aug 2026 2:54 am
Left parties renew call to scrap NTA, NEP after UGC-NET paper errors

CPI(M), CPI and CPI(ML) say the retest announcement exposes deep flaws in the examination system; demand an overhaul of the education policy and testing mechanism

18 Aug 2026 2:42 am
Mining to resume in Bihar after October 15, says CM Samrat Choudhary

The State Chief Minister asserted that mineral royalties would be used for the welfare of the people and the States development, ensuring that mineral wealth is not misused at any level

18 Aug 2026 2:15 am
How Congo's Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on record

Health officials say the current outbreak is spreading five times faster than previous outbreaks did in Congo at this stage

18 Aug 2026 2:14 am
Bigger profile comes with a formidable challenge for Deepak Mhaskey

The 58-year-old Chemistry professor-turned-politician from Chhattisgarh was named BJPs new national social media convener

18 Aug 2026 1:57 am
Gujarat police seize journalist Ravi Nairs devices

The police act on a search warrant issued by a magistrate court

18 Aug 2026 1:40 am
UN laments 'unacceptable' toll of 350 aid workers killed in 2025

Since the start of 2026, 82 more aid workers have been killed, 97 injured and 39 abducted worldwide

18 Aug 2026 1:40 am
Indian sailors SOS: Company asking us to risk lives, cross Strait of Hormuz

Forward Seamens Union of India has said that the shipowners and managers of AM Pioneer are pressuring the Master to force its 16 Indian crew to transit the high-risk Strait of Hormuz

18 Aug 2026 1:33 am
UPSSSC declares recruitment exam result hours after aspirants stage protest outside its office in Lucknow

Candidates seeking appointment to 5,512 Junior Assistant posts announced a peaceful protest outside the UPSSSC office on Tuesday to press for the publication of their final merit list

18 Aug 2026 1:30 am
Taxing frivolous industries will not fund Indias science

The way forward is to liberalise the channels through which money and capital flow into academia and reduce dependence on the government

18 Aug 2026 1:25 am
Farmers outfits urge MPs, MLAs to speak out against trade deals; seek scrapping of all FTAs

SKM has urged peoples representatives to raise their voices against the proposed India-United States Free Trade Agreement

18 Aug 2026 1:20 am
Match AI models to workloads, not leaderboards

Cost, governance and data residency now matter as much as benchmark scores, if not more

18 Aug 2026 1:18 am
Awaiting answers: On the student protests in Jharkhand

Student agitations in Ranchi reveal angst over flawed exam processes

18 Aug 2026 1:06 am
Delhi SIR: window to submit forms closes; 47.7 lakh voters out of draft roll

97.4 lakh forms of citys 1.45 crore voters digitised; draft roll to be out on August 24, followed by claims/objections till Sept. 23; final roll on Oct. 27

18 Aug 2026 1:06 am
Losing forest for trees: On the CAGs audit of the Green India Mission

India is counting trees when it should be restoring forests

18 Aug 2026 12:56 am
DMK regime created Enforcement Bureau-CID to control drug menace, says Udhayanidhi

He rejects the allegation that the previous government failed to take steps to prevent the spread of drug culture in Tamil Nadu

18 Aug 2026 12:53 am
Long-term vision is to provide certificates within a stipulated timeframe: Sengottaiyan

Minister says his department will implement a new practice of appointing officials in a three-tier system to speed up the process of providing certificates

18 Aug 2026 12:45 am
T.N. government to launch health insurance for the elderly

Another key announcement is the planned replacement of the 87-year-old Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939, with a modern, comprehensive Act to address contemporary and future health challenges

18 Aug 2026 12:44 am
On dignity in political discourse

Intense display of fandom and unquestioning loyalty towards individual leaders have cordoned the ability to enter into meaningful dialogue

18 Aug 2026 12:42 am
Trapped constable fired AK-47 during NEET protest: Bihar Police to Supreme Court

Bihar Police agreed that an AK-47 was a platoon-level weapon used in special operations but said that excessive force was not used, and the crowd was met with utmost restraint

18 Aug 2026 12:39 am
The proud Assamese from other States

While others can identify as Assamese speakers, Bengali-origin Muslims were the first

18 Aug 2026 12:29 am
Prithviraj Chavan alleges over 56,000 duplicate voters in Maharashtra

The former Maharashtra CM noted that despite a higher vote share in the 2024 Assembly polls compared to 2019, he lost the election and claimed there were 56,118 duplicate voters in the area after analysing voter lists

18 Aug 2026 12:23 am
Citizen-led food safety watch teams will be formed at at taluk level in Karnataka, says Health Minister

The Karnataka government also launched a QR code-based complaint management system for citizens to report drug and food safety violations

18 Aug 2026 12:23 am