India

Jul 14 2025

Thackeray Cousins’ Possible Reunion Heats Up Maharashtra Politics Ahead of BMC Polls

As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections approach, political tensions are escalating in Maharashtra amid speculation of a possible reconciliation between the long-estranged Thackeray cousins — Uddhav and Raj. The Shiv Sena (UBT) has begun publicly advocating for a reunion, calling it “essen...

Jul 14 2025

MCD Plans to Outsource Management of 300 Community Centres Across Delhi Under PPP Model

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is considering outsourcing the management of over 300 community centres and halls across the city to improve service delivery, senior officials confirmed during a review meeting attended by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh at the Delhi Secretariat on S...

Jul 14 2025

WHO Places Saima Wazed on Leave Amid Corruption Probe; Bangladesh Govt Welcomes Move

The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed Saima Wazed, daughter of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on leave following corruption allegations raised by the country’s interim government. Wazed currently holds the position of Regional Director for the South-East Asia Region (SEARO) at the UN hea...

Jul 14 2025

Omar Abdullah Scales Wall to Pay Tribute at Srinagar Martyrs’ Memorial Amid Security Curbs

On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah bypassed security barricades and scaled the boundary wall of the Mazar-e-Shuhada (Martyrs' Memorial) in Srinagar to pay tribute to those killed while protesting the Dogra regime in 1931. Abdullah claimed security forces had prevented him from visiting the site o...

Jul 14 2025

Hospital Attender Booked for Misbehaving with Woman in Hyderabad Ward

An attender at Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital in Hyderabad has been booked for allegedly behaving inappropriately with a woman who was attending to a patient in one of the ward rooms.   The incident occurred on Monday (July 14, 2025), after which the woman filed a complaint with the Nallakunta police. Authorities ha...

Jul 14 2025

Tennis Player Claims Radhika Yadav’s Murder Was Premeditated, Alleges Family Pressure and Psychological Abuse

Tennis player Himaanshika Singh Rajput released a second video on Instagram on Sunday (July 13, 2025), alleging that her friend Radhika Yadav’s life had become unbearable in the ten days leading up to her murder, which she claimed was premeditated and planned three days before Radhika was fatally shot on July 10....

Jul 14 2025

Bomb Threats at Three Delhi Schools Declared Hoax After Thorough Checks

At least three schools in Delhi, including two run by the CRPF and a Navy Children School, received bomb threats on Monday morning (July 14, 2025), which were later confirmed as false alarms by officials. The threats, sent via email during the early hours, targeted the CRPF schools located in Sector 16, Dwarka and Pras...

Jul 14 2025

Missing Delhi University Student's Body Recovered from Yamuna River

The body of a 19-year-old Delhi University student, missing since July 7, was recovered from the Yamuna river near the Geeta Colony flyover on Sunday evening, according to police. Sneha Debnath, a resident of Paryavaran Complex in south Delhi and originally from Tripura, had been the subject of a search operation after...

Jul 14 2025

Air India CEO Confirms All Boeing 787s Cleared Post-Crash, Urges Caution Amid Ongoing Probe

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson, in an internal communication, confirmed that all Boeing 787 aircraft in the airline’s fleet were inspected following last month’s crash, and each was deemed airworthy. He emphasized that the preliminary investigation report had found no mechanical faults or maintenance lapses ...

Jul 14 2025

Madras High Court Restrains Activist from Defaming Vedic Scholar Dushyanth Sridhar

The Madras High Court has issued an interim injunction preventing temple activist Rangarajan Narasimhan from making defamatory remarks about Vedic scholar and orator Dushyanth Sridhar on social media platforms, particularly X and YouTube. The order will remain in effect until the court resolves a defamation suit filed ...