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The Ministry says there is adequate competition within the TV industry and between TV and digital media, and the government has therefore decided to remove the duration cap

In a first, Vande Mataram rendered during 80th Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort

Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and NRI Empowerment, Kondapalli Srinivas, described the ₹180-crore investment by a home-grown developer as ‘definitely a proud moment for us’

The draft rules, published on August 11, mandate city corporations to categorise all stretches into three types; type A, defined as a commercial road that attracts people from across the city, will have a higher charge structure

Trinamool leader repeatedly claimed a crowd had gathered outside the circuit house chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Sexual violence is not the preserve of ‘monsters’. It can also emerge from ordinary assumptions about flirting, persistence, seniority, alcohol, women’s accommodation of male behaviour, and men being disinclined to intervene when another man crosses a line

On August 15, 1947, Congress and Communist workers defied restrictions to hoist the tricolour, while the Nizam’s supporters celebrated ‘Independent Hyderabad Day’

The murderers, who were drugged, had used rods, logs and other weapons; it had happened in a broad daylight close to the college grounds in Coimbatore district, said A. Kathir executive director of Evidence, an NGO

Modi also paid tributes to the countless freedom fighters whose courage, sacrifice and unwavering commitment ensured the end of colonial rule

With 119 EROs endowed with quasi judicial powers set to adjudicate over 94 lakh cases in this short window, they would get less than a minute’s time to verify each elector even if they worked 24 hours a day

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says Rahul’s comments, made at a Congress event, had been 'extremely low-level and condemnable’; Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Health Minister J.P. Nadda to condemn remarks

Supreme Court bars BCI from taking coercive action against NALSAR students, faculty, or administration and seeks affidavit; plea by NALSAR alumni says BCI letters create a chilling effect on the freedom of speech

Kashmir’s famed ₹700-crore bat-making industry supports at least 50,000 livelihoods. Since 2021, its bats have made their way to cricket grounds around the world, with 47 international players using Kashmir willow bats in major tournaments. But a shortage of willow, climate change, and smuggling are putting the industry under pressure. Peerzada Ashiq reports on its rise and the challenges threatening its future

Police said the company was accepting illegal investments, even in the form of cash, promising continuous, fixed returns of 5-7% monthly, without obtaining any license/registration from the Reserve Bank of India or the Securities and Exchange Board of India

Rakesh Handu, a Pandit social activist, said he was in touch with the six Pandit employees whose names and mobile numbers figured in the threat letter online and “were shifted to Jammu”

J&K CM Omar Abdullah accused the Centre of dilly dallying on the issue of Transaction of Business Rules, mandatory to be drafted as per the J&K Reorganisation Act to define the roles and domains of the office of Chief Minister, the Council of Ministers and the Lok Bhavan

Police said that there was an argument over the bill after which the accused — Beeru Tomar — unleashed his pet dogs on them, and that one of the employees suffered dog bite injuries

Court to hear anticipatory bail plea on August 31