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HC refuses to interfere with Bengal Speaker appointing Ritabrata as LoP

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:44
The court noted that the Speaker could have invited both parties before making the decision but said that at present no interim relief could be granted to “maintain orderliness of the House”
Categories: National News

Past controversies resurface as new BJP social media team’s X posts disappear

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:41
The BJP on Monday appointed Deepak Mhaske as its national social media convener, ending Amit Malviya’s 11-year tenure. The party also appointed Priti Gandhi, Shivanand Dwivedi, Alok Bhatt and Arun Yadav as co-conveners.
Categories: National News

India’s crude import bill surges 41% in July amid West Asia crisis; volumes up 13%

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:37
Episodic events in West Asia had kept prices on benchmark brent crude largely volatile in July this year.
Categories: National News

Stolen Thirumangai Alwar bronze idol returns to Kumbakonam temple after nearly 70 years

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:33
On February 12, 2020, the Idol Wing-CID registered a case on a complaint, filed by the executive officer of the Sri Soundararaja Perumal Temple, of the theft of four idols from the temple between 1957 and 1967. The idols are the bronze statue of Thirumangai Alwar and the metal idols of Kaalinga  Narthana Krishnar, Vishnu, and Sridevi. The Idol Wing traced the Thirumangai Alwar statue to the Ashmolean Museum in the United Kingdom
Categories: National News

Former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain, ex-DJB CEO among six arrested in STP projects tender case

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:33
The other accused arrested are Ankit Srivastava, a former contractual consultant with the DJB, and private persons Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra and Pankaj Verma, the ACB said in a statement.
Categories: National News

ED raids KPSC in veterinary officer recruitment case in Karnataka

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:27
21 premises across Karnataka and Ahmedabad in Gujarat are being searched, ED stated on August 18
Categories: National News

Assembly ruckus case: Kerala High Court quashes complaint against former Congress MLA A.T. George

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:25
The court dismisses a plea by LDF leaders to quash the cases registered against them in connection with Assembly ruckus
Categories: National News

SC to examine ‘proportionality’ of the use of facial recognition at NEET protests

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:24
Delhi Police say technology was used in “legitimate state interest” to identify “hardened criminals and not ordinary people”; say “false narrative” is being spread against a “legitimate, bona fide and proportionate” policing measure
Categories: National News

Cashew import scam: High Court allows pleas against reconsideration of prosecution sanction

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:24
Division Bench finds merit in former KSCDC officials’ contention that they were not given an opportunity to be heard before sanction was ordered to be reconsidered
Categories: National News

Flood bout in July fails to help hydel generation in Telangana

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:22
Paddy and cotton continue to command lion’s share in sowing area despite deficit rain. Major reservoirs serving Telangana’s needs still have over 300 tmc ft of flood cushion.
Categories: National News

Within 6 months, ChatGPT can watch your screen, meetings & emails: CEO Altman

Times of India - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:22
Sam Altman envisions a future where AI assistants can observe user activities on screens and during meetings. These intuitive systems are designed to access emails, documents, and Slack messages for better context and efficiency. Users will have control over the type of information that AI can interface with, potentially transforming the workplace dynamics. Altman predicts this revolutionary capability could become available within six months.
Categories: National News

RSS meet to discuss demographic imbalance, drug abuse among youth

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:19
Current national developments, social changes and emerging challenges will also be reviewed
Categories: National News

Corporation drive to crack down on illegal constructions

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:19
Mayor V.V.Rajesh said on Tuesday that those who have carried out illegal constructions should remove it themselves, failing which the civic body will demolish the constructions and make the owner pay for the cost of demolition
Categories: National News

BRICS condemns EU carbon tax

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:17
Calls for a significant increase in international funding to help developing countries adapt to climate change
Categories: National News

JD(S) demands Karnataka govt. drop Bidadi Township Project

Hindu - Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:17
The party hit back at the Chief Minister, who has been arguing that both the Bidadi Township Project and the NICE Road were initiated by JD(S) governments
Categories: National News

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