Bengal govt forms SIT to probe corruption charges at RG Kar during Sandip Ghosh’s tenure
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Monday evening announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the allegations of financial irregularities at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital since 2021, when it was under the supervision of ‘controversial’ principal Sandip Ghosh, who stepped down days after the […]
Goon attacks TN cop with sickle, shot and captured
Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) A notorious criminal, who attacked a Sub-Inspector of Police with a sickle in Tamil Nadu’s Kanniyakumari on Monday while trying to evade arrest, was apprehended after being shot in his lower limb by the police in retaliatory action, officials said. Thoothukudi Selvan, 42, who faces 28 cases across the state including […]
IIT aspirant from UP dies under mysterious circumstances in Kota
Jaipur, Aug 19 (IANS) An IIT aspirant named Kushagra Rastogi (18) from Uttar Pradesh died under mysterious conditions in Kota on Monday. Rastogi was found in an unconscious state in the bathroom and was rushed to the hospital where he died during treatment. As per Jawahar Nagar police station SHO Hari Narayan Sharma, “The student […]
Antony Blinken to reach Cairo today, meet Egypt & Qatar officials for truce talks
Tel Aviv, Aug 20 (IANS) The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel and will travel to Cairo on Tuesday. The American dignitary is on his ninth visit to the Middle East after the Hamas massacre and mayhem in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, leading to the killing of 1,200 people and […]
Israel airstrike targets Hezbollah arms depot in Lebanon
Tel Aviv, Aug 20 (IANS) Even as truce talks between Israel and Hamas are taking place, the former carried out an airstrike targeting a Hezbollah arms depot in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. However, no casualties were reported in the strike. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the strikes injured eight people, including two Syrian children. Israel Defense […]
N. Korean soldier crosses border into S. Korea: Military
Seoul, Aug 20 (IANS) A North Korean soldier crossed the border into South Korea early Tuesday in the latest defection amid Seoul’s propaganda campaign in response to Pyongyang’s s “repeated launches of trash-carrying balloons”. The South Korean military detected the soldier from north of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating […]
Turkey’s surface-to-surface cruise missile makes long-duration flight test
Ankara, Aug 20 (IANS) Turkey’s long-range surface-to-surface cruise missile, “Kara Atmaca”, has completed its most extended and longest-duration flight test, a senior official has said. Haluk Gorgun, head of the Presidency of Defense Industries, announced on Monday that the missile had achieved pinpoint accuracy in its latest test, marking its longest flight to date, Xinhua […]
India, Japan to hold 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial meeting today
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defence Minister Minoru Kihara, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday, will hold the third round of India-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial meeting with their Indian counterparts on Tuesday. The meeting is scheduled to be held here at the Hyderabad House on Tuesday […]
Guterres demands immediate release of UN personnel detained by Houthis: Spokesman
United Nations, Aug 20 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded the “immediate and unconditional” release of the UN personnel and others detained by Yemen’s Houthi group. Guterres remained deeply concerned about the well-being of the UN personnel, members of civil society, national and international non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions and private sector entities that have […]
Mpox kills over 570 in DR Congo: Health Minister
Kinshasa, Aug 20 (IANS) Roger Kamba, the Health Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has said that the ongoing mpox outbreak has been declared a “continental emergency”. Kamba on Monday reported that since the beginning of this year, the DRC has so far documented 16,700 confirmed or suspected cases of mpox, including […]
