Palestinian president arrives in Riyadh
RIYADH, 27 August: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Riyadh on Monday, Saudi Press Agency reported. He was received at King Khalid International Airport by the Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and other officials.
Saudi authorities foil attempt to smuggle nearly 350,000 pills from Iraqi border
RIYADH, 27 August: Saudi authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 349,710 Captagon pills into the Kingdom through the Jadidat Arar land crossing on the border with Iraq, Saudi Press Agency reported. The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority said that the pills were discovered concealed within a shipment labeled as “equipment used in polishing tiles.” […]
Saudi Arabia’s Baysh Dam opens gates to accommodate heavy rainfall
RIYADH, 27 August: The Saudi Irrigation Organization on Monday opened the gates of the Baysh Dam in the Jazan region to discharge water and lower the dam’s lake levels, which currently hold 117.7 million cubic meters, Saudi Press Agency reported. The decision is intended to manage incoming water from ongoing rainfall, support agricultural activities, irrigate […]
KSrelief provides medical aid to Yemen, Jordan, Iraq
RIYADH, 27 August: The Kingdom’s aid agency, KSrelief, continues to offer healthcare to displaced persons in Yemen, Jordan and Iraq. KSrelief’s mobile medical clinics in the Wallan camp of the Hajjah governorate helped 444 Yemenis over the month, offering emergency care, disease control, internal medicine, reproductive health, nursing, surgery, and dressing services. In Jordan, KSrelief […]
Five panchayats of Bihar’s Begusarai District cut off from mainland due to flooding
Patna, Aug 27 (IANS) The flood situation in Bihar’s Begusarai District has worsened, with more than five panchayats, including Mirnaipur, Bahadurpur, and Gopalpur in the Balia block, completely cut off from the mainland due to the rising water levels of the Ganga River. Approximately 22,000 people in these affected areas are waiting for assistance from […]
Centre cuts timeline for public grievance redressal to 21 days
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Centre has issued comprehensive guidelines for a time-bound handling of public grievances filed by citizens on an integrated user-friendly CPGRAMS www.pgportal.gov.in portal which will operate as a single window open platform. The timelines for effective grievance redressal have been reduced to 21 days from 30 days earlier. In cases […]
Missing teachers, dirty washrooms: BJP team finds in Delhi school
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Delhi BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, State President Virendra Sachdeva, and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Raja Iqbal conducted a surprise visit to a Delhi Municipal Corporation school in the Kapashera area of the national capital on Tuesday. Kapashera falls under South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, which is currently held by […]
Nabanna Abhijan: Bengal LoP approaches Calcutta HC on 4 missing students; cops confirm arrests (Lead)
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court on four student activists associated with the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ march to the Bengal Secretariat reportedly going missing since Monday midnight. The single-judge Bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj allowed Adhikari to file the petition. […]
Kharge land deal row: BJP MP slams K’taka Minister for calling him ‘Rajasthani’
Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha member Lahar Singh Siroya has slammed state Minister Priyank Kharge for calling him a “Rajasthani” in the backdrop of questioning the allotment of land to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s family members by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB). Taking to X on Tuesday, Lahar Singh said, “Kharge […]
Meerut shocker: Man sexually abuses children and films act, booked
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) A man has been booked on the charges of sexually assaulting children, filming the act and blackmailing them in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. The crime came to the fore after videos of the accused’s indecent acts went viral on social media, post which a complaint was lodged. The […]
