PM Modi hails Union Cabinet’s decisions on compressed biogas scheme, road project in Assam
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the Union Cabinet’s decision to approve the GOBARdhan Scheme, which will give a major boost to compressed biogas, and sanction a four-lane access-controlled highway between Guwahati and Tezpur in Assam. He said the projects will strengthen seamless connectivity, create a strong and predictable ecosystem for investment…
Centre’s capex push boosted private sector confidence to take risk, invest: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the Centre’s capital expenditure push since Covid has boosted the private sector’s confidence in the Indian economy, encouraging them to take risks and invest. Stating that all countries need to have public debt for managing their finances, Sitharaman said there should be a conscious effort to…
Reservation is for upliftment and not permanent, quota politicised deliberately: Bhagwat
Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said reservation in jobs and education for disadvantaged groups was introduced to address social discrimination and will remain in place as long as inequity existed, but beneficiaries who had progressed should mull foregoing further benefits so others could avail of the opportunities. He insisted reservation is for upliftment…
India, Singapore review bilateral ties in key areas
New Delhi: India and Singapore on Thursday reviewed the progress of bilateral cooperation across the eight key areas outlined by the Roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between the two countries. The 19th round of India-Singapore Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) was held in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The Indian…
Agni-4 medium-range ballistic missile test-fired from Odisha
Online Tech Desk The medium-range ballistic missile Agni-4 was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha, on Thursday (August 6, 2026), with the launch validating all operational and technical parameters. The test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), the Ministry of Defence said in a statement….
Mumbai Police bust cyber fraud gang, arrest 12 from Goa
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have busted an international cyber fraud racket with links to Dubai and arrested 12 persons from a villa in Goa for allegedly duping people across the country through fake online gaming platforms, an official said on Thursday. The accused allegedly operated fraudulent online gaming and betting websites, including ‘Rudra’ and ‘100 Panel’,…
Telangana IT minister inaugurates JLL’s GCC in Hyderabad, to create 1,600 jobs
Hyderabad: Telangana IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu on Thursday inaugurated the Global Capability Centre of JLL Business Services. JBS is the integrated operations delivery platform of global commercial real estate and investment management company JLL. The GCC is expected to create over 1,600 high-skilled jobs, he said. “The new GCC, which will create…
Govt questioning Meta team whether company following law of the land
New Delhi: The government is questioning the visiting Meta team on whether the company is following the law of the land, following summons to the social media giant over the temporary restriction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post recently, sources said on Thursday. The government and the Meta global team are currently engaged in…
Come 15th, we’ll be ready with all the answers: Gambhir
Colombo: Their home Test run in the recent past may not have been particularly impressive but India head coach Gautam Gambhir has asserted that his team will be ready with all the answers when the two-Test series against Sri Lanka gets underway here from August 15. In a short address to the team before a…
2013 sexual assault case: Will challenge conviction in Supreme Court, says Tejpal
Panaji: Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal on Thursday said he would move the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court’s judgment convicting him in a 2013 sexual assault case, asserting that the order was “wrong”. In a major setback to Tejpal, the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench convicted him for raping a colleague in 2013,…
