Tragic accident at NTPC Sipat: One dead, four injured after trolley mishap in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur

Bilaspur: A tragic accident occurred at the NTPC power plant in Sipat, Chhattisgarh, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to four others on Wednesday (August 6). The incident unfolded when a trolley, reportedly used for industrial purposes inside the plant, suddenly fell, trapping several workers underneath. According to officials, the trolley collapse…

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28-member Kerala tourist group missing after devastating flash floods in Uttarkashi

New Delhi: A 28-member group of tourists, comprising natives of Kerala, including 20 settled in Maharashtra, has gone missing following catastrophic mudslides triggered by a cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Tuesday (August 5). Relatives reported that the tourists last made contact as they set out from Uttarkashi to Gangotri, a route that was later…

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RBI decides to keep interest rate unchanged at 5.5 pc

Mumbai: After three successive interest cuts, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday decided to keep policy rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent and retained the neutral stance, weighed by concerns over tariff uncertainties. Announcing the third bi-monthly monetary policy of the current fiscal, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that the growth rate projection for FY26 has…

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Rahul Gandhi gets bail from J’khand court over ‘defamatory remarks’ against Amit Shah in 2018

Chaibasa (Jharkhand): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. Gandhi appeared before the court around 10.55 am. “Rahul Gandhi ji appeared before the court…

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‘I don’t know anything about it,’ says Trump on US imports of Russian fertilisers and chemicals

New York/Washington: President Donald Trump has said that he doesn’t know anything about the US imports of Russian uranium, fertilisers, and chemicals. Trump made the comments on Tuesday while responding to a question on India’s statement on American imports of these commodities. “I don’t know anything about it. I’d have to check, but we’ll get…

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UP: Head of Sambhal’s Jama Masjid Management Committee, others booked for ‘violating prohibitory orders’

Sambhal (UP): A case has been registered against the chairman of the Shahi Jama Masjid Management Committee and several others for allegedly taking out a celebratory procession in Sambhal following his release from jail, police said here on Wednesday. An FIR was lodged at the Sambhal Kotwali police station on Tuesday on a complaint from…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Dharmasthala: Temple Town or Killing Fields?

Mass rapes, murders, and systemic silence — Karnataka must confront its darkest truth A chilling whistleblower account has torn through the facade of Dharmasthala — the revered temple town in Karnataka — revealing a horror story of mass rapes, murders, and secret burials spanning nearly two decades. Between 1995 and 2014, the very land celebrated…

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Imran Khan’s party organises nationwide protests for his release; over 500 supporters arrested

Islamabad/Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Tuesday organised protest rallies in different parts of the country, demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, who was arrested two years ago on corruption charges. The party claimed that its more than 500 workers and supporters who took to the streets were arrested by police, mostly in…

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