Seoul, Aug 8 (IANS) The unification ministry of South Korea said on Friday that it is discussing joint cooperation measures between Seoul and Washington aimed at ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula, which will be presented during a scheduled summit between the South Korean and the US presidents. “In preparation for the South Korea-US summit, the ministry is closely consulting with relevant bodies (on bilateral cooperation) for peace on the Korean Peninsula and the resumption of inter-Korean t…

Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday issued a stern warning to the Election Commission of India (ECI), stating, “If you (ECI) attack the ‘One Man, One Vote’ right enshrined in the Indian Constitution, we will attack you.”Addressing a massive gathering at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, organised to protest alleged election fraud, LoP Rahul Gandhi said, “This is the voice of Hindustan.”He added that the Election Commission had demanded hi…

Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) Former US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade and senior foreign policy expert, Christopher Padilla, has warned that the ongoing trade tensions could pose a risk of long-term damage to the India-US relationship.”I’m concerned that for the sake of short-term issues, we’re putting this relationship at risk,” Padilla told IANS.He also feared that “there will be a long memory” of US actions in India, potentially leading to “a questioning of whether the United …

Aizawl, Aug 8 (IANS) The biometric enrolment of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh in Mizoram is underway in all 11 districts of the state, officials said on Friday.A senior official of the Mizoram Home Department admitted that the biometric enrolment process has been progressing slowly, but they are trying to accelerate the process.“Serchhip district administration in central Mizoram first launched the biometric enrolment drive for the refugees on July 30 and subsequently other districts in…

Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a 12-year-old boy died and his father sustained severe burns after being allegedly set on fire in their home at Kachora village in Bihar’s Katihar district.The deceased has been identified as Sunil Kumar Mandal.Sunil’s father, 45-year-old Ram Kalyan Mandal, is battling for his life in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur’s burn ward.According to police, both the man and his son were sleeping on the veranda of their house on Thursday…

Ahmedabad, Aug 8 (AINS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated a newly developed Urban Forest Park in Ahmedabad’s Lambha ward on Friday, and also unveiled a statue of tribal freedom icon Birsa Munda at the site. Developed under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the park is part of the city’s broader push towards sustainable urban greenery.Spread across 4,464 square metres and built at a cost of Rs 55 lakh, the park features aroun…

Ranchi, Aug 8 (IANS) Two personnel of the CRPF’s elite CoBRA unit were critically injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in the Digha area of Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Friday afternoon, officials said.The explosion occurred during a routine search and combing operation in the dense forests of the region, which has long been considered a Maoist stronghold. The injured jawans were immediately evacuated from the site and airlifted to Ranchi for urg…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India’s residential real estate market is witnessing a notable shift in buyer preferences, with the Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore budget segment emerging as the most in demand, accounting for approximately 28 per cent of homebuyers in 2022, rising to 32 per cent in 2023 and further to 35 per cent in 2024, a report said on Friday. Simultaneously, demand in the lower budget segment, or homes priced up to Rs 25 lakh, has declined from 16 per cent in 2022 to 14 per cent in 2024,…

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has tracked fictitious transactions worth Rs 1.5 crore in two bank accounts of West Bengal Minister Chandranath Sinha while probing the recruitment of primary teachers in state-run schools.The ED has filed a charge sheet against him, which details the irregularities in the recruitment process, involving the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Textiles in the current cabinet of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.The Central agency…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has rejected a plea filed by the CBI seeking a review of its earlier verdict, which held that an investigating agency cannot file a charge sheet or prosecution complaint without completing the investigation, merely to deprive an arrested accused of their right to default bail. “Having perused the review petition and the connected papers with meticulous care, we do not find any justifiable reason to entertain the review petition. The review petition is, a…