Seoul, Aug 6 (IANS) A special counsel team plans to question former South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun next week over his alleged role in the botched martial law episode, judicial sources said Wednesday.Special prosecutor Cho Eun-suk’s team will visit a detention facility in eastern Seoul, where Kim is being held in custody, at around 2 p.m. Monday to question him as a witness as part of an investigation into jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration late last year…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met a delegation of young political leaders from Nepal in New Delhi on Wednesday as the two sides discussed close cooperation and deep people-to-people ties between both nations. In a post on X, Jaishankar wrote, “Pleased to interact with a delegation of young political leaders from Nepal, on a visit to India. Discussed our close cooperation and deep people to people linkages.”On Tuesday, Nepal’s Embassy in India welcomed the l…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) India on Wednesday reiterated that the latest tariff actions by US President Donald Trump are “unfair, unjustified and unreasonable”.Trump has signed an executive order imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India, citing the country’s continued purchase of Russian oil.”We reiterate that these actions are unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable. India will take all actions necessary to protect its national interests,” an MEA spokesperson said in a state…

Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India, with the new measure set to take effect after 21 days from now.The move comes in response to what the US says is India’s continued purchase of Russian oil, which Washington claims undermines its national security and foreign policy.The fresh tariff will be added to the 25 per cent duty already announced by Trump, bringing the total levy on I…

Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday announced that the state government will make a comprehensive and concrete plan to strengthen farm and village access roads across the state by the end of September, with a provision of strict action against those obstructing road construction to ensure effective implementation. Minister Bawankule said that to give shape to this plan, three meetings of a study group comprising officials from the Revenue, Rura…

Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) Amid growing political allegations over irregularities in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday clarified that no individual has formally filed any objection regarding missing names from the revised draft voter list published on August 1, 2025.The Commission stated that photographs of the handover of the draft electoral roll by District Election Officers (DEOs) and District Magistrates (DMs) from…

Bengaluru, Aug 6 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday stayed proceedings against state Energy Minister K .J. George and officials of the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) in connection with a private complaint alleging irregularities in the tender process for the procurement and installation of smart electric meters in the state.The private complaint was filed by BJP leaders, and legal proceedings were ongoing in the trial court.The bench headed by Justice M.I. Arun passed th…

Amaravati, Aug 6 (IANS) The Congress party has appointed former Union MoS J.D. Seelam and former MLA Mastan Vali as the working presidents of the Andhra Pradesh unit and also announced 25-member Political Affairs Committee. AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed J.D. Seelam and Mastan Vali as the working presidents of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC). AICC general secretary K. C. Venugopal announced this on Wednesday.The AICC president also approved the proposal for the constitu…

Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal, one of India’s largest egg-producing hubs, has been hit by a sudden setback after the US imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods and on Wednesday, imposed another 25 per cent, stalling the export of eggs worth Rs 20 crore. According to industry sources, Namakkal had, for the first time, shipped a trial consignment of 1.20 crore eggs to the US earlier in June, marking a milestone for local poultry farmers.The move had generated optimism among ex…

Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, granted interim protection from coercive police action to actor and BJP leader, Mithun Chakraborty, in a case filed against him for financial forgery. The actor moved the Calcutta High Court last week seeking quashing of an FIR against him at the Chitpur police station in Kolkata, where an interior designer accused the former of not paying him the money after getting the work of interior designing at hotels owne…