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…

Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, on Friday launched a scathing attack on the central government and the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that democracy in the country was ‘under threat’ and that all constitutional institutions are functioning under pressure.Speaking at a Press briefing in Jaipur, Ashok Gehlot said, “The kind of situation that has arisen in the country today is alarming. We have been repeatedly saying that democracy is in danger. T…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A turbulent session in the Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed repeated appeals for order as Opposition members staged a protest in the well of the House, prompting the chair, presided over by Krishna Prasad Tenneti, to adjourn proceedings for the day. Despite the disruption, the House transacted brief business, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman formally withdrawing the Income Tax Bill 2025 as reported by the select committee. The withdrawal was cleared through a voice v…

Bhopal, Aug 8 (IANS) Cabinet and party colleagues till 2020, and now two political rivals – Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh – on Friday walked together during an event in Bhopal. The occasion was to inaugurate a co-educational British boarding school in Bhopal.As Singh, one of the guests, arrived close to the stage at the venue, Union Minister Scindia received him, and the duo walked together.Political rivalry between Singh, an erstwhile member…