Wednesday, August 26, 2026

INDIA

(IANS Review) Vijay Varma underplays cop in muted crime drama (IANS Rating: **1/2)

An eight-part crime drama, written by Arunabh Kumar and jointly by director Sumit Saxena, KaalKoot is a hard-hitting series without the regular embellishments...

Supermoons and blue moon to light up August skies

Skygazers are in for a celestial treat as the sky in August will witness supermoons and a 'Blue Moon'. According to NASA, the first...

3 teenagers swept away in Yamuna in Delhi, still missing

Three teenagers, who were swept away in the Yamuna river in north Delhi's Alipur, have not been found despite several hours of rescue...

Telangana should utilise SDRF for flood relief: Kishan Reddy

Union Tourism Minister and Telangana unit BJP president G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday demanded the state government utilise State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF)...

New smartphone vulnerability could let hackers track your location

Researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in text messaging that may enable attackers to trace users' location. The research group, led by Evangelos Bitsikas,...

Man beaten to death in Kolkata following quarrel over purchase of liquor

A man on Sunday was allegedly beaten to death here by a group of people following a quarrel over the purchase of liquor...

Scindia hits back at P. Chidambaram for targeting govt over new airports

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday hit back at senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram after the latter took a dig at...

Manipur’s Meitei body to hold sit-in in Delhi on Aug 6 demanding action against...

The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), the main civil society organisation of the Meitei community, will organise a protest demonstration in New...

(IANS Bookshelf) Derek O’Brien laments Parliament’s decline post Jaitley, Ahmed Patel

Quick-witted parliamentarian Derek O'Brien's timely new book, 'Who Cares About Parliament: Speaking up to Protect India's Great Institution' (Rupa & Co., Rs 395), has...

Police tortured to confess to murder, says wife of missing Kerala man who returned

A woman in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, who was arrested after allegedly claiming that she had killed her husband and buried him, accused police...