Author: Anusha Das
t is almost final that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal on August 22 to attend two programmes, one administrative and one political.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the Red Fort on the occasion of the 79th Independence Day. In what was his longest speech on Independence Day in the past 12 years, PM Modi emphasized the vision of creating a Viksit Bharat (developed nation) and made significant announcements, including forthcoming GST reforms and the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana aimed at the youth.
Amid opposition protest due to anomalies investigation on Fake vote scam by Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, the case of Minta Devi, a first-time voter from Siwan district whose age was listed as 124 years in the voters’ list, has drawn attention.
Supreme Court has ordered all the street dogs in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) be rounded up within eight weeks and housed in dedicated dog shelters to set up by civics authorities, making it clear that no captured animal will be released back on the streets.
First air-conditioned (AC) local trains have been started in West Bengal starting from August 10, 2025. Developed by Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF), this new AC EMU train promises to be a game changer for the state’s rail network.The train has been allocated to the Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway (ER).
India now became one of the countries that got worst attack from US President Donald Trump’s trade, with tariffs on Indian imports set to surge to 50% if a deal is not struck in three weeks.
After the cloudburst in the Dharali village of Harshali valley, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the affected area. His visit was due to the the damage caused by the disaster and reviewed the ongoing rescue operations, in Uttarkashi on August 6, 2025.
August 5 marks the sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, which led to Jammu and Kashmir losing its statehood and being divided into three Union Territories.
A significant organisational haul is set by the Indian Army where Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) and counter-UAV as weapon systems will be used at the battalion level across most of its arms.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee introduces people-centric initiative ‘Amader Para Amader Samadhan’ (APAS) recorded 1.6 lakh footfall across 632 camps on the day of its launch on Saturday.