- Thursday, 28 August 2025
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Indian Home Minister dials all CMs, asks to ensure no Pakistani stays in India beyond deadline
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called up the chief ministers of all the states and asked them to ensure that no Pakistani stays in India beyond the deadline set for leaving the country, sources said. India on Thursday announced revoking all visas issued to Pakistani nationals from April 27 and advised Indian nationals residing in Pakistan to return home at the earliest, as tensions between the two countries escalated over the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, on Tuesday.
India suspends visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect
India on Thursday announced suspending visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect in line with its retaliatory measures against Islamabad in the wake of the brazen Pahalgam terror attack. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said all existing valid visas issued by India to Pakistani nationals stand revoked with effect from April 27.
Will punish Pahalgam terrorists, planners beyond their imagination: PM Modi
In a stern message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers who were responsible for the attack in Pahalgam "beyond their imagination". "Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world that India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth," Modi said, addressing a public gathering here.
With India setting deadline, Pak nationals start returning through Attari-Wagah land route
Several Pakistani nationals visiting India started returning home through the Attari-Wagah land route in Amritsar on Thursday, a day after the Centre set a 48-hour deadline for them to leave the country.
Study estimates 80% length of India's rivers posing risks from antibiotic pollution
Eighty per cent of total length of India's rivers could be posing environmental and health risks due to antibiotic pollution, a study has estimated. Along with India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Pakistan are among the countries facing similar risks due to pollution from antibiotics, the research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus, said.
'90% tour bookings for Kashmir cancelled after Pahalgam terror attack'
In the aftermath of a terror attack in Pahalgam, several travel agencies in Delhi said on Wednesday that nearly 90 per cent of bookings for Jammu and Kashmir have been cancelled by tourists over safety concerns.
Pahalgam attack: Security beefed up at India-Nepal border in UP's Maharajganj
Security has been heightened along the India-Nepal border in Sonauli here in the wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, officials said on Wednesday.
Four dead, several feared trapped after four-storey building collapses in Delhi
Four persons died and several others are feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in northeast Delhi's Shakti Vihar area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.
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Indian PM Modi visits Varanasi, asks officials to take strict action in gang-rape case
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here Friday morning, received a detailed briefing on the alleged gang-rape of a young woman in his constituency and asked officials to take the strictest possible action against those involved, according to a Uttar Pradesh government statement.
Veteran actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar dies at 87
Veteran actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar, who came to be known as 'Bharat Kumar' for his series of patriotic films such as "Shaheed", "Upkar" and "Purab Aur Paschim", died in a Mumbai hospital early Friday. He was 87.
Heavy rush at temples on Navratri, Eid bring vibrancy to markets
Devotess on the first day of Navratri on Sunday thronged temples in Sambhal and Varanasi sending the markets abuzz with a religious fervidness ahead of Eid, which through its month-long run-up, has already primed sellers for an increased sales and footfall.
Noor Ahmad, Ravindra, Gaikwad star in CSK's win over Mumbai Indians
Afghanistan mystery spinner Noor Ahmad excelled on his Chennai Super Kings debut before skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad stuck a sublime fifty to set up a four-wicket win over their biggest rival Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League here on Sunday. Ahmad's four-wicket haul limited Mumbai Indians to a below-par 155/9 after the hosts put them in to bat on a slow surface.
Mumbai beat Delhi by eight runs in final to win WPL title
Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by eight runs in the final to win their second Women's Premier League (WPL) title here on Saturday.
Two earthquakes, including one of 5.7 magnitude, rock India's Manipur
Two consecutive earthquakes, including one of 5.7 magnitude, rocked Manipur on Wednesday and the tremors were felt across the Northeast, officials said.
Indian youth kills parents, sister for opposing online game addiction
A 21-year-old college student killed his parents and sister using stones in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday morning as they were opposed to his addition to online games, police said on Tuesday.
