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Opium farmers demand more farming licences, ₹1 lakh per kg
The farmers said the poppy straws should be excluded from the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and claimed that they are not a narcotic substance but rather the husk of the poppy plant. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Ahead of the announcement of the opium licensing policy for 2026-27, scheduled for September, opium farmers…
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Indian sailors’ SOS: ‘Company asking us to risk lives, cross Strait of Hormuz’
A screenshot of the video posted by FSUI shows the master of AM Pioneer Anil Raj sending out an SOS message from the ship. | Photo Credit: Forward Seamen’s Union of India Indian sailors aboard a ship in the Persian Gulf have sent out an SOS video alleging that their employer is telling them to…
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Prithviraj Chavan alleges over 56,000 duplicate voters in Maharashtra
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan during an interview with ‘The Hindu’ in Mumbai on August 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Vinaya Deshpande Pandit Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Minister Prithviraj Chavan claimed on Monday (August 17, 2026) that there are over 27,000 duplicate voters in his Karad South Assembly constituency. Mr. Chavan said…
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Gangster Shahzad Bhatti picked operatives through social media
Shahzad Bhatti, the Pakistani gangster at the centre of the recent nationwide counter-terror operation, is also a social media influencer. During the operation ahead of Independence Day, security agencies had arrested over 200 operatives linked to the Shahzad Bhatti Network, which is backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Bhatti, who speaks Punjabi and regularly posts…
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K-TET: head teachers’ forum in Kerala protests against denial of higher grade
The Kerala Government Primary School Headmasters’ Association has protested against denial of higher grade to headmasters in the name of not getting K-TET (Teachers’ Eligibility Test) qualification. The association, in a statement, said that according to a Supreme Court judgment TET was mandatory to get promotions from September 1, 2025, and continue in service after…
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India-Japan defence ties in focus as Rajnath, Koizumi to meet on August 20
Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi. | Photo Credit: AP Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is scheduled to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on August 20, with the two sides expected to review ongoing defence cooperation and discuss ways to expand collaboration in defence technology, industry and maritime security. According to sources in…